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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
8
The TRE state committee calls for a grand ratification meeting here next Saturday with lit camp fires. Republicans are furious as campaign buzz grows about McKinley and Roosevelt. The local party dismissed the ticket as lacking cause for a public burst of enthusiasm.
The Indianapolis News notes rising tensions as great powers contemplate conflict with China. It questions feasibility of prosecuting a war without internal disputes and mocks the Republican platform praising civil service efficiency as unproven or unclear.
The Indianapolis News accuses Congressman Miers of facing hostile attacks while praising him as highly esteemed. It cites Republican fault lines on trusts, claims the platform invites misreading, and warns voters about party figures tied to alleged corruption affecting Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The Indianapolis News criticizes moneyed interests funding party lines to sway voters and fleece the public. It notes Hon. Joan T. Lamb sells Bloomfield News to W. B. Maddock amid editorial shifts and political pressure within the Republican paper.
The speaker outlines staying at the farm until after the election and plans to buy back if Republicans win Greene county. If they lose, the son-in-law will hold the rag, while the ring runs the News to suit their interests.
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports Republicans plan a hurrah campaign focusing on patriotism and flag waving to avoid issues. Roosevelt and his horse and sword may become campaign themes, with rough riders clubs aimed at attracting young men, using military glamour to energize the effort.
Mrs. T J Vandeventer improves slowly. Minnie Gray teaches music to Mies Golda Dunn. T J Smith and J W McIntosh in Newark Sunday. Frank Dunn and John Coffey in Spencer last Saturday. Aunt Amanda Niel suffers from cancer of the face. John Green's family visited George Craband's. Walker Wood of Pottersville on our streets Saturday evening. Misses Mamie and Gertrude Smith own a new guitar. Marion Conder and family visited Wash Carpenter's. Charles Hickam hardware man of Freedom was in town Monday. Mrs Ida Franklin of Calvertville visiting relatives over Sunday. F C Dunn and family and T S Smith and family visited J T Smith's family Sunday. James Smith and Dora Conder of Worthington visited J T Smith's. Curtis Stevens and Mina Coffey attended commencement at Freedom last Friday. Harry Foley of Worthington on our streets Thursday evening. he came on his wheel.
Osa Mount spent Monday evening in Dixon. Chas Bartley and wife visited in the county Bent Monday. Mrs Avery Beck called in Dixon Monday evening. Mrs James Beck Sr. and Mrs James Beck Jr. visited at Mrs Benny Holt's Sunday. Wm Rector returned to Lawrence county after visiting at home Saturday night. Charley White bought a threshing machine. We expect good flour next year. James Rampley of Bloomfield normal, formerly of this place, had supper with T E Bridwell in Dixon Tuesday evening. Mia Clara Newsom and daughter Lola spent Sunday in Switz City attending church.
William Medaris hauls hay to Spencer while oats fare better than wheat. Census taker Mr. Moreland visits. Rollie Raper and Janae Brown spend time in Spencer. Joe Hickam and family visit Samuel Sample. Bert Sloan sells a cow for $50 to James Burk. Enzie Gwin starts new store at Freeman. Doughe Boriff considers Lyons restaurant. John Rogers recovering from a gunshot. Beech Creek cavalrymen E. R Pagh and Lester Watkins ordered overseas.
Local page details visitors from Bloomington Spencer and Indianapolis. Drought and flood talk mix with farm news. crops ra in harvest delayed by rain. several residents touring Missouri and Kansas for health. Obituary notes Duncan Cullison. community events include church services, graduations, and a rose hill ice cream festival.
A Galveston News account describes a remote crevasse filled with millions of bees and tons of honey on Bee Mountain near the Brazos river about twenty miles from Cleburne. A cowboy lowered by rope found great honey combs while snakes emerged, forcing him to flee. The feature warns others not to venture in, citing danger from serpents in the cave.
A Cincinnati Enquirer account notes a 6000 person French audience in Radicals Arena reacting to the Marseillaise with listening silence and a thunderous final chorus. Applause erupts repeatedly, with demands for a repeat and a vibrant pageant of light clothing and blue workwear.
A brief survey notes that monkeys in troops are noisy and articulate, with harsh but varied sounds echoing human speech. It contrasts primate expression with human facial cues, humor, and social phrases, and includes a string of quips on money, marriage, and social change from a Chicago News column.
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