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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1891
Page
3
The issue reports grippe cases and a warn of public safety incidents, notes sales and farm listings, and records community events. It covers elections, lodge officers, deaths, a Christmas program, and legal judgments from the Greene county circuit court.
A Summit Local No. 1 of A F of L passes resolutions condemning the Linton Weekly Call as a tool of monopoly and urges organized labor to avoid the paper. The letter from Winfield Spousler and secretary Hiram Turny requests Bloomfield papers publish the resolutions.
Holiday excursions via Pennsylvania Lines advertise reduced return fares for travel west of Pittsboro on December 24 25 and 31 1891 and January 1 1892 with return by January 4 1892. A miners strike in Indiana is reported as supported by a leaders and the union vows to aid the miners to victory. notices warn debtors to pay for services and livestock kept by local stallions and partners to Levi M Price & Son.
Greene county board rescinds all allowances for animals to pasture on enclosed lands within townships Gose Pond bonds issued and county orders canceled. Cassius Graham and James Spainhower named justices of the peace and other appointments made for Jefferson and Jackson townships. Earnest Ersham and William Bine denied liquor licenses with appeals granted. Dr. Ben Sherwood named county health secretary and J P McIntosh school fund appraiser. Board adjourned on Tuesday. Bland absent.
Condensed items report Loveland Ohio newborn weighing three quarters of a pound, Main Street losses in Louisville surpassing state insurance profits, possible removal of Chris Hughes, American pope speculation, Henry L Norcross identified as New York bomb thrower, cruiser Baltimore sails to San Francisco, destitution near Brazil Indiana from miners strike, grip epidemic with 10000 Louisville cases, Chilean President Montt on Morrison message, Milwaukee offers 100000 for Democratic convention, telegraphers strike ripple effect, Colorado blizzard, New Orleans salary milestone, nationwide grip deaths, China to boycott world fair due to Chinese exclusion.
Monday to Friday several residents and notable locals were reported in town including Pickard Warrick De Venter Yeoman Cole Harrison Brown Bucher and many others. Journal notes indicate subscriptions visits and social calls by figures such as John Davidson Mosses Crockett W.W. Templeton and Judge Briggs among a dozen more in surrounding townships.
An 1890s advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials of F. J. Cheney & Co and several Toledo wholesalers, notes internal medicine claims, price per bottle, and free testimonials. Also lists holiday rail fare and multiple notices about lodge trustee elections with dates in December 1891 to January 1892.
A Hebrew pack peddler from Louisville was robbed on the public highway between here and the tunnel. Two men attacked him with a club and pistol stock, escaping with 115. A town reward of fifty dollars is offered for the arrest and conviction as detectives work the case.
A chaotic Indiana roundup reports threats, arrests, and misfortune. Aaron Jones elected state Grange leader. forged checks topple a Greenfield couple’s fortune. Carey Wickliffe and George Elliott jailed in Indianapolis for train wrecking attempt. Shelbyville factory closed, 800+ unemployed amid overproduction. Fires devastate Red Key business district. railroad capital stock soars. A litany of accidents, murders, stabbings, and robberies fills the page with grim incidents across many towns.
Battle over wages and a 1-year agreement underlines a strike involving about 20,000 miners across Indiana. Operators claim contract violations while miners protest brutal conditions and near starvation as relief steps inch forward. The national Coal Miners Association has recognized the strike and calls for aid, potentially widening the fight to neighboring states.
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