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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
1
Local notes report Sam Templeton of Indianapolis visiting on business. Bloomington and Indianapolis visitors, family visits, and travels are listed, with several Fourth of July outings and family gatherings across towns. An accidental gasoline fire near Lyons involved Eunice Dugger, Willard Grounds, and friends, damaging a car but extinguished quickly.
The Tri Kappas will be entertained this evening at the home of Miss Helen Cravens.
Bryan begins dry tour of Kentucky Ohio today as 105647 babies under one year old are counted. Onions drop to 244 cents a pound in Chicago while potatoes fall to four dollars a barrel in New York City. Three drown in Lake Michigan off Kenosha and a canoe accident kills a teacher and three pupils at Red Bank New Jersey. Fire destroys moving picture films in Chicago valued at $500000. Coal miners strike in Western Kentucky. Reds: Chicago leads baseball, New York the National League. Henry Levy dies after leaping from a building in Chicago. A New York City board bans absinthe. Duluth shuts 69 saloons after elections. Traction car kills three in Butler Pennsylvania. a driver jailed for killing a woman in Indianapolis. ICC denies railroads higher rates. The American dollar equals 1.53 Chinese currency in Amoy China. A race riot kills and buildings burn in East St. Louis with martial law declared. Potatoes may soon fetch one dollar per bushel. Cleveland schools will cost $800000 more for heating. A sheriff dies after leaping onto a running auto. Robert Emmet statue unveiled in Washington. William Moody dies in Haverhill after illness. Wilson proclaims Verendrye National Monument in North Dakota. Over a million more motor cars registered in 1916. 3,512,996 last year, up 43 percent. Roosevelt becomes a grandfather. Ethel Roosevelt Derby born. Bureau announces collar laundering tolls effective July 1. Bloomfield Laundry ad.
Short notice reliable abstracting service offered by WM F PATE. Call or address provided for prompt attention and low-cost handling of titles and records.
Ed Andrews to play Ko-Ko and Arthur Aldridge to portray Nanki-Pooh in the Redpath Chautauquas production of The Mikado. Andrews, famed for his Ko-Ko with a 1200 performances, adds intelligent humor to Gilbert and Sullivan satire. Aldridge, acclaimed as a premier Nanki-Pooh, has recent Broadway Hippodrome ties and top opera tenor standing. Scenic effects by Sosman Landis of Chicago cap the show.
President Wilson issued a proclamation outlining exemptions from selective service and the duties of exemption boards. Exemptions include essential military industry workers, dependents, religious sect members, students, officers, felons, and aliens not yet naturalized. The first levy targets about 1,000,000 men. Georgia Indiana quota and license-number mapping noted. estimated Indiana automobile value placed at 85 million dollars.
Governor Goodrich and Jesse Eschbach announce the exemption boards for the four Indiana conscription districts. Greene county lies in the fourth district, which comprises Vanderburgh Posey Warrick Gibson Spencer Perry Harrison Crawford Washington Orange Jackson Lawrence Brown Monroe Owen Greene Sullivan Knox Daviess Dubois Martin and Pike. Board members include W. H. Jones Jr Sullivan representing agriculture John Oliphant Vincennes representing labor L Brose Evansville a physician and John Edwards Mitchell a lawyer.
Ewing Shields of Indianapolis former Seymour resident and street improvement contractor filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the federal court at Indianapolis. He lists debts of 848,913.26 and assets of 104,212.39. Shields is known in Greene County including Bloomfield and built streets in Linton Jasonville and Terre Haute during Donn M. Roberts era.
Campbell Circular Advertising Company reports 1485 automobiles registered in Greene county up to July 1 1917 at the Secretary of State's office. Bert Hendren of Bloomfield was first to register with a Maxwell and W N Miller of Bloomfield had the last license number 66977 for a Ford issued last Saturday.
Mrs Wiley Ray aged 57 died at her home near Ridgeport last Saturday night from heart leakage after a period of illness. She is survived by her husband two sons and a daughter. The remains were taken to Linton on Sunday to await distant relatives. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon.
A fire around noon yesterday lightly damaged the home of the Rev Cassady and owned by Mrs. Sarah E. Neal. Officials believe a spark from the flue ignited the blaze, which was fought by firefighters who cut a hole in the roof and ceiling to ventilate.
Miss Jessie Cox called on Helen Bogard Sunday at the temple of justice. Helen Bogard visited Jessie Cox Friday afternoon. Mrs Clyde Kent called on Mrs Sam DeMoss Wednesday afternoon. Miss Anna Cox visited Edwardsport for a week with friends. Miss Sarah Human and Helen Bogard called on Edith and Kitty Huffman Sunday. Sadie Clark and Mr and Mrs Earl Clark and daughter Beulah called on Mrs Comb Huffman Sunday. Edith Huffman and sister Kitty of Indianapolis returned home Monday.
Bible school at 9:30. Sermon at 10:30 titled The Royal Law. Union meeting at the Presbyterian church. Rev. J D. Smith to preach. Christian church pastor invites all Endeavors and young people to meet at 6:30 Sunday evening in the church building. All urged to attend.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m public worship 10 30 a m baptism 2 30 p m epworth league junior league at 6 80 p m union service at presbyterian church 7 30 p m christian endeavor 6 30 p m Sunday school again 9 30 a m wartime price offer Bloomfield Ice and Produce Company buys scrap iron at 60 cents per cwt.
Essie Lash seeks divorce from Homer Lash in Linton while James Craig of Jasonville files for divorce from Dia dem Craig. Jacob Passen sues George Passen to dissolve their partnership. Impeachment arguments occupied Tuesday for Oliver Williams and Lucien Jones with no ruling. Jones seeks a venue change and a panel of potential judges named for selection. Three other divorce hearings are scheduled for today.
Thomas Morgan a miner and Pearl Bennett of Linton wed July 4 by city mayor Joe E Turner. William Bobst a steam shovel operator and Laurene Newfort of Linton wed July 4. Ellsworth Hall a laborer and Mary Leana Minks of Linton wed July 4. Harry Blockson a collector of Terre Haute and Mae Cochran of Linton wed July 4 in Bloomfield with Rev Merritt Owen of the Christian church officiating.
The notice advertises a wartime scrap iron price of 60 cents per hundredweight, inviting local sellers to bring in scrap metal for purchase at this rate.
A Thursday court room session hosted by Miss Beal of Purdue University drew a large crowd of women to a practical canning lecture. She promoted the cold pack method and detailed sterilization steps, blanching aids, packing, and processing times for peas, corn, and tomatoes, with full bulletin availability by mail.
Use clean utensils and fresh products. Wash away grit and dirt. Prefer produce picked the same day. Blanch vegetables by boiling 3 to 5 minutes.
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