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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
2
The snippet shows an editor signature Moss and postal details for Bloomfield with a matter of year edition and circulation note. It indicates a county publication entry and post office classification as second class matter.
Fragmented OCR text shows numbers and phrases related to money and aid but lacks coherent details. It mentions a large sum and phrases about enlargement of aid, pest to seize, and a boy, with several scattered digits and dates. No clear event, names, or locations emerge.
Fragmentary speech text suggests advocates urge free coinage measures to ease burdens on the people in Congress. Prominent terms refer to financialism and relief of suffering.
The document outlines planned drainage works to improve acres of fertile soil in Linton and across the county. It notes the expected benefits to residents and supports citizenship progress and county advancement.
A historical critique accuses Andrew Carnegie of using a new bill to justify a ten percent wage cut for two thousand workers. The author labels Carnegie a false apostle of pro employer doctrine and denounces protection as a tool for the rich.
The piece argues that big city Democrats seek to block a proposed attendance based school fund distribution, claiming it would hurt rural taxpayers. It contends rural voters would suffer more if the law fails, while noting Catholic and Lutheran voters and labor groups in cities already fund schools. It asserts no political motive and predicts party support for the bill in legislature.
The piece denounces Republican influence over government policy harming farmers. It condemns the F M B A order for urging farmers to vote their conscience while decrying class legislation and free coinage of silver as anti agricultural. It argues farmers must speak out against court politics and party robbing through law.
The House chose Mason J. Niblack as speaker pro tem and named Haimbaugh Newkirk Crawley for key posts. A joint committee will draft a corporate taxation bill while measures to cut legislative costs aim to save nearly $30,000 per year. Bills touch wages of laborers, fees tied to population, railroad passenger rates, county superintendent elections, and governor salaries.
William Epps, brother of Helly Epps, who was lynched years ago, is in Memphis and learns via C H Baker, an inspector for a Memphis lumber firm, of his brother Holly Epps’s hanging in Vincennes Indiana. Baker recounts Holly’s crime and the mob execution, while William seeks a photograph of Holly.
Advertisement touts Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as safe for babies and claims Old Saul's Catarrh Cure is extraordinarily successful While noting opium dangers the copy emphasizes price of 25 cents and availability through dealers.
Educational column notes Worthington public schools under Prof. J V Zarteian with strong first grade teachers Miss Grace McClarren Miss Hays and others delivering solid primary work. Linton schools struggle with 262 pupils and a needed $8 000 schoolhouse. trustees urged to authorize longer terms and tax levy to improve facilities and staffing.
Mary A Ashcraft born July 29 1826 in Uniontown PA moved to Coshocton County Ohio 1838 joined Christian church 1845 married to Daniel Ashcraft 1849 later lived in Troppy Greene County Indiana died after long illness aged 45 interred Dog Island Cemetery. She authored poems promising reunion in heaven to her grieving children and urged prayer kindness and faith till death
A physician touts a new remedy named Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for modern stomach and chest illnesses. The text contrasts old simple fare with patent flour and strong drinks and claims relief from dyspepsia bronchitis asthma consumption and liver and lung diseases.
A local preacher with an illiterate partner wife reads scripture and leads prayers before delivering a powerful sermon. He recently held a Scotland gathering in Greene County where sixty five inmates joined the church. He has declined engagements beyond the county while drawing strong local fame.
A verse recalls a river tale of two lovers and a blue flower as a drowning suitor saves a memory. An old advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription promising cures for periodical pains weak back paralysis and uterine troubles with a vegetable formula and money back guarantee.
The piece argues that advertisement writing is a dignified, seductive craft with scholarly tidbits and potential riches. It notes agencies push ads with guaranteed illustrations and placements, and that many famed advertisers draft their own notices. It quotes Goethe via L R McCabe.
The American Storekeeper argues for pictorial ads over crude cuts. It says tasteful art ads reflect the age, cost no more than inartistic images, and endow a store with tone and character rather than boisterous, repulsive pictures.
Denver pharmacists W. A. Hover and Michael Herr testify Ely's Cream Balm cures dry catarrh aggravated by alkaline dust and winds. Geo. W. Host of Cheyenne notes strong demand. other Denver and Cheyenne druggists recommend it from personal experience.
Advertises numerous parcels around Bloomfield including 214 acres on east Main Street with orchard, a seven room house and outbuildings, a south Bloomfield lot with two rooms, a brick business house on the public square, 237 acres in cultivation rent prospects, 120 acres in Highland township with orchard, and 9 to 10 acre tracts with timber, water and pasture. Prices range from 300 to 1500 dollars and several parcels are trade or long-term sale ready. The broker invites buyers with available town properties and says they have additional farms not listed.
A reader describes Bellefonte Station in Jackson County on the M and C railroad, detailing its distance from Chattanooga Huntsville and the Tennessee River, historical notes, climate flora fauna and geology, and booming timber and kaoline prospects. The piece compares the valley to Switzerland and notes temperance efforts and local demographics.
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