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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1891
Page
4
Headquarters for obtains pen bags best quality at 8 any quantity. Pound bags priced 20c each. 2.25 per dozen. 18.00 per 100. Advertising copy notes bulk discounts and multiple quantities.
Various small items from the area include HERT & GRAHAM mince meat advertised as selective, local names like Jim Dalrymple Levi Miller and Ed Gray in agricultural notes, and multiple notices on land sales and loans. The column also reports incidents, sales, and community events with names such as M. L. Combs, Fowler, Wallace Templeton, and S. Lehman.
The column reports ailments and sales in Salt City, land and animal listings, a jail incident in Spencer, poison warnings, a death of Harmon Bredeweg in Linton, Emma Jaccoon’s obituary, and local gossip. It mentions Mormon preachers, a leprosy case in New York, a jail break, and a county farm auction.
A devoted admirer healed a young woman by providing Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery during a grave illness from cold and exposure. She recovered and later married the man who had once hated her, in a tale framed as a patent medicine success with claims of curing consumption and other lung and scrofulous diseases.
The following marriages have been licensed: Scofield White to Lesia Holder, Stephen A Kelley to Victoria Wright, Joseph L Mitchell to Mary Dunn, James Kirbey to Isabel Gilham, Wm Buzanto to Foster James, Cline to Dollie Halbert, John W. O Uarrow to Coral East, Abraham Bingham to Hannah Ander, and John Kramer to Minnie Hilgedick.
Four named youths Will Axtell Frank Leavitt Mike Gray and Park Dean are celebrated as healthy hopeful young men on a Saturday birthday note. The item mentions their prospects and assigns a light reflective tone about life and futures. Fines collected from JFP courts listed for several residents with various amounts.
A Wednesday night blaze in Linton destroyed three structures on the west side. Ter hans & Booker’s clothing building, Crowder Bros store and another J. P. office unit burned with KP hall above one shop. Fire started around 10 o clock. origin unknown. Crowder Bros. salvaged most goods. loss and insurance details unavailable as presses closed.
A sweep of town visits and movements from Linton, Worthington, and nearby communities. Clergy, merchants, and politicians such as Rev Nah, J. H. Noel, Pat McKiesick, and Will Yakey appear in town for business or social calls. Fairs dates and secretaries are listed for Indiana districts, with several residents visiting editors and returning travelers noted.
One of the largest crowds in Stafford gathered at John W Brewer's grove three miles west of Marco last Saturday. Sunday schools from Marco Pleasantville Bethel Stafford and others attended by hundreds with four brass bands. Free ice cream candy nuts cake for children. Recalled as a splendid social gathering in Keene county with plans for a farmer's social picnic at Marco on August 26.
Wm Smith a Saline City lumberman visiting here for timber became overheated in the sun. He rode out and back, ate hurriedly, then collapsed on the Ellison bus. A Knight of Pythias in good standing, he was about forty five and a respected Saline City citizen. Knights escorted his body to Saline City with a special procession. Burial occurred yesterday.
Nashville dispatch reports 600 troops in Knoxville but not to Briceville, while Anderson County Sheriff has fled. Governor Buchanan seeks a legal path to quell the miners with possible extra session. miners vow to defend companies and maintain control unless demands on chett labor are met.
Knoxville Tennessee July 22 reports thrilling scenes not seen since the Civil War days. Convicts from Coal Creek and arriving troops gather crowds as Knoxville Chattanooga forces drill at the court house square. General Carnes commands 500 troops awaiting orders amid talk of a possible mine disruption compromise.
An ad touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for irritable nervous women and a range of female ailments. It claims the product brings health, cheerful disposition, strong nerves, and clear minds, promising a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
A nostalgic ad line recalls Castoria as a remedy used for a sick baby a crying child and a clingy child named Misa It notes Castoria given to children and continued in family use through generations without mentioning any medical claim.
A secret meeting of Briceville miners was held Tuesday night at 8. The aim was to devise action to prevent a clash with troops and bloodshed. They suggested calling an extras session to abolish the convict lease system to avert trouble, urging Governor and newspapers to act. Militia of the state encamped at Knoxville amid tense scenes and heightened excitement.
A Coal Creek gathering of miners issued a calm, lawful pledge to avoid violence and to protect company property. They formed a five member delegation to confer with Governor Buchanan in Knoxville and Nashville, while promising not to release convicts until troops depart.
At Briceville Tennessee on July 21 miners and sympathizers surrounded a state militia camp, captured 107 troops and convicts, then loaded them onto a train bound for Knoxville. The mob, numbering about 1200, dispersed the force and forced transfer amid fears for capital investment and public order.
Reports describe violent threats by miners including wrecking trains and burning bridges. A sentiment hero urges Pinkerton guards for operators and railroads. Miners are said to earn from 8 to 150 dollars monthly based on expertise and diligence. Lieutenant Chandler offered troops to fight the mob during a Monday attack. Later, 125 convicts at Briceville were captured by the mob and shipped to Knoxville, arriving around 5:30 p.m.
In Henry county near Sweet Home Kentucky on July 22 W P Jessee’s residence hosted a beer keg and a card game disagreement escalated into gunfire between W P Jessee and Oscar Donevant. Donevant was shot in the left side and leg. he crawled behind bushes and fired again before Jessee escaped. Donevant is in critical condition and Jessee is jailed.
A Sprague's pavilion pier collapsed at Coney Island on Sunday at 5 pm sending eighty to ninety people into the surf. High tide and rough seas hampered rescue but all were saved from drowning. Several women were unconscious and many men injured.
A Moravia marriage celebration house was struck by lightning near Reitenhan on Monday, killing two guests and injuring about eighty others. In Greencastle, Curtis Bass and Henry Burton are sought for involvement in a Tow-Bass feud murder, with a fusillade on a Monon train injuring five and possibly more.
Attorney General Smith received a Lawrenceburg prosecutor letter detailing bank deposits withheld at the start of the assessment year. The board of review secured statements under threat, adding 300000 dollars to the tax duplicate and 50 percent penalty, totaling 450000 dollars. Other local items report: a Morristown man loses a leg to lockjaw after a buggy crash, an aeronaut Love survives a parachute failure in Indianapolis, a Jeffersonville skiff accident injures Harry Chadwell, a hairball obstruction in Eckerly, a Spencer lynching in jail, and cattle losses near Leavenworth from heat and thirst.
On a southbound Leuim ville to Chicago passenger train near Greencastle Indiana a fight broke out between the Bass and Tow families from Mitchell. During the clash Tow was mortally shot and a Bass man was hurled from the train with injuries. several others wounded in the incident tied to a federal court dispute in Indianapolis.
Jacob Freed, new saloon keeper at Newmarket Indiana, received a White Cap notice ordering him to quit. He sleeps with two pistols after losing a state license battle with locals who opposed the saloon. Oldest person dead in Indianapolis. Sarah Davis reportedly aged 133. Farmer Fred Greer dies from wheat wagon accident. Wabash College names H B Kingery to teach Latin, a Wooster graduate.
Telegraph notes list a series of Indiana incidents including Oliver Stuckey killed by lightning near South Bend and two horses dying in the flash, Goshen man’s feud with William Cripe, a wedding at Center Point, deaths from drowning and train accidents, arrests for lottery tickets in Indianapolis, riots over a depot in Bicknell, and a rash of fires, hangings, and court actions across Huntington, Muncie, Gosport, Vernon, and more.
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