29 Aug 1890
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1890
Page
1
Full proceedings of the last two days of the session with speeches on geography arithmetic and moral education. Teachers discuss division of lands current events and school management, with resolutions praising leaders and urging better funding and professional standards.
Bloomfield lawyers advertise practice in multiple counties and offer title abstracts. Trustee notices list weekly at Jasonville Marco and Saturday offices, with offices and residence times for Greene county townships Washington Stafford Wright.
Public notices announce weekly business hours for Greene county townships. Deckard Calvert Moss Moore and Lorter outline Saturday forenoon events and residence offices for Stock Cass Taylor townships, with limited weekday access as provided by law.
County Superintendent William M. Muss announces weekly Saturday hours at the Bloomfield courthouse to conduct official business. The notice is published from Bloomfield Indiana with the date June 5th or 6th stated.
County Superintendent William M. Moss announces monthly teacher license exams on the last Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. in the Bloomfield schoolhouse. Officials urge applicants to prepare and attend at Bloomfield, Indiana.
B F STRKINGFELLOW trustee states he will transact the business of the office at his residence near Heaton Post Office on Tuesday and Saturday each week in Center township Greene county Indiana.
An advertisement touts a 25 cent salve for cuta, bruises, ulcers and more with a money-back guarantee. It is sold by S. Stalcup. The page also lists exam questions in Reading, Science of Teaching, Arithmetic, Geography and Grammar from a school exercise.
Miss Berta Dyer is numbered with the sick. J. R. Johnson attended the institute last week. J. R. Heaton and wife went to Scotland Sunday. Some boys attended church at Matamoras Saturday night. Basket meeting at Sylvania on the first Sunday in September. Frank Shake and wife visiting Marco. Rev. M. C. Faulk preached Sunday and Sunday night locally.
An aged advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective remedy to cleanse the system. It claims relief from costiveness and biliousness, purports to awaken kidneys and liver, and promises a permanent cure for habitual constipation without irritation or weakening.
Worthington hosts visitors including John W King Aston Combs Center township stockman Joseph Michael from Clay City and visitors Lee Brandon and wife of Robinson. Churchgoers Howard Martindale and John Riddle attend Clify church. Kinsey Callison will finish threshing Wednesday. Abner Cashner hauls logs for Yoho and Vanmeter in Monroe county this week. John Sexton and Roe Byres travel to tend sheep interests. Geo Burch sells sheep to a Hendrix county buyer for four to five dollars per head. Eleworth Williams and family of Bloomfield visit Mr W father Saturday. Joseph Crane and Francis Federin arrive with cattle bought from Kinsey Cullison.
Medical claim style advertisement for Dr Kilmer’s Ocean-Week Heart Remedy claiming regulation correction and relief for distressing cases with prices 50c and 1.00. Includes pamphlet free and notes Binghamton New York distribution and druggist guarantee.
Mrs Moore on sick list and Joe McIndoo in Spencer for health care. Wash Purcell seeks treatment at Spencer. Uncle Fred Mees was at Marco last week. Mrs James Carpenter visiting in Ohio. C T O lfaver builds a veranda. W B Criss moved his drug store. Miss Rhoda Fotner visiting uncle Wm Ironz at Bloomfield. John Callahan welcomes a boy. mother and son well. Elisha Stephens of Evansville visiting brother W W Stephens. New mill firma Dugger Neal Catt & Reid. Aunt Charlotte Ross visiting daughter Mrs Joe Holdston at Pleasantville. Greene county’s next representative shook hands with boys. J H Quillen and wife visited J W Ursery family Sunday. It is the twelfth born, another boy.
The advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for loss of appetite indigestion and sick headaches. It claims the medicine gently tones the stomach aids digestion and makes users feel real hungry within a few days.
Pratt Bridwell's wife and daughter visit Mrs. B's ailing mother. James Massey and wife spend Sunday at Springville. Frank Williams left for Missouri. James Sargent visited a seriously hurt brother after a hand-car accident. Buckner returned from Niagara Falls and claimed the belt. Center township teacher Albert Richard seen on the streets. Hubert Furgeson ill with fever. Boone Leonard, William Parker, and Punch Bridwell walked home from Bloomfield. Three passed examinations. prospects look good. Daniel Boone of Bedford visited with a fine horse and buggy. Miss Mionie Hennon returned from Bloomfield Normal. William Bradfield of Linton visited. Owensburg and Pleasant Ridge played baseball 43–28. Lawn Strosnider, A. D Neal, and Wm. Stultz paid $33 gambling fines in Koleen. Woody plans to add a story to his barber shop and rent the lower room for a saloon. Punch Bridwell sold his baseball suit to Ray Burnham and may quit playing.
Farmers discuss fall pasture prospects while W S Dye tackles another Democrat. A car repair progress, Dr Wilson leaves with a sore eye, Miss Addie George of Odon visits relatives. Brownstown troop gives free concert opposite McDowell’s. Their medicines fail to sell quickly. A surprise birthday dinner for Wm Elliott was held yesterday.
Mrs Michael Curtain of Plainfield Illinois reports she caught a cold that settled on her lungs grew worse after a month of treatment. A druggist suggested Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption she bought a bottle and after ten bottles was sound and well. Free trial bottle offered at Starcups drug store. Also notes Greene County livestock quality and Liver Regulator endorsement by H H Jones of Macon Georgia.
Excursion tickets at a single fare for round trip travel to Indianapolis are available for September 9 and 10 from points on the Pennsylvania Lines. Return validity extends to September 11 for travelers from Indiana.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and price. It lists endorsements from West Traux Walding Kinnan & Mavin and details about advertising costs in Century Harper's Chicago Tribune and New York Herald.
The Worthington school in Greene County offers advanced study beyond common schools with a new vocal music course. It advertises a pleasant town, good society, and a higher standard for the coming year with the fall term opening on September 1890. The piece urges county residents to showcase Greene County’s best at the upcoming county fair to boost advertising and prospects.
Dr Kilmer Cough Cure claims quick relief from throat tickle cough catarrh and consumption symptoms with a 25 cent price and pamphlet free. Advertisement notes seed and vegetable exhibits for Indiana county fairs urging farmer turnout to boost county ranking.
An odd collage of 19th century ads mentions Dr Kilmer mid life remedy for fatigue and youth, Simmons Liver Regulator as farmer aid, a Republican state convention trip to Indianapolis with September travel dates, and a Democrat office offering quick job work with a busy Saturday in town.
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