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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1892
Page
2
Government tests conducted under Congressional authority by the Department of Agriculture in Washington compare baking powders. The official report ranks Royal Baking Powder highest in leavening power and quality, superior to all other brands tested.
Public Analyst Valade of Ontario testifies the Royal Baking Powder is tar free and pure with the greatest strength, showing 23 percent more power than rivals, declaring it superior among Canadian tests.
Local items report deaths of John Moffett and Henry Pope in Grant township and the passing of Mrs Lydia Moore. Married couples, court cases, damages, and lawsuits appear with notes on coal mine incidents, land sales, and refinery notices. A boy from Evansville aids Bloomfield kindness by securing a home, while community purchases and floods of small events fill the page.
The Greene County Central Agricultural Society met in the court room on Monday afternoon and elected officers for the coming year including President We Axtell Vice-President Lewis De Valbie Treasurer L J Jones Secretary T Burrell and Gen Superintendent D M Ryans with assistants. The group discussed fair preparations for 1842 and the township trustees were requested to provide funding details.
Reports from Rom indicate talks for re establishing relations between Italy and the United States are advancing at Lomé and may conclude soon though skeptics doubt. In Columbus the Ohio Farmers Alliance reports plans to consolidate open and secret alliances creating a 250000 strong statewide organization.
CoLtumura Missouri January 12 The main building of the State University of Missouri was destroyed by fire Saturday night causing a loss of 100000 dollars.
J. W. Darnaby, a leading citizen, has been appointed Cashier by State Treasurer-elect Willa T. Cope. The position pays 2,009 and requires a 100,000 bond.
Ottawa reports three miners killed by a premature blast at Mer cle mine in Temple township on Monday morning. Names were not immediately known. In Europe influenza causes heavy mortality in Paris Lena and Marseille with a special hospital opened in Florence to treat cases.
In Bridgeport, Bridgeport County, a boiler exploded at the A.M. Marsh pork packing plant Monday morning, wrecking the building. Two men were killed and several others were injured. Local authorities investigate the incident.
The Bloomfield post office shows a large year 1391 business throughput with detailed figures on stamps envelopes wrappers and mail handling. The piece lists weekly statements quarterly reports and various duties from weighing newspapers to distributing county paper issues while noting community visitors and local politics.
A New York report on January 11 states actor Scanlan is near death with deteriorating health and mind. Doctors say his death could come any day as his condition worsens.
Delegates met at the Wash ington opera house to elect a district committeeman. Wm M Moss of Keene won the first ballot and was made unanimous. The Second district favored Indianapolis for the 1912 Democratic national convention. Delegates from Lawrence, Knox, Daviess, and other counties attended.
A period ad touts Kall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh, describing its constitutional internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The makers guarantee cure or a reward and invite readers to request testimonials and purchase through F. J. Cheney & Co. at Toledo.
West Jackson precinct Republicans meet in Koleen to elect a committeeman. Janis A. Pool, nicknamed Spirits, wins by one vote over Jonas Hays amid lively party tensions. Secretary Rice Ratabaugh elected. impressions of routine irregularities noted. Also lists marriage licenses: Nickless to Burch, Garrett to Denny, Hatfield to Edington.
Prosecutor seeks warrants for Jefferson County constable Stanton McMasters on kidnapping robbery and intimidation charges after abducting Michael Molnar a Hungarian boarder amid a dispute over $25 owed for board Molnar was taken to the Ohio side jailed and later released with his wife accompanying him through a sequence that included the loss of a $320 bank certificate and a further demand for cash and beer in Martin's Ferry Ohio The case points to cross border tension and possible Austrian consul inquiry.
Texta Michigan January 15 A gang of seven wheat thieves operated in Ionia and Gratiot counties stealing an estimated 18000 in grain. Three North Plains and License township farmers were named among the ringleaders. Wardin was wounded and captured then testified, leading to arrests of the other members and the end of the bold raids.
Reports from WasiunGron state the president has not acted on petitions for amnesty for Mormons convicted under the Edmunds law. He reportedly prefers not to extend the Mormon church’s influence and would veto statehood for New Mexico and Utah due to Mormon interests, while favoring Arizona and Oklahoma statehood.
The Iowa House Ballot named John Sherman for U.S. senator with 69 votes to 25 for James Neal. Senate vote followed 18 to 8 in favor of Sherman. Des Moines seeks gaming convention. national party convention set for January 21 in Washington at the Arlington hotel to pick president and vice president candidates. New Jersey Legislature reorganizes. Speaker Bergen and officers renominated. Gov. Abbott delivers nul message. Heavy grain firm Keener & Dike, Meredosia, assigns with liabilities of 125000. Seed House Miram Sibley in Worcester destroyed by fire.
In Washington on Monday Representative Taylor of Ohio reintroduced his last congress proposal granting service and disability pensions to officers soldiers sailors and marines and their widows and orphans. Many believe Governor Routt of Colorado will commute the death sentence of Dr Graves to life imprisonment.
Report from Laura McAllister Ind Ter confirms a mine explosion near Krebs. About 550 men were in the shaft. 10 bodies recovered by Friday morning. Rescue efforts continue as 225 miners remain unaccounted for and nearly 85 escaped through an old tunnel with many injured.
A West Virginia Har association session adjourned after two days with a key outcome urging repeal of the married women's rights law. The measure, enacted amid fierce political debate, is blamed for commercial and legal chaos, with lawyers arguing women are treated as chattel and contracts with them are impaired.
A north bound Monon passenger train derailed on a broken rail two miles north of Crawfordsville Indiana. The smoker car burst into flames with over forty passengers. heroic ice men saved thirty lives. The wreck injured many and drew swift nursing attention from doctors and locals.
The incoming governor W McKinley Jr received his commission from Gov Campbell in a ceremonial transfer at the Ohio statehouse. The inauguration featured an immense, impressive parade amid cheers as McKinley prepared to lead the Republican state government. A separate note reports a House proposal to investigate congress expenditures, aiming to determine if overdue debts are being paid, while a fatal railroad accident in Chicago claims Frank Salve after a train collision.
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