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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1888
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat touts the newspaper as the county’s largest circulation. It invites advertisers to verify by checking subscription books and notes postal registration as Second Class Matter. The paper frames democracy as a fearless, humane sentiment defending liberty and equality.
The Democrat clarifies subscription policy stating copies are not sent without payment and will be discontinued at the end of the paid term. The date after a name shows the paid limit. renewals must be sent before that date to extend service.
To Accommodate Subscribers the following persons will receive and forward money due the Democrat for new subscribers or those whose time is about to expire Linton Joe Moss Dugger W G Moss Midland M Louthan Jasonville J F Linthicum Pleasantville Thomas B O Haver Ewitz City Joe Grace Scotland W H Burke postmasters at Worthington Lyons Marco Sanborn Newberry Mineral City Koleen Robinson Owensburg Cincinnati Solsberry Hobbleville
A list of presidential electors for New York and Ohio with names, followed by the Democratic state ticket including Governor Courtland C. Matson, Lieutenant Governor William R. Myers, and other state officers. Also named are congressional, judicial, prosecuting, and local offices with respective candidates.
The Greene county item notes war Democrats and a few loyalists as rebels and traitors. Five former Republicans join the Newark Hendricks club. A man in the county is accused of harassing James R Baxter blamed on white caps.
The weekly supplement notes limited distribution to county patrons down to Worthington and laments a shortage beyond their control. It references local figures including Jerry Hatcheld and Baxter while arguing American citizens may choose any political stance. The piece warns against coercive church demands and asserts broad rights for prohibitionists.
The nomination of treasurer was forced on J. W. Ursey who did not seek or want office. The writer urges every democrat to fulfill their duty to ensure his election, stressing double obligations for support.
The letter outlines a feud note between Baxter and Jas with sharp jabs at a whiskey platform. It criticizes Baxter for avoiding issues and mocks a coroner candidate Franky’s upcoming Jonesborough speech, while noting Buskirk’s billing. Joan O Burbank, once local, comments from Santa Ana on California voters.
Davis outperforms Baxter, who falters amid party expectations. Ursey, a top county farmer, is nominated treasurer. Democratic meetings rally in Bloomfield Koleen Goose Creek Newberry Cincinnati with speakers MacIntosh Young Short Gallemore Moss. Taxation, county commissioners, and Elgan support highlighted as voters urged turnout.
The article urges Greene County Democrats to back John C. Briggs and William C. Hulse. Briggs is praised as an longtime Sullivan County Democrat and former bar leader, while Hulse, the current prosecutor, is described as faithful and unopposed. The writer calls for their strong election and to place them ahead of the ticket in Greene County.
Vague call to organize and support a single party slate. Advocates unity from Cleveland to Ebattlield amid harsh words about competing factions and perceived benefits of free whiskey versus clothing medicines and cortex.
A mixed era fragment links whisky tax reform to temperance gains and political meddling in Center township. The letter accuses trustee Kinsey Cullison of partisan school favoritism, denying two licensed teachers work while rewarding union-affiliated candidates, and notes Democratic voting influence on local education. It also lists goods taxed under a Democratic platform and ends with a sworn statement about expenses for a prohibition meeting in Bloomfield August 1868.
A searing critique argues wool farmers pay higher costs to trusts than wool income. warns the protective tariff sustains plutocrats and robber barons. It laments the Senate and House being controlled by wealth, urges the people to reclaim power and end tariff distortions.
A table converts wages to hourly rates in England and Germany to compare labor costs. It notes long German work weeks of 60–78 hours versus 50–54 hours in England, and argues such figures undermine tariff arguments by showing potential U.S. wage impacts if population density and western land absorption matched those regions.
In Cincinnati Indiana on August 21 1888 a joint meeting of Davis and Baxter drew 250 to 300 despite rain. Capt J T Oliphant led. Baxter spoke an hour, Davis an hour and a half, then Baxter half hour. A Stafford township rally at Ohio schoolhouse drew about 1500 with C E Davis two hours forty minutes blasting GOP tariff. Pleasantville brass band and Bloomfield martial band provided music among 175 torches. Democrats anticipate larger margin in November.
A plan for a Greene County Literary Society proposes a main county group meeting every four weeks with four township branches. Each branch would meet weekly to discuss shared questions, then convene monthly to review all topics. The aim is practical knowledge, not oratorical display.
A garbled OCR fragment from a newspaper page yields unclear names and events. The readable parts imply a brief item but lack concrete subjects, dates, or locations for a solid card.
Paris Locingeren of Orry Indiana offers all flour meal and mill feed at the Gilt Edge Mills in Worthington for sale or exchange for wheat. The flour is claimed as the best straight grade in Indiana with a money back guarantee if unsatisfactory. Terms are cash or wheat trade.
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