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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1894
Page
8
The Bloomfield Democrat and Slinkard & Hendren announce publication details and subscription rates, boasting larger Greene county circulation than any other paper. It greets readers with a Happy New Year 1895 message, reflecting on past pleasures and plans for the coming year.
Report shows eighty nine life convicts housed in the Southern prison. On November 1 the facility held 470 convicts, reflecting a recent population total in the Southern prison.
Greene county sent five persons to the prison south in 1893 and thirteen in 1894, reflecting a rise in incarcerations over the two years.
The record notes Sullivan county sent eight men to the prison South in 1893 and fourteen in 1850s.
A prisoner in Jeffersonville prison is noted as serving his seventh term. The report mentions a single inmate with repeated terms, highlighting ongoing disciplinary or legal issues within the facility.
Fifteen-year-old report notes sixty one persons were convicted and sentenced to the prison South in 93 and seventy two in M4, detailing a wave of sentences within the regional penal system.
Promote Democratic unity as every Democrat who can attends the Jackson Day meeting in Indianapolis on January 1895 urging attendance and participation by party members.
A local columnist questions a man who preaches financial wisdom yet lacks personal wealth, calling out perceived contradictions in his public persona and private finances.
The county officer's lobby has assembled in Indianapolis awaiting the legislature's convening next week, signaling coordinated outreach and lobbying plans.
Ten tickets for a January 8 1895 banquet in Indianapolis have been placed with a Democrat for sale at three dollars each. Buy your ticket and go.
The town notes Monroe City has a revived newspaper with last week’s issue described as healthy and sizable. The editors hope the City Globe will gain traction and reach a broad audience with local news and impressions.
A Democratic meeting is set after the banquet to begin organizing the state for the coming campaign. All who can attend are urged to participate on January 8, 1895.
The biennial report of the Southern prison directors at Jeffersonville covers two years ending November 1 1894. It details the institution’s progress toward self sufficiency under current management and highlights increasing operations.
The 1005 Jackson Day Democratic meeting in Indianapolis seeks unity and club organization across Indiana. The event includes a banquet with tickets at three dollars and calls for wide county representation, urging written notices of attendance and rail fare concessions arranged by W. L. Slinkard.
One hundred dollars reward for catarrh cases not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonials free. West & Truax and Walding Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale drugists in Toledo endorse Cheney & Co. Props. Claims hallmarked as a cure with internal use and mucous surface action. Price five dollars per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Henry Melburn and wife passed through town Sunday while Theo Slinkard and family from Bloomfield spent Christmas here. Mack Poe of Goose Pond hosted a school entertainment for about three hundred attendees. Humphreys and Funk undertakers are hauling material for a new brick building. Linton may soon be lit by electricity as stores report flourishing business last week.
S. H. Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism and weight loss. Three battles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois had an eight year leg sore. Three bottles of Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Amnica Salve healed it. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio had five large fever sores. One bottle Electric Bitters and one box Buckley's Amica Salve cured him. Sold by S Stalcups drug store.
A collage of ad copy and cultural commentary surveys healing nostrums, Persian dance descriptions, and antiquated physics rules. It cites Restorative Nervine claims, Persian dancers in vivid detail, notes on marriage morality, and a George era historical vignette of Harrodsburg and dance origins.
A reflective verse in the Washington Star contrasts a hopeful youth with limited pace against life's broader gain through effort. It emphasizes being true to oneself, valuing learning and art over chasing relentless speed, and notes the world rewards authentic growth.
A French inventor proposes detecting and localizing steel flaws via a pneumatic tapper moved by hand over the surface. The tapper is connected to a telephone, with one man operating the tapper and an assistant in another room listening for a distinctive sound. The listener signals the operator to mark the flaw.
A brief feature questions if the new woman will find contentment and happiness as the new man remains unseen. It notes that progress is shown in conferences of advanced ladies and in magazine articles, but the male counterpart has yet to appear in real life.
A promotional appeal claims hundreds of living witnesses affirm the cure of tuberculosis with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It asserts past treatments like cod liver oil malt extracts whiskey and hypophosphites failed, while the remedy succeeded even in advanced cases. A two page book with photographs of cured patients is offered by the World's Dispensary Medical Association.
The article notes bells origin with Egyptians and ancient China, contrasts Greek Roman use, and recalls daily bell ringing for markets. It links wedding rituals in Paris to double ceremonies and testimonials then promotes Dr. King’s New Discovery as a trusted cough remedy with trial bottles offered.
Friendly weekly readers column from Bloomfield Dimocnar promises engaging content. A town scene includes a dry goods store interaction with a traveler and lingering notes on farming, loans, and agricultural publications offered to readers.
A Sunday evening ceremony at the bride's home in Taylor Township united Willard Creighton and Miss Etta Baucett with Rev. TOU. Marts of Gosport officiating. After the service a formal meal followed and guests attended a sunrise Christmas morning meeting. Presents were collected for the poor farm and distributed to inmates.
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