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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Little Walter
Commissary
Walter
Paul
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Earl G. Short
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