The Democrat and Bloomfield Ad Rates notice
The Democrat limited to weekly publication from Bloomfield Indiana lists subscription terms of one year at 1.50 six months 0.75 and single copies at 0.05. Advertising rates are on application with banks and lodge notices charged per line with 25 cent minimum. Postal classification noted as second class mail.
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Democrat Printing Office
Opera House Block
Bloomfield
Greene County
Indiana
W. L. Slinkard
Postoffice
Christmas Gift Advice Goes Wrong
A questionable suggestion advises not buying a wife a Christmas present and letting her pay for it with butter and EE5. The remark raises concerns about financial responsibility and humor in domestic spending.
If you are dead send for the undertaker
A brief notice urges readers to contact the undertaker if they are deceased and to place a live ad in the Democrat for announcements.
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Democrat
Guaranteed to cure a torpid business ad in Democrat
An advertisement note appears in the Democrat stating a guaranteed cure for a torpid business, with publication planned each Thursday.
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the Democrat
Christmas Gift Sharing Through Local Merchants
Readers encouraged to spread joy by purchasing Christmas presents from nearby merchants. The note highlights supporting local businesses as a path to shared happiness this holiday season.
Home merchant educates children and funds preachers
A home merchant supports education for children and pays preacher salaries, asserting belief in reciprocity.
Bryan Seeks to Dry Democrats in Next Four Years
The statement argues Bryan aims to curb Democratic influence over the next four years while noting Teddy has pressured the Republican party in the past four years.
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Bryan
Teddy
Oscar Gets Light Plum Crop For Pick And Duties
The report notes Oscar’s harvest will be light with limited plums to pick, allowing him to devote more time to his congressional responsibilities.
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Oscar
Roosevelt skins opponents rhetoric echoes in Battle Creek vote
In Battle Creek Michigan Col Roosevelt drew crowds and quips as Calhoun county shifted. The county gave 2000 plurality against Wilson in 1912 and 1500 for him this year, while the Colonel avoided naming Hughes or Wilson in his quip on skinning foes.
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Battle Creek
Michigan
Calhoun County
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson
Hughes
Wilson Wins New Hampshire Electoral Votes by Narrow Margin
Official figures show Wilson carried New Hampshire by a 56 vote plurality in four electoral votes. A 29 vote shift would have put Hughes ahead, and if the outcome hinged on three electoral votes, over a thousand voters could claim influence over Wilson’s victory.
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Wilson
New Hampshire
Hughes
German Peace Conference Offer Seen as War Blame Shift
The report notes Germany’s vague terms for a peace conference and portrays her statement about continuing the war as a shift of blame to the Allies. It suggests Germany would offer little, framing the move as a courtesy rather than a concession, with harsher settlements if terms are refused.
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Germany
Superintendent Moves to End Corporal Punishment
Superintendent Hanna plans to abolish corporal punishment at the Indiana Boys' School arguing the practice is barbarous and ineffective. He asserts that the institution should reform incorrigible youths for their betterment, with staff chosen for their fitness to make useful men rather than punish.
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Hanna
Indiana
Progressive movement betrayed by leaders and split from Roosevelt era
The piece decries leaders of the Progressive cause as traitors who abandoned true principles for power. It recalls strong 1912 efforts, cites Rowell White Garfield Pinchot Ickes and others in Chicago seeking readmission to the Republican fold, and argues Democratic progressivism was a failed path.
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Roosevelt
United States
Rowell
California
White
Kansas
Garfield
Ohio
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Robins
Ickes
Illinois
Chicago
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Money to Loan for Improved Farms at Low Rate
C. E. Combs Real Estate and Loan Agency in Bloomfield Indiana offers prompt loans on improved farms at low interest and reasonable commission.
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C. E. Combs
Real Estate and Loan Agency
Bloomfield
Indiana
Mi4
Fighting Dogs and a Wrong Tom Cat Tale
A粗 poem recounts a man with a tarry dog and a woman with a Thomas Cat who clash when the dog attacks a cat. The cat defends itself, wounding the dog fatally, and a shotgun blast ends the conflict. The piece ends with a warning that fighting dogs may tackle the wrong tom cat.
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Tom Cat
SONS BACK AFTER 16 YEARS Bartlett man Reunites with Split Family
W M Cehand of Bartlett Texas is reunited with his two sons James and Rudolph after 16 years. Torn apart by the 1900 Galveston hurricane the three endured long searches and separations before the sons, now grown, were found and brought back to their father in Bartlett. The boys had lived in a convent in a distant city before adoption in California and were located through a California visitor who identified James Cehand.
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Bartlett, Tex
W. M. Cehand
Bartlett
James
Rudolph
Cehand
Galveston
Gulf
Mr. Cehand
Sisters of Charity
California
Sacramento
Cal
Dehand
James Cehand
Texas
Girl Raises Pigs for Gain in Imperial Valley
Miss Josie Fuller, seventeen, of Holtville California, manages a herd of fifty hogs aimed at market profit. She plans to become the district’s hog expert, noting pig culture is practical money making work. Her hogs bring in 34% cents per pound, and she nearly won a University of California prize before judges deducted points for dog care.
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Holtville
Cal
Josie Fuller
Imperial Valley
University of California
Worker Crushed By Cave-In Near Worthington
Taylor Messick suffered a severe cave-in injury while repairing an abutment for a bridge north of Worthington. He was pinned against stone and seriously hurt with fears of a fatal outcome. Indiana Daily Times notes rural subscribers on Bloomfield route.
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Worthington
Taylor Messick
Henry George on wrongs and persistence
A terse reflection quotes Henry George on the danger of repeating wrongs. The line cautions that refusing to correct error leads to further wrongdoing and entanglements.
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