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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1889
Page
2
A historical notice describes Rooc's Sarsaparilla products and a legal matter involving a Daition weed remedy. It mentions dates, names like Mass and Jommar, and a court role for Deputy Prosecutor Atheriex. The text references trials, abstracts, and responsibilities in representing the state before justices.
The fragment lists exam sections and tasks from a 19th century educator’s paper. It names WRITING AND SPELLING, READING, GROUND FLOOR room plans, and a 84 000 cost two story brick house with stone trim. It includes sample questions in PHYSIOLOGY SCIENCE OF EDUCATION ARITHMETIC GEOGRAPHY AMERICAN HISTORY GRAMMAR and references to The Neryans System and an education critique urging farming and practical training.
Public notice announces township meetings in Greene County at Wright Township and Jasonville on Tuesday and Saturdays in the forenoon. It states business transactions occur at the trustee's residence or office during listed days and hours for the relevant townships and trustees.
A satirical list from Geo BE Garrett of dubious advice about business ethics riding a fine line with humor. It mocks inconsistent justifications for profit and wrongdoing, urges evasive behavior, and pokes fun at social norms and churchgoing. The piece ends with snatches of social warnings and blunt humor.
The Ewing Manufacturing Company buys Worthington Engine Co grounds for 8000 dollars and will start a spoke factory by month end. Fifteen families will relocate with the plant and thirty five men will be employed. The firm sought a bonus but moved in due to timber facilities.
Letters from D. W. Voorhees John E. Lamb Thomas K. Cobb George W. Cooper Robert W. Miers and John C. Briggs pledge to attend a major Tariff Reform Rally on the 27th inst. The organizers proclaim it will be Greene County’s biggest day and urge remembrance.
The New York Sun reports that Esquimaux territory has narrowed to the north and south. Observations note ancient camps on Banks Land and Wollaston Land and decline in numbers from Cape Sabine to southwest Greenland. The piece cautions about possible gradual extinction of the race.
A rumor filled tale recounts Mrs Jinks and a nervous minister in Bo with warnings of sacred fascinations and memories of deaths. An Oldtown squarewawa sews unseen in a store room and returns with a completed dress, leaving observers puzzled by the mysterious triumph.
A Topeka State Journal summary notes that strawberries can be eaten daily from February in southern Texas to August in British America. The piece cites slow northward travel and future rapid transport as expanding the season, with railroads nearly erasing the fruit season and enabling even home stays to enjoy berries.
Lyxcumbe Virginia July 3 a Norfolk and Western westbound passenger train fell through a culvert after track washout from heavy rains. Five cars and the engine plunged twenty five feet. Fire and wreckage killed many and charred bodies were recovered. authorities list ten named dead and thirty believed dead with many injured and unaccounted.
The column lists scattered notices from Indiana counties including a plant sale order by Judge Mowe Taciipois for a Browl Ripple Natural Gas plant and a receiver bids process. It notes deaths of Oscar Haerman von and Elizabeth Christan, and reports a gas well contract by The Groencastlen Ltd with J. J. Miller of Chicago.
A lyrical reminiscence praises Rosina a seventeen year old debutante who dazzled in a directory gown with roses and a silken fold. The scene recalls a night of dance, a cavalier, and a fond betrayal, ending with Rosina's triumphant scorn and a grandmotherly warning.
The piece explains how density and elasticity affect sound speed, noting water and iron as fast transmitters and hydrogen as a poor conductor. It cites Biot’s iron test at 16 522 ft/s and mentions vibrations in vacuums, with dense metals like iridium and gold deemed best conductors. It also notes dogs detecting reefs aboard ships, and a True Flag remark on usefulness of dogs for reef sensing.
The interviewer recalls a laboratory chief recounting long, nocturnal sessions with forty two workers. He says a German organist provided music, lunches were brought by a farmer, and workers slept in corners until acclimated. He fired six but kept the rest for free labor, then took fishing trips aboard a schooner before resuming work.
Torrential rains send mountain streams over banks in Conemaugh valley. Workmen escape drowning as debris and two iron boilers are swept away. In Titusville two cloud bursts flood streets, basements, and yards, with three miles of streets submerged and several homes damaged or evacuated. Authorities and residents brace for further high water.
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