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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1917
Page
2
In a seaside hotel setting a woman discovers Ned Randolph hid two years of war service and a Victoria Cross inscription. He reveals he lied about his business to spare her, confesses a war wound, and earns her forgiveness and love.
Ninety two Indiana counties organized the Boys Working Reserve except six to replace the Militia while at the front. The program trains boys to preserve peace and support the state. Greene county pledges strong participation as Indiana leads in the effort.
Myrtle Thorpe rebukes Ned Randolph for cowardice after a drowning man at a river near a grand hotel. Ned defends his actions, while Jim Turner swims out to save the drowning tourist as onlookers debate heroism versus hesitation.
The fragment asserts there is no hope for success without labor in fe withort context. It emphasizes effort as essential to achievement and warns against relying on luck or shortcuts.
A Petroleum Review writer argues that the European war elevates oil and its products to top priority across industry and daily life. He states petroleum’s refined products are as vital as wheat, and as wars push demand, oil enterprises in production refining transport and distribution will command greater attention and influence.
In a speech to soldiers before a practice behind the lines the general notes three differences between a retreat exercise and actual combat. The second difference, asked by the regimental sergeant major, is the absence of the general. the exchange is recorded in London Tit-Bits.
Washington reports the food administration will regulate wheat flour and bread, potentially taking over the 1917 harvest to assure fair prices for fighters and allies. It will establish buying agencies at major terminals, license elevators and mills, and ban futures trading, with licensing starting September 1.
The U S Navy reports the Standard Oil tanker Campana was sunk by a submarine on August 6 about 145 miles west of Neder Ne Aboard were four navy guards and the captain believed captured. Forty seven survivors reached land safely. A Marion County Grand Jury will be asked to fix responsibility for the Broad Ripple street car wreck near the state fair grounds late Saturday night causing four deaths and more than twenty injuries.
About twenty German airplanes raided the southeast coast of Terre Neuve Sunday evening, killing twenty three persons including nine women and six children, and injuring fifty others. The Winona Flyer on the Union Traction Company line crashed into an open switch near Noblesville Indiana while speeding at forty miles an hour, injuring twelve people.
Gen F Menn urged quicker highway work between Indianapolis and Fort Benjamin Harrison. Marion county council of defense told to push road improvements, form a road committee, and coordinate with chamber of commerce and merchants. General Glenn pressed war energy, noting a waterworks project at the fort and calling for rapid, decisive action.
A satirical meditation on how bachelors judge women and what separates real virtue from imagined flaws. It argues men overestimate faults while missing true qualities and suggests only marriage reveals the truth about women, ending with a warning about misjudgment.
The piece links tuberculosis to poor nourishment and faulty digestion. It stresses adequate nitrogen fats and starches, warns against rapid eating and cold drinks after meals, and urges national food production to support both home front and armed forces while noting early diagnosis and medical training gaps.
At the Indiana statehouse a meeting under the Indiana State Federation of Labor urged Gov. James P. Goodrich to call a special session. The resolution asked to refer to voters the question of a constitutional convention. Governor Goodrich expressed sympathy but did not pledge action immediately.
State council of defense charges pro Kaiser influence in Indiana to distort the United States Boys' Working Reserve. Germans unsympathetic to the country say the program aims to enlist boys in the army, described as a treasonous scheme by George Ade.
A new eyeglass invention caters to divers by correcting underwater vision. The eye misfocuses underwater due to light bending differently in water, making objects appear blurred and distorted. The patented device aims to adjust for the altered refraction and restore proper focus.
The text reflects a plain living philosophy stressing inner virtue over wealth. It offers simple kitchen advice for colderberry pies suggesting adding grapes or spice and vinegar to enhance flavor of blue or buckleberries. The tone values modesty and moral focus alongside practical cooking hints.
A recipe to mix juice from lemons and oranges with mashed banana and water sugar, then freeze. Boil water and sugar for five minutes and cool before mixing with cream to keep it from melting quickly when served.
Combine well mashed ripe peaches with lemon juice and boil sugar in water then fold into the peach pulp. Let cool and freeze to a soft mush, beat egg whites with sugar and vanilla until stiff, fold in, and freeze hard.
Peel and core quinces, form small balls with a potato cutter, simmer with parings to extract flavor, then cook with sugar to a red garnish suitable for frozen dishes or fondant bonbons. Freeze or dip in chocolate. Also fry unseasoned cold rice into small cakes in bacon fat for a supper dish.
Edward Lewis argues in Atlantic that Youth embodies the vital aims of life before society or church alters it. The unwritten creed of Youth declares belief in joy, self-expression, the flesh, natural instincts, and human goodness, yet notes we never fully possess youth as we age.
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