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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat, Greene county Indiana weekly and semi weekly editions, editor W L Slinkard, subscription rates 1 year 1.50 6 months 0.75 and single copies 5 cents. Advertising at per line rates. Entered second class mail Bloomfield post office. Telephone number 80.
A local plea urges Bloomfield to capitalize its natural advantages like water, sewage, fuel access, rail and road links, and a strong labor base. It calls for a proactive campaign, a powerful commercial club, targeted promotions, and outreach to farmers to attract factories and business and spark sustained growth.
A county meeting in the commissioners court room drew representative farmers to hear a plan for a cooperative store. Members would buy direct, cutting middlemen profits, with Bloomfield seen as the logical central location for the venture due to its county seat status.
The text notes Bloomfield connects across the country via improved roads and could host a county meeting. The organizer canvassed the western part of the county, generating favorable interest in the project among both ladies and men attendees.
The second trial of Indiana v Ray Cade ended Wednesday with a not guilty verdict after brief deliberation. Ray Cade went home with his wife child and parents as the jurors concluded the case, which hinged on circumstantial evidence. The Cades extend thanks to the jury and witnesses via the Democrat.
The Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad will discontinue passenger trains to Union Passenger Terminal Terre Haute and run to its own temporary terminal at First and Ohio Streets starting March 20 1917 until the permanent First Street terminals are completed.
The Bloomfield Democrat secured Frank Warnick as foreman of its printing department, praised as Greene county’s best job printer. The paper offers artistic up-to-date job work, sale bills, and horse bills, with prompt mail service and return delivery if trips to Bloomfield are inconvenient.
Peter Perunovic, Montenegrin WWI veteran among Pittsburgh Serbs, left army after six wounds to rest. He holds two medals, St Sava and Milos Obilis, earned not by sword but by playing the gusle to uplift Serbia's soldiers. He is famed as a beloved minstrel in Serbian ranks.
Montre al reader notes Canada’s wartime role with war savings stamps and manpower. The piece contrasts Canada's government and structure with the United States, notes Canada’s fifty year dominion status, four provinces and five districts, and recalls early Revolutionary era events near Quebec. It argues for greater American awareness of Canada.
A shell explodes near a soldier who remains unwounded but emotionally shaken. He loses senses briefly and suffers headaches, tremors, and insomnia. A London physician notes shell shock only in unwounded men, suggesting that flesh wounds may act as a safety valve by localizing the force of injury away from the nervous system.
Cincinnati firemen will wear 30 pound searchlights strapped to their backs. The devices provide a 3000 candle power beam and run five hours, with the battery on the back and the headlight projecting forward beyond the helmet. This innovation aids night operations in dense smoke and dark areas.
The United States Bureau of Fisheries promotes the sable fish or black cod found off Northwestern states and Alaska. Once neglected as a food despite high quality, it was caught in large quantities last fall and mostly stored. Printed materials are being prepared to urge dealers to boost consumption.
Twenty three thousand seven hundred and sixty one readers submitted prize answers on what love is. The winning entry defines love as a doorway through which the human soul moves from selfishness to service and from solitude to kinship with all humanity.
On May 4 1833 a level crossing between Bagworth and Thorton in England saw Stephenson's locomotive Samson crash into a cart carrying 50 pounds of butter and 80 dozen eggs. The crash led to a directors meeting where Stephenson proposed a steam whistle to warn of approaching trains.
A New York police captain after visiting Cuba praises Havana police as among the finest globally second only to New York. He notes light blue uniforms, French army like helmets, spiked helmets for mounted and traffic officers, capes, outside jacket holsters, and high courtesy with interpreters. He compares size unfavorably to New York but cites politeness and helpful behavior.
Frederick Treachey a 65 year old Ohio University philosophy professor paid for a marriage license to wed Eva A. Davis 57 of Columbus. The match stems from a long ago teacher pupil acquaintance at Bluff Point Indiana that matured into marriage.
The Nevada Picayune editorial laments rising costs by listing simple paradoxes such as throwing ashes for soup and buying basic goods. It argues that living expenses outpace wages with examples like fishing with a $4 rod and sending children away to school, questioning any exaggeration.
A new home moving picture device promises simple use by replacing hissing carbon pencils with a standard electric bulb 100 to 500 watts. The single assembled machine is portable and includes a patent shutter claimed to eliminate flicker.
A five cent Hawaiian missionary stamp from 1851 brought 670 at a New York auction. The record price eclipses salaries of a year for many early missionaries who journeyed from New England to Hawaii.
A whispered tip predicts beef prices will rise by ten cents a pound within six months. The conversation notes secrecy about market talk, with one person promising not to reveal the information.
A suburban dweller praises a portable garage but reveals his wife has had it moved several times, claiming it didn’t look good from the street. The exchange highlights how curb appeal influences home improvements.
A satirical quip about a woman claiming a perfect alibi by proving her daughter was brushing her hair during the crime. The exchange asks how the alibi for the mother herself holds up.
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