Faithful Servant Quotation Echoes on Finance Note
A brief quotation praises prudent money use with the line Well done thou good and faithful servant. The phrase echoes in a context honoring careful stewardship.
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1893
Page
3
A brief quotation praises prudent money use with the line Well done thou good and faithful servant. The phrase echoes in a context honoring careful stewardship.
Lyons resident Mullane visits town while Bloomfield hosts a busy scene of local business and farming. Citizens like John Young, Jap Laughlin, and Miss Lily Lowder appear in town. Moss & Axtell advertise farms and wagon work. diversification includes a railroad inquiry, court notices, and social events.
John Wakefield visits town on Sunday while Bertha Short sails Monday for the World's Fair. Joseph Lester welcomed as father of twins last Thursday. Bully for Joe Thos Sharpless reportedly wed. Albert Wright and cousin Mr Wright of Bloomington in town Friday. A refined eight room residence in Hartford City offered for exchange. Wiley Hays, twelve miles east, appeared in town Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs J F O Haver of Holly Wood Ala visiting county. John Wingler resigns as Morgan county postmaster after mail boxing. Is there no Democrat in Morgan county.
One pair of good young mules, well matched and in good condition. For further particulars inquire of P L Long, three and one half miles west of Newark, Indiana.
A Cincinnati notice thanks friends for support during illness of husband Saran J. Fry. Advertising loss of grocery deliveries after Aug 20 1893 by J J Corn and partners. G A R Lovell Rousseau Post 826 calls soldiers to attend last meeting before the Indianapolis Encampment on Aug 29 at G A R Hall with J WW Nickerson and T M Ryan listed as officials.
Marriage licenses issued for Anderson Morris to Amanda M Burch Charles T Cullison to Lucy E Miller David McCullough to Adaline Moore Willard N Webster to Jennie Bogard W A Rays to Cora Auton Hugh Martin to Martha Maple Also notice of G A R Encampment travel sale: IE I railroad offers round trip tickets September 3 4 and 6 from Elliston to Indianapolis for 1.70 good on sale day and return to Sept 1 1805 from Indianapolis.
A large Stockrahm barn burned last Sunday morning in Stockton township. Fire discovered about 5 o'clock. The barn held hay and farming implements. horses escaped but a visiting brother-in-law’s horse perished. Stockrahm's losses total around a thousand dollars with no insurance. An empty beer bottle found nearby leads to a drunken arson theory. Excursion to Evansville on September 3 offers a cheap day trip from Worthington via E. & I. R. R. with 1.25 round trip fare.
George Catt promises water abundance and Dan Neideigh with Laut Knapp prepare stalls after a cyclone. Barn roofs get extra paint as space for shows fills. a new iron bridge to Elliston promises ferry savings. Free fair tickets offered to students. Sept LS 23 dates set with opera shows and eager exhibitors. Secretary Pringle notes premium list inquiries. Terre Haute racing visits boost turnout for Sept 18 to 23. Local updates cover church visits, nursery stock, and health concerns.
Elwood A. Armpreister of Smith township was arrested on larceny charges after a farm theft case linked to a coat and hat. The suspect, previously using names Frank Mitchell and Frank Armprester, was held by Marion County authorities after a preliminary trial before Squire Osbon.
The Indianapolis National Bank faces a wrecking scandal with Theodore Py Haughey and Schuyler Haughey among those jailed. Others including Frank A. Coffin Percival Coffin and Albert Reed held on charges of embezzlement aiding and abetting. Bank losses mount with a large deficit and criminal liability outlined.
A Wednesday morning fire damaged the stable of Al Williams behind his grocer shop, freeing three horses one died in the blaze. R R Taylor’s barn and a plow shed adjoined Nickerson’s blacksmith shop were saved by water. Br. E Eveleigh broke his arm falling from a roof. Incendiary theory cited as motive. locals warn for better fire organization and salt water use.
A wreck on a county line trestle near Milton toppled two passenger coaches and a sleeper into the creek sixty feet below killing seven people and wounding others. Captain Peyton Tunstall attempted to slow but the bridge failed as high water rose, with Proom Norris among the dead and Mrs Giersch and J J Towns among the passengers in the sleeper.
Musvik Aug 21 Critics fault Drs Boneh and Cowing for exposing hundreds to smallpox while treating cases in the city. State board of health secretary arrives to confirm virulent outbreaks in the factory district. strict quarantine and precautions push public fear of new cases. Evassville Aug 28 Jury in State v William Highfield finds him guilty of whitecapping, sentencing two years in prison and a $50 fine. Henry Sutton jailed ill. earlier conviction of William Brown noted.
Wat Vide Neather Dare reports the Columibian Athletic Club plans a 500 foot fence around its arena. 500 Pinkerton detectives will be stationed inside to quell demonstrations outside, disregarding state law on Pinkerton presence.
Anderson August 21 the labor situation improved as the Brondne rolling mill and the Arcade fire works opened and employed 265 men who had been idle. The American Strawboard company to resume tomorrow with 125 employees adding to the jobs revived weekday economy.
The Iowa Republicans nominated I D Jackson for governor by acclamation after an hour of discussion and a second ballot. Jackson, who is in New York on business, had not been in Iowa for two weeks and the convention declared against prohibition. The resolutions blamed Democrats for last election and hard times on tariff interference.
In Joliet Illinois Aug 22 a boiler mud drum burst scalding three workers at Lambert Bishop barbed wire mill. George Parkins died John Whitman seriously injured Corey E Robinson and another worker were badly burned. The facility planned to reopen with 400 employees but the building suffered heavy damage and repairs halt production.
Washington reports a cable line incident harmed multiple members of Congress. Rep Hooker of Mississippi suffered severe injuries and weeks of confinement after a car crash, Rep Oates of Alabama endured brain concussion, and Rep Shell was knocked down last night, cut on the head, with a concussion, his doctor hopeful for recovery.
In a brief exchange, a Good Minister notes the Littlo family home stays clean. the Little Girl replies the piano stool broke, adding a playful aside about tidiness and recent mishaps.
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