Bloomfield Democrat notes double circulation and political gossip
The Bloomfield Democrat claims the paper has the county’s largest circulation and urges readers to verify subscription details. It discusses F M B A lodge lobbying claims against Moses over the fee and salary bill, political endorsements for governor candidate Mason J Niblack, and remarks on local politics and figures including Joan H Ferdson and William E Niblack.
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DeMocrat
F. M.B. A. Lodge
Moss
Mason J. Niblack
Indiana
Niblack
House of Representatives
United States
Speaker Elder
Kansas
Speaker Tuttle
Missouri
Charley Jewett
New Albany
Ind
William E. Niblack
Supreme Bench of
County superintendency hinges on duty and fitness
The article urges trustees to vote for the candidate best suited by experience and qualification to advance county education. It stresses impartial judging free from residence, finance, religion, or political views and dismisses local project stances as irrelevant to superintendent effectiveness.
Examination questions from 1891 county school curriculum
Fragment shows county trustees debate on superintendent duties and school exam items. Content lists examination questions across arithmetic grammar reading history geography physiology and other topics with instructions and dates. Includes a note urging trustees to act with intelligence and integrity rather than partisan questions.
Tax fairness under new valuation law sparks county debate
The article explains how under the new tax law real estate will be valued fairly, ending schemes by assessors and bank deposits to dodge taxes. It argues that a universal share of taxation lowers rates and promotes prosperity, urging consistent valuation across property types and avoiding demagoguery.
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Boards of Equalization
National Bank
Knox County
Woman’s health advice from Eveleigh era paint shop note
Advice promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women, claiming it renews youth, treats facial pallor, urinary issues, ulcers, and general wasting. Asserts product is the sole medicine for women sold by druggists with a money back guarantee from manufacturers and bottle-wrapper endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Canning factories urged in Dubois county urged by local press
The Jasper Courier advocates F M B A support for starting canneries in Dubois county. It cites wasted fruit worth about 22000 dollars yearly and argues a cannery would open markets for vegetables and corn, provide steady rural employment, and boost local commerce. It urges Jasper citizens to act and farmers to fund capital for two to three canneries.
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Dubois County
Dubois
Jarper Courier
Bartholomew County
Columbus
Jasper
Try Eveleigh for paints and wallpaper
The Republican tone mocks tariff reform by comparing sugar pricing to a political stance. It argues buyers must access two pockets to pay a dollar and eighteen cents to a refiners, illustrating a critical view of tariff policy.
Eveleigh Paints and Dr Miles Remedies Ad
R E Eveleigh druggist promotes paints wallpaper and a large line of primaries, cosmetics and drugs. He urges readers with palpitations short breaths or chest pain to try Dr Miles New Heart Cure, claims it has the largest sales of its kind. Free testimonials booklet offered.
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R. E. Eveleigh
Miles
Restorative Nervine Ad Claims Universal Satisfaction
An advertisement lists numerous local names and towns endorsing Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as preventing headaches dizziness and nervous disorders in wives and children. It cites druggists nationwide and promotions from Woodworth Snow Wolf and others with trial bottles and free health hook on nervous diseases at R E Eveleigh's.
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Miles
Woodworth & Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Snow & Co
Syracuse
J . Wolf
Hillsdale, Mich Y
R. E. Eveleigh
Marriage Licenses Reported in the Region
The notice lists issued licenses since the last report: Scott Emerson to Lillie Glidden, John Morrow to Ollie Buckner, Joseph D. Vesatte to Margaret A. Long, James Tincher to Nellie Perkins. It also notes tax changes: tobacco and cigar vendors must register with the district collector, with a $50 penalty for failure. liquor dealers must obtain May and June licenses, and a yearly license begins July 1.
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Scott Emerson
Lillie Glidden
John Morrow
Ollie Buckner
Jseph D. Vesatte
Margaret A. Long
James Tincher
Nellie Perkins
Those Trailing Dresses Remarks by Haig and Fashion
A New York Sun column quotes Rep. William M. Haig on trailing dresses as a fashion nuisance. The piece humorously notes the difficulty women face in managing long hems in rain and wind and praises practiced expertise in arranging draperies for a graceful promenade.
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New York Sun
Golden Medical Discovery Promoted By Lecturing Gentleman
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with a guarantee or money back. It claims cures for liver blood and lung diseases and broadly for skin ailments blood taints and scrofula. It asserts even for glandular swellings bone fevers and pulmonary consumption the medicine offers radical cures.
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Pierce
The Indianapolis News Declares Independent Yet Opinionated Stance
The Indianapolis News states it is independent but not neutral, pushing for truth in its news columns regardless of party. It argues readers seek integrity and enterprise in reporting rather than editorials, and vows to report the day’s events without alloy or bias.
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Indianapolis News
Could Not Kill His Friend Soldier Disgraced for Refusing to Shoot
A discharged young soldier, William J. Higgins of Troy New York, recounts choosing friendship over duty after a court martial in Utah. Higgins refused to shoot a fellow soldier, Franklin, who had been disciplined and fled, leading to Higgins’s own dishonorable discharge and discharge from the army.
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Roswell
Central Station
William J. Higgins
United States Army
Utah
Troy
N. Y
Higgins
Sixteenth Regiment
Department of the Platte
Fort Dushane
Franklin
New York
Pittsburg
Creole Curiousities Among Richmonders in New Orleans
A narrator recalls a trip to New Orleans with Richmonders eager to view creoles. He recounts the crowd’s misimpressions about creoles’ appearance and race, noting common beliefs about mixed Negro blood and his plan to learn from locals what defines a creole.
Creole identity and charm described by Richmond Dispatch cor
A Richmond Dispatch correspondent extols Creoles, noting they are often petite with pretty figures and dark eyes. Higher-class creoles are cultivated, fluent in English French and Spanish, and skilled musically and socially, with surmised appeal observed in the West Indies and Mexico context.
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New Orleans
Crescent City
West Indies
Mexico
Cor
Richmond Dispatch
American Engineer Fixes Mexican Tramway Gauge
An American engineer in Zacatecas solved a gauge problem on a Mexican tramway when rails from Liverpool did not fit the Philadelphia cars. He and twenty men altered a short section of track in a day, then was placed in charge and remained there. The report comes from the San Francisco Argonaut. A skating joke ends the item with a quip about a teacher being seen in the rink.
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Zacatecas
Guadalupe
Mexico
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Vera Cruz
San Francisco
Fijian burial mats and cave sepulchers described
The text describes Fijian burial practices with mats kept as grave furniture and graves lined with sand or sandstone slabs. It details ancient cave sepulchers drilled deep then horizontally extended shafts, bodies placed reclining, and in some cases living burying of elderly individuals followed by feeding through vertical shafts. The practice ends with sealing the shaft and burial as a humane transfer.
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New York Times
Present for you dear in restaurant turns into light moment
A child in a restaurant receives a small parcel from a mother and her friend. The girl quips she is unsure if the gift contains peanut shells or a thousand dollars, sparking smiles among bystanders.
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Boston Transcript
Wall Decorations for a Woman's Work Exchange
A New York Post item describes a refined wall decoration for a women's work exchange. The piece centers on a white beveled square with gilded rope framed mirror, candle brackets, a gold fringe shelf, plush pockets for hairpins and rings, and small boxes for hair combings. A silk flounce is noted as a lighter room divider option.
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New York Post
Forbidden Eden stories and odds from the era
The excerpt blends observations on fruit as salad fare and superstitions about bitter fruits with a column of odds and ends. It notes orange pulp as salad, then cites the Eve print tale and a similar belief about persimmon, followed by a miscellany of biographical tidbits, prices, and curiosities from 1890s references.
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Paris
South
Eden
New York Tribune
Rural Real Estate Listings Near Bloomfield and Nearby Areas
A sequence of farm and land offerings in Greene County and surrounding areas. Properties include 93 acres with a frame house near Bloomfield, 200 acres in cultivation with a large house and orchard, 120 acres of level land near rail and town to be ditched, a Bloomfield house with one lot for $525, 95 acres of rich tilled land with wheat and corn, 37 acres west of Worthington with timber and coal, 160 acres with a frame house and orchard, Howe and eight Cavins' lots with water and fruit trees, and 181 acres near Plummer with clover and good water. Also mentions other town properties and a note seeking buyers with commissions.
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East Main Street
Bloomfield Street
Bloomfield
Public Square
Court House
Highland Township
R. R
Worthington
Terre Haute Road
Howe
Cavins
Plummer
Stafford Township
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People's Tigret
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Jay Gould
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Thomas Bowman
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Methodist Church
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Lucius Halsey
Richard M. Johnston
France
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Arik Sir
Conte Millinery Emporium
Shields & Burcham
L. H. Statcup
John Coen
J. E. Shryer
Hickory Seed Company
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Moss & Axtell
W. McIntosh
Sarah McIntosh
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