Ghaham Stock of Goods For Sale At Geneva New York
Notice announces a stock sale featuring wide yard A and all wool goods. Items listed include padding and patterns. Prices and quantities appear in office notices.
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1888
Page
3
Notice announces a stock sale featuring wide yard A and all wool goods. Items listed include padding and patterns. Prices and quantities appear in office notices.
Watermelons are plentiful in this market. Subscriptions for Linton Enterprise taken at the office. The railroad assessment in Greene county set at 325,484 dollars. Various local notices include church dedications, normal classes, loans, property for sale, and personnel notices. Weather reports note 106 degrees, and ads urge real estate and pension updates.
TA Bynnim and D O Groff sell the Vincennes News to W T Campbell of Washington Court House Ohio with Bynnis remaining editor. Bloomfield fairgrounds to be the finest in the state. race track to feature an eighth mile straight.
A Tuesday evening presentation of The Marble Heart a society drama by Charles Selby at Jones Hall features an English style melodrama with romance tragedy and satire. Cast includes S Efird Sliskard Elmer Harrel W R Cravens Charles Welch and Fannie Van Slyke with Ottie Gainey.
Local notices list residents and visitors in Linton and surrounding townships. Names include Sen. KP Mullennes, Bogard of Mobbieville, Dr. BR AL Rose of Lipton, E C. Scrippe of Detroit, Jesse La Rue Solsberry, Erastus Price Linton, Rev L. G. Johnson Linton, Henry Gordon Bloomfield, Will Marco, George Sharper Laugulin, wife and son Seoland, Peter Stone Seoland, Wao Yearin Beech Creek, Wilson Trent Freedom, Dr Nd Jackson, W Hatton Hittandt, Hl McHaley Beerhereck, Cavius Indy Springs, John J. Combs Center, James H. Quitlin Byons postmaster, Sam Iuckmore Waylor, Solomon Rainbolt Lawrence, Henry Baker Fairplay, A.S. Nations Highland, Tuos Maddox Commercial Hotel Linton, David and Ben A. Ox Beech Creek, David Klinger Fairplay, Van De Venter Highland, Thornton and Levi Coley Beech Creek, Walter Ford Sullivan, Tobe Hert Bedford, Chiat Hasler Taylor, Ho ie one of the big men, John R Huffman and son A.J. Stallwart Democrats Smith, Chas T O’Hayer and Wm Brooks Washington, Charles Hasler Taylor, Prof J B Verpon Solsberry, James Burks McVitle Beech Creek, D.E. Wells Bluffton, Jonas Aland Center, Miss Minnie Hay Cincinnati, Miss Bettie Hardy Bloomfield, John Benham Jackson, Christ Hasler Taylor, Mrs Rankin Cravens Custer Moss.
Wheat bids show firm demand with No 2 red at 82 3 4 cents and No 3 red around 77 cents. Corn demand steady with No 2 white 50 cents and No 2 mixed 43 cents while oats saw little activity and hay bids remained around 14 dollars for new timothy.
The E and T W R R runs a special excursion train from Evansville and local stations to Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua on Monday August 13 1888 leaving Evansville at 11 30 a m and arriving Falls Tuesday morning at 11 welock Tickets good for return on the special and all regular trains from Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua not later than Saturday August 18 Full rates and details available from local or general agents
The Republican State Convention offers round trip tie-set tickets to Indianapolis on August 6 and 7 at a single fare. Tickets are valid for return until August 11. GQ J. Ok AMMAK TOM.
A verse from Newark, Indiana by L716 Bullock urges voters to back Grover Cleveland and oppose Benjamin Harrison. It praises Cleveland as a working man’s friend, mocks Harrison’s wage stance, and references Chinese policy and the log cabin era as part of the campaign rhetoric. Lin P. Morten is mentioned as a wealthy figure to be sent up the river.
The Indianapolis market shows slow demand with prices drifting lower. Receipts total 5700 cattle and 1750 sheep and lambs, with good fat cattle 200 to 500 pounds. prime shipping steers 1300 to 1400 pounds around 4.85 to 5.20 per hundredweight. sheep and lambs listed with varied quotes and weaker close.
Local notices advertise soap, lamp sales, and a Singer sewing machine at Pringle & Williams, with Gainey & Co exiting business. A columnist argues tariff protection breeds trusts and scrofula, linking iron beams imports, duties, and prices to monopolistic behavior and urging tariff reform.
The piece notes Republican leaders seek power to counteract the St. Louis platform’s impact. It cites The New York Tribune interviews with Senators Hiscock and Farwell, argues the St. Louis plank is clear and advocates cheaper goods, and contrasts with critiques from the Louisville Courier Journal. It also covers Randall's illness, Carnegie’s profits and gifts, and debates on protective tariffs.
The Leader argues a tariff cut would not lower prices for food or farm goods, claiming it would not raise wages or aid farmers. It accuses tariff advocates of deception, asserting farmers gain nothing from protection and are taxed for clothes, lumber, and tools.
A Statesman's Words condemns the national treasury surplus as extortion and warns that government excess and a misused people's will demand a pause. Cleveland's Letter to Tammany is cited urging diminished tribute from the people amid bold national confidence.
The Brooklyn Faude cites France and Germany as protective on wool but free on raw wool imports, arguing free raw wool benefits both raisers and manufacturers. He says overproduction harms American wool prices and tariffs block natural export relief. The New York Times notes Pennsylvania workers face wage cuts in protected industries during a presidential year.
The article argues that the lowest wage workers in the United States are those employed in manufacturing sectors shielded by protective laws. It asserts this claim as a stance from Stillwater’s Mini Messenger, presenting a provocative view on labor and regulation.
The letters cite editorials from York Press and New York World debating free trade imports of breeding stock. Masrone imports a few animals under a law from a Republican congress to improve local stock, while opponents threaten boycott and accuse free importers of heresy against institutions.
The Philadelphia Record notes Gen. Garfield’s House remarks praising the tariff of 1846 amid debates on protectionism and paper money inflation. It emphasizes Garfield’s careful preparation and intent to rebut extreme protectionists such as Judge Kelley.
For sale notice lists livestock including cow and calf, spring calves, milker cows, steers, and a five year old work horse. Also offered are wood oak and poplar trees and a few other farm items. Contacts include Joseph Strausser Fairplay township Wisconsin and Whorton Coley Newark.
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