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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1894
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Bloomfield, $1.50, a December 28, 1894 date, and a New Year greeting. The readable portion implies a local advertisement or notice marking a holiday sale or event at a Postopiee shop with prices and a year-end message.
A fragment notes eighty nine life convicts in the Southern prison with November dates, reflecting crowding and inmate counts amid wartime pressures.
Greene county sent five persons to the Prison South in 1893 and thirteen in 1894, reflecting a rise in incarcerations across the two years.
Bourivan county sent eight persons to the prison south in 1893 and fourteen in 1894.
A lone inmate at Jeffersonville prison is serving a seventh term amid a total of sixty one convicts sentenced there. Data shows ninety three and ninety four years’ spans, reflecting past sentencing totals for the institution.
Call for all Democrats to attend the Jackson Day event in Indianapolis on January 8, 1895. A civic gathering aims to bolster party support and rally local Democrats.
A Covington opinion questions a man who claims deep finance knowledge yet lacks personal wealth, suggesting a critique of credibility versus financial success. The remark highlights a discrepancy between expertise claimed and money held.
A county officer's lobby is assembled at Tadisnapeli ia to influence the upcoming convening of the legislature next week.
A notice states that ten tickets for a banquet are available in Indianapolis Ta 8 1895 for three dollars each. It invites readers to buy a ticket and attend.
The town reports its new weekly publication City Globe debuted last week with a healthy start and broad distribution. Residents hope the paper will spread community news and foster local connections.
After the banquet a meeting of Democrats of the State will begin organizing for the coming campaign. All Democrats who can attend are urged to join on January 8, 1895.
The report covers two years ending November 1, 1894, detailing operations and growth toward self sufficiency under the prison directors. It notes steady expansion and management progress at the Jeffersonville institution.
The Democratic meeting in Indianapolis on Jackson Day January 8 includes a banquet and aims to unify party work and club organization across the state. Committees urge broad county attendance, with reduced railroad rates and banquet tickets at three dollars per plate.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co. endorsements from West & Truax and Walding Kinnan & Marvin attest Cheney's honesty and financial ability. Cure taken internally, priced 75 cents per bottle, widely sold with free testimonials.
Xmas is over and our pocket book is empty. Henry Melburn and wife passed through this city Sunday. Theo Slinkard and wife with children of Bloomfield spent Christmas here. Mack Poe of Goose Pond gave an entertainment at his school Friday with about three hundred attendees. Humphreys and Funk undertakers hauling material for a new brick. The town may soon be lit by electricity. Stores have had a flourishing week of trade.
S H Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach disorder liver trouble and emaciation. Three treatments of Electric Bitters restored health. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Indiana healed a eight year leg sore after using three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amica Salve. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio had fever sores on his leg. one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Amica Salve cured him. Sold by S Stalcup's drug store.
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure for nervous disorders. It claims brain nerve center derangement causes headaches dizziness and digestive issues. The piece cites testimonials and offers the remedy via mail or druggists with a money back or express price option.
The poem portrays Ezye, a young man with industry and pluck who aims for success yet cannot match the pace of fortune. It praises learning and self effort while cautioning against clinging to the past and discouragement when lofty goals remain out of reach.
Sir Edwin Arnold describes Zanoub the Persian nautchni performing a measured graceful dance. The scene contrasts Eastern tempo with Western tastes, noting the dancers’ ritual salams and the solemn, musical language expressed through gesture and movement.
A formula from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch states horsepower equals circumference in feet times RPM times belt width in inches divided by 600. It is based on leather belting needing 50 square feet of belt surface per minute per horsepower.
A French inventor presents a method to locate steel flaws using a pneumatic tapper moved by hand over the surface. One operator and an assistant with a telephone listen for a distinctive sound signaling a flaw, which is then marked.
Discussion on the evolving roles of women and men. The piece notes progress in conferences and magazines, but says the new man has not fully arrived in real life, remaining only a foreshadowed figure.
A Phil Mall Gazette column argues that the push for gender equality would force a single morality for all. It envisions men adopting female modesty, wearing dual garments, and altering behavior from concealment to open sentiment, risking virtue becoming a market commodity.
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls Harrodsburg’s history from 1774 when James Harrod founded Harrodstown in Kentucky. It notes the shift from a royal greeting to a modern civic welcome and explains the town’s name evolution to Harrodsburg.
A verbose discussion traces dance history from the Gavots and rigadon to the saraband and coranto. It notes 1814 allied France dances the contre danse and quadrille with five figures, the lancers revival in Victorian England, and the waltz and polka, origins debated by modern French experts and linked to France, Poland, and Hungary.
An article discusses the origins of dances including the jig and contredanse. It notes English roots for the country dance and Maypole era. French contredanse as an English import, and etymologies linking jig to John Bull and gigue. It recalls Scottish and English dance terms and playful imagery around motion and music.
An old ad proclaims St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatic neuralgic and sciatic pain, claiming it is harmless as water and as certain as faxes, and notes it is used by everybody and sold everywhere.
An advertisement asserts hundreds of living witnesses prove consumption is curable with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery even after lung bleedings and severe emaciation. It cites physicians’ endorsements, rejects cod liver oil and malt extracts, and offers a 160 page book by mail for six cents plus address.
The Magazine of Arts notes bells may have originated with Egyptians who used percussion for sacred Osiris fetes. It claims bells were known in China nearly 3000 years before Christ, while Greeks and Romans avoided large bells. Daily bells advertised bath hours and market openings, suggesting small bells sufficed.
A Philadelphia Times quote notes that marrying in Paris yields two ceremonies two wedding dresses and two sets of guests with an interval between rites. It implies full marriage only after completing both ceremonies.
Canajoharie and Catskill residents praise Dr Kings New Discovery as the best cough remedy. Trial bottles free at S Stalcups drug store. Regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
An out of town elderly woman sought dry goods in a Lewiston Maine store. A floor walker asked what she wished and she replied she wanted dried angles, leaving the clerk momentarily puzzled as the exchange ended.
An old promotional jingle notes Castoria’s use for babies children and mothers alike. The catchy line links the product to stages from infancy to motherhood and mentions giving Castoria to children.
Plenty of money in sums from 300 up to 25000 available on good improved farms. Offers include lowest market interest, long terms, and yearly payments of 100 or more. No gold mortgage clause. Abstracts of title provided quickly. Rooms 1 and 2 second floor Court House. Stinkard & Hendren.
Publishers invite Democrat readers to receive one month of Rural World free by sending name and address on a plain postal card. The aim is to introduce farmers to the journal's practical contents on stock dairy horticulture and farm enterprise. Address Rural World Street St Louis Mo. Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect Made.
On Sunday evening in Taylor township Willard Creighton and Miss Etta Faucett were wed at the home of the bride with Rev T D Maris officiating. After the ceremony guests enjoyed a fine repast then attended church. A Christmas sunrise meeting at the C P church encouraged gifts for the poor and distributed to the poor farm.
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