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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
8
Trustee Ulyssess R. Price of Center Township Greene County proposes the 1916 budget at the School District No. 7 house on September 5. Totals include township local tuition special school road and bond taxes, with a net taxable property value of 379805 and 186 polls.
The Richland township trustees propose the 1917 expenditures and levies at Bloomfield office on September 5 1916. Totals include township expenditures 2000 and a 7 cent levy, road expenditures 350 with 5 cent levy, school levy 3025 plus poll 50 cents, tuition levy 50 cents, poor levy 3 cents, library levy 5 cents. Overall total expenditures 12575 with total levy 1.20 plus poll 0.50. Signed John W. Jackson.
The trustee of Taylor township calls a meeting at School District No. 2 on September 5 1916 at 10 a m to discuss estimated expenditures for 1917 including township funds of 1400 dollars and a township tax of 25 cents per 100 dollars plus an additional 40 cents per 100 dollars on 2500 dollars in assessed value.
The document itemizes expenditures including road tax $700 and $400 for additional road costs, Other items $3,500, and a total of $12,000 with a total tax of $1.83 per hundred dollars. Net Taxable Property is $575,105.00 with 183 polls. Signed W. E. Dobbs dated August 1, 1916.
The column lists numerous Sunday visitors and social calls among families in Spencer and surrounding towns. Notable mentions include McVitie Press Freeman’s Sunday School attendance, Claude Livingston and daughters visiting Estel Freeman, and B Y P U activities at Salem church hosted by Rev O S Hawkins. Other lines note Olaf Bruner visiting grandparents, haying work by McCullough and Porter families, and trades and visits among locals including Hiram Camden, Billy Isom, and Oscar Sims.
Mrs. Lou Davis visited sisters Mrs Jas Barnes and Mrs Will Hunter over Saturday and Sunday. Frank Calland and family of New Castle visit their parents and kin. Mrs Sam Jackson of Bloomfield visits cousin Mrs dwhn Loffland and family from Saturday to Tuesday. Joe Shute and family and P F Barnes attend Mrs Hamilton's birth day dinner Sunday. Warren Beard and Gladys Loffland attend church in Newark Sunday night. Rev J D Crane of Bloomfield spends Sunday night with nephew Ed Crane and family. John Loffland travels to Indianapolis Saturday and calls on Mr and Mrs J D Neidigh Saturday night.
Congressman John A. M. Adair will arrive in Indiana August 19 and formally launch his campaign at Fort Wayne. He will speak every weekday, as often as the speakers bureau allows, continuing until election day. Adair is known for direct voter contact and has won five congressional campaigns in the eighth district.
The Peruvian rally failed to attract farmers despite free rides offered from Indianapolis. Republicans from state headquarters mostly funded attendees, and the parade drew few farmers who favored the prosperity march. Veteran candidates labeled the event discouraging as party support slipped since 1912.
Enthusiasm for a GOP comeback fades as Indiana progressives spurn Perkins and Teddy. William Holton Dye and Captain Jackson Boy-Ed gain the Star’s favorable columns, while four others join the league and more may follow with promises of parade gear and campaign uniforms.
Hughes and Hemenway speak for themselves and Crane and Perkins as backers of four million progressives. They attack prosperity as a product of democratic rule and laws. On Mexico the campaign cites an eastern piece asking if Hughes would shoot, hang, or quarter Mexicans.
Senator Thomas Taggart spent hours in Indianapolis handling private business and meeting with State Chairman Bernard Korhly and party leaders. He praised the political outlook and said statewide correspondence indicates conditions could hardly be better. He returned to Washington and will not return until Congress adjourns.
An eastern publication claims farmer incomes rose by a billion dollars annually under Democrats, while anti tariff gains boosted bank deposits. June 1916 saw $86 million in postal savings deposits and large regional increases, except Delaware. Hughes opponents push Mexico as a campaign issue amid Wilson era accomplishments.
Eastern papers note Joe Kealing and Frank Hitchcock may contend for active roles at the Hughes campaign headquarters in New York. The piece criticizes Hughes supporters and questions the impact of his Mexican material and limited influence on public opinion amid waning Hughes sentiment.
Republican newspapers highlight Wall Street betting on Hughes with rumors of bets on Wilson failing to win reelection. The New York Telegraph notes backers seeking to place Hughes bets while former Hughes supporters try to move money to Wilson at 2 to 1. Broker McQuade reportedly has 25000 to bet on Wilson at 6 to 5. The New York World suggests Hughes money floods into Mexican securities pits.
President Wilson calls for passage of a federal anti child labor law as part of his administration's legislative agenda. The article notes the administration's achievements, including the federal currency law, and suggests persistence could influence voters’ view of his re election prospects.
Last Thursday John Keys driving toward Bloomfield from Elliston with five passengers let a traveling salesman steer briefly. A wagon by the roadside with its tongue toward the auto collided at about 20 miles per hour, piercing the radiator and dashboard but all five passengers escaped injury. The Ford remained in service Friday morning.
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