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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1893
Page
3
A testimonial from Nevins Wisconsin dated December 5 1892 claims Reid s German Cough and Kidney Cure revived a minister with a sore throat who had three sermons to preach in one day. Marion Pickering states a sample was left with an agent who visited last summer.
Ton Beam of Edford visits town as river ice reaches sixteen inches. Town reports many visitors and local notices include Rev Love, Esqus Elwards, Hunter and J. N. Warfield, various township residents, and school and church events. Health ads mix with farm sales, bakery chatter, and a dramatic company coming to Owensburg. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cited for catarrh relief.
A classified item seeks a dependable girl for general house chores with good wages at 45.2 Finney Street in Linton Tadiana Birth Day Dinner mentions a birthday gathering for Aunt Laura Ferguson with many relatives and friends. A Clover Seed sale reports 100 bushels sold at $8 per bushel, while other notes mention sleighing, hauling, and an arm injury to Walt Heaton.
Notice lists business calls to the Secretary of the Board of Wealth in Greene county and reports two suicides by self inflicted gunshot wounds near Sandborn. It notes the death of Wm. B. Maddock Sr. at 62 after paralysis, his role as county committee chair, and sympathy to the Bloomfield News. Also described is a mad dog incident involving Peter Ballenger’s children and a boy bitten on the leg with no serious injury expected after mad-stone treatment.
Wild Cat residents held a Friday social at the school to fund a library, despite youth mischief that slightly reduced proceeds. Receipts totaled 31.52 with expenses 13.15, leaving 14.17 over. A jail escape by William Pearson followed, aided by a defective cage wall and a freed escape route, but he was recaptured that night while wandering in the snow.
W A Browne, a Pennsylvania coal operator, explains methods to stretch coal use in cold weather. Start with small pieces, heat with initial flame, then add large chunks and adjust drafts to burn longer. In milder days, shake grate lightly and reuse ashes with coal sweepings to maintain heat efficiently.
The article notes water shortages for railroad service in cold weather, with one train pulled from service. The Monon railroad has dug a new well at the station, enabling continuous operation in all weather. It also advertises land for sale: 140 acres near Cincinnati, Greene County, Indiana at $700 with terms, plus 160 acres in Center township offered at a bargain.
A mid 19th century tale recalls Don Marcos Duarte’s mercy to starving Indian captives in Peto, The Indians later spared his family in a raid, and years after the same mark of gratitude led the chief to free Duarte’s 24 men with their loot. The piece blends a historical mercy story with other brief notices on Swiss exchanges and a patent cure claim.
A disjointed OCR fragment discusses a general family remedy for disorders like constipation and stomach issues. It mentions a physician or author initials and appears to be an old medical advertisement with unclear product names and incomplete phrasing.
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