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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1891
Page
3
The issue touts crop promises across beans and blackberries, urges subscription payments, and markets land, houses, and farming supplies. It notes a new well in Greene county, cautions on nursery stock, and lists real estate and job printing services while promoting events and road projects.
Local ad promotes year end savings on flour and feed at retail prices with wholesale value. Encourages shoppers to buy now for a better price and to stretch pennies. Aimed at cost conscious customers seeking deals at Worthington Indiana store.
Lyons residents learn of a new millinery and dressmaking business by Mrs. N. E Nemwicu at lot No. 1 on the S. E. Hornbeck corner. She invites calls and promises satisfaction, signaling a local commerce entry.
The NEA will hold its annual convention in Toronto Ontario from July 14 to 17. The E and T A rail road offers round trip fares for the trip with a 200 membership fee, plus a ticket extension option through the terminal lines joint agent to return by September 25 1891.
Mineral City Indiana June 22 01 By persuasion we take this opportunity to express our thanks to the people of Lyons and vicinity and the friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved son We tender sincere thanks and pray God’s blessings upon them Mrs WM Quillen and family
A nineteenth century advertorial warns that facial blemishes spoil romance. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Garden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier to restore a smooth complexion, eliminate headaches and backaches, and improve appearance for women.
The Jasper Courier extols old fashioned Independence Day celebrations with free meals and community spirit, notes plans for races and baseball, a wedding at the grandstand, and a train connection via Narrow Gauge. Also includes an advertisement for deafness cure claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a free circular and a money reward for cures.
The Indianapolis Sun recounts antics across towns from Crawfordsville to Anderson and Greencastle. It highlights girls staging dances with decorated drag, transporting dates home by various conveyances, and the lively start to summer with a 25 cent circus. It notes married women in Anderson debating marriage and leaving town, Danville girls joining church rolls, Evensville’s water influence on whims, and a provocative Chinaman romance.
Tourists can reach Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Colorado resorts from Chicago via northwest railways connecting with Pennsylvania lines. Reduced rate summer tickets are on sale at principal Pennsylvania Line offices to destinations including Waukesha Oconomowoc Hartland Madison Pelican Lake Gogebic Neenah Duluth Redlands Spirit Lake Lake Minnetonka St Paul Minneapolis Denver Colorado Springs Manitou. Contact any Pennsylvania Line agent for details.
The text reviews varied tidbits from different domains. It mentions trade unions of Belgian women tobacco workers in Antwerp, a unique railroad station in Sulio West Virginia, a novelists protest donation to the Salvation Army, and Queen Margherita of Italy’s interest in Hebrew language and literature.
A flurry of Democratic visitors and locals appeared in town on Saturday and Monday. Names include W. E. Galamore in Indianapolis, John Wootheians in Owenaburg, Dick Thompson of Maren, Paris Ketchum of Cass township, Matt Ashcraft of Owensburg, and J. W. Robinson of Owensburg who subscribed. Others traveled from Rockwood, Washington township, Cass township, and nearby towns.
The article describes how lakes and dells in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa attract southern residents for summer trips. Northwestern trains connect with Pennsylvania lines fast services offering Pullman sleeping and buffet cars from Louisville and Cincinnati. Reduced summer tourist tickets are available through Pennsylvania lines at many Southern railway offices to multiple Wisconsin and nearby destinations. If through tickets are unavailable travelers may buy Pennsylvania lines tickets to Chicago where excursion fares are sold.
The article extols Wanamaker style ads as highly effective for spring sales. It urges timely, well worded notices placed near reading matter to catch readers amid European crisis distraction, stressing position, goods quality, and the foreman's trusted judgment in placements. It ends inviting readers to the Business Office.
A train car erupted in exposed snubs over seat ownership as a man refused to yield his seat to a woman. An angry worker intervened, threatening a cowhiding, and escorted the culprit to the next station amid cheers from other passengers. The tale includes Colonel A C Dawes and a Chicago Tribune anecdote about small deeds.
A Third Avenue car fills with passengers after 6 PM. Three Grand Street shop girls scold men who won’t give up seats. A smooth faced fur collared rider pretends politeness by offering his seat, only to have a nimble man snatch it. The crowd laughs as the exchange ends with a cutting whisper about his behavior.
The article outlines pay for French teachers and school staff, noting private tutors and interpreters, with salaries ranging from a few francs per month for walkers to several thousand francs yearly for inspectors. It describes qualifications, duties, and the structure of public schools including primary and secondary levels in Paris.
The New York Sun notes Paris suburb posts provide 3 000 francs yearly for inspector of schools with pensions after thirty years. Primary teachers must hold highest diplomas. infant schools require a simple diploma. Adult school posts number seventeen in Paris with strong draw- ing program opportunities. salaries vary by post and are not government fixed.
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