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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
5
Usall Paper offers an immense stock of wallpaper and window shades with latest designs. Patterns harmonize with room decor, and shades are installed in customers’ homes at no extra charge. No old stock, everything new.
Home news notes a noon street band concert, a musicale at the opera house with Dr Wheeler on flute, and a lively local scene including upcoming job printing at the Democrat office. It also mentions high waters delaying mail, crops prospects, and various local business notices.
The page blends medicine ads for Simmons Liver Regulator and Hood's Sarsaparilla with tailor services by Zwillinger in Worthington and local business notes. It reports a horse theft, high creeks, suspended rail service, and cautionary editorials for correspondents, plus promotions for carpets, flood road talks, and historical cyclopedias by Prof Ridpath and Prof Allen with installment offers from A. P. Allen in Sullivan.
A brief note highlights Graham flour quality produced at Worthington Mills as a mark of excellence. The mention suggests Worthington Mills as a standard bearer for high grade Graham products.
All are entitled to the best that money will buy so every family should have a bottle of Syrup of Figs to cleanse the system when costive or bilious. For sale in 50c and 1.00 bottles by leading druggists. February.
Mr and Mrs M Cravens express heartfelt thanks to many friends for assistance and consolation following the death of their daughter Carrie. The family appreciates kindness shown during their great bereavement.
An advertising note touts a salve claimed as the best in the world for bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back, priced at 25 cents per box, sold by S Starcup.
The auditor will advertise all Janda with interest due and unpaid as of January 1. Delinquents should pay by March 1, 1941 to avoid costs and an unpleasant duty for the auditor. Thomas C. Owen, County Auditor. Also includes notices for hog cholera medicine and pregnancy guidance advertisements with promotional claims.
Margart R Route Livingston died February 18 1910 at Green Esstle near her home after years with cancer of the stomach and liver. She was about 75 and buried Friday in Bloomfield Cemetery. She was mother of John J Milin by her first husband and Aden Gi Cavina by her second husband Hugh L Livingston a lawyer. The community mourns her loss.
Last Thursday night the lodge marked the 27th anniversary of its foundation. Members and visitors enjoyed a fine supper at the Delmouico catered by E. Ric Suropes, followed by speeches and socializing. Attending brethren included Frank A. Collyer Washington lodge No. 118 John Beggs Nenha lodge No 43 Eus J A Seneff Odon lodge No 272 J W Skerd Indian Springs lodge N G Siskin Odon lodge No 272 J R McGannon Lillian lodge No 69.
On February 14 at William Shoptaw’s residence near Lyons a group of about forty-two friends and Christian associates gathered to celebrate the sixteenth birthday of Frank Shoptaw. They arrived in the morning, shared a noon dinner, enjoyed games on the playground, and dispersed with wishes for happy returns and prayers for guidance on the path of holiness.
Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds hailed as best remedy. Reports from many users claim quick relief and no after effects, with guarantee of satisfaction or refund. Also obituary notes Miss Carrie E Cravens died February 20 1891 at 2 40 am brain fever aged 20 years 9 months 24 days. Bloomfield mourns a beloved young lady of high esteem and intelligence with funeral attended by a large crowd.
A memorial note mourns Carrie Cravens who has passed away. It honors her cheerful spirit, bright intellect, and faithful Sabbath school work. The piece expresses sympathy to her family and friends and urges publication in Bloomfield papers.
A long list of residents and guests visiting the town fills the week with activity. Names include Wes Stalevp John Combs D C Roach G W Ellis Bland Carmichael Ross Morgan Williams Spears Brannon Beaty Feutz Vanne Breeden Fisher Mattox Riddle Neff Grose Workman Shields Elgan Bridwell Hutchens Barker Lehman Chestnut Deckard Ross McIndoo Austin Hendren Cravens East Hays McKissick Rose Anderson and many others. attendees note court business, renewals and subscriptions plus social calls. The piece highlights a steady flow of citizens and Democrats from Linton Marco Owensburg Bedford and nearby areas visiting the town.
The Signal Office bulletin reports impending high water on the Mississippi below Cairo with Cairo at 44.2 feet rising and forecast to 47.5 by March 3. Cincinnati records 7.3 feet today with a 16 foot rise in six days. St. Louis up five feet. stages along the lower river expected at Memphis Helena Arkansas City Vicksburg Baton Rouge by early March. A west cold wave limits rain in the Ohio valley.
A farmer from northern Illinois warns that flys are destroying wheat in southern counties. He urges farmers to pasture stock on fields to trample and crush fly eggs, then remove stock when ground is wet and let fields rest until spring. He claims three to five pale eggs per wheat stalk and promises thousands of bushels saved.
Ridpaths Universal History in four Imperial Octavo volumes is hailed as the greatest general history in English. The War Book of the Century covers Civil War leaders and battles in an authentic, impartial history with superb illustrations. The New People’s Cyclopedia of General Knowledge is a complete four volume set. All are offered on two dollar monthly installments with reasonable prices, for students teachers and knowledge lovers. For circulars or information address A P Allen Sullivan and
Carpenters, woodworkers and farmers are urged to write to Gage Tool Co of Vineland New Jersey for circulars about their self setting plane. The company states no Bloomfield dealer carries the item and will ship on a 30 days trial, inviting households to request information.
Rescuers in Jeanesville Pennsylvania retrieved five miners alive from a flooded mine after eighteen days entombed. Names include John Tumaskusky Joe Mastuskowich and John J Berns along with two Hungarians guests. The grim discovery followed a search that also found three bodies near the east gangway including James Griffith Bernard McCloskey and another Hungarian laborer.
INDIANAPOLIS Feb 25 Senator Gilman introduced a bill to discourage White Caps promising damages from the county where the act happens. A whipping yields 2000 to 5000 dollars for men and 5000 to 10000 dollars for women. If offenders live in multiple counties, the counties share awarded damages.
A summary of Senate and House actions over days sixty six to seventy one including passage of the copyright bill and various appropriations, the resignation of Ingalls as president pro tem, and the passage of the direct tax bill. The piece closes with a moral on steady work and persistent advertising.
Advertisements project optimism and assured outcomes, signaling strong expectations of success. By framing benefits with positive language and clear value, campaigns encourage favorable reader response and increased engagement.
Bills to pension Admiral Porter’s widow advance in Congress. Chicago unions press for eight hour day and direct recognition after fair labor stand. Salt melted after a snow storm left a quarter inch salt deposit. Ingalls resigns as speaker pro tem. Cleveland not seeking renomination for 1892. Census centers on Greensburg Indiana. Senator elect Kyte backs low tariff and silver. Pan American Construction Co forms to build Corpus Christi and South American railroad. Prohibition resubmission bill shocks South Dakota. Temperance delegates to Pierre. Sherman memorials mark Ohio Valley. Miners may strike May day. Lottery case in Louisiana high court nears decision. Philadelphia mayor elected. Sleet paralyzes telegraph lines from Alleghenies to Rockies. Andrews to build another ocean-crossing dory. Rhode Island elects Democratic congressman. Cleveland denies statements on presidential candidacy. Knight Dickerson dies after graft failure. Money supply totals over two billion dollars. Cherokee Strip attracts settlers. Frances Willard leads women’s council opening. Willard criticizes society dress. Cleveland cautioned on remarks. Crimes detail deaths from shooting in Dallas and New York accident amid fire losses. Deaths include professors and railroad leaders. Prince of Wales to visit Ireland. Damages in London marriage case settle for £6,600. German emperor credited with modernization. Fire destroys Grand Opera House Rochester. furnace blast blamed.
A Ottawa telegraph dispatch notes the modus vivendi allowing U S fishermen access to Canadian waters on a tonnage fee expired December 31. Parliament won’t meet for two months after the season opens, risking friction on the Atlantic coast if the arrangement isn’t revived in time for spring operations.
A survey of varied topics notes fifty-one large libraries sold in London last year. It cites seas as the China Sea and Bay of Fundy as roughest. Obituaries include a Portland, Oregon Chinaman who left $200,000. Other items cover Nile damming founder Mongel Bey, Paris fashion notes, coin weights, Stanton family, Custer kin, and miscellaneous domestic tips.
A friend brings three dogs to breakfast, and a collie dominates as the others watch. The rover resents being second best, envies the collie's access to tidbits, and persistently woos the indulgent family through playful appeals until outwitted by stern refusal.
A New England reader recalls English holiday feasts with dozens of mince pies made without meat. Pies exceed American sizes, saucer shaped and richly filled with suet fruit and liquor, often gifted to village children and guests as part of a merry Christmas tradition.
Old newspaper vender James Mullen near the Brooklyn Wall Street ferry recalled bystanders and Wall Street men from Bowery nights to Tweed era politics. His rise with the Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys contrasted with later decline under changing orders. Also notes a quirk about a married woman signing as Mary A. Smith and a Kansas City streetcar stoppage caused by independent accidents.
For sale across Greene County area near Bloomfield and Worthington include 213 acre farm with house and two acres orchard on Main Street, prices from 300 to 1500 dollars. Numerous tracts: 23 acres near town, 120 acres with cultivation, 93 acres river bottom, 200 acres cultivated, 120 acres level land near RB R. and town, 95 acres rich black land, 37 acres west of Worthington, all with houses, barns, and outbuildings. several offers include cash rent, trade options, and long-time payments. several parcels near town, schools, post office, and roads. brokers seek additional property buyers and listings.
The Evansville Route inaugurated vestibuled service between Chicago and Nashville on trains 5 and 6, the Southerner and Northerner, via multiple lines. Through cars, dining and sleeping cars, electric headlamps, automatic air brakes, and reliable connections promise a premium, fast ride between Chicago Dearborn and Union Depot Nashville with daily departures and hotel connections.
An old classifieds notice offers Castoria for children and a remedy for hog and chicken cholera. It lists a seven percent loan option and mentions Geo. W. Osborn of Bloomfield Indiana as the contact.
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