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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat notes weekly Friday edition and semi weekly Tuesday issues. L Slinkard is proprietor editor. Subscriptions are prepaid with prices listed for one year and six months. Advertising rates per line with minimum 25 cents. Address changes accepted. Entered second class mail matter Bloomfield Indiana Postoffice. Telephone No 80.
The London Radium Institute reports 1,400 cases and 12,831 treatments in 1915 and 1916 across cancer and skin diseases. Of 1,157 analyzable cases, 172 were apparently cured, 52 cured, 498 improved, 215 not improved, 147 abandoned, and 76 died. Rodent ulcer cases show high radiosensitivity and potential for single treatment success.
A wartime editorial urges readers to stop wasteful habits and idle luxury to fund Liberty Bonds. It targets individuals by persona such as Plumber and Joyrider, calling for patriotism, thrift, and productive use of resources to aid national mobilization.
The Journal of the American Medical Association tests ambrine and paraffin based products used in burn and inflammation treatment. It concludes most paraffin varieties work well, offers a simple formula for a paraffin film, and suggests plain paraffin may outperform complex mixtures in many cases.
In New Brunswick New Jersey a roasted chicken sent by the brothers of two inmates concealed saws and files inside. Guards watched cells every ten minutes but the men slipped out through a window after bars were wrenched. The brother and his powerful car fled later as well.
Conservative estimates show that 150,000,000 bushels of grain are used annually in the United States to manufacture liquor. Figures from Yale economist Prof Irving Fisher and other leaders bolster a war time prohibition push as grain supplies must sustain Allies and home needs.
A sermon outline on Isaiah 6 presents Isaiah as a reforming prophet in perilous times, describing his vision of the Lord in the temple, his personal cleansing, and the call to go speak to Israel. It frames the book’s two main halves and calls for justice and righteousness to guide a regenerated nation.
A certified copy of a Greene Circuit Court decree directs Lula Isenogle versus William A. Shanklin et al. Public sale is set for July 14 1917 at the Greene County Courthouse door Bloomfield Indiana to auction rents and profits for up to seven years of 120 acres in Section 16 Township 6 North Range 3 West. If not enough, the fee simple title may be sold to satisfy the decree interest and costs. Sale occurs without valuation relief.
The cigar plays a rising role in China’s redemption as locals increasingly smoke cheroots seen as opium substitutes. Imports into Chinese ports reach about 350 thousand dollars annually, with four fifths through Hong Kong. Dutch-made clears gain share in South China while Philippine cigars decline. a German factory in Hong Kong once served cheap cigars now runs under Chinese control.
Kor ge L McNutt the dinner pall man speaks at the Chautauqua on Meeting the High Cost of Living. He has studied foods and labor conditions and explains the worker is separated from the soil. His garden experiments near Valparaiso produced over $50 of food in a 40 by 80 foot plot with interplanting and decorative borders. He cites a career from pastor to laborer, sharing insights from seven years among workers in multiple states.
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