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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1892
Page
4
An 19th or early 20th century style ad extols Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal remedy for torpid liver and related woes. It claims the product restores health, eases constipation and headache, and cures many diseases with extraordinary power. The text emphasizes never being disappointed and urges use as a general family remedy.
The 1891 German reciprocity accord lowers duties on a few items while granting Germany free entry for raw sugar. Only about 7.14 percent of US exports to Germany were affected, with modest gains in live animals and some processed meats, and broad limits on larger trade shifts due to Austria Hungary and McKinley tariff effects.
The Steel Rail trust consolidated the Scranton mills to curb price cutting and asserts strong control over steel rail prices. Reports claim costs to produce rails drop, with profits near ten dollars per ton and lavish dividends by Carnegie mills.
The New York Commercial Bulletin argues that the proclamation keeps many duties unchanged and that the reciprocity treaty yields no net trade gains. It blames Blaine for limited gains and calls for a broader list of negotiable articles to boost imports and exports.
A brakeman recounts a Detroit area smuggling scheme in which a live Chinese stowaway hid in a pine box aboard a Michigan Central train. bribe money facilitated removal from the car and the box bore the warning this box must not be stood on end. The incident ended with the crate delivered to a inland town and no local health notice filed.
Inquiries to Georgia Secretary of State reveal many fake titles to land in Montgomery County sold by sharpers. Records show 1794 warrants for surveying over 7.5 million acres under headright law, but fraud signals exist as surveys were impossible at the time. Tax digest 1890 lists only about 1 million acres across Tatnall and Montgomery.
The Morning Commercial locked out its union printers and imported sixteen non union workers from St Louis. A scuffle occurred as workers headed to dinner with police called to restore order. Foreman A J McDade was struck in the eye and arrested after drawing a revolver. Eleven non union men left town escorted to the depot. others dispersed. The union had refused to reduce pay from 45 to 40 cents, prompting the trouble. Clapp bill to exterminate weeds in Lake and Geauga counties passed the senate and became law.
London bells mark the selection of Joseph Chamberlain MP for Birmingham as Liberal Unionist leader in the House of Commons to succeed the Duke of Devonshire Lord Harrington. A separate report notes the late Duc Alvares, once Spanish ambassador, lost both legs in a garbage-collection accident in Paria.
A catalog of farm and property for sale or trade across Bloomfield and surrounding townships. Listings include 120 to 3539 acres with houses, barns, orchards, and soil types in Highland Worthington and Greene County, plus Florida and Alabama properties. Notable details cover cultivation, water, fruit trees, and favorable terms.
Richiand Taylor Cass township areas include Jackson Center Beech Creek Highland and Jefferson with listed communities. The fragment notes township names and locale references without detailable events or dates.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church led by H. C. Cockrum holds Sunday services at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m. Prayer meetings occur weekly on Tuesdays at 7 30 p m and Wednesdays at 7 30 p m.
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