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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1891
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a nature's cure all for colds fevers and bowel issues. It claims quick relief and pleasant taste made from healthy substances. Available in 60 cent bottles from leading druggists with prompt delivery on trial.
County notes report post offices active and alert with items sent to columns. Astonishing cider apples ground and many folks missing since Terre Haute departure. Hodson to preach at Lincoln Sundays. Wheat in stacks spoiling and rain continues.
An 8 price advertised salve claims to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions and even piles with a money back guarantee. Sold by Stalcup for 25 cents per box.
The scene notes heavy rain the night of the 20th the heaviest since the flood. Jonesboro shows a boom with fall trade boosting business. Residents Asberry Phillips Kaen Calvin Rainbolt Abe Hamilton visit T Bogard and Center Township dentist Elsworth Williams is praised for his ambition and skill. A patent medicine man tour passes through and a school fund donation is recorded.
Wm Timmons postmaster and local residents John Leslie hardware merchant J W Gardner report Electric Bitters improved kidney and liver trouble, vitality, and appetite. Sold at 5 Starcup's Drug store for 5 per bottle.
N McIntosh bought a small breech loading rifle and claims many accessories for it. Rain has swollen creeks to summer highs, with some not yet full for advances. Dean and McIntosh plan to attend the Bloomfield teacher institute as Spencer fair passes with little excitement.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment for catarrh. It describes the product as a combination of tonics and purifiers that act on blood and mucous surfaces and claims physician backing and nationally sold origin. Testimonials are offered to readers.
An array of brief mentions from Owensburg covers politics, town figures, and social events. Items include Carmichael's remarks on a treasurer race, Gates and Bloomfield talk, teachers for next winter, a Bloomfield fair balloon note, and various residents such as Frank Sargent and Flynn making short appearances.
Fragmented community brief with names and activities including visits by families from Elnora and Newberry, local injuries, a seed sale ad, cottage building in Martin county, a campaign to end whisky sales, a Deniing street meeting on profanity, and resolutions supporting cessation of alcohol sales by W C Bennett.
Advertises Dr Kings New Discovery for La Grippe and chest lung troubles. Claims quick relief with no after effects. Guarantees satisfaction or refund. Trial bottles free at S Stalcups Drug Store with large bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00.
Tiliam Kruger of Indianapolis and Miss Anna Dickey wed at Bates House Indianapolis last Tuesday by a Christian minister. The couple plan Indianapolis as their future home with Kruger as a baggage master on the I and V road. The item also records local reunions, visits, and scattered notices from the community.
R E Eveleigh druggist advertises Dr Miles heart cure and Restorative Nervine with claims of top sales and testimonials. It urges those with palpitations shortness of breath pain or sleeplessness to try the remedies before it is too late. The note highlights no opiates in Restorative Nervine and promotes a free book of testimonials.
On August 21 1891 Cincinnati Inc held an inquest into the death of Calvin Sparks of Greene county. The body was found to have died by hanging with a bed cord hidden by the wife and the family unaware of his intent. The wife left to fetch water leaving youths ages 14 and 10 in the orchard noting the strange scene near a wagon.
The scene recalls an elderly man found dead from hanging after a failed attempt to end his suffering. A ten year old cut the rope. relatives and Isaac Lewin helped move the body to Flynn graveyard. Neighbors remembered him as a pioneer and kind family man while Diana mourned beside him. A separate anecdote mentions Pimples and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery aiding a young man who later marries Vere.
An advertisement for M A Johnson's treatise on The Tariff presented as a plain, practical defense of protective tariffs from a government and citizen perspective. It promotes clear, non political analysis and outlines subscription options via The Democrat of Bloomfield Indiana.
A Boston clothing dealer touts all wool pantaloons for two dollars to spur hurry. A health pitch promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for biliousness and digestive complaints. The Evansville & Indianapolis railway offers discounted round trips on selected August dates. A Switz City stockyard ad seeks the return of a 1200 pound red and white spotted cow. Rewards offered by Wartrrr & McLavent in Bloomfield Indiana.
A dense ad list offers numerous properties around Bloomfield including 21 percent acres east Main Street, 2 acre orchards, 7 room houses with cellars and porches, brick and frame houses near public squares, 23 acre timber and pasture parcels, 120 acre Highland township farm with orchard, 93 acre river bottom tract, 200 acre cultivation site with house and barn, 37 acres west of Worthington Terre Haute road, 160 acres with poplar worth 40000, and multiple corner lots and town lots with pricing from 300 to 150 cash.
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