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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1889
Page
4
Marshall Pox and deputies handle drunks and arrests. Stores advertise millinery stock and a possible fruit canning factory. The U B church plans a Worthington excursion with a Taylor Grove picnic. A newborn death mourned as neighbors offer sympathy. Ewing Manufacturing buys shops and starts machinery. Local citizens buy sewing machines, and court talk hints at slander action.
The advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla offers real economy with every purchase, noting the slogan “100 doses One Dollar” is original to Hood's and not matched by imitators. It urges buying only Hood's Sarsaparilla from all druggists.
Mrs Geo Wagoner visits Mrs Sarah Wagoner. Minnie Grace Arnold stirs friendships at Friendswood. Carroll Starke of Island City on our streets. J Quillen’s mother and niece visiting him. Wilbur A Hays of Worthington on our streets. Jb Quilten’s mother returned to a Home at Mineralerty. Williom Downery of Martinaville visiting. Roda Fortner returns from SIN-Week’s visit with Sloonfield friends. Mrs Jon Newsom of Nebraska visiting relatives in Lyons. Sam Quillen of Worthington visits grandmother Ephran Moser and family. Merlin Moser of Shoals Indiana visiting Dr Mullane. J Al Quillen and wife, Mrs Ate Watt, I. Stein and wife, Max Stein and Tannah Kaufman attend Bethany Park camp meeting.
Lula Dagger notes visitors and events. A Pat Kane child funeral occurred last week. Temperance group buys an Earhutt organ from Sherwood of Linton. Dickey wins a gift set at Fletcher Vixon's. Lillie Dagger returns from Bloomfield. Asi Crooke and family relocate to Indianapolis for carpentry. Elza Dickey hosts a well attended friendly gathering. Sunday school organized at Christman church with Riley Millen superintendent Elmer Benjamin secretary and treasurer. Sunday services start at 3 PM.
John Parson ill and Lulie Pryor excels in painting. A new boy and W Lent mentioned. The new baptist church was raised last week. W Pryor traveled to Spencer on business. Dr McIntosh will ship cattle this week. May Burch is very ill. Rev Watkins preached at the Gaston schoolhouse. Dr Gaston of Bloomington visited G N Nash. Mr Miller, our Germany neighbor, settled south of town. Youths attended a basket meeting in Troy. Daniel Chambers plans to move here in fall. Dr McIntosh goes to central Kansas next week to view real estate. R B Yeaman hired for carpentry work at Worthington. T P Martindale heads to Detroit Kansas for two weeks. Rev Tanecy preached at McAlister’s Place. J B Young to deliver bone meal to farmers after Sept Lat. Public exhibition of half clad children on streets daily. parents urged to stop it. Worth Thompson fell from a rock near Nash Bros store, revived, no bones broken.
Mr and Mrs Kikins visited Lodianapolis Saturday. Misa Cera Trueblood clerks in Yeoe mans store. G HW Hendeen and Emerson Short were in town Suimiay. Mrs P Y Boskirk visits her brother J J Pearson at Spencer. Posters for the Linton and Bloomfeld fang posted locally. Frank Odlovers supper included ice cream and cake Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Love of Worthington visit their daughter Mrs Baughman who is ill. Lemon Denny farmed near town. Mrs Trueblood bought town property.
Miss Louise Rose visits Effie Burke and M. E. church repairs noted. A. B. Crooke has erected a monument to his wife E. M. West. Farlen residents visited. Win Haig and Jno Crooke from Odon attended festivities. Mrs John Flaig and daughter Mattie of Odon visit. Miss Gertie Knight of Newberry is guest of Miss Ola Moore. Simpson Chapel ringers played. L. N. Connell and Win Nicholas attended Newberry FL and AM. Publication of Lincon Enterprise noted. Support Cleveland for president and I. P. Gray for VP in 1912. Cushman and Armpriester of Newberry in village for cake and cream. M. E. festival a success. crowd large, $32.80 realized. Frank Burke and Sam Templeton of Bloomfield posted Dead Shot and the Big Bloomfield Fair. Call for Scotland exhibitors. Caprice for Piano by Fisher praised. Pisner’s Rubias Returno noted as popular. Advertisement by Ing. Fisher, Toledo Ohio.
A crowded basket meeting took place at Dogwalk on Sunday the 7th. Widow Burch of Calvertville attended Dilley school house meetings on Sundays. Rev. Jonas Manis of Park preached at Dilley school house on Saturday evening and Sunday the 10th and 11th. John Breush in Highland township tended his sheep killed or maimed by dogs last week. Mary and Laura Arthur of Buena Vista visited Abram Dilley Sunday. Willard Dilley disturbed a bumble bee nest while raking and was stung, injuring his left side and breaking his right ankle above the left knee.
Mr. Lundy is back on the streets. Farmers haul wheat to market. Mrs. Slocum and daughter of Bloomington visited Monday. Gainey Bloomfield's sewing machine agent was in town Tuesday. Mrs. Hont and Mrs. Newman went to Dugger Tuesday for dental extractions. Mrs. Gardner Spalding and Hate were in Lawrence county Saturday to see relatives. Lonnie Bixler's sixteenth birthday was celebrated with a surprise party Monday night.
Joe Pool completes the Riddle boys barn as locals report sick lists and family visits. In town sights Danl of Bloomington searches for sheep, and Kinsey Cullison with Andy Hardesty attend church in Jonesboro. Catarrh cure ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and pricing.
Aaron Combs was in town last week and Mrs. Katy Freeman is improving slowly. Rev. Roger preached Sunday evening to a large crowd and Rev. J. B. Hughes closed his school last Friday. A farewell sermon drew a big audience last Sunday. A boiler burst at Thomas Spark's spoke factory last Tuesday August 7 killing one person instantly with no other serious injuries. Swinglas Law visits family. he has been away seventeen years, home in Texas.
Farmers break ground for wheat while Charley Franklin is reported to be missing. James Beck suffers several weeks with a hand catarrh. James Voss and family from Smith township visited Fairplay township on Sunday. The Miller Christian denomination plans to build a church and Mr Alien’s dredge boat rests on Lettas creek marsh awaiting work.
Harvest season ends as Alf Westmoreland suffers a back sprain and Cal Hudson visits seeking a response. A singing is planned for Sunday night with an open invitation. Geo Brandon and Barbara Martindale joined Mrs. Quintiles King on Sunday. Marriage licenses issued include Tzaae W. Holbert to Dean Matlard.
The Indianapolis and Vincennes railroad offers excursion tickets to Bethany Park for the Assembly Camp Meeting from July 5 to August 26 with return validity until August 26. Extra trains will run during the period to accommodate passengers, and trustees may obtain road receipts printed with their township name.
A Boston Budget description outlines a paneled reception room with mahogany walls, dark wallpaper, and carved fireplace surround. It suggests deep orange red hangings, sash curtains, a blue window box, and a tall cloisonne or Japanese vase to provide color. It also notes a decorative clock, a screen, and discussed Japanese ceramic deco and Chinese influence.
Mr. and Mrs. Heays express gratitude to friends and neighbors who assisted at the burning of their house last Monday evening as reported in Youta's Companion.
Admirers praise St Gaudens mural statue of Dr Robert McCosh ex president of Princeton University. The 812,500 project began with the class of 1879 including notable alumni such as Louis Vanuxem and Thomas All. The statue stands left of the apse in Marquand chapel, on a border of African marble by Stanford White.
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