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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1891
Page
4
USALL PAPER announces a new extensive selection of wall coverings and window shades with latest designs. Patterns are chosen to harmonize room decor and colors. Shades are installed in your home without extra charge. No old stock, everything new.
The page lists school closures, land bargains, seed potatoes, and tailor services in Bloomfield and nearby towns. It notes March 26 school closing, land offers near Newberry and Smith Township, seeds at L. H. Stalcup, and Jackson Neidigh marble works with monuments. Also mentions job printing, business improvements, and a pending operant court appointment.
Spring term begins April 6 at Linton Normal with focus on practical teaching. K P and Masonic chapters report new members. A fatal shooting in Owen County leaves Chaney dead, as rival Dice triggers a confrontation over liquor. Center of U S population located near Greensburg Indiana in 1890 census.
Worthington Mills markets an excellent quality Graham making a strong claim about product standards and reliability for baking needs. The announcement emphasizes consistency and high performance across shipments to retailers and households.
The following licenses were issued: Layton Knapp to Ada Anderson, Harrison Vallandingham to Melvina Anon McBride, Jeremiah Meredith to Carrie Edington, John Sandefur to Hulda M Abrams. County Auditor Thomas C. Owes notes delinquent lands and unpaid interest due by January 31, lists will be sent to printers March 2 1891, and timely payment avoids penalties.
A witty exchange at the Capitol has Jerry Simpson replying to a pretty woman who asks about his socks. He quips about reciprocity and asks for her socks in return, prompting the lady to flee as Simpson continues to study legislative methods.
A promotion for PainLESS Childbirth claiming any woman can become a mother without pain and learn to treat morning sickness swollen limbs and other pregnancy issues. Endorsed by physicians it invites readers to send two cent stamps for circulars and a confidential letter via Frank Thomas & Co publishers Baltimore Maryland.
The Brooklyn Eagle quotes Lincoln via a parable about a sheep's tail and legs to argue that naming something protectionist as reciprocity does not create true protection. It asserts free trade as reciprocal untaxed commerce, equating reciprocity with free trade and calling Mr Blaine a free trader.
O W Shryer of the Bloomfield Bank finds he owns an ancient Indian mudstone found on an old burying ground. He dated the stone to about a year and a half, noting its nest like oval shape. Locals recall it as a madstone and challenge skeptics to test it against a mad dog bite in Bloomfield.
Carpenters farmers and woodworkers urged to obtain Gage’s Self-Setting Plane from Gage Toor Co of Vineland N J. Dealers in Bloomfield do not stock it. The company will mail circulars and arrange a 50 data trial. Write to the company for details and circulars.
Lewis Stanton, about eighteen, disappeared after duck hunting near Sanborn last Thursday. His body was found the next day, shot fractured head near water with gun on opposite side of a fence. authorities think an accidental discharge while climbing the fence caused his death.
Friday night program in Bloomfield featured Dr Wheeler Bertha Short and Frank Hindman with a grand reception to music. Missing Miss Fannie Hunt due to grandmother’s illness, Rev Cockrum delivered a historical and instructional address on music. The performance praised the band and quartet for excellent entertaining and superior talent in the town.
A collection of short sayings illustrating human behavior and virtue. The quotes cover pride, kindness, public affection, adversity, gossip, self deception, patience, and initiative, attributed to Ram's Horn and reflecting general Old World wisdom.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It asserts nine of ten cases are catarrh related, offering one hundred dollars for any deafness case it cannot cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure and inviting readers to request circulars.
Alex Beasley Sr a prosperous farmer near town was robbed last Saturday while away from the house. He kept about $200 in gold hidden in an old slipper near his bed and elsewhere on the premises. No clue has been found to the thief despite varied theories.
On the last Wednesday of the Johnstown term teacher J J Porter found the yard filled as residents and thirty eight pupils crowded into a long room. Seventy two attendees plus pupils shared talks and declamations while two long tables stretched the room. Porter’s second term ended with praise for progress and a hopeful invitation to return.
Henry Curtin in Clothing Gazette argues advertising drives big trade and home improvement. He stresses four words: Variety, Style, Quality, Price, and says a store with these, and clear ads, will prosper.
An eastern phrenologist claimed he could pull certain noses on the street without backlash. He was knocked unconscious on his first attempt and lost four teeth, according to the Detroit Free Press report.
A patrol of names shows varied visitors from Duluth to Newberry attending court and social events in Sullivan county towns. Citizens, merchants, lawyers, and educators like Dr. Cravens, Prof Warrick, and J. N. Hardesty appear, with remarks on trials, school books, and community affairs across the region.
All are entitled to the best that their money will buy so every family should have a bottle of the best family remedy Syrup of Figs to cleanse the system when costive or billows. For sale in 50e and $1.00 bottles by all leading druggists. Feb.
Newark area residents and church members held a temperance meeting at the M E church protesting a license application to sell alcohol. A 15 member law and order committee was formed to file affidavits against violators, and a Bloomfield trip was planned to present resolutions to oppose the Morrison saloon. Several court judgments and defaults are listed at the end.
Members of New Ark lodge No 467 1 O O F protest granting license for retail liquor in Newark Indiana and instruct W O Nash to present the resolution to the county commissioners. A copy will be sent to county papers for publication. E E Pryor secretary Newark February 26 1891.
Castle Hall Newark Lodge No 270 K of P Newark Ind Feb 25 1891 passes resolutions opposing a retail liquor license for a Newark saloon. It asks Greene county Board of County Commissioners to refuse any license to establish a saloon in Newark.
Several criminal pleas and verdicts including Jack Brooks Olie Henderson guilty pleas and fines of 50 dollars to 1 dollar. Mullins Childers cases noted with forfeiture and ten cent fines. Not guilty verdict in L Beem case. Multiple taxes foreclosed in State ex rel pros actions. Civil actions include divorces dismissals, slander dispute settled, and several judgments and foreclosures totaling thousands of dollars.
A condensed roundup notes Indiana plans a $100,000 display at the world’s fair. Other items report Ohio's charter bill for Cincinnati, multiple hangings in Pa., disasters, notable deaths, weather, crimes, and local incidents across states.
A midnight tornado swept through Utica Indiana causing extensive damage including a destroyed two story home, torn barns, toppled church, wrecked town hall and library and many collapsed structures. Nearby towns reported injuries and further destruction across Jeffersonville and Spencer with several fatalities and widespread property losses.
Market notes from Cincinnati and surrounding areas show steady prices across livestock and wool. Wool prices hold, while cattle, hogs, and sheep exhibit firm quotes amid moderate demand and light stocks.
Real estate ads describe farms and parcels near Bloomfield, Greene County. Properties include 23 acres with orchard and house, 237 acres cultivation with river bottom, multiple 10 to 160 acre plots with homes, barns, wells, and timber. Prices range from 300 to 750 per acre with various terms and trades offered.
A flood era drowning near Leatherwood Creek, Jones exonerations in Madison murder trial, Abe Neal on trial, and Stewart at large. Selig murder case, Goss shooting incident, and Deputy Bush clash. Rats killed by Farmers Alliance, Stone’s sudden death, Tipton saloon license scheme, Dowling declines supreme court, Nagel captured. Miller appointed to Indiana supreme bench, Lagro crime, Millers powder works blast, Gint her suicide, Brram Sullivan insurance, repeated saloon deaths in Columbus, White Caps dispute, Zanesville derailment injures several, and an Italian confession in recent police murder case.
Geo W Osborn of Bloomfield Indiana advertises Dead Shot product for bog and chicken cholera with 44to Money to Ioan at seven percent interest.
The Cincinnati fast express derailed at Hagars town sixteen miles west of Rienwonxo Indiana at 3 50 P M Wednesday after a connecting rod broke and a piece of iron dropped on the track. Four were killed outright and engineer F Deal died from his injuries at 4 50 P M. Also killed were George Needham Richmond claim agent Arthur M Reeves Richmond banker Charles B Case Logansport conductor.
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