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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1888
Page
3
Local items report pensions granted and increased in several townships, school day counts, church services, a revival at Simpson's chapel, and notes on mortgages and debt reduction. Mentions of a burgl ary attempt, underground gardening trial, mine strikes, and a lunar eclipse warning alongside civic ads and small business updates.
A long list records visitors and residents in town from Taylor township to Edwardsport with mentions of Democrats and Republicans calling on friends, subscribing, or visiting family. Notable names include Fuller Robinson Templeton Heston Slinkard and Cavins. Political figures, merchants, lawyers, and educators are named in multiple miles of casual notes.
Indignant G A R members publish demands for the writer of a 2004 letter to be named and for the names of those who asked the paper to withhold the writer’s anonymity. Also includes tax apportionment totals for county townships and a note on subscriptions at Eveleigh's Drug Store.
The Democrats of Fairplay township hold a mass convention on Saturday February 11 at 1 pm to nominate a township ticket and choose a central committee member. In Stafford township a similar mass convention meets on February 11 1888 to nominate a township ticket and select a central committee member.
Greene county Democrats plan a main convention at each precinct on Saturday February 11 1888 to choose one member from each precinct to serve as central committeeman for two years By order of the central committee G H Hexpren chair G W Calvert secretary. Also livestock market reports from Indianapolis include cattle hogs and sheep prices with mixed bids and receipts.
An advertisement touts Coit and Co. One Coat Buggy-Paint as the greatest money saving invention for buggy wagons and carriages. It urges owners and livery stables to use the genuine product and promises quick repairs by blacksmiths or painters, plus a free cough remedy sample called Dead Shot priced at 50 cents.
The record lists the January apportionment of school revenue by township Richland Wright Taylor Stockton Cass Stafford Jackson Washington Center Jefferson Beech Creek Worthington Highland Grant Fairplay Smith totaling 911240 64. The figures derive from interest in school funds state revenue and liquor licenses for the county.
A fragment describes a 7.2 acre tract near Bloomtivid with a fine coal vault supplying coat and promising profits. It mentions a stock farm ready and a bundager of troncre on the property, implying strong investment interest and big returns.
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