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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1891
Page
4
OCR text fragments describe auction and sale offers in Bloomfield and Newberry including calves and household items, also local crimes, court cases, marriage notices, elopement news, a stabbing incident in Spencer, and public notices about taxes, licenses, and school exams with references to Greene and Sullivan counties and the Pennsylvania lines holiday tickets.
A dense scrape of items describes the St Louis Republic style weekly with multiple editions and a large circulation, marriage licenses, sales of horse cholera remedies, a coal strike note, holiday excursion ads, milliner notices, and a 1992 Columbia Daily Calendar offering yearly cycling and editorial content.
A parade of residents from Lyons Highland Grant and Beech Creek townships visited the county seat this week. Citizens such as Chas Gilta Jas Mc Noel and Wm O Nash were noted in town for business and social calls while court sessions drew many others including auditors and trustees.
The Cincinnati market page reports varied prices for fine merino wool and unwashed wools, mixed cattle classifications, and multiple regional wheat and grain quotes. A Baptist church meeting series concludes with rising interest and expected large conversion harvest.
Notice states an election of three trustees to be held Tuesday night December 20 with candidates H L Quillen, G, Joseph Muilane named as trustees. secretary noted.
Notice of election of three trustees for Be Hunter Lodge No 507 1 O F in Switz City Dec 26 18s. Bloomfield Lodge No 497 1 OF holds three trustees election Dec 20 18, at Rankin Shields store. Bloomfield Encampment No 189 10 OF holds trustee election Dec 28 1801. Also marriage report: Matelin Oborn and Emma J Porter wed by Esquire George W Osborn at county clerk's office. Osborn, Porters daughter.
Simon Bland was elected president of the new county board, succeeding David L. Osborn as William McCloud took his seat. The elder member Layer remained secretary as the board opened with Bland’s noted diligence and the hope McCloud will be an honest, careful commissioner. The court began by reviewing remonstrances to the Morgan ditch report and granted licenses to sell intoxicating liquor to several individuals, with some applications dismissed for description issues.
The Bloom field circuit court proceedings continue with several cases ongoing. Notable items include mons for damages, a liquor case with a hung jury, and a railroad fine for sanitation failures. A minor civil dispute ends with sale of real estate, and a divorce venue change is denied. Also reports of a boy sent to the house of refuge and a damages award in a highway dispute. Hall's Catarrh Cure ads appear with endorsements.
New York reports recount a December 7 blast at Russell Sage’s office. A would be assassin posed as a bond negotiator, fired on a valise of dynamite, killing the dynamiter and Sage’s clerk Ben Norton while injuring several others including Sage. Police hold the identity of the bomber and no bonds were lost.
December 5 report from the postmaster general notes one million dollars in lottery revenue lost, while a six million dollar postal deficit gradually disappears. Wanamaker backs private indemnity for missing mail, supports a San Francisco dead letter branch, one cent letter postage, three cent calls, ten cent telegrams, and free delivery for cities over five thousand. Three Men Blown to Pieces in Missouri boiler explosion kills three and destroys the mill. Emin Pasha reportedly arrives at Wadelat Zanzibar.
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