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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1892
Page
1
Bloomfield notes show Big Bloomfield Fair entries near closing date August 30 and Sept 12 to 17. Town visitors include Carr of x loen and Horn of Koleen, with many Democrats, locals, and surrounding towns attending events and meetings.
All School teachers should attend the Big Bloomfield Fair from September 12 to 17. A stray note mentions excursion train to Evansville Sunday. In other items Cleveland 21 4 Harrison 180 Weaver 50 Drug Store for sale must sell at once for cash and terms. Inquiries at this office.
Classified short notices seek a woman for light housework in a small family of two elderly persons. Permanent home and good wages offered. Apply box 11 Bloomfield Indiana.
The notice lists several marriage licenses granted since the last report including G W Hummel to Edith Fry Asberry Fredrick to Sadie Wright Wm F Sargent to Ema Dagley John Garrity to Ada Warren Wim Wilson to Clara McKee Tobias Tongate to Josie D Ragsdale. The accompanying ad promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a remedy for digestive issues.
An audience at a court house lecture Wednesday night found Richard Lew Dawson’s talk lacking the expected depth. The superintendent hoped for James Whitcomb Riley level impact but left saying belief must come from seeing.
Card expresses gratitude for aid and sympathy shown during illness and death of wife and mother. A.J. Clarke and family from Swilz City thank friends and pray for blessings, dated August 22, 1892.
A mob in Limestone fired on constable John Stultz while resisting arrests after a drunken procession of Germans in Bedford led to two men exposing themselves. Mack Lentz died from gunshot wounds. Andrew Lentz survived. Warrants issued for the crowd. Indiana court notes detail cases of Ingles, Brown, Justice, Ramp, and other defendants tied to disputes, assaults, and peace bonds with varied outcomes.
The trustees of Purdue University offer two full scholarships for the 1892 academic year to county farmers associations and allied groups. Scholarships cover tuition and lab fees for those in the regular agricultural course, with no dormitory housing. Selections are by county association veto, with certificates mailed to eligible readers.
The 32nd Greene County Institute commenced August 22 1892 in Bloomfield Indiana drawing 134 attendees before the opening session. Teachers and locals heard practical talks on language, morals, attention, and classroom management from Professors Rettger Owen and others, with evening lectures and musical demonstrations.
The YPXVGE wife and child of J Clark near Switz were intered in Marco cemetery Sunday. Shoop a former resident solicits men to go to Central Amelia to work in timber region and visits A T Marshe. The wife of I Flemming on the sick list is recovering. Surveyor Cox and brother Charly surveyed here last week. Several local youths accepted work with Mr Shoop to go to Central America. Lightning struck L D Terguzon s house shattering it but no injuries. Two Bloomfield men posed bills for the Bloomfield fair.
Saturday set for cemetery cleanup in Jonesboro but Rev. Falk was absent and overall effort was light as residents marked the day in memory. Jacob Nellinger of Stanford visited to check graves of his family and reported prosperity in Stanford. Mrs. Eliza Oliphant sick, Nora Stone Nance of Bedford visits to honor her mother’s grave, plus Beech Creek meeting draw and Rev. S. Tabor sermon.
SAAC N Hatton of Vilas and Nancy E Moore of Hynsdale Morgan county united Sunday. There were political meetings at Kelley and Fr Wilson school houses with speakers Seymour Riddle Floyd Jones and visits by D W Crockett Ei W McIntosh. A Democratic club will be organized and institute attendance noted.
The tariff debate pits favored domestic industries against others demanding fair share. It highlights a 1890 choice that increased duties on tinned plate to aid a non self supporting industry, seen as robbing taxpayers to sustain a pauper industry and burdening the public with charity.
Notice to residents of Newberry and Cass township Greene county Indiana that a male Greene County resident over 21 will apply at the September 1892 Greene County commissioners session for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicants in a one year period. The sale and on prem ises are described as a one story frame building on Lot 66 in Carpenter Morse adding Newberry bounded by specified lines.
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