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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1891
Page
4
Syrup of Figs is praised as a pleasant tasting remedy that cleanses the kidneys liver and bowels, dispels headaches fevers and constipation. It is presented as the only remedy of its kind, widely available in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, and recommended over substitutes.
A Sunday sermon by Dr. Talmage at the Brooklyn Tabernacle describes a baptismal service using Jordan River water and portrays the grand banquet of salvation. He urges readers to come to Christ, emphasising readiness of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the church, angels, and redeemed kin in heaven.
A sermon-like exhortation invites souls to enter the feast with Christ at Kenilworth Castle as the banquet door shuts and time grows short. It urges repentance for drinkers libertines and the self righteous, promising pardon and strength through Christ. Other items note a girl’s governess story and a camel hair belt, with brief fashion and art notes.
From the New York Sun: the Bride Wife and Mothers club meets on Wednesdays at the Working Girls club house in Thirty-eighth Street. With about thirty members led by president Mrs James M Cunningham the group offers lessons on home furnishing dress and child care taught by physicians nurses cooks and a kindergarten teacher. Miss Dodge organizes the sessions and moderates practical questions for mothers.
A collage of quirky notes and observations from a bygone era. The nugget items include trivia on ostrich diets and crown jewels, a Palmerston quip about occupation, Rockefeller wealth, coin facts, education theories, and weight loss fluids, followed by home science snippets and historical directories.
Awan of Covington Kentucky paid a fifteen dollar fine for firing a small cannon on the April date honoring George Washington. The court suggested a prudent man would note dates on the woodshed door and burn powder at the proper time. The Detroit Free Press item ends with a brief note on the incident.
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