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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1888
Page
4
A long stream of advertisements, notices, and social items floods the Worthington Bloomfield area. merchants tout fair pricing, chicken care products, real estate offers, and subscription pitches alongside memorial day coverage, marriages, legal notices, and residents’ visits and travels.
A notice states subscriptions by Hert and Graham cost 1.50 per year, payable in advance.
H G Young, user and shipper of wool, urges buyers to consult him for the tip top market price before contracting. He emphasizes his role and expertise in securing optimal rates for wool shipments.
Local items report Bloomfield hosts its big fair this July and a steady business week. News mentions rail timing, pensions granted to L. E. Wood, examinations, and auctions. Incidents include a barn fire near Spencer, a breakup at Terre Haute, and a penitentiary warden receiving a gold watch.
Our terms require cash in advance and subscriptions end when time paid for expires. Due to crop failures and tight money, we will carry accounts for those responsible until the next tax-paying time, then stop. To continue, contact this office and arrange payment by the indicated time. otherwise the paper will be stopped when the current period ends.
Community notes report five saloons and one guard in Linton remain. Rev. Cockrum begins GP Church work. Baptists plan Sunday events at Rose’s Pond. a Greene County Baptist association may form. Festival profits noted. Linton church prospects include building a meeting house with about 860 dollars in hand. Local demographics and farm statistics for Richland Township included. Democratic committee sets county convention in Bloomfield June 11, 1588.
Kate Kelsey Young born September 8, 1840 in Albia Jawa. widow of J B Young of Newark Indiana. She died May 21 at 12 45 am after a life of kindness with two children Grace Edwards and Ralph Cramford. Funeral and church honors described as deeply mourned by community.
Worthington correspondent reports the new machine shops started Monday after differences were settled H C Roberts sold out and left Everett Lewis age sixteen was accidentally shot by his mother with a revolver while she fed him the ball lodged in the stomach though he improved by Wednesday A Beasley eighteen shot himself with a pistol in Wright township no reason given
J B Youna writes to neighbors of New ark and vicinity thanking them for kindness and sympathy after the sickness and death of his wife. He expresses debt of gratitude cannot be paid in money and vows to repay with future acts of kindness. He wishes peace and prosperous lives for all and cherishes a lasting friendship.
A letter from Hatt or Newnerry Lodge expresses mourning over the death of Bro Jacob Ketchum aged about 40. The notice notes his valued membership, sympathy to his family, and calls for a funeral observation, minutes entry, and a thirty day wear of armbands, with copies sent to local papers.
The notice states no person of the Unde d Liner today offers any chance to raise money. Details will be furnished by G. HE Ware ren, general pave, Anoat, St. PAL & M. Ry, St. Paw, Minnesota, at the reservations fred opetoes br hasiness, marines & rates.
The E. and I. B. R. will sell round trip tickets to Chicago on June 16 17 and 18 at one fare. Tickets are good for return until June 23 inclusive. For further information contact G. J. GramMar T. M.
Will receive bids for constructing the Fourth Methodist church in Mineral City Indiana on June 13 1888 Plans and specifications available at L J Faucett office L F Fe ow secretary May 28 1888 Also merchants notice advertising colored Bristol card stock advertisements selling card sizes with terms cash or produce orders solicited for stock prints tf
Biz notes show Pringle & Williams and Bloomfield Grocery promoting low prices on canned fruit tobacco and cigars. Eveleigh's drug store markets perfumes box paper and stationers. Wool-Hert & Graham advertise wool services while Coen's sells Worthington flour. Local tips include prune deals and floor paint promises.
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