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Newspaper

Bloomfield Democrat

Location

Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1916

Page

5

Personal notices and visits fill Bloomfield week

A long roster of residents and guests frequent Bloomfield including Robert Calvert from Highland Township and N A Williams from New Albany on business and timber seeking trips Tad Hudson Owensburg William Calvert and many others visit relatives attend dental and Delta Delta Delta events travel to Indianapolis Louisville Worthington and Terre Haute with numerous family visits and re entries to local social life.

Robert Calvert Highland Township N. A. Williams New Albany Tad Hudson Owensburg Bloomfield William Calvert Calvert F. B. Brooks Anthony Kansas Maine Sarah L. Isenhower Worthington L. R. Booze J. A. Faucett Morgantown E. E. Pryor Martinsville Supreme Court Cary Sinclair Switz City Charles E. Welch Louisville National Dental Association Faye Petty Fair Oaks Indiana D. A. Bradford Dot Dobbins Indianapolis Alvin Dobbins Madee Dobbins O. R. Rodarmel the Star Grocery Petersburg H. E. Cushman Don Edington Koleen Ray Edington C. C. Hendren Mary Hendren Neice Dorothy Zoe Hendren Gilbert H. Hendren Celia Lumbia Boyd Jasonville Wal Heaton Henry Heaton Tom Mackal Taylor Township Terence Rheba Joaquin Edington Eunice Vincent Indianaplis Roy Hollowell Zeno Hollowell George Dyer Indianpolis Cleveland Wawasee Lake George Huggins Mary Ann Richard Huggins Earl] Hicks Jennie West Danville Franklin Ramsey Wm. Davidson Marks Mississippi George Davidson Davidson Bicknell John Smith Metcalf Ill Robert Brammer John Gray Washington Township Charles Cutrell Mildred Faucett Whit Osborn Tulip Alfred Peterson Alberta Lafayette Crace Oliphant Earl Lewis Anna Conover Pearl Conover Terre Haute Sarah J. Knox Eva Glover Salsberry Oscar Peterson Lyons Jesse Figgins Mareo James Hardesty Dog Island Lumis Voris Carpenter Malachi Boruff Charles Samuel Blackamore Sam Oakland Frank Davis F. R. Vanmeter Virgil Quackenbush West 9Th Street Wendell Phillips Joseph Quackenbush Irene Norbeck Vern Doris Seymour John Conlin George Bedford Democrat Wm. T. Pucket Oscar Holliday Louis Bennett Wm. Phillips Clay County John Arthur James Falk Edward McGrath Lincoln Neb Ed Phillips George Marquart Bailey Marquart Co Henry Rollison Jess Rollison Emil Ashbaugh J. H. Hudson Solsberry Evansville Jack Jameson Scotland John W. Johnson David Kidd Court House Bruce Langton Marion Hazel Hartling Blanche Holt Franklin Maggie Harrel Cobb Harrel Emma Harrah Emily Wright Grant Township Claude McIndoo I. N. Doney Mr. Doney Wilford Cooper Iowa Greene County C. F. Herold Citizens State Bank Don New York City Pittsburg Walter Wade Dock Sheldon Thomas Blackmore Emil Layman Alfred Harris W. D. Dobbins Chicago Emma Dobbins Quince Ferguson Mineral Charles Haywood J. W. Cooper Marshaltown Ross Dugger Ed Harris Bloomington George Sullivan J. A. Spencer Sandborn Bethel Church Ziza Fitzpatrick Dennis Aledo, I Winfred Cutrell Alfred Faucett Mildred James D. Spainhower Charles E. Fuller Mamie Brown Benton Harbor Grant Graham Democrat John Watson Elsie Watson Charles Wylie Charles Reed Fowlerton W. S. Hall M. F. Pate

Aniline Dye Endangers Eye in Pencil Sharpening

Archives of Ophthalmology reports Dr. BR McCurdy case of a young woman whose eye white turned blue from aniline stained pencil dust. The injury required surgery to separate the lower lid from the eyeball after the sore healed.

Ophthalmology BR. J. McCurdy

Financial Note Bid to Wise Domestic Economy

A Galveston News item advises young men that marrying a wife who knows how to economize will leave more money to spend. The note blends practical thrift with marriage guidance, reflecting early 20th century domestic finance ideas.

Galveston News

Drowns Victim Virgil Christy Laid To Rest In Liberty Cemetery

A large crowd attended the funeral of Virgil Christy who drowned in White River last week. Burial followed in Liberty cemetery as relatives and friends gathered from around the area. Nearby, McVitie Charles Minks visited Etta and Cynthia Minks of near Newark Saturday night.

Charles Minks Etta Cynthia Minks Newark Virgil Christy White River Liberty Bridges Solsberry Rosa Brown Etna Mary Brown Terre Haute Lillian Noel Switz City Guy McHaley John Burks Claud Livingston Spencer Mamie Camden Herschel Noel George Coley Linton Iva Coffey Bloomington Eph Bruner Grace Minks Owen Eller Earl Wilber Dugger Mel Britton Britton Edna Storms Andrew Taylor Goldie Roy Sims Elletsville Melvin Sims Thaddeus Macy Frank Maners

Local Notices and Postal Shifts in Bloomfield 1916

Residents report storms and daily family visits from Lyons to Cincinnati and Hobbieville. Millard Weaver aids with hay, Paris Bailey loses a horse to lightning, and several Garsnett and Weaver family movements are noted. Post office hours extended shifts with staff timing listed and unclaimed letters to Dead Letter Office dated August 11 1916.

Tom Martindale Lyons Wm. Russel William Garsnett Raymond Elwren George Martindale Martha Kirk Russell Cincinnati Millard Weaver Wm. Combs Paris Bailey Jesse Sullivan Emma Garsnett Easley Weaver Hobbieville C. C. Lash William Ruff George E. Endres P. O Bloomfield Graham Falk Gorman Warnick

Redpath Chautauqua returns after town’s support

Chautauqua Bloomfield will host the Redpath Chautauqua again next season thanks to 50 progressive citizens of our town. The event offers high class entertainments accessible to many locals who otherwise could not attend.

Bloomfield

Dream Life Echoes In Forest Dream

A dreamlike fragment from The Atlantic describes calling aloud in a forest and hearing no source, chasing a will-o'-the-wisp through swamps, discovering a ghostly light, and an unreal apple that sinks into water as the dream life unfolds.

Atlantic

Little Walter Learns About Uncle Paul’s Duty

In a visit with a neighbor, Walter learns his uncle attached to the commissary is a waiter now. His father explains the commissary supplies food and drink to soldiers, clarifying the family’s military roles in simple terms.

Little Walter Commissary Walter Paul

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