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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1889
Page
3
A fragment shows Mrs Goldschmidt and Isaac discussing a child named Sehakob who swallowed a pin. The scene references a shop selling small items like papers for a nickel at Hert and Graflans and mentions money.
The ad urges buyers to invest in warm clothing for themselves and winter wraps for wives and children to avoid illness. It promotes elegant displays at HEAT and GRAHAM'S and advertises Little Red School House Shoes for kids as a cost saver on doctor bills and health.
A sprawling local miscellany notes church attendance, sick lists, upcoming Thanksgiving, cabinet photos at Wampler's, rental ads, loan offers, and town doings. Items include saloon efforts at Odon, cattle ordinances, farm sales, baptisms, births, divorces, public sales, and brief notices from businesses and residents.
A local notice notes the absence of a town ordinance prohibiting leading or hitching horses on sidewalks within corporate limits, promising avoidance of justice court appearances and fines. The piece also covers a social event at the Davenport House celebrating Marion Aiken and Minnie Lewis’s marriage and a birthday anecdote about A. Whittaker.
The Bedford Association outlines a two day ministerial meeting at Bloomfield starting Nov 27 1889 with devotional sessions organization reports and church discussions led by Elders Lemonds Parks Carothers and Stalker and an election sermon by Elder Baker plus prayers conferences and proposals through Wednesday. Local notes list residents travelers and visitors in town.
Trustee Bogard of Washington township signed the contract for a four room two story brick Lyons school house. Orval Ham of Linton won the bid at $3,275 with completion by August 1, 1889, while a prior lower bid was $4,195. Bogard says this saved $920 and adds value, noting most money will stay in Lyons via local labor and material. Also notes notices on debts and local ads for goods and remedies.
The clerk issued licenses to Frank Reynolds and Nettie Smith, G D Beckwith and Mary LOVaughn, James M Owen and Celina J Quighey, Orion C Gwinn and Maud Baker, Elbert West and Gertie Warren, Marion Aiken and Minnie J Lewis, Joseph J Morrison and Gilla Starks, David J De Mess and Lillie A Cooper, and William Booker and Abba Bryant. A note on Canada mentions Cunning Mormons in Ottawa and a trip by the Dominion minister of customs to see Latter Day Saints at Lee's Creek, with favorable impressions. Paris reports a boiler explosion aboard Ville de Brest causing five deaths.
Edwin Booth recalls his first managing job in 1854 on a slow voyage to Australia where a five member company staged Richard III in a Sandwich Islands town. A tiny troupe, a makeshift Lady Anne, and a drinking poi poi paste mishap led Booth to post bills himself. The king Kamehameha, educated in Europe, praised the performance after meeting Booth.
An old traveler notes that Java's monkeys are plentiful and that shooting them is seen as vandalism. The piece hints at a crafty monkey using its tail to fish, illustrating clever animal behavior observed on the island.
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