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Newspaper

Bloomfield Democrat

Location

Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1891

Page

4

Bloomfield News Roundup Reflects Local Affairs and Crimes

Local items detail land listings in Newberry, a court case verdict against Willie Gates, and arrests for counterfeiting in White County. Bloomfield schools adjourn for January, a ditch bond sale at auction, and the county treasurer case headline the segment with notes on heal th, a canning factory push, and community events.

Local notices echo farm life and civic notices in 1891

Fragmented OCR shows ads and notices from Indiana and Ohio papers. Items include medical and editorial pay anecdotes, a card of thanks, land for sale, marriage notices, catarrh cure promotion, Indiana Farmer premiums, and a teachers’ institute report with details on sessions, papers, and seating.

The Mazy Waltz and Town News Items

Aron Combs visited town on Monday. Dozens of locals and visitors including Elmer Cravens and Jiram Camden dropped in for the holidays. Mr and Mrs John J Hardy left for Indianapolis to see their daughter. George Sullivan and Squire Daniel Riggs were active in town affairs amid Democrat watch.

Aron Combs Susie Cavins Jiram Camden Beech Creek Hanon Pickard Lyons John J ‘Ardy Indianapolia Jennie Barces Wiley Barre Mra Bugham Mr. Bays

Advertisements and Health Notes From Early 1900s

A blend of job ads offering small earnings to the unemployed with no experience, a lottery-like “Chance to make money,” and various medical and disaster items. Reports include a death from accidental electricity shock in New Albany and a fatal illness case in Burnett, plus a wartime gas dispute in Richmond with city council actions and court prospects.

Busy World Briefs Highlight Global and Domestic Tensions

A roundup notes Butterworth praising the Calumian exposition growth, possible Georgia Senate retirement paving way for Crisp. AFL boycott of Milwaukee beer, Lincolns resignation rumors, and Alger funding Detroit newsboys. Rubinstein tops US tour offer. Lincoln, Johnstown, Davis memorial plans, onion remedy, cotton prices, and Buffalo flour aid for Russia. Also reports on deaths, crimes, China massacres, and a wave of fires and strikes across states.

Butterworth Colanitt Georgia Crisp Washington Weather Colquitt Sherman Filkins Harrison Mlkins Blaine Mihins Oklahoma American Federation of Labor Milwaukee London Lincoln Washington R. A. Alger Detroit Anton Rubinstein United States Andrew Jones New York Johnstown America Jefferson Davis Monument Association Southern Press Association Richmond Hyde Park Jacob Seigler Dedham N. H Buffalo New York Grant D. K. Watson Ohio Loseham William H. Taft United States Bench Watson

Kisnee Surrenders Assets in breach of contract case

The text reports a breached marriage contract case involving Miss Va Tae and Wisner. It notes Kisnee gave up property and money to VeIs Mastaied amid a divorce dispute. The event centers on a court action and related financial concessions.

Thea Dinession Va Tae Bo Iward Wisner Chris Fort Wayne Rieter

Two Miners Injured in Powder Explosion at Freeman’s Mines

In Wisconsin Township Ind Dec 23 two miners William Higgins and Charles Sellers Jr dropped a spark into a keg of powder causing a blast. Both were badly burned. New York report notes six deaths from grip yesterday and 142 policemen reported sick.

Tia Wiscosnxts Ind Freeman's Coal William Higgins Charles Sellers New York Grip

Hoosier News Lurid List of Local Tragedies and Escapes

Telegraph roundup from Indiana reports guard Applegate dies from injuries after a prison escape attempt by convict Carroll. A cascade of incidents follows: men shot, suicides, an accident at a horse race, a fatal fall, strikes, robberies, a train man killed by a tramp, several assaults and arrests. Reports also note near-simultaneous deaths of elderly lovers, saloon raids, and various local disasters across Indianapolis, Muncie, Evansville, and other towns.

Applegate Jeffersonville (Ind Carroll Trorses Marietta Ind Muncie George Howell Abram Clymer Vincennes Evansville Louis Schmidt Duff Brookins Princeton Bloomington Mary Gillie the Fair Society Abe Watkins Louise Thomas Indianapolis Thomas Watkins William Fitch Grant Hamilton William Hancock Shoals Fitch Temperance Charleston Frank Kimmel Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago St. Mary's River Bridge Pendleton Coon Brown Clinton Johnson William Clark Mary Saxe Crawfordsville Carrie Bell India Mentor John Lee Joest Love France Brazil Elizabeth Connor Indiana Penn Harrison Floyd Counties Crawford Perry Washington Counties Cambridge City Oliver Lle Richey Sarah Ferguson Franklin Kroeger Elkhart Sam Burnett Charles Fisher Anderson, Ind

Have Enough of Africa Returns to Gainesville

The Dania arrival in New York includes Mose and Warne Davis and their eleven-member family from Liberia. Once prosperous farmers in Gainesville, Georgia they sold all and moved to Monroeville Liberia chasing hopeful work and good prospects. After money ran out they faced near starvation and eventual return plans.

New York Liberia Mose Warne Davis Gainesville Monroeville Warne

Explosion on French trading vessel in Antwerp harbor

An explosion on a French trading vessel in the Antwerp harbor killed about twenty sailors and left no bodies recovered. The blast occurred Wednesday morning with shock likened to an earthquake and the cause remains unknown.

Antwerp Dee

Last Big Gas Well Drilled Near Mbande Indiana

The Central Cooperative Gas company drilled a strong gas well in Center township Delaware county Indiana last week. Trenton rock was solid and little gas found at first. Explosions of nitro glycerine damaged pipe and froze dirt high in the air while roaring gas frightened residents.

Meneire Indiana Belt Central Cooperative Gas Company Trenton Center Delaware County

Government Officials Interrupt unlawful Long Island Industry

On December 23 on Long Island inspectors uncovered an abattoir at Newton Creek slaughtering broken down horses many diseased and some with glanders. Meat was being prepared for export as family beef. officials ordered seizure of seventy five tierces and halted shipments to Antwerp aboard the Lepan to stop the illegal trade.

Long Island Wasuixeton Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry Newton Creek Secretary of Agriculture Boards of Health Rusk Robertson Bureau Antwerp

Widespread Incidents Reported Across Indiana and Nearby States

Bundled items describe a White Cap party incident in Wanasu Indiana with a jailed husband, a violent church confrontation in Crawfordsville, pension back pay for a Tennessee officer, miner strike payouts in Brazi Indiana, a fatal horse kick in Wisconsin, and multiple death notices plus various fires and losses including in Seattle and Cincinnati.

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