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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1889
Page
7
The Bloomfield Indiana post office lists August Ue 18s as entered at the office for second class matter indicating mail status and processing category.
A printer’s notice explains subscription payment terms in 1889. It defines how dates indicate paid-to status, urges prompt advance payment, and states papers may be stopped for nonpayment or nonresidency after the paid period ends. It notes bills are due each Saturday night and credits may be limited for irregular payers.
A Cincinnati observer notes that high prices for school books financed lavish fifty thousand dollar Knox County residences built by a robber trust. Six trustees supported a resolution aiding the monopoly, while Knox teachers urge breaking the monopoly to relieve parents and ensure justice.
Copies of the new school books were shown at the county institute last week and widely examined by teachers who pronounced them excellent in every respect. Binding and engraving are superior to the electric series and suited to school use. County teachers join in full cooperation with the new law to ensure success.
The firm Van Antwerp Bragg Co. offers books at 50 percent off the schedule set by the new law, claimed as conclusive proof they had long robbed the public.
The following licenses were issued since the last report: James N. Moore to Anna Busby. Elmer Perkins to Mary Walker. Will S. Boruff to Lizzie Moore. Curtin E. Dittemore to Lyda Mitchell. James L. Brannon to Minerva Haskett.
Ever itt High Grade and New Monarch wheat showcased for sale at Bloomfield Mill and the exhibitor’s residence in Washington township. The varieties are hardy with strong milling traits and yielded thirty bushels per acre on thin sand soil without fertilizer from one bundel per acre. Melvin Clegaton, Plummer, Indiana. Hog cholera reported locally with a preventive and cure product named Dead Shot advertised.
The piece lists frequent local visitors and residents from Owen, Jackson, Highland, Center, Washington, and other townships. Names include Rush, Elijah Ferguson, Stalcup, Wallace, Walton, Nellie Buskirk, Bogard, Nanglev, John Bueher, Chas. Danks, Edith Beatty, R. A. Rodenbeck, Mrs. McGannon, Mr. and Mrs. Sargeant, David Delay, Mrs. Timmonas, Sarah Lehman, Harve Miller, George Sparks, Ballard, Deckard, J. T. Carmichael, Wells, McIntosh, McIntosh, Allen Crow, Will Yakey, John Morgan, John Brandon, W. L. Walters, Tobe Duke, Achcraft, Ida Sexson, Lillie Cravens, Rev. Furgeson, John D. Allen, Misses Hughes, J. P. Black, Lee Burns, John Graham, Jacob Neidigh, Prof. Cushman, Faucett, Elizabeth Giles, Rev. Redwine.
The article promotes seaside and summer cottage interiors by GL W Clark. It argues for affordable portable bungalows or single story cottages, movable if needed, aiding owners of oceanfront lands to avoid barren stretches. Costs range from $200 to $1,000, with interiors offering value for homes or professionals.
A plan for Arcistic Flames building shows a stone foundation attic unfinished with wooden finishes and built in features. The two story house lists rooms including ground floor vestibule parlor dining room and kitchen with a conservatory and pantry. Second story includes four chambers library and bathrooms with several closets and fireplaces in multiple rooms. Estimated cost is 4000 dollars.
Public reception to President Harvisui in Pan eoil hal Boston. Montana capital shift kept at Helena for now. Typhoid from polluted water. Warsaw flux outbreak blamed on contaminated water after heavy rains. Steve Brodie’s 60 foot leap yields safe swim. Minnesota gold discovery. Sioux reservation land access for actual settlers. Duel in Hokes' hall wounds Calugua. Otto Siegler survives 78 foot fall. 1000-ball-per-minute gun trial in Indiana. Fifth biennial session of Supreme Lodge meets in Cincinnati. Red Lake reservation open prospect stirs settlers from Wisconsin Dakota and Minnesota. tensions with Indians rise. Frankfort murder suspect C. T. Wright jailed. lynching feared. Bread pricing and July shipyard costs noted. Anaphtha yacht explosion in Buffalo kills four. Maybrick verdict reviewed by London papers. Mrs. Maybrick case debated. Carnot farewell. Stuttgart opens public bath with dog bath feature. Edison arrives in Paris. Congo railway subsidy planned. Central Asia Russian trade push. Novoe Vremya warns of triple alliance aiming for war. Coke strike ends with 12 percent wage rise. Death of Judge Cummins. Bright’s disease. Portland forest fires cause damage. Edison welcomed in France.
The notice warns there are many white soaps sold as just as good as Ivory though they lack the genuine qualities. It urges shoppers to ask for Ivory Soap and insist on getting the real product.
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