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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
3
Moss notes a busy invoice period and limited advertising this week. The message invites attention to the Grocery Department and wishes readers a Happy New Year while signaling ongoing business activity.
Meeting of stockholders reports cash and assets for 1889. Dr W H H Welch is president with J T Lamb secretary and W M Haig treasurer. Directors include Jos E Shryer Sam Shertzer W M Haig J T Lamb. The group vows firm, lasting support and plans a grand musical festival for Greene County Bloomfield.
A long list of visitors and residents frequenting Greene County towns is recorded. Names include T. C. Murray, Sim Smith, Major J. J. Handy, Edward Duffey, L. H. Jones, Prof. J. B. Vernon, John C. Heaton, Henry T. Smith, W. C. Bennett, Wm. J. Osborn, Moses Crockett, Samuel Blackmore, W. S. Dye, Dick Carter, J. H. Boruff, and many others. Also notes on lodge installations, Democratic Meetings, and a Charleston travelogue excerpt.
All persons holding our produce checks or orders are requested to present them immediately to Hert & Graham for redemption. Jan. 3, 1889. 4218 Priscie & Williams.
The writer describes a Charleston week of celebrations during Thanksgiving, with multi-organization parades nightly and extensive flag displays. Vessels dock near the wharf shipping cotton to New York and Maine, while harbor life includes militia cadets and military drills in front of the arsenal. Weather turns warm after a brief frost, and the correspondent signs off wistfully from the journey.
Walker and Beem advertise warm lunches and fresh oysters, claim finest cigars and candies in town. Thirty acres in Jefferson township offered at 150 dollars, depot property valued at 500 dollars, asking 800 dollars. Inquiries at this office. Mention of Dead Shot remedy for a broken wrist.
A nostalgic verse recalls a grandmother and grandfather beside an apple orchard as a courtship unfolds. The piece shifts to a London police opinion arguing country recruits are superior, claiming Londoners lack nerve and physique for policing.
The Chicago Herald recalls a curious publicity stunt at Haverly's theatre now the Columbia where a false note about a lady in the right stage box drew twenty or thirty clubmen and rounders to the box. An elderly lawyer alone seemed to notice the ruse while the rest watched the play.
A Chicago Times comment argues that tipping began with royalty and noble classes but has no place in America where equality of rank exists. most people work for pay and wages, and demanding tips is an insult rather than a privilege.
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