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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1889
Page
3
A dated warning notes that many white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its unique qualities. The ad urges customers to demand Ivory soap and insist on receiving it, citing copyright by Procter & Gamble from 19485.
A compilation of notices and advertisements including pensions for B Ketcham and John D Blaker, mumps cases in Fuller and DeVilbess families, prohibition speeches, eclipse talk, property sales in Newberry and Worthington, loans at 7 percent, a move of the Tribune office, and calls for horses and farms. It notes ditch improvements and gravel road costs, with inquiries at the Tribune office.
A busy item section notes Blaker & Campbell's Little Gem Restaurant on the east side square offering confectionery goods new proprietors and goods. Also mention of services like Hood's Sarsaparilla and local notices about church meetings gravel pits and upcoming property sales.
Classifieds note old papers available at four dollars per dozen. Contact this office for purchase.
The area around Bloomfield to Switz City and Marco would boost land values by ten dollars an acre along the gravel road line. Boone county harnesses marsh land gravel for roads. Towns weigh celery in marsh lands and gravel prospects stir county movement for quicker road improvements.
The Bloomfield fair stockholders met on Monday and elected officers: President John Miller Jr. Vice-President George W. Catt Secretary William M. Moss Treasurer L H Jones Gen Sup t D M Bynum Ass t Sup t J B Heaton Directors Lewis DeVilbess Levi J Faucett O W Shryer Emerson Short R E Eveleigh John T Lamb James G Hert L H Stalcup Geo B Taylor.
County voters are urged to join a push of wide-awake canvassers for the Democrat effort. Workers may be paid on salary or by commission and must apply at the campaign office for information.
Go to Walker and Beem for a warm lunch of fresh oysters and a display of ci gars and candies. They offer fresh daily bread. Also an offer to buy thirty acres of land in Jefferson township for 150 with inquiries at the office. A separate notice advertises Dead Shot as a trusted remedy for sprains and neuralgia. James I Whitney seeks workers to sell warranted nursery stock in Rochester with free outfit. No experience required.
A long list of land parcels with taxable values, penalties, and interest details for numerous owners in Jefferson county. Entries include names like Hagerman James, Holder Robert Lyons, and Lindsey Margaret J, with totals showing taxables, penalties, interest, and current year advances.
An extensive listing shows individual properties with taxables, del pen and int, cur yr amounts, ad val terms, and totals across numerous lot and subdivision entries. Notable names include Justice, Leavitt, Messick, McCain, McCoy, Montgomery, Mathias, Newsome, Pagett, Penoyer, Padgett, Roberts, Rope, Reath, Shuter, Talley, Talmage, Wakpown, Williams, White, Wooldridge, Winters, and many Worthington parcels grouped by sections and additions. The document records assessments, penalties, advances, and totals for locals, indicating a comprehensive property tax roll segment.
A ledger style summary lists Worthington in-lots across multiple parcel records with totals for taxables, penalties and interest, and current year advances. Entries include names such as Maria C Hinds, EB Howe, Henry J Huscher, Ephraim Harrell, O J R Hanna, Thos R Jaan, Mary M Justice, Mary E Jessup, Susan Kaublantz, Frank M Long, W R Livingston, and many others, along with associated lot numbers, additions, and block references.
Greene County auditor Andrew J. Cox announces that lands and town lots listed as delinquent for 1887 and with 1888 taxes penalties and charges unpaid will be sold at Bloomfield courthouse on the second Monday in February 1889 unless taxes and penalties are paid beforehand. The notice is dated January 17 1889 from Bloomfield Indiana.
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