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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
2
A brief notice from the Bloomfield Indiana post office edition dated Thursday December 20 1900 lists subscription rates for advance payments: one year six months and three months.
The piece celebrates Christmas as a day of joy and memory for young and old alike. It notes gift giving, family gatherings, and the joy of the season, and honors the birth of the Savior as the world’s greatest event. The Democrat extends wishes for a happy Christmas to readers.
Carrain C. BE. Pors, a returned officer from the Philippines, says it will take 20 years and an army of 75,000 men to end the country. He adds that volunteer regiments want to return home and will not re-enlist unless allowed to do so.
Mrs Mary McLean, widow of Washington McLean and mother of Mrs Admiral Dewey Mrs Admiral Ludlow and John R McLean owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer, died Sunday of heart disease at her Washington City home. She was seventy two years old.
The president states a mission to bring liberty to the Philippines, echoing Patrick Henry on liberty or death, but the correspondent notes many Filipinos face death as a result of this policy.
A mob of about 500 men seized three Black men from Rockport jail and hanged them after allegedly concluding their guilt in the murder of barber Simon in Spencer County. The sheriff was unable to intervene.
William N. Jackson longtime secretary of the Indianapolis Union Railway Co dies at ninety one. He was a devoted church member of the Second Presbyterian and requested a simple inexpensive burial with a brief service and no eulogy. He wished burial the day after death unless contagion risk. reads Psalm 34 or Romans 12 suggested but not required.
The News marks twenty five years publication and ten years under current ownership. It notes Greene county gains from telephones to railroads, Linton becoming a city, coal output clarity, improved roads and jails, and a drop in bonded debt while taxes stay low. The county moves forward and becomes more Democratic.
William J. Bryan announces he will begin a weekly Lincoln Nebraska newspaper named The Commoner. The paper will defend Kansas City platform principles and he plans occasional lectures, especially in college towns to students.
The Jeffersonian Club of Lincoln will hold a December 26 banquet honoring Willan J Bryan. Invitations go to prominent Democrats from across the county.
Congressman Miers in Washington declares subsidies un American and wrong in principle. He opposes all subsidies including ship subsidy and doubts Republicans can enact the measure without Senate support. He says passage in the House would be easy if the Senate approves and caucus unity holds.
A Rural Mazavine letter explains German iron manufacturers want government support to rival American goods overseas. It argues U S tar alls let Yankee trusts raise prices and capture foreign markets, citing a Manzanera rancher paying 355 dollars per hundredweight for galvanized barbed wire delivered to Manzaneta, with rail and ship costs.
For Christmas and New Year the Southern Indiana Railway sets a special rate to all Centra Passenger Association points. Selling dates are December 22 24 24 25 and 31 1900 and January 1 1901 with return passage valid only until January 2 1901.
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The Missionary Society of the C. P. church meets Friday 2:30 to 3:30 with program including prayer hymn scripture Acts 17 22 34 and a paper on Africa by Mrs Cora Cravens. Mrs Isenhower solo and songs feature Mrs Joe Faucette and Mrs W R Cravens. service closes with the Lord's Prayer.
The advertisement touts Banner Salve as the best salve for piles burns ulcers and skin diseases from a noted skin specialist. It also promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a cure for rheumatism with a Richmond Indiana testimonial and notes it is sold by Geo. E. Cravens.
Thomas C Bower of Glencoe Ohio reports chronic diarrhea resolved after using two bottles of Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He urges others with similar issues to read his experience and try the product. For sale.
Geo. E. Cravens guarantees every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will refund the money to anyone not satisfied after using two thirds of the contents. This remedy is praised as best for la grippe cough colds croup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It is claimed to prevent any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia.
The Democrat features extensive Christmas advertising urging readers to call and explore the goods offered. The notice compliments the paper’s presentation and expresses hope that shoppers will respond with patronage and appreciation.
A testimonial from I C Overstreet of Elgin Tennessee claims Dr King s New Discovery saved his wife from consumption. The ad endorses the medicine for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and lung ailments with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and 1.00 at J B Stalcups drug store.
A Hillsboro Illinois resident H Robinson reports severe coin-related pain but Bucklen's Arnica Salve fully cured them. The advertisement extols the salve as a perfect healer for sprains bruises cuts sores scalds burns boils ulcers and skin diseases with a cure guaranteed by J B Stalcup.
The text advises dosing from one fourth to half a teaspoon in a baby’s bottle several times daily to improve nourishment. For older children, half to a teaspoon in milk is recommended. If mother's milk fails, the emulsion is suggested with immediate positive effects for both mother and child, sold by SCOT UP & Bev NE and druggists at $1.00.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad notes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents in Toledo Ohio.
Mrs I B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced deadly stomach trouble and jaundice from gall stones until she used Electric Bitters. The remedy cured her stomach liver and kidney complaints boosting appetite and overall health. Sold by J B Staleup for 50 cents with guarantee.
The best talent in Bloomfield will perform at People's Theatre on December 28 featuring 25 artists. The event information appears in the next issue.
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