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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat details its Greene county oriented weekly and semi weekly editions. Proprietor editor is W L Slinkard. Subscriptions run one year or six months in advance with prices listed. Advertising rates apply per line with a 25c minimum. Entered second class mail at Bloomfield Indiana Postoffice. telephone number provided.
A New York patriotic meeting featured Prof. Louis Wagner denouncing autocracy and urging German Americans to support republican ideals. He condemned Prussianism, praised social democracy, and warned of pan German schemes. The piece critiques U S war preparedness debates and defends past wartime policy.
The speaker calls for unity beyond party labels to defend America’s rights, noting Republicans have led government much of the past twenty years and criticizing blame for unpreparedness as misplaced. The aim is all Americans standing together, above partisan divisions.
H. B. Wilson editor of the Times Delphi Indiana and president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association visited Indianapolis to confer with Indiana Democratic Club officers. The association will be guests of the club and hold its mid summer meeting June 20 22.
Deputy commissioner Harry Lee King outlines flag protocol. Raise at sunrise or after, lower at sunset. When draping a flag indoors the blue field should face north or east. Flying the flag overnight is disrespectful.
A stark warning proclaims carelessness as the most powerful enemy of people and progress. It claims to kill, injure, and ruin lives across work, home, and travel, underscoring its pervasiveness and the need for vigilance to prevent harm and loss.
The author calls for earnest life and duty in this era urging young men to guard chivalry, restrain appetites, and reject drunken and frivolous living. He warns against superficial pursuits and presses both men and women to value character over dress, pleasure, and show in a crisis moment in Brooklyn, New York.
County Clerk Ashcraft issued marriage permits to Milford O Bannon 21 and Josephine Barkleo 17 of Greene county. Markham Wakefield 21 of Switz City and Mabel I Bump 22 of same place. Jess Jones 25 of Jasonville and Olive Sinders 19 of same place.
New Albany reports 34 dead as relief efforts coordinate through the Red Cross. Officials say more than 300 homes destroyed and $200,000 sought for city relief, with Red Cross in full charge of operations.
A crowding list records numerous deceased individuals with ages ranging from infancy to seventy, including Mrs. Mary A. Bunch aged 47 and Miss Mary Bott aged 42. Several entries note relationships such as Mrs. Gertrude Johns and Ruth Parrish, with others listed by surname only and some marked as colored.
A deadly tornado struck New Albany Indiana last Friday afternoon killing thirty four and injuring many as property losses exceed one million dollars. The city mobilized aid from Louisville Jeffersonville and nearby towns with volunteers Red Cross and state officials coordinating relief efforts.
Friday's storm caused multiple fatalities and injuries across Indiana counties. New Albany area reported thirty-four dead and 100 to 150 injured with about 150 homes razed and two million dollars property loss. Other districts, including Jeffersonville area and Sullivan County, recorded deaths and extensive property damage with numerous homes ruined and farm buildings damaged.
A fierce cyclone devastates State street and Charleston avenue area. Survivors report eight buried at Steinart grocery but escape, while Jewett Meekin and others endure injuries. Schools suffer window damage. four children die at Union street school. identification challenges arise amid mangled corpses.
In a St. Nicholas piece by Charles T. Hill, a milk bottle misfired during a nocturnal dispute between lodgers, shattering the window sill and toppling a lamp. The tabby cat, startled by the noise, leapt from the open back window as the lamp fell, triggering the fire that gutted the tenement.
The Argonaut Club held its fortnightly session at the public library with roll call on a point for or against woman suffrage. Mrs. Margaret Hert led the lesson. The Reading Club meets tomorrow at Mrs. Asbury Phillips home with talks on Suffragette featuring Mrs. Edward De Berry Mrs. W H Mansfield and Mrs. Phillips and a general discussion. Musical numbers by Miss Ella Ritter. Mrs Charles Laughlin to entertain the Wednesday Social Club tomorrow afternoon.
A special meeting of the Greene County Horticultural Society is set for Monday April 2 in the County Agent’s room at the courthouse. The program covers codling moth handling blotch and scale varieties of scale orchard planting berry care and general discussion. Annual dues are 25 cents. Committee.
A tin roof soldering machine now rolls sheets into usable lengths. It joins edges with one seam hot pressed and the next cold pressed. Operated by one man, it can make four seams per minute, about 20 boxes daily, greatly easing the roofer’s task.
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