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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat is Greene county's Democratic weekly founded 1861 and published Fridays with a semi weekly edition on Tuesdays. W L Slinkard owns and edits. Subscriptions: one year in advance, six months, and single copies. Advertising rates apply per line. Entered as second class mail matter in Bloomfield Indiana. Telephone number 80.
The piece criticizes Governor Goodrich for failing to control the legislature and promote his tax plans. It cites defeats of the excise tax bill, claims Democratic governance saved debt and boosted treasury balances, and argues Republicans push for higher taxes despite favorable fiscal outcomes under Democratic rule.
The Bloomfield Democrat offers a twice weekly edition and the Terre Haute Tribune offers a daily edition, priced at one year for $3.00. Readers can subscribe to both papers at this bundled rate.
In a wartime diary, Private Hutchinson recalls severe tobacco shortages at Wittenberg camp. With limited money and injuries, he and Private Lew scavenge fag-ends, use coffee grounds and peat to improvise smoke, and share tiny cigarette ends among as many as eight men.
In Larderello central Tuscany Italy Professor Luigi Luiggi reports that cracked ground vents superheated steam into a hydroelectric plant. Three 3000 kilowatt units operate with one supplying power since 1916 another since last April and the third just started. This cheap energy boosts Tascan y industry amid coal shortages and hints at Niagara Falls scale potential.
Bishop Russell Wakefield of Birmingham wears a finger ring made from fragments of stained glass and stonework salvaged from the bombed cathedral of Reims. He kept ruby and sapphire colored glass pieces as a souvenir of the war and the destruction.
Grace recounts Gertrude marrying a fortune seeker who prospered on a soap speculation. Grace notes the husband later shamed her during their honeymoon by forcing passengers to view life preservers and mock the voyage as old news while they sailed.
A lady was knocked down by a horse on Regent Street but escaped with scratches. A gentleman rescued her and asked if she needed anything. she asked for safety pins while she was breathless, joking that she felt she was falling apart.
The president of Peru issues a decree to conserve and regulate all mineral springs under the public health department. The department will spread information on curative properties and prevent misuse while managing baths and depots where waters are drawn.
President seeks rule changes to curb delays as 12 senators oppose. sixteen senators retire from the Senate signaling political realignment.
The article lists the twelve who joined thirteen House members in opposing granting President Wilson the authority in the crisis, naming party and state affiliations. It also notes the lawmakers who voted against the armed neutrality bill, with party and state details for Republicans, Democrats, and a socialist member.
Wilson says an extra session of Congress is needed to arm merchant ships and meet the German submarine threat. He denounces a “little group of willful men” blocking action and urges Senate rule changes to allow the government to act in the national crisis.
A drill at San Fernando on Ticao island struck an artesian water vein at 405 feet with gas pressure enough to hurl water 80 feet into the air. The flow was diverted through two pipes and continues strongly. Water samples show car bonic gas content. analysis pending. The driller has four decades of artesian well experience and calls this a unique phenomenon.
Earl Barnes argued that life shaping occurs early and that the formative period spans ages twelve to eighteen. He warned that genius thrives in solitude beyond routine and decried the idea that genius should be respectable and conventional.
A famed chronometer aboard Shackleton's Antarctic expedition reportedly ran for years without stopping and gained a minute over two and a half years. In a harsh trek, Shackleton discarded all personal belongings except six pairs of socks, one pound of tobacco, and a single watch, highlighting the instrument's critical role.
Dr. George Edgar Vincent, president of the University of Minnesota and president-elect of the Rockefeller Foundation, described crowd psychology in Chicago. He warned that some minds are “tubular” like bean shooters and joked that diets and children are the only ones you cannot hypnotize, noting a society for suppressing obvious remarks would fill a city block.
Waldemar Eitingen of New York recently donated a live silver fox to the Zoological Society of St. Louis, valued at 85.50. The gift was quickly accepted amid thanks, now under reconsideration, as the fox refuses ordinary food and eats only fresh eggs priced at 60 cents a dozen in St. Louis, a scarce item that seems to be improving.
In a terse dialogue a man and woman debate wealth and purpose. He dismisses riches as a motive, claiming only sleep explains his lack of desire to receive millions, while she suggests weariness and lofty aims. He countered with a blunt, witty reply: it is when he is asleep.
Senator Sorglum questions value of another session while Washington Star notes the query could spur more sessions and dig up material for further action.
Hoosier brief items report a major blaze severely damages a Columbus clothing shop while an American flag remains unscathed. Other notes include church leadership changes, DAR home purchase plans, and various local projects across Indiana.
Washington reports the American National Red Cross mobilizing in a new building to establish 25 field hospitals with 12 500 beds if war starts. 8 000 graduate nurses and numerous surgeons are prepared, with staffs from Chicago and New York ready to deploy.
A New Yorker visiting Flatbush asks the best route to Kosciusko Street. The host suggests taking a trolley to New York and then asking a policeman for directions.
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