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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1889
Page
2
A fragment from a Bloomfield Indiana postal matter indicates it was entered at the Post-office as Second-Class Matter. The readable line records mailing status for newspaper distribution and official handling.
The notice explains that printed dates after names show payment through that day and urges prepaid, especially for non resident subscriptions. It states subscriptions are due in advance, bills are due Saturday night, and papers may be stopped if payments lapse. It warns against credit for inconsistent payers and clarifies non county subscribers must pay upfront.
A Cincinnati observer links high priced school books to a robber trust funding luxury homes. Six trustees backed a phrased resolution that favored robbers, while Knox county parents bore the costs.
The Knox county teachers argue the school book monopoly harms the people and seek relief from the unscrupulous price gouge. They urge enduring temporary inconvenience to break the monopoly and relieve parents from paying tribute to a fraud.
Copies of the new school books were on exhibition at the county institute last week and were closely examined by a majority of teachers who pronounced them excellent in every particular. The binding and engraving are superior to the electric series and suited to school use. County teachers cooperate with the new law to ensure success.
Hartford City Telegram reports Van Antwerp Bragg Co. offers books at half price under the new law, claiming the reduction proves the firm has long robbed the public.
The clerk lists the following new licenses: James N. Moore with Anna Busby, Elmer Perkins with Mary Walker, Willy S. Boruff with Lizzie T. Moore, Curtis E. Dittemore with Lyda Mitchell, James L. Brannon with Minera Haskett.
The exhibitor offers Everitt High Grade and New Monarch wheat for sale at Bloomfield Mills and residence in Washington township. Varieties are hardy with strong milling traits, yielding thirty bushels per acre on thin sand soil without fertilizer from one bushel seed. Melvin Clogston of Plummer Indiana notes the hog cholera outbreak, urges prevention, and promotes Dead Shot as a guaranteed preventive and cure.
A montage of brief visits and calls from a wide array of townspeople and officials. Names, towns, and occupations are listed as they dropped in or traveled through, with mentions of political affiliation, business, and social visits across multiple Indiana townships and nearby states. The item closes with disaster and crime blurbs about a train robbery, a fatal well accident, a double murder, and a lightning death.
A feature on affordable interior designs for seaside and summer cottages by C W Clark. It promotes portable one story houses that can be moved, costing $200 to 1000, and appeals to owners, tenants, and decorators seeking stylish, economical coastal homes.
Thousands were refused admission to a Harrison reception at Faneuil Hall in Boston. The Montana capital remains Helena after reconsideration. A typhoid outbreak follows heavy rains in Warsaw Illinois. Steve Brodie survived a 60 foot fall into Pawtucket Creek. Gold discovery reported in Minnesota. Sioux land open to settlement prompts squatters and tribal tensions. A murder suspect surrenders in Michigan and fears of lynching grow. July breadstuffs exports rise. a yacht explosion kills four in Buffalo. Edison visits Paris. new railway subsidies and Russian trade efforts announced. Coke strikes end with 12 percent wage rise for miners. Death of Judge Cummins. Portland fires damage farms. Edison receives warm welcome in France.
The note claims numerous white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its distinctive qualities. It urges readers to ask for Ivory and insist on getting the real product. Copyright 1886 by Procter & Gamble.
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