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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1892
Page
1
In brief items, reports indicate Wm. H. is recovering while other family members and associates are mentioned in varying states of health and delay. The fragmented lines suggest ongoing updates on local residents and their status.
Attendees report church gathering and a sleigh ride in Switz City on Saturday night. Mr and Mrs John Hill visited Becks on their return trip. Friday visits included Worthington where Ben Shepherd and wife, and John Cunningham and wife called on friends in Lyons Thursday.
An advertised ointment promises relief from chilblains corns eruptions and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Sold by 8 Stalcup for 25 cents per box.
Fragmentary report notes Kinsey Sullivan visiting Newberry Saturday and Matthias Sharr and Bud Graves visiting Jobo Sharr Sunday. Editor of the Newsy remains ill and a Monday update mentions the sick person and ongoing concerns.
In the vicinity Ed Hasler and E Duncan visited Mineral City with Emanuel Ni ted his brother John Sun. Minnie Greve and her brother visited Ban Mra Levi. Fanci tt ity Sitioe Ed and Charley Hasle visited with two wide awake farmers on an Indianapolis trip scheduled for Thursday.
Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds acclaimed as best remedy. Reports say it quickly relieves symptoms and leaves no after effects. Guarantee: satisfaction or purchase price refunded. Trial bottles free at S Stalcup’s. Large bottles five0 cents.
The piece notes J E B Wakefield chosen as committeeman in Grant township pleasing Democrats. It mentions residents Mia and Ida Bovenschin visiting Indianapolis and others noting social visits. It records illnesses and a missed appointment, local business opening, and the death of Lizzie Terhune from diphtheria with family updates and moves within Greene Morgan and surrounding areas.
Local notes report the grist mill boiler cracked on the 15th causing a temporary shutdown for repairs. Mrs. Julia Nowell is recovering from illness. White Oak schoolhouse near demolition, with a day of dismissal for repairs. Protracted meeting at M E church continues. Miss Ving Gee joined Monday night and John Weavas was in town on business. A bachelor and widower party at F M McCurdy’s featured Marion Graham Melville Hitchcock and W S Dye. Pauline Fields returned home from Bedford Leonard Terrell. partnership dissolution noted.
Reports note Mrs Dan Lyons and Mr Pryor recovering from grip illness while neighbors hope for full recovery. James Barnes died recently and a petty thief prowled homes in town, with one entry observed while Jake Clark attended lodge. John OC Col ey of Illinois visits friends. Rev A M Life mentioned in local chatter. Lyons buy tobacco. Mrs George Marshall and child have resumed outings.
Idaville Indiana residents including postmaster Wm Timmons farmer John Leslie and hardware merchant J W Gardner praise Electric Bitters for kidney liver and general vitality boosts. They report renewed strength appetite and wellbeing. Available at S Starcup's Drug store for 50 cents a bottle.
The letter mentions Aaron Combs hauling logs for J L Riddle to Kinsey Cullison's mill and Jacob Floyd's family visiting Taylor township, with Wm. Floyd traveling through Center. A neighboring older man is criticized for belittling young men who disagree with him politically and claiming to back the People's Party.
A brief, fragmented line urging readers to tell others and subscribe, marked by a promotional tone and a call to action indicating a nominal charge of 68 cents. The text reads as a simple subscription appeal without broader context or additional details.
Farmers arrived in town by sleds as snow thinned, business flourished, and teachers gathered for counsel from the county superintendent. Local deaths, a dog sale, a catamount incident, and community visits from Stover, Pope, and Griffin are noted among social and civic updates.
A newspaper note claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages as a constitutional treatment. It states the product works through the blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any failing case, inviting testimonials and listing the Toledo address for F. J. Cheney & Co.
Worthington and Seymour residents Obert S Sheeley and Alice Huffman wed in this city last Sunday night. Also reported thefts at local stores, factory loading for shipment, property sale, church meetings, animal notices, and local social updates with multiple names and places.
Robinson notes blame late post for items. ill and sick listed. John Wanamaker linked to detective Howell Bros mill move from Koleen to Clifty. E ington teaches Winter school. dust on floor discussed. Alva Ashcraft travels to Koleen. Mrs Sarah Ashcraft visits. Ada Ashcraft with grandmother.
The column notes Cora Ashcraft hosting a taffy pulling for young people. Hugh Busenburg visits northern state friends. Ben Hardesty of Bedford boards with Marion Taylor on High Street. W A Jackson of Illinois visits his parents. Flynn buys twenty white oak trees from Ashcraft for one hundred dollars. Bill Stultz of Owensburg was here Tuesday. Latter Day Saints members spent Sunday with brother G H O Bannon. Fred and Albert Ashcraft with Cora Ashcraft visit Jesse Corbin. Ashcraft Corbin firm keeps machinery in repair and provides first class mill work with Uncle Riley Manefield an experienced miller.
Chief of Police McNichol arrested Charles T. Clark, a U S Army deserter from Fort Sully South Dakota last June, for whom a reward was posted. Clark's home is Newport, and he had been at his home until a quarrel with his brother led to the arrest.
FRANKFORT Kentucky January 18 The anti lottery bill by Senator Goebel passed the state senate at 12 30 pm Saturday by a 19 to vote without Louisville senators casting ballots.
An English anarchist named Thomas was arrested in Paris on Sunday for preaching in the streets. He chained himself to the top of a lamp post with a steel chain, and police had to cut the chain to detain him.
Cairo January 18 reports Abbas Pacha will tour abroad after receiving official notice of accession. The Khedive will visit Constantinople Odessa Saint Petersburg Vienna and Paris on the trip.
Sol Cohen of Gunnison Mississippi, a leading planter, reports in this city that the cotton yield in his section will be lower this year. He notes smaller acreage and many planters choosing to plant only long staple cotton, signaling a tighter crop season ahead.
A county educational column argues for a practically uniform state course of study. Henry F. Cotton urges bi monthly state based exams and sealed teacher tests to ensure grading and progress, citing Illinois and Michigan as models. He stresses teacher understanding, regular examinations, and county superintendents’ active oversight to raise rural schooling.
Tax collectors warn Greene County Indiana taxpayers of 1891 rates, deadlines, and payment options. Assignees guardians and trustees urged to settle early, with penalties for late payment and an upcoming delinquent lands sale scheduled for February.
Fifty thousand people gathered in London and beyond to view the cardinal's remains. Mourners from nearly every trade organization and faith filled churches and chapels, with prayers and mentions of the duke among the tributes.
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