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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1889
Page
3
The Bloomfield Democrat, Bloomfield Indiana, December 6 1889 edition notes it is the county’s only home print paper with double the circulation. It invites advertisers to inspect subscription books and directs business letters to the Democrat office. Subscription price is 1.50 per year.
The notice explains how to read printed payment dates on subscriptions and states bills are due every Saturday night. It warns that nonprompt payers may have their papers stopped and that out of county subscribers must prepay.
The Democratic trustees in their first term should be renominated and re elected. The Indianapolis World, a non partisan paper, should be read by every colored man in Greene county. It is edited and published by a colored man.
The text states that colored people will form a National League at Nashville Tennessee on January 15 with four delegates per hundred voters and Greene county slated to send three delegates.
The Bedford Democrat notes Hon. C.E. Davis as a rising tariff reformer and a prominent young leader in the state Democratic ranks. The piece highlights his rapid rise and influence within party politics.
The text notes white Republicans in Indiana drawing about $400,000 due to Harrison's victory, while colored Republicans collectively garner under $5,000. It questions whether this distribution is just and ponders when Republicans could have carried Indiana without the colored vote.
The page surveys tariff reform advocacy by Hon Cyrun E. Davis and GOP maneuvers in trustees elections under a new law. It notes Kellogg’s anti bondage stance for Black voters and criticizes newspaper patronage politics around F M Parker and Judge Briggs, while urging unity against tax foes.
The speaker pledges to allocate prints by merit and effort, contesting how campaign labor and costs should be rewarded. They offer two paths: the campaign team gets full responsibility and the official patronage is merit based, or everyone cooperates with officials dividing patronage by true merit, criticizing outside firms from Hels tonsville and their patent schemes.
The first annual message of President Harrison appeared in the daily papers Wednesday morning. It is described as not brilliant and primarily a pledge to protect the interests of monopolists and millionaires, ensuring their concerns are closely guarded.
The President names David J Brewer of Kansas for the vacancy on the Supreme Court caused by Justice Matthews death. The choice delays a bloc of five judges and disappoints friends of the Woods arrangement.
Col Albert A. Pope of Boston voices a Syracuse address arguing for improved roads to ease gravel transport and boost rural and urban prosperity. He links road quality to rail, steam, and wagon efficiency, noting 99 percent of loads rely on highways and that good roads raise farm values and urban growth.
J. C. Hawley, a veteran, recounts meeting a Tennessee prisoner in Andersonville who, amid scarce meat, joked about cooking snake. He recalls the gaunt camp, the humor, and the anecdote about tasting many kinds of game, noting snake as a rare indulgence.
The deepest bore claimed in recent counts lies at Schladebach near Leipsic Germany reaching 1749.4 meters or about 5735 feet. It took six years to bore at a cost of 52500 dollars and observed temperatures rise slowly in the lower strata per Uhland's Wochenschrift.
A courtroom exchange shows the lawyer's daughter withholding consent as Algernon seeks to amend a declaration and secure leave to amend. She says she closed the case to prevent further action. The Merchant Traveler reference hints at a contemporaneous case narrative.
The article traces the shift from wooden and earthenware dairy utensils to tinned plate, noting its material makeup, Welsh production, and vast use in the United States. It highlights tariff duty on tinned plate, its economic effects on farmers, and calls for tariff reform within Ohio and Iowa.
The New York Democratic convention endorses tariff reform, rejects free trade, and supports Grover Cleveland. It calls for free raw materials, lower duties on necessities, and free wool to aid wool growers, while urging tax relief for farmers through reduced customs taxes on consumed articles.
A summary of straw hat production highlights cheap imported headwear from Leghorn Spain Curacao grass and grass hats from China with 80 percent ad valorem duties boosting 1887 surplus by 189,314. It notes U.S. factories in Massachusetts shaping hats, and a tariff-driven price rise for consumers. It then shifts to criticism of Parisian obscene literature and lax enforcement, with English-language works flooding French markets and a commentary on public morality.
A shabby Kentuckian attempts to cash a check at a bank claiming the signature matches and asserts local roots. The cashier demands identification, but the man threatens violent consequences if not paid, adding a boastful tale of rapid travel from Bush Bottom.
James Fair recalls a St. Louis incident where three ragged girls beguiled passers by with a pinned bouquet. He bought the same bouquet for ten cents, the girls split the proceeds, and they flipped for a single cent, highlighting a local confidence game.
The article notes Hiram Maxim's first invention, a corn sheller, and traces his subsequent success with an automatic gun. It mentions Edward Fifield of Dexter owning the stencil plate used on the corn scraper. It recounts a Spanish word origin tale about dude and a series of short notes on rollers in the South Atlantic, a Trinidad wreck phenomenon, and a Hindoo leopard slayer Bashist Sing earning village praise.
Poem fragment in archaic cadence celebrates dawn in a cornfield. Narrator hears nature awaken with bells and birds. A rustic romance threads through mist and sun as villagers dream of wealth and love while cornrows glow and whispers rise from the stalks.
A Minneapolis Journal piece notes Americans wear badges to show belonging to many groups. It cites a Burlington Iowa man whose body is covered with pins and medals from numerous societies. Emblems symbolize fraternity charity love and goodwill and help bind people, though the badge trade can be overdone.
A young man on Van Buren in Clark carries a large bundle marked 3,618. He explains he pawned items to avoid storage costs, admitting the plan involved paying pawnshop rates and a monthly fee to reclaim the goods later. The Chicago Herald notes the scheme and its casual talk of pawns and storage.
An advertisement warns that many white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its special qualities. It urges customers to demand Ivory Soap and to insist on the genuine product, citing Procter & Gamble’s copyright.
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