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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
2
Advertisement notes Hert and Graham provide bargains on subscriptions at $1.50 per year, always paid in advance, and invites readers to explore further wants and sales notes.
Small town ads and notices list loans at seven percent loaners radishes lettuce onions crops and crops for sale groceries and services. A local businessman James Crabb dies in Owensburg and a roof upgrade from iron to tin is noted. Preachers from Indianapolis Graysville and Farwell Texas appear with sermons and church events. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for health and Ganter's Chicken Cholera Cure sold by Bloomfield druggists.
The article notes Welch the dentist will be in Owensburg on next Tuesday and Wednesday, the 15th and 16th of March, offering dental services to residents and nearby communities. It also mentions local happenings and community notices around Owensburg and Greene County.
Dogpzins Brothers advertise a spring term for medical treatment at Indian Springs Famous Health and Pleasure Resort eight miles from Shoals Indiana. Rates reduced to six or seven dollars per week by room location, with free bath house and ball alley access through May and June. The waters are promoted as a tonic and alterative aiding rheumatism neuraglia indigestion urinary issues female troubles skin diseases and mercurial conditions.
A seven year old brownish brindle cow, heavy set and soon to calve, left Bloom field two weeks ago. Believed near Tibbett's mill on Richland creek or White school house. Reward offered by the Democrat editor for recovery information.
A local statement asserts that circulating reports claim Rev J D Crane obtained a farm without payment is false. The undersigned individuals Nathaniel X Crane and Elizabeth Crane deny any such grounds and certify the falsehood of the rumor.
The article revisits the classic 134 hens and 1 g days puzzle, noting the transposed figures 6 hens in 7 days. It invites readers to submit solutions by Wednesday and previews Tribune analysis to follow, highlighting the widespread public puzzlement in New York.
The Bloomfield Grocery promotes new tobacco and cigars along with a fresh glassware and queensware selection. It advertises prices on California apricots at 25 cents per pound and canned fruits at 10 cents per can, while highlighting a nearby contractor G W Thompson for stump and rock removal. There is also a pitch for Eveleigh's paints and wall coverings as model-home essentials.
Local column records social visits and political chatter from Switz City and nearby towns. Names include Wright Jarvis and J. I. Riddle among others, with notes on subscribers, visitors, and community events plus a Martin County store robbery arrest and a sheriff led takedown.
Would not have his old friends wear themselves out plowing corn with a single plow but would sell you a new cultivator the best out even if he has to wait for the pay to fall also the McCormick reapers mowers or binders rather than have you wear yourself out and horses also call and see about this matter and see his large stock of tin sheet iron and copper goods and staple hardware.
An 1887 and 1888 enumeration lists the children of Greene County for school and civic purposes. The records record ages, relationships, and residency to assist schooling and local governance.
A Bloomfield barber denounces price cutting claiming real workers maintain clean, honest service at regular rates. He promises customer satisfaction for those who support steady pricing and ethical business practices.
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