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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
1
A derailed, garbled ad-like passage promotes a liver health remedy claiming to detoxify and restore the liver. It touts a “Simmons Live Regulator” as the superior cure and references digestion and general health effects in a sensational promotional tone.
Community notes recount deaths of a mare and a colt, social visits, church attendance, and local visits to Tulip and Ridgeport. The piece includes an ad for Buchten’s Arnica Salve and a Catarrh Cure claim by Cheney & Co, with testimonials and a money‑back guarantee.
A lengthy classified real estate listing describes numerous properties for sale or trade near Worthington and Bloomfield. Items include a two story eight room frame house with outbuildings, several farms with orchards and timber, small cash prices and easy terms, and multiple parcels varying in size from half to 210 acres. Also noted are homes near Jackson township and Bloomfield with several improvements and two lots in Jones addition.
A jumble of small town items reports a man fined for damage to railway infrastructure and a court case. Following brief council discussion on license changes and local taxes, reader anecdotes include a quirky bacon tale and health testimonials touting Ely's remedies.
Jumber Pryor of Freedom stayed at George Pugh's Thursday night. Van Deventer drives a Baxter wagon for Cassaday and Benjamin. Jesse Rouciebush attended lodge Thursday night. Wim Lambden and wife visited Spencer Tuesday. Wm Medaris mentions few farmers planted corn. Offey has gone to Indianapolis. Jen Hickman visited Saturday. Mrs George Pugh in Spencer Friday. W D Wright in Bloomington Wednesday building a new store room soon. Samuel Sample and lady visited Monroe county Sunday. Hickman went fox chasing Saturday night. Alleie Gaston formerly of this county now in Romania is poorly. Mr Brown father of Nelson Brows, ninety seven, died Wednesday. Sadie Sample guest of Ali es Pugh Saturday evening. Time for supervisor to work roads. Scribe had slight shock of paralysia Thursday while offered a clerkship in Washington. he will accept. Euma Brauner and John Medeley are Booomfi hl om rows students. Lela Sample attending school at Spencer this season. A number joined church. nine baptized Sunday.
Advertisement offers a prepaid world views folio for fifteen cents plus postage, promising full page views and descriptions of the great world news. After delivery stamps are refunded and the book kept. Local notes report community figures J. J. Workman, W. B. Smith, and Charley Abrams with various personal updates. The column also includes a sales pitch for Simmons Liver Apero Reducer as a universal remedy.
Sunday visits by Clerk David Gary and others mark a page of community life in Martin County. A shooting accident seriously injured James Mortland, the blame placed on a misfired single-barrel gun when the hammer struck a plow beam. Funeral details for Wm. Catren and condolences extend to his widow. Plus daily notes on residents, arrivals, and medical remedies offered by local druggists.
The text reports corn planted last week with more to come as cool sunny conditions affect crops. It mentions tobacco failing for Uncle Gus Ferguson and changes in farm housing and pasture use for Isaac Cox's tenant. Malcolm Bucher visits Avoca. John M Meredith returns from caring for his sick mother. Aron Comba is listed among progressive farmers.
Dust and work stall business activity as Captain Philips shows poor health. Assessor Anders visited last week on the first day of April to appraise property values. Theo Carmichael reported a house fire unrelated. mother and child are healing well.
Several residents attend family and social visits across towns including Sherman, Owensburg, and Clay City. Notable notes include births in the community, Jim Hansford overseeing B and B bridge work, and interest in local farming with corn plowing over the river. Dresden plans a new blacksmith shop and local commerce updates from Bedford and Leesville.
Community notes report residents improving health and visiting friends. A. J. Days receives steady trade while Rev Baamingerse oversees a 3 o'clock service. Names include Nettie Arthur, Jada Flash, Emery Taylor, Jim Aland, John Hamilton, Ida Helms, Mollie Resner, and Melos medicine promoted for all ages.
Local notices report Sunday school attendance and preaching by Rev. Maines. Names mentioned include Daniel Bingham Noltzelaw, Charlie Sielms, Thomas Bingham, Jirace Fuller visiting Tulip area, and families like Laura Hunter in Heaton. Community events note baptisms at Goose Creek, church meetings, and a printing promo for the St Louis Republic newspaper.
Fires swept Koleen and Worthington causing extensive losses. Genral Anderson’s store, the town mercantile hub, burned with hundreds of dollars in goods and insurance gaps. Nearby structures including W. Tt. Manafield’s shop, the G. A. R. hall, and Daniel Rige’s carpenter shop suffered severe damage with little or no insurance coverage. The Linton bakery, district convention notices, and a large machinery plant fire added to the week of disaster, prompting appeals for rebuilding and relief.
The county Democrats caucused on Tuesday nominating Prof. John L. Cravens of Linton on the sixty sixth ballot for county superintendent. The meeting praised Cravens as knowledgeable and devoted to teaching while noting other candidates Ed R. Turner A J O Donal and Theo Slinkard withdrew for party harmony. The election is set for Monday June 5 with Cravens favored in the western part of the county. The piece also recounts a Basket Meeting at Old Richland Baptist church where Elder M C Falk led reminiscences and the congregation celebrated a $1250 fundraising effort for building repairs.
A brief obituary notes the death of five month old Claude from hives and catarrhal croup after a brief illness. Parents mourn a single son, describing the infant as bright eyed and deeply loved, with Maytime burial among singing birds and blooming trees. The piece closes with religious consolation.
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