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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1894
Page
1
A farmer’s sons rise from chores to ticket agent and baggage master, praised for honesty and skill. Their mother’s thrift supports schooling, shaping notable ministers Samuel and Eliphalet Nott. Debate on monetary policy follows, favoring practical views over gold.
A Barr township hunting party led to a serious incident when Richard McDonald was shot in the head by a fellow hunter named Carpenter. He remained unconscious, in severe pain, with doctors treating his back of the head wound and brain injury. his condition was described as critical and likely fatal.
An eye witness account from James Creelman describes Japan's seizure of Port Arthur and a calculated massacre of Chinese civilians. The report details battles on the plains and hills, the destruction of fortifications, and executions of noncombatants as Japanese forces advanced and reinforced.
Minnie Jefferson known as Granny Jefferson is reported dying at age 109 in Virginia at her grandson Charles Davis residence. Born March 20 1785 on Thomas Jefferson's Shadwell plantation she was a slave who married Peter Jefferson and had nine children. Her lineage includes 57 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. She is totally blind and has lived in the Jefferson household life story told by a New York dispatch.
A seventy seven year old woman lives with her thirty five year old grandson. She is described as wonderfully well preserved with skin nearly white and a thick wavy mass of pure white hair.
The women of Charleston South Carolina through the Calhoun Association will fund a new monument to John C Calhoun replacing the older statue. New York sculptor J Massey Rhind designed a ninety foot erection with a thirteen foot bronze statue atop a granite pedestal and two bronze palmetto trees. Completion and dedication are aimed for fall 1895 in front of the Military School. The 1887 monument cost about 44000 dollars and was dedicated with L Q C Lamar as orator.
Reports say peace between China and Japan is near while Consul Jewett will likely investigate the Armenian outrage. Congress may tax beer, raising prices to five cents per mug. A Kentucky boy dies after falling into a fire. A West Virginia post office is robbed of cash and stamps. A rabbit hunt in Montgomery County yields 570 bunnies killed. A Montecello Idaho wife dies by chloroform. A couple near Jeffersonville Indiana nearly elope as a horse runs away. Dr. Kinsley testifies Geo Kolb is insane. St. Louis brewers' syndicate to close. A conductor shoots himself in Ohio. A Kentucky quarrel ends with a groin wound. Burglars loot an Alliance Ohio home.
John Gale aged sixteen from Spencer county near Rockport died on the 18th inst from an unusual cause. He walked to and from his school on his hands along a level sandy road, leading to neck and face enlargement and brain congestion. A schoolmate estimates Gale had walked about fifty miles this way since September last until his death.
A boy who loves circuses has long wandered twelve miles to Rockport to watch performances, chasing a lifelong dream of becoming a circus performer.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve marketed as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Priced at 25 cents per box sold by S. Stalcup.
For the Midwinter Holidays the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway will offer tickets at one and one third fare for round trips to all points on its lines and principal connections. Tickets valid December 24 25 31 1894 and January 1 1895. For details consult any B O S W Ry agent Chesbrough Gen Passr Agent.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway will on December 18 sell tickets to points west and southwest at one fare for the round trip plus $2.00. For full particulars call any B. and O. S. W. agent or write J. B. Scott Jr Trav. Passr Agent Vincennes Ind.
The St Clair County Farmers Institute will hold its first meeting at Buckhanan's Hall Belleville Illinois on January 16 and 17 1895 beginning at 1 pm with a night session on the 16th A strong program is planned to attract a large attendance All farmers invited for details contact secretary A B Ogle Belleville Ill
A Sacramento County resident reportedly grew licorice for ten years and displayed it yearly at the State fair, where it consistently earned premiums. The crop, said to rival Smyrna licorice, thrives best in light soils.
The piece notes most new arrivals avoid the South, despite 285630 arrivals last year and only about 12000 heading South. It applauds Southern agricultural advantages and urges farmers to study markets, buying and selling details to profit, debunking the idea that any fool can farm.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages as a constitutional disease. It is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 reward for any uncured case and an invitation to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Classified note offers a practically new safety bicycle in exchange for a horse and buggy. Call DEMOCRAT.
A Tri-Weekly Press reflection on overcoming hardship. It urges meeting formidable challenges with courage and effort, defining success by character over world measures. It argues honest resolve through adversity yields growth, resilience, and readiness for future duties.
The text argues that one cannot choose duties but must accept and perform them as they come in God's will. Escaping pain offers no real peace. true prosperity comes from facing duties bravely and staying in one’s assigned role until death. Selected.
A brief scribble notes reactions to a new minister in Middle Town New York with a quip about his lack of sensationalism. The passage then cites ancient and classical authors Berosus Strabo Homer Balansa on wild wheat in Mesopotamia Asia Minor and Sicily.
Dramatist Farquhar believed he married a rich talented amiable woman but upon inquiry he described her as a scold who bore wealth on her back and intellect on her tongue in a sharp remark.
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