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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1891
Page
3
A brief note of gratitude from area merchants expresses appreciation for the liberal patronage received in 1890 and promises to be even more generous in 1891, aiming to boost trade for all in the community.
Patchwork of notices and ads from Bloomfield intertwine drug cures, land sales, personal milestones, and local events. Alvin Gaston welcomes twins. W A Dixon performs at the opera house. Zwillinger advertises tailored clothing. land and horse trades dot the market. public notices discuss political rings and local crime. medical quack remedies and malarial claims fill columns. an upcoming one night only show by Scherizer & Welch at the opera house is announced.
Gunn presents a premier tour at the opera house featuring Miss Julia Bennett and W A Dixon. The company is described as one of the strongest on the road and well recommended, expected to draw full houses each night.
The weekly edition of the St Louis Republic offers two papers weekly for one dollar per year. Subscribers receive two copies each week at half the price of the cheapest semi weekly in the country. Free premium catalogue samples mailed on request to The Republic, St Louis, Mo.
Report says three suspicious men loitered in Dugger and broke into Cary Littlejohns general store last Friday night. Merchandise was stolen. Two fled to Vincennes and spent 100 on a woman before heading toward St Louis. A local chief wired for arrest, but the trio split at Vincennes. One stayed behind and was later seen by the chief. The others pursued, with no further word.
In Washington township Shel by County a farmer named Chas Stader found two diamond stones weighing three carats each after digging a well on his forty acre farm. The discovery transformed him from poverty to sudden wealth and sparked local speculation about the value and future taxes on his land.
Movey to lean at seven percent Crap. Wahra, Bloamiitd, Lod.
A reader advertises a square piano in fine condition for sale at a great bargain and mentions church activities with a plan for a series of winter meetings. Contact G. W. Laxeworthy for details at his residence.
An ad offers thirty acres of land in Washington township for sale at 210 cash with balance in two years, plus a shipment of a boys keeping outfit from Worthington. Also a stockholders meeting for Grieve County Central Agricultural Society set for January 12 at Bloomfield Court House to elect officers. The note lists church and missionary entertainment events and a church program with performances and a choir dismissal.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery from Buffalo New York as a cure for consumption and a wide range of ailments. It claims to purge the blood, purify the liver and kidneys, correct digestive issues, and renew vitality, with a money back guarantee if not fulfilled.
A Columbus special reports a horse sickness spreading in Barthul mew, Daviess, Jakson, and Scott counties. The illness, resembling distemper but more feral, has killed several fine animals, with the hardest impact on young horses, according to a farmer visiting the farmers institute.
A Browerburg Record editorial extols newspapers as cheap daily companions that educate families, broaden horizons, and connect readers to world events. It asserts papers arrive rain or shine, enrich children, and serve as advisers and friends, urging every father to provide first class news.
Wm 38 Green a Ratular Baptist preacher near Linton was arrested on charges of attempting to procure an abortion for Laraie Cade. The abortion case was dismissed while a bastardy suit was settled through a land transfer from Mia Cade and Green’s wife Mia. The case shocked local residents and stained the preacher’s reputation.
A parade of names fills the town list as Al Williams Jim the picture man Joe Dons and many others visit or return. Officials Bland Miller and Gro Rogard appear in town while workers, teachers and lawyers pay subscriptions and settle accounts. The revival at the M E Church closes with gains.
Alan Farme advertises town lots and small houses for sale or trade with options to barter for land and part cash. He also offers a clear stock of hardware and notes trading for land. Dead Shut mentioned for hog and chick cholera control.
An Atchison Daily Globe interview with E W Howe discusses his view of the great American novel and the author W S Howe. The piece notes Howe's prolific work habits and a forthcoming short story project titled An Ante-Mortem Statement as a refined, Americanized Kreutzer Sonata.
Henry Lillings Brown, Michigan resident and circuit court judge for the eastern district, has been nominated by President Harrison to fill the Supreme Court seat after Justice Miller's death. Born in 1836 in Lee Massachusetts, he studied at Yale and has practiced law since 1856 in Detroit. He is noted for sound rulings, stamina in walking and riding, and broad friendship support for his promotion.
A granite statue of Padre Junipero Serra will be unveiled in Monterey on a sand knoll where he first set the cross. Mrs. Leland Stanford funds the ten foot tall Cr Lake granite monument quarried near Emigrant Gap. The ceremony will feature flags and a staged tribute reflecting Spanish Mexican American eras.
A biographical sketch chronicles Schliemann's rise from clerk and sailor to wealth through exploration. He unearthed Troy, recovered ancient relics, and earned rare honors. He lived in Athens with a Greek wife, named his son Andromache, and even became a US citizen. He built Sacramento’s first fireproof banking house.
Colorado residents form the American Underground Mining Exhibit Company proposing a 500 foot shaft with six elevators, a vertical corridor, drifts and ore displays. They expect total costs of 1,600,000 dollars and will rely on electric lighting for the exhibit at the World’s Fair.
Dr Heinrich Schliemann, who died recently at Naples, is regarded as a leading figure in archaeology. Born in 1822 at An-...
The San Diego Union notes a priest seeking admission amid a Mexico to coast study, and reports on hospital use of telephones for patient communication. An exhibit shows Samuel Lucas’s aluminum hand device aiding the disabled, claimed to surpass prior artificial limbs in grip strength.
A crowded Sunday in Indianapolis Chinatown with Sam Lung's laundry hosting Masonic ceremonies and visitors arriving from across the state. In Marios Indiana a Natural Gas Boom conference runs December 27 to January 7, featuring local businessmen and editors planning a banquet to promote gas industry opportunities. General advertising is extolled as a tool to keep products before the public, with a short fable warning not to neglect promoting weak points.
Publisher John B. Alden releases a weekly catalogue offering 96 pages of new books. The advert notes prices are unusually low and direct purchase from the publisher at 393 Pearl Street, New York, not through dealers.
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