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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
4
APE expands stock with an immense line of wall paper and window shades featuring latest designs. Paterns chosen to harmonize with rooms and offered at attractive prices. Shades installed in customers homes at no extra charge and no old stock remains.
Local notices promote dressmaking, seeds, land for sale, job printing, and street improvements. Advertisers urge readers to visit Jackson & Neidigh for monuments, Zwillinger tailoring, Bloomfield Planing Mill ads, and a large carpet collection. Obituary reports a child death and community updates note a revival and school admissions.
The column rounds up social, business, and civic events across Greene and nearby counties. It notes church revivals boosting memberships, school closings and teaching praises, railroad work disruptions with a minor accident, new printing capacity, hotel developments near Indian Springs, and community figures attending court, markets, and social gatherings with names and places.
Appointments were made to locate and view roads between Clay and Greene counties and in several townships. Viewers reported favorable outcomes for openings and vacations of roads, with several petitions granted or abolished and reports due next term.
Correspondence indicates a meeting at Clover Valley next weekend. J. Mo Strauser moved his dry goods to Tanner midweek. A singing event at Clover Valley drew a strong crowd. M F Letfield plans to leave Clover Valley soon. Alfred Westmoreland notes changes at his home. An advertisement touts Salvation Oil for rheumatism and doctors endorse Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for children with coughs or hoarseness.
In town news L Olia cint sale on the e 166 and Danville move for schooling. Seymour Riddle praises the school. Wm Dye of Owensburg visits. church basket supper next Thursday. Dr Cook visits to see Gertie Yoho and Dollie Lutz. Lillian Carmichael and Jennettie King health updates. Joel H Strauser moves stock from Fugard to Tanner. R W Yoho joins a Louisville firm. Augustus Ferguson of Hobbieville shows oratory. Saturday wrestling crowd of about fifty plans to meet next week. Ely Dream Balm testimonial from Wm H Hamilton praises rapid relief from influenza and catarrh.
George Frey visits with old friends in Daviess County at the week start. Mass Isse Hasler visits her Taylor township brother Saturday. Lamesy Holman recovers from illness. Elder Freeman preaches at the local place Sunday. Mrs. Dawson of Koleen dies at 82. burial at Pleasant Ridge. Jeremiah Meredith marries Carrie Edington of Dresden last Wednesday. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertises health benefits.
NHERMAN HASH, our merchant, is a very funny fellow. There is a new livery and feed stable here. Wm. Girkin, proprietor J. J. Martindale furnishes the feed and gets the manure. The F. M.B A. lodge is in good shape here. It has disposed of some rough members. J J. Martindale has moved into his new house. close next Friday. We have had a good school this winter. When we get a Democrat in power we have good times everywhere. James Aland has lots of ax handles for sale here. They are good for general purposes. They would make good ball bats. The Free Masons are getting very numerous in these parts. Wm, Bough, Sol Jones, Mrs. Car michael and Mrs. Martindale visited Richard Bays on Sunday. John W. Aland is very sick at this writing. Joseph Allen in having trouble keeping the dogs off his sheep. He has a large flock of very fine once. V.N. Hash is sick at this writing.
Advertised druggist offer promises money back if Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and la grippe fails after a fair trial. Claims epidemic success and that no case failed. Trial bottles free at S Starcup’s Drug Store. large sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Newberry notes tell of Sam Waldren's nine year absence ending with a warm homecoming for Cade Jake and family. W A Hilburn buys Ron Simms drug line with full possession. John Sharmen loses clerkship. Irvin Sappenfield heads north to farm work. Sam Slinkard secures Cass township patent rail fence rights. Three runaway teams pass with minor damage. Killian moves saw mill to Frank Woodhouse farm. season lumber shipments expected. credit to T Lawrence and H Laughlin. Local ads praise Simmons Liver Regulator for nursery use.
EWIS H. HICKS, mail measerger on the B and B, went to Indianapolis Monday to pass examination and made a good one. John Davidson and wife visited F. A. Hawk Sunday. Aunt Sallie Wagner visits her daughter Mrs J HogQuillin. Mr Landis has been sick but is better. Sam Quillin of Worthington visited his sick father Friday night. J. H. Quillin is able to be up after three weeks of sickness. WL Keller is able to be on streets after two months with rheumatism. Pete Hunt McIntosh and Brown took the Royal Purple degree in camp Friday night. McKinzie and McHarter ordered groceries and are fixing up their room. W H Aikman and Dr Spalding assisted in camp Friday night. Charles Hindman rustling for the Quillin House.
A mixed page of notices reports and ads. Items include recovery updates for Ike Weaver and David Aikico, mill activity, a new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Myer, Mrs. Lillie Enis visiting Indianapolis, sidewalk concerns, music lessons by Cassie BuskinE, a revival at the M E church with over fifty accessions, visits by Mrs. Emma Hattabaugh, and travels of Mr. Sttnkard and John Fitzgerald. Also warnings about typhoid in Mrs. George Hixson and a pair of medicinal ads for Old Suls Catarrh Cure and Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup.
In J. P. Booker’s court the jury awarded $30 to the plaintiff in the Art versus Brown case. Stockton township lands transferred as N. G. McIntosh buys 80 acres from J. P. McIntosh. Newark contemplates a whiskey saloon amid local saloon disputes and law and order efforts. Local grain prices show 69 cents per bushel for corn and 75 cents for meal. Bloomfield visit by G. W. Nash, W. O. Nash, Jas Crawford, J. B. Young, and M. F. McIntosh in saloon license fight.
A historical advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful restorative remedy from a world renowned physician. It claims benefit for blood disorders dyspepsia liver and kidney issues scrofula salt rheum catarrh and early consumption with relief and cure in all cases.
OHN KELLEY'S little girl fell last Monday and broke her leg. Sheriff Thompson brought ten year old Charles Lawson before Judge Briggs for stealing a watch from A R Tryon store. Lawson was sent to the house of correction for eleven years. Dr. Edwards was in town Wednesday. Andrew Gregg resumes business by buying out the pool room. Mrs Jane Huffman improves. Julia Hardy returned to Bloomfield to work at her uncle Joha's hotel. Several citizens faced civil drunkenness Saturday night with reports of boisterous conduct. Rev. Nash conducted quarterly meetings Saturday and Sunday. Mr Fortoer of Lyons attended the same meetings. Enoch Morris is off the road this week. he is a boy and prospects uncertain.
The passage touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine with blood purifying and appetite restoring effects. It claims the product strengthens the weak, purifies the blood, and alleviates dullness and fatigue, urging readers to use the remedy for better health this season.
Ben Crossland remains in the hat trade while Elijah calls the business dull and no hats sold last week. James Creighton shifts to stock dealing shipping hogs to Indianapolis. Rhanz Lester plans a house on Taylor's Ridge and Milton Lester made a will. Willard Creighton visits kin on Taylor's Ridge, Joshua Barker hauls lumber for a smokehouse, George Blackmore ties his horse, C Lester and Warrison Clark travel to Terre Haute for medical care and stay home, George Lester on sick list. Fravk Meredith’s school ends, D M Bynum in Washington, H L Doney’s school out, Charles Utterback visits the Nation regular, candy party at Morcis Barker’s, Simmons Liver Regulator advised to prevent fevers.
Sunday report: Rs. J. B. Terhone spent the day in Worthington and Charley Newlin visited Illinois relatives. R. E. Lee made a flying trip to Vincennes last Wednesday and Thursday. J. O. Burbank of Bloomington, Ind., was in town last week. The G A R entertainment Wednesday night drew a good crowd. Homer Law the lily postmaster visited the county seat over Sunday. J. W. Wolford, J. E. Bratton, W. J. Hamilton, Joe Wolford, Dr. E. T. Sherwood and others attended Dr. P. H. H. Wilson's funeral in Worthington last Thursday. Mr. Cooper lies at death's door. Mrs. Wm Cox visited relatives in Clay county. V. Swaggerty injured in a mine accident at Island City. legs broken, serious condition given age. Will Sherwood visited Vincennes Monday. Washington Gastineau plans to move his family to Rolfe Iowa next Monday. Chas Bazard sick with lung trouble, worse now. Miss Cora Buck's school at Adams closed last Wednesday. patrons pleased with winter work. The bell for the German Reform church arrived and will be installed soon. Ed Sawyer left for Chicago last week. Simmons Liver Regulator touted as a cure for liver derangement.
A string of brief items reports a depot accident involving Bridwell who grabbed a train and boarded it injuring his legs, along with numerous town happenings. Mentions births, visits, school work, painters, train cars, ghost sightings, and local figures like McCormick Porter Herold Graham Stultz Webb Brandon Massy Rush and others.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for run-down and overworked women as well as men. It claims to restore vigor, treat stomach weakness, nausea, indigestion, and sleeplessness, touting a vegetable formula, physician compounding, and a money-back guarantee.
Six hundred houses planned for spring construction amid a week of fires and revival. Hiram Hogshead died on the 7th and was buried the 10th by Charity lodge No. 80 and Royal Arch Mason. he vowed a $50,000 note tied to O, & M. projects. City Hotel, Tomas jewelers, and Lobe’s clothing burned. insured. A Chicago starch factory aims to employ 300 to 400 this summer. Washington residents attend revival led by Rev Heavenridge. church reports 110 new members. Catholics not universal in town.
Good looks depend on healthy vital organs. Active liver, peptic stomach, and affected kidneys reflect in appearance. Frederick Bitters is promoted as a tonic acting on these organs, with a suggested cure for pimples and boils and a sale price per bottle.
George Crook visits the area as Scotland schools plan for March. Baptist church meeting and changes noted. Local residents Ed Mostersh and James J. Deaney move or join, while new store plans promise a full assortment of goods. Various visits and social notes from residents in Newberry and surrounding townships are listed.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine that purifies blood, cures scrofula and salt rheum, regulates kidneys and liver, repairs nerves, strengthens the body, and fights chronic disease while restoring health.
Auction style real estate list covering properties in Bloomfield Greene County. Includes houses, orchards, timber land, pasture, and town lots with prices from 300 to 1500 dollars and notes on location, cash terms, and selling urgency. Mentions multiple parcels near town, river bottom land, and opportunities to trade or buy on terms.
A lengthy advertisement extols Ridpath's Cyclopedia of Universal History a four volume set with maps charts genealogies and illustrations. Endorsed by figures including J H Vincent D D LL D of Champlain College and A P Allen agent in Sullivan Indiana praising its comprehensive scope accuracy and usefulness for libraries and educated readers.
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