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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat, a Greene County weekly, lists founder W L Slinkard as proprietor and editor. It offers annual subscriptions at 1.50, six months at .75, and single copies, with all subscriptions paid in advance, and notes advertising rates and postal details.
The U S faces expanded war duties after a German U boat attack near American waters. Citizens are urged to boost production and conserve, doubling farm output and labor to supply ships, guns, food, and munitions for allied forces.
The Greene County track and oratorical contest will be held at Beasley Park in Linton on Saturday April 21 with eight schools Bloomfield Jasonville Worthington Switz City Lyons Newberry Marco and Linton competing in fifteen events. Bloomfield participants include Olaf Naugle Earl Chaney David Fields Warren Smith Dally Hunter Leo Jackson Frank Gray Carter Ashcraft Wade Fuller Wendall Hudson Ollie Gheen Asa Veach Reade Foster Wayne Foddrill and in the evening Grand Opera house events Bloomfield entries include Hazel Workman Velma Cassidy Bernice Ritter Mary ONeal and Cleo Riddle in piano and quartet.
Under President Wilson’s proclamation, two German men have voluntarily surrendered their firearms to Sheriff Moss as of today. No suspicion exists that the parties planned any unlawful act.
Two residents demonstrated loyalty to their adopted country by turning over firearms. One, a German from Highland Township, surrendered a shotgun and a revolver. The other, from Bloomfield, possessed only a small 22 caliber rifle.
The Worthington Library Board secured a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation to erect a public library building and provide new equipment. The library, already well used, will expand service to readers with the enhanced facilities. Mrs. Clodia Hays Scott serves as librarian.
Worthington’s Miss Mabel Baker will represent the Second District at Bloomington in the state high school oratorical contest this evening. The winner will be named state champion and receive a gold medal from Indiana University’s extension division. Baker, representing Greene County, recently won the district contest at Vincennes.
Two Boston clergymen were detained at the Charlestown navy yard after using passes made out for friends to gain deck access on a battleship. Guards identified the discrepancies, they were held for two hours at the marine barracks, lectured severely, then released after friends confirmed their identities.
The article states Japan’s area is small yet densely populated with about 22 times the density of larger nations, tending to grow by 850,000 people annually. It discusses emigration and colonization as solutions postwar, noting Asiatics faced exclusion in Pan-America and Australia, while Europe holds colonies and northern China remains land-rich.
The article describes how small animals like fruit flies mice guinea pigs and rats teach nature's laws through heredity studies at the University of Wisconsin. It explains color inheritance with eye color in fruit flies and notes that faster generations aid research.
A newly marketed typewriter offers secret coding by a detachable disk with 30 holes. Pins in or out create unpredictable cipher mappings as the user types, producing codes like x for a and p for following letters. Decoding requires a complementary disk and a matching machine to reproduce the original text.
The world produced about 16.6 billion dollars worth of gold from 1492 to 1917, with the United States contributing roughly 3.93 billion dollars or 28 percent. Industrial demand now exceeds 175 million dollars annually, while losses and hoards reduce usable gold. The global stock of gold money stands near 8.5 billion dollars, about half the total gold produced since America’s discovery.
A teller of a scene recalls an express elevator ride to the tenth floor where no one asked for a floor number. A timid child asks permission to speak and compares the moment to church with her mother affirming.
The article explains that Germany and German come from Latin Germanicus and Germania, for Romans. It notes Celtic roots meaning shouters or neighbors, and that Germans call themselves Deutsch, linked to Teuton and the idea of “of the people.” It mentions historical spellings like Teutsch.
In a heated exchange Mr. Gabb accuses women of lacking discipline and criticizes their self control. Mrs. Gabb questions the claim as the argument centers on behavior and propriety within the household.
A boy Patsy mourns his stolen snow shovel by a neighbor Kerrigan after two hours of shoveling. Patsy explains a tramp took the tool from the boy next door, then reveals he cries not because of that but because his own shovel was not stolen as well.
A satiric exchange unfolds as a “smart airplane” taunts a balloon calling it wind. The balloon counters that it is self-supporting and boasts resilience in a playful aeronautical clash.
A claim against the city of Boston for 5000 dollars with 6 percent interest from July 3, 1789 has been received by Mayor Curley from Thomas Daws of Watford England who says he holds a note for that amount issued by David Jeffries Boston town treasurer to John Bradford who contributed money to pay off a war losing
The Paris Figaro recounts letters from Russian soldiers in Paris before the war. One artist describes a retreat under heavy shellfire in a Russian front trench where a boy named Ivan kisses his cross and perishes first, while another Eastern soldier prays and survives the skirmish to reach the rear trench.
Albert Cim argues in La Revue that the brain performs best at night due to lack of interruptions and the pervasive quiet. He cites George Sand, M. Little, Balzac, and painters like Guodet as examples of writers and artists who favored nocturnal work and used tricks to mimic night.
Dr J W Trask warns malaria is underrated in the United States noting it often reduces bodily resistance and shortens life span in affected localities. He says physicians give little accurate data on its prevalence and that the northern epidemic area has receded from the Great Lakes toward the Canadian border, reducing cases in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
A new eyeglass has been patented for submarine divers to correct underwater vision. Underwater light behaves differently than in air, causing blurred and distorted images. The device uses special lenses to allow divers to see as clearly underwater as above water.
War drives women into English police service with eight or nine cities already deploying policewomen. They serve in munitions plants as detectives, chaperones, welfare workers and guardians, mainly performing preventive and protective roles for young women.
Britain's secret service spending rises to £500000 annually. This marks a £400000 increase since the war began and the largest jump occurred in the last fiscal year with an additional £120000 above estimates.
Obituary notes Marshall Haywood born 1849 died 1917 in Taylor Township aged 67 with eight children six sons two daughters survived by Thomas B. Haywood Samuel C. Haywood Jesse Haywood Otto Haywood and daughters Gertie Hasler Essie Booker. Funeral at Simpson Chapel April 12. Mary Ann Fritzpatrick born 1846 died 1917 in Worthington at 71 with extensive Oliphant and Fritzpatrick family ties. Burial from Bloomfield Christian church April 17.
Citizens State Bank advertises quick loans without red tape or commissions for farm and town property with flexible payments of 50 or 100 dollars every six months. The Bloomfield Democrat and Terre Haute Tribune offer one year subscriptions at three dollars. Bloomfield Iron Plant pays 40 cents per cwt for old iron delivered.
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