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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1891
Page
3
Greene county Indiana notices list trustees schedules and office hours for Wright Steford Washington Grant Highland Stock Clark and Taylor townships. Public physicians and attorneys advertise offices near Bloomfield with weekly and Saturday availability for township business and examinations.
A weary homesteader dreams of distant riches and luxury as he lies in a vast landscape of meadows, roads, and railways. He longs for more despite countless mansions, gardens, cars, and golden cups, a fate that leaves him unsatisfied and endlessly dreaming. The piece ends with the narrator’s question and a lingering sense of perpetual craving.
Local correspondence from Solsberry reports social visits, trades, and various residents including John Dalrymple and Mrs Anna Crane. Electric Bitters advertised as a popular remedy with claims of curing liver and kidney diseases and malaria, with local drugstore pricing.
Summer construction plans loom as several buildings rise awaiting brick. A R Tryon plans to supply brick, J W Harvey’s daughter stays ill with consumption, and Mrs. Harvey is absent from church. Switz City visits, Bedford trips, a ball park built by local youths, and Daughters of Rebecca festival marked the week.
Frank Huffman of Burlington Ohio says doctors declared Consumption incurable but after using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds he improved after less than half a bottle and later enjoyed good health. Trial bottle free at Starcup’s Drugstore.
Pee DAY at Pleasantville draws over 1000 attendees as Ohio schoolhouse and Pleasantville bands provide music. Local events include a horse loss, a new barn, sermons, visitors from Carlisle, and equipment purchases. An accident injures leg and shoulder but causes no major damage. Hood's Sarsaparilla is recommended for health.
Tres Day observed in Newberry with processions to Bogard cemetery and Prairie Chapel. Rev Mirod of Bloomfield delivered earnest addresses at 10 o clock and in Newberry afternoon. May 31 basket meeting at Keller schoolhouse with many ministers. Locals praise Rev Goss and new arrivals Dr E J Jackson and Benj Sherwood of Linton as valued physicians. Lumber hauling and dry weather affect farming. Corn planting delayed. Trustee Moore seen helping Greene county superintendent Mogs seek reelection.
Wim Timmons, John Leslie and J We Gardner of Idaville Indiana endorse Electric Bitters for kidney and liver trouble and overall vitality. They report improved health, strength and appetite after using the medicine, available at S Stalcup’s Drug store.
J O Don ald visited Bloomfield Monday and J Lewis Keith is home again. Died Tinges green midget appeared on wheat. Miss Ella Russell returned from Worthington to visit friends. Thomas Dobbins and wife from Martin county visited last week. May apple root boiled for consumption by Thomas Blackmore. Funeral services for Mary Haywood conducted at U P church Rev Ingles officiating. Will Huffman of Mineral City in town Monday. Henry Frutz bought horses from Laughlin and Burke. Dr J W Hannan was at Bloomfield Saturday. Edwin Bostettler visited Lin ton last Friday. Ettie Rinebaard and teen ogle visited Smith township. Miss Ola Jones of northwest Greene visiting friends. Miss Ida McCarter of Daviess county visited Effie Hannan. Mrs Stanford of Ohio visited brother John Staggers. Mattie Summerville, long sick, now out again. The Moss still grows.
Advertises Dr King s New Discovery as best remedy for La Grippe coughs and colds with quick relief and no after effects. Guarantees satisfaction or refund. Free trial bottles at S Stalcup s Drug Store. Large bottles priced at 50c and 100.
Seymour Riddle of Bloomfield enjoys vacation while J Meredith visits terms. Jacob Floyd jokes about fox chasing hours. Uncle Ben toils long hours. Dr Oliphant in town on Monday. J W Carmichael visiting relatives after ten years in Iowa. John weighs 230 pounds and predicts good crops aiding Grover in 1892. Moss likened to Calhoun Jackson raid. election smoke persists. Show in town Tuesday night. passable prices offered for produce. JL Riddle and wife share strawberries with nurseryman Jo M Borch. Kincey Cullison and Andy Hardesty repair mill and plan Saturday corn grinding. Neal couple visit Freedom this week. Yoho & Van Meter haul logs. plans to move after sawmill work.
The text extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a world famous remedy curing blood disorders and ailments. It claims swift liver and kidney response and overall system cleansing, urging the sick to use the medicine as the best remedy to restore health.
An OCR fragment cites Castoria products with repeated phrasing and odd branding terms. no coherent event or date is provided. The reader is left with an unclear historical advertisement snippet mentioning a medicine and a miswritten product name.
Local notes recount Jotham L. Smith missing a delinquent tax appointment in Richland township, political shifts in 1888, and requests for a fence around Church of God property. Observations include store moves, street visits, frost reports, and community gossip. Endorsing Ely's Cream Balm as a remedy for catarrh is also cited with user testimonials.
The service drew the largest crowd since Decoration Day with General Coburn as chief orator. Local groups including GAMT, Sons of Veterans, and citizens attended. music by Jewel land and varied mentions of local visits and community notes follow.
Pleasant Grove reports very warm weather with drought conditions and need for rain. The community hosts Saturday night singing, notes measles in the area, and mentions a German church dedication at Linton next Saturday. Town activities include a Sunday school at Mud Pike, a wagonload attending singing, and local visits. Watermelons are requested from F. D. Edwards.
The new German Reform church will be dedicated next Sunday June 7 with many visiting divines expected. A basket meeting drew crowds to Morris chapel on Sunday and locals attended gatherings and events across Linton and surrounding towns.
Real estate notice listing numerous farms and houses for sale near Bloomfield, Greene County. Properties include 2 acres with orchard on Main Street, a seven room house, two acre south Bloomfield parcels, a brick business house, 25 acres timber and pasture, 120 acres in Highland Township, 93 acres river bottom, 200 acres cultivated, 10 acre and 15 acre parcels, multiple houses and lots in Cavins addition, and several tracts near Worthington and Plummer. Prices range from 300 to 1500 with notes on trade, credit, and terms.
Directory excerpt lists Fairplay township names with townships Bloomfield Mineral City Newberry Owensburg Meaton Beech Creek Newark Highland Calvertville Jefferson Worthington Smith Worthington Fairplay Lyons Washington Lyons Stafford Marco Stockton Wright and related entries.
Cumberland Presbyterian pastor H. C. Cockrum leads weekly services every Sabbath at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m. Youth group YPBC meets Tuesdays at 7 30 p m with prayer meetings Wednesdays at 7 30 p m.
Bloomfield Lodge No. 84 meets on or before each full moon with W M Mematt and officers listed. Linton Lodge No. 560 F and A M meets first Saturday on or before each full moon and two weeks after with officers including W M Sherwood and treasurer Chapman. G A R post 468 and Rutledge Post 468 schedule second and fourth Saturdays. includes officers Cok, Johnson, Pool, Johnson, and others.
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