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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat, Greene county’s Democratic weekly since 1861, lists L. Slinkard as proprietor and editor. It notes weekly and semi weekly editions, subscription costs, forwarding addresses, advertising rates, and mail classification with a Bloomfield post office address and telephone.
The notice calls all male inhabitants aged 21 to 30 to register next Tuesday June 5. It also urges respect and courtesy as essential assets in business and life and asks readers to leave flowers on graves, including those of neglected or absent friends.
A local advertises repairing old shoes as the best saving measure during high living costs. Services include reconditioning, half soles for white canvas shoes, and leather or rubber heels with a guaranteed job. Located in New Phillip's Building, West Side.
At Bloomfield Ice and Produce Co. a separer gallon process at the plant highlights creamery buttermilk as the secret to the best biscuits in the world.
Gents open face gold filled watch lost on the public highway. Fob attached. Return to this office for reward.
Classified notice offers a large hard coal base burner in good condition with a fine kitchen range and a small heater used, plus three new folding bath tubs. Cash prices to quick buyers. Apply Rev. Horn, City. 2t.
Dialogue fragment shows Kunker and Ashe discussing a man named Ife who works late every night, wrapped in his tasks. The other speaker, Kinker, reveals Ife is a blanket manufacturer and implies a costly or intense work ethic.
A feature on Gwalior, perched 800 feet above the flat central Indian plain, noted for its rock fortress two miles long and a painted palace now spoiled by bats. The piece links Gwalior with Chitor and Acoma and laments dwindling military value and faded grandeur.
J W Sale and W W Skinner report at an American Chemical Society meeting that lower tidal water layers hold less dissolved oxygen than upper layers due to higher density. The stratification hinders mixing, and Septembers see the greatest depletion as storms and tides bring precipitates affecting fish life.
The 1914 15 fiscal year saw sim sim seed exports from British East Africa Uganda and protectorates total 3 134 320 pounds valued at 102 824 with Uganda contributing about one fifth and the coastal plain the rest. Major buyers included India Aden Italy Italian Somaliland Zanzibar and France while local consumption was substantial.
The piece portrays Malaga as one of Spain’s oldest cities blessed with abundant fertility and semi tropical vegetation. It highlights lush hills, grape vines, flowers, aloes and palms, describing a climate with rare cloudy days most years.
A man declares his plan to kiss a woman in a scene where a deaf chaperon accompanies her. The woman warns of the chaperon's jealousy but the man presses the idea, eliciting a tense exchange.
A humor line notes a shoemaker’s quick turnover as his stock never lingers. The quip says his shoes are all soled by the time he finishes them, implying high efficiency and perfect timing in production.
A clipped quotation notes women who work in the fields to aid the country may keep their complexions but face a hard lesson in cussing a mule, implying humor or satire about domestic labor and rural life in Texas.
Washington reports the War Department plans to federalize efficient National Guard units while keeping state service appearances. Some cavalry regiments may become field artillery units as the army shifts to needed weapons and mixed, nonpartisan units.
Indianapolis mayor Bell urged the board of public works to rescind the ban on fireworks permits for Independence Day celebrations. He argued current conditions justify using stock on hand and advocated nationwide limits on production, with a gradual phaseout of fireworks.
The Ble Pour railroad authorizes expenditures over 100000 dollars for a brick passenger station and a large freight yard at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The project includes eight to ten side tracks, coal sheds, an ice house, yard worker housing, a roundhouse, and storage for hundreds of cars. Indiana states readiness for conscription registration with fully formed boards and paid registrars, following June 5 deadline.
A chamber of commerce committee seeks land for a Ninth Army division training camp under the conscription act. They favor a site combining Riverside Park Indianapolis Motor Speedway and adjacent grounds with potential addition of the state fair grounds for soldiers recreation. An alternate site lies beside Fort Benjamin Harrison.
The sale of liquor to soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harrison has been halted. District Attorney Slack announced an investigation into violations of the conscription law prohibiting sales to men in uniform, prompting saloonkeepers to clamp down. Some near beer stands near the camp faced scrutiny as authorities work to enforce the rule.
Governor Goodrich appoints Will IL Hays of Sullivan as chairman of the Indiana Council of Defense. He will head the statehouse headquarters and remain until the end of the war.
No location chosen yet for the Ninth division cantonment of Indiana and Kentucky troops. Indianapolis officials expect the camp to adjoin Fort Benjamin Harrison, while Major General Barry says Fort Harrison will be enlarged. The Lewis commission will evaluate all offered sites.
A writer suggests setting clocks forward to gain an extra hour in the garden each evening. Some prefer morning alarms for the extra hour, but many welcome more daylight for outdoor time. The piece notes the appeal of additional evening hours despite the adjustment.
A researcher notes that ministers' sons are numerous among prominent figures. One twelfth of Who's Who names are sons of preachers. Presidents Buchanan Arthur Cleveland Wilson. Emerson Lowell Holmes. Parkman Bancroft. Field brothers. Edwards descendants include leaders and judges. none of 1,894 traced were convicted of a crime.
An observer notes Russia’s great natural wealth contrasts with deep rural poverty. Millions of artisans and peasants live on only a few dollars per person yearly, with villages still producing their own clothes and villagers traveling to towns only for groceries or hardware.
South Africa’s gold production is waning slightly but remains the country’s chief industry. The article suggests that, as in California and Australia, the Rand economy will diversify, with other sectors supplanting mining as gold becomes less dominant.
The piece notes how wartime disruption reshapes traditional norms and roles. It contrasts past peaceful days when a typewriter repairman helped with a light task and a political gag with today’s urgent reality. It cites a New York Evening Post line about military vulnerability.
Inharmonious banter clouds a circus act as a director questions the Twisterino brothers contortion routine. The remark hints at tensions behind the scenes while the show must go on.
A manager describes constant bickering among four workers, noting two are German, one French, and one Italian, and that their disputes flare up occasionally over the war. The scene captures international tensions within a workplace setting.
Spoons from Apostle sets fetch strong bids as auctions see many pieces change hands. Corpus Christi Cambridge spoons include a master spoon and a St Paul surmount in the 13th spoon. Early sets dating to Henry VIII era once cost £4900 at Pierpont Morgan’s purchase. A single Charles I spoon sold for £34 in London.
An exchange about a woman's rejection of a suitor's offer reveals a puzzle of reasoning. The dialogue highlights how a negative decision can carry positive implications in personal choices.
A new internal combustion engine fuel in England combines gasoline kerosene and benzol to rival gasoline in efficiency yet costs far less to produce. The discovery promises cheaper power for vehicles and industrial use.
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