12 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1891
Page
1
Local items report sales ads for papers and land in Bloomfield and surrounding townships. Updates cover rail connections, assessors, licenses, school trustees, upcoming lectures, church services, and community events including fairs, parades, and Township road projects.
The Bloomfield schools announce Christian Danielson reelected as superintendent with C H Drybred as high school principal and Anna Edmunda as fifth grade teacher. New hires include Miss Ota Haig Mrs J R Isenhower and Mrs Eliza McKee for the lower grades. third and fourth grade teachers to be chosen. The faculty lineup features graduates from Copenhagen University Indiana State University and State Normal School.
The board of commissioners appointed the following constables at their June term. Stafford Township A P Myres Stockton Township Webb Lucas Cass Township Ben Musselman.
BE and T H railroad offers round trip tickets to Indianapolis for July 2 at a single fare. Return travel allowed through July 6. Tickets available for the event and return must be completed within the stated period.
The board of trustees orders all male persons as prescribed by law to perform four days on the streets this year June 1 1891. H H Nickerson President Attest W M Haie Clerk.
A Switz City widow, Mrs. Gro Haron, expresses deep gratitude to neighbors who aided during the accident that caused her husband's death. She offers thanks and blessings in return for their sympathy and support.
The State Encampment Sons of Veterans meets at Lafayette June 22 to 25. The E and T H railroad offers one fare round trips from all Indiana points June 21 and 22, return validity through June 26. Lyons announces a millinery and dressmaking store opening by Mrs N E Neipicu at EB Hornbeck Corner Lot 1 invites calls and satisfaction.
Delegates appointed at the Greene County Soldier's Association meeting in Linton in September 1890 are summoned to meet at the Arts Ball on Bloomfield fair ground at 1 p m Saturday July 4 1891 to finalize time and place for the next annual reunion by order of President L L Boorn and Secretary R J Corbley.
The National Convenions P S C E announces E and T H railroad and P D and E railroad will sell round trip tickets to Minneapolis at one fare for July 16 and 17 with return options to July 12 to 15. Tickets may be extended by depositing with terminal agents, up to August 26, 1891. The passage also notes a Worthington Indiana mill selling cheap flour and feed under the Gilt Edge Mill name with Blue Bell and Morning Star brands.
Bloomfield normal notes recount a successful commencement at Lyons with the choir and several visits at home over the weekend. Prof Cushman lectures on the eye, the penmanship class practices muscular movement, and Danielson recovers from illness as forty students remain in the teacher training class.
Orleans Indiana promotes its magnetic artesian sulfur well as a premier health resort. Claims benefit for rheumatism dyspepsia gout and female disorders with hundreds reportedly cured. A new bath house offers hot or cold baths and reasonable hotel and private-board options. For details contact Magnetic Well Co at 1114 Orleans Indiana.
A parade of names crosses the page as residents and visitors from Mares Odon Solsberry Bloomington Franklin Switz City and nearby townships pass through Worthington. Citizens including mayors bankers merchants surveyors and teachers are noted in-district business visits and social notes.
A Greene County notice lists taxable personal and real estate values by town and township with gains in separate columns, followed by totals. It notes railroads excluded and estimates the total rising toward $9,000,000, calling the table valuable for future reference and urging preservation.
The document lists named physicians contracted to treat paupers across various counties and towns with amounts paid, including S. C. Cravens Richland $140, H I Sherwood Stockton 20, W R Newman Grant 1900, J B Young Highland 40, H Gastneau Jefferson and Smith 100, W H Cole Fairplay 40, P M Cook Beech Creek 50, Jackson & Sherwood Wash 25, E R Cravens Stafford 40, J W Hannon Taylor and Cass 0.00, H Herold Jackson 2.25 60.60, A F Marshall Wright 40.00, plus a directive to use Dead Shut for hog and chicken cholera.
A collage of short items ranging from linguistic curiosities and arithmetic notes to rural anecdotes and a serialized vignette. Included are a child’s eagle caper near Trencin, a turtle advertising stunt in St. Louis, old proverbs, and a Fatherly recall of Katie and Johnnie’s lamb picture book from Harper’s Young People.
Colonel Vilas of Wisconsin travels from Madison to Chicago greeting fellow passengers in a bid to learn if his fame carries. An old farmer in the smoking car fails to recognize him prompting a humorous exchange about Vilas being a senator and whether he owns a farm.
A short quip from American Grocer notes a father testing his sons with a choice between candy or the circus. The boys opt for the candy, illustrating a playful parental influence on decision making.
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