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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1893
Page
3
Numerous items detail local happenings in Bedford and Bloomfield including court notes, school plans, sales, and letters from residents. Mentions of real estate for sale, transportation by rail, entertainment, and upcoming events paint a busy community scene with names like Waston, Axtell, and Owen appearing amidst a blur of dates and places.
The article reports plans to convert the narrow gauge line to standard gauge with work to start March first and run through the Owensturg tunnel. Decisions pending on widening or bypass around the tunnel. Also notes aging engine stock and expected impact on regional travel and service to Switz City.
A political tirade argues tariffs and monopoly power gouge the poor. It blames the Reading coal combine and tariff duties for higher coal, food, clothing costs, rents, and fuel, while promising an anti monopoly shift and new officers.
A designer describes a poultry housing plan with front south windows and two cribs. One crib includes perches, the other is divided by a lattice shelf partition to separate setting hens from laying hens. A door in the partition and a park for setting hens are provided. central space features double hinged doors, and movable steps protect roosts from predators.
A narrator encounters an odd caravan traveling the prairie a dilapidated wagon with a ragged cover drawn by a shrunken horse and an oversized mule. The driver a dirt stained man with a grimy face leads, while his wife and many children ride a gaunt mule behind the wagon revealing a markedly impoverished family.
The Indiana county treasurer seized two Evansville and Terre Haute locomotives for four thousand dollars in back taxes after a supreme court ruling against railroads. Bond signed by Superintendent Corbett set them free. Similar action may follow against Big Four Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Chicago and Indiana Coal roads if about thirty four thousand dollars in taxes remain unpaid. A separate note reports a long running hoax about the Edwards estate is discredited as a newspaper fake.
The excerpt warns that a healthy stomach prevents fever while constipation signals danger, urging readers to remember this basic health rule. It emphasizes digestive balance and caution regarding bowel health as linked to fever risk.
An 19th century advertisement touts a “Specific” powder that allegedly cures liquor addiction after being hidden in beer coffee tea or food. It claims to be harmless and guarantee permanent relief for drinkers from brokers to alcoholics with a 43 page book offered free from the Golden Specific Co. Cincinnati Ohio.
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