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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
3
Lea Mink visited Ward and Everett Heaton Sunday. Many residents attended church events at Sharkey with plans for Children’s Day in June. Road work continued as locals helped a Ford out of mud on Thompson hill and several residents visited nearby towns.
Herbert Stanley traveled to Bloomfield on Tuesday. Carl Johnson visited Roland Bland on Sunday. Minnie and Eva Bland traded at Newark on Saturday. Ruth and Daisy Ferguson went to Solsberry on Wednesday. Minnie Bland guest of Ruth Ferguson on Sunday. Anna Wells staying with Mrs. Clayton Brinson near Freeman. Vadie Watkins visited Jeney Bland from Saturday. Luther Frye and children and Paul Britton and wife went to Newark. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Livingston visited Mrs. L. s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bland, Sunday.
In Dutch Ridge and nearby towns residents report visits, trips, and social calls. Rhodolphus Faucett and Jake Bailey moved cream to Cincinnati while Claude Combs and Jacob Bailey hauled bark to Bloomington. Mr and Mrs Mood visited, and Marion Johnson aided at a bedside Thursday night.
Union Bethel and surrounding residents share Sunday visits and hosting duties. Names include J M Strauser Charles Miller Cora Combs Tom Heaton Milt Foster Dan Horn Ollie Boruff Frank Chipman Leora Foster Ott Moreland Ruby Clearwater Mable Clearwater Lillie Coley Lena Rogers Anna Beale Sig Rogers Mell Heaton Bill Duke and families. Rev Dustan to hold meetings starting May 29 with baptizing and foot washing services. all welcome.
Mrs. Sharkey io no better. Dora Carpenter spent Sunday with Rena Dailey. Fern Combs visits Grace Combs in Newberry. Miss Mary Hendren visits her brother C. C. Hendren and family. Charles Minks and Robert Denman visited Rex Holtsclaw Sunday evening. Mrs. Aaron Combs visited her daughter Faye Howard of Lin ton. Mrs. Boyd Harlan and Virginia visit Mr. and Mrs. Ray Darward of Jasonville. Tuesday callers at J. H. Abrams include N. B. Hardisty Alvin Gwinnup John Holtsclaw Sabra Wright Viola Wiles and Albert Abrams.
Linton welcomes Robert Rainey born to Mr. and Mrs. Newt Musser in Terre Haute Sunday. Doris Harper of Indianapolis visits relatives here. Fiona Green of Indianapolis returns home after a visit. Mrs. Amos Gillam and children travel to Spencer to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Cisco Alexander and daughters Jaanita and Mildred visitured elsewhere.
Social notes list Sunday calls among Brassfield and Alexander families in Bicknell plus visits by Louise Archer from Coalmont to her uncle Burge and Kenneth Campbell. Cletus Gill and family visited Gill's sister Mrs. Jas Smith in Bicknell. Ruffie Hedge of Brazil traveled to Bloomfield to see Sam Anderson and Zelda Anderson visits Bloomfield to see Aunt Mrs B A Hamlin and will visit cousin Miss Mayme Boltz at Tulip before returning home.
Newberry residents visit relatives and friends across towns. Harsh Killian’s expected homecoming in a couple of weeks is noted. Various families, including Decks, Browns, Killians, and Hinds, are mentioned with visits, travel, and a fish fry in the area.
Ridgeport residents engage in visits and business trips to Bloomfield Cincinnati Solsberry and Park. Notable names include Burch Henson Hash Holtsclaw and Bartley with varied travels and Sunday school attendance encouraged. Sick state of Mrs Wiley Ray noted and visitors from Palestine Illinois frequent Newton Holtsclaw family.
Mrs Tillie Nation visited Bloomfield Monday. Prayer meeting was rained out Sunday night. Mary McGinnis called at George Foster's Monday. Dr Cravens visited Mrs James Chaney Monday. Inez Jackson spent Sunday with Anna and Arkie Foster. Winnie Chaney is in Bloomfield visiting her aunt Mrs Willis Ledgerwood. Mary Burcham left for Danville Illinois Sunday for a business course. Mrs Agnes Combs and daughter Jene spent Saturday night and Sun
Residents visit and travel reports include Winfred McGinnis and Ora Dowden in Bloomfield, Mrs. Johnson visiting James Burcham, Rev. Clay and family dining with Charles Hasler, and Mrs. Jerry Meredith improving at home. George Foster returns home due to poisoned hands, while Taylor township Sunday school convention was held at Scotland with attendees from the area. Oscar Mullis and wife return from farm work in the river bottom.
Frank Keys visited Bloomfield with Charles Calland on Sunday. John Johnson from Salsberry stayed with John Crane on Saturday night. Ona Campbell called on Mrs. Ed Crane Monday afternoon with other neighbors. Lee Carmichael and son Clifford visited John Loffland Thursday night. George Frye and Mrs. Tinker Campbell with her husband hosted relatives Tuesday.
Antioch and nearby families visited relatives this week. Church services were planned for Saturday night and both Sunday sessions. Various visitors from Indianapolis to Bedford shared meals and offered prayers as Memorial exercises and bedside vigils occurred.
Grandma Phipps visiting Lin ton with Dugger. The Larkin Club holds an all day meeting at Mrs Cree Carrells on June fifth. Mr and Mrs Bernard Workman visit Margaret Workman from Sunday to Tuesday. Mrs Glen Chaney returns home Saturday after a Bloom field visit with Mr Chaney’s parents. John Bridges and wife visit on the way home from Indianapolis and stay with Margaret Workman. Simp Thompson returns from Indianapolis with his daughter Benny who had been visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Emery Neidigh and daughter Esther visit Charles DeVilbiss and wife in Linton.
Charley Laughlin offers shoe repair services in New Phillip's Building West Side. They reheel and half-sole white canvas shoes and repair all kinds of leather or rubber heels. All jobs are guaranteed.
A reported plan says a Jewish republic named Judea could emerge in Palestine after the war with Jerusalem as capital. Britain France and the United States would jointly protect it, and a large Jewish migration from Europe and Russia is anticipated to repopulate the Holy Land.
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times notes 1916 saw a net gain of 711 publications despite higher costs for paper ink and materials. Total titles reached 10 445 with 8 797 American works, suggesting many poets and storytellers found opportunities even as some foreign works declined. The piece hints war may have accelerated production and lifted printing prices.
The St Louis Art Museum reports a seven inch poly chrome earthen vessel found at Quirigua Guatemala during 1912 excavations. Its fluted body features a human face mold unlike local indigenous styles, prompting archaeologists to ponder cross cultural influence and origin with no answer yet.
Plans are under discussion in France and Spain to reuse military aircraft and trained aviators for civilian postal service after the war. A French civilian committee chaired by M. d'Aubligny has studied the idea since January, while Spain’s post minister negotiates to secure surplus French planes for a national postal system.
Worry distorts well being and makes life seen through smoked glass. People fret over weather dress work and finances, often from wrong mental attitudes. Sunshine societies worry clubs and reading circles aid re-education of mental habits.
Digestible nutrient and energy value tables from the National Crop Improvement Service with notes of d-Armsby corrections and Kellner water references. The fragment lists tables and abbreviations, indicating a technical agricultural nutrition context and ongoing editorial notes.
The feeding value of straw is low while fertilizing value is high so all straw should be spread on fields rather than burned. Using straw to prevent winter-killing of wheat is now well established.
A critique of standard digestible protein based feeding. It argues digestible food is unreliable for rations, urges measuring protein and energy needs per cow, and suggests using experiment station guidelines to optimize milk output with a balanced mixed feed. It notes individual cow variation and that solids and fat increase feed requirements for more milk.
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