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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
1
A poetry fragment reflects aging and memory with lines about growing old while near to loved ones departed. It contrasts with Bryant's seasonal imagery of spring and resilience through a distant nun and nature’s gentleness.
Special to the Indianapolis Sentinel Buicominaton Nov 10 Congressman Robert W Miers re elected for a third term and by a 2675 plurality carried every county in the Second district notably Monroe Wadsworth and Day Ivea. He praised for old soldiers and his strong district work.
Baronetess Burdett Coutts was teased with the code two ten as clerks guided her through Paris stores. A porter finally revealed the phrase meant keep your two eyes on her ten fingers, exposing the shoplifter scare around the wealthiest British figure.
Local application targets the inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining as the sole cure for deafness, claiming nine of ten cases stem from catarrh. The advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars and pills also promoted.
Official returns show Republicans win the entire house of delegates and Frederico Degetau becomes commissioner of Congress. Voter count about 58,000 with 151 federals at polls. A clash in Rio Pedras left one dead and two wounded as rioting followed celebrations. Police reinforcements sent to curb further disorders. Bucklen's Arnica Salve endorsed for skin ailments by H. N. Lester of Syracuse Kansas. 25c at J. B. Stalcup's.
The will of John Sherman reveals a rise from poor boy to major collector and investor. He began by collecting debts for neighbors, then used salt cargo loss, early factory ventures, and suburban land bets to grow wealth. He backed rail and Ohio manufacturing, bought Washington DC parcels Meridian Hill and Columbia Heights, and profited from their rise while shaping zoning rules to protect value.
Editorial selections from British papers praise McKinley’s win as a boost for expansionism and Anglo American cooperation. They depict Bryanism as ended, hail the rise of a mercantile maritime era, and forecast stronger ties with Britain amid global rivalry and eastern market push.
From Coopersville Michigan comes word of a pleasant tasting liquid used before retiring to ease a bad cold and ensure a good night’s rest. Mrs Himelburger claims three generations of her family have used it and found no equal for coughs and colds. Guaranteed bottles 50c and 1 at J B Stalcup’s with trial bottles free.
A ragged, emaciated man with consumption on a city street car cannot pay full fare. The conductor refuses partial payment until a nearby woman, also very poor, hands over a ragged handkerchief to take out and give three cents to the needy man, showing self denial and quick generosity.
Trendale Ill letter praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as effective for stomach derangements and as a laxative. The writer notes its pleasant taste and that children eagerly take it, with sales listed as Geo E Oravena. Nov
A Chicago jeweler and lodge member Colonel T. P. Moody credits Peruna with curing long time catarrh in himself and his wife. Moody, shown in Oriental Consistory Masons attire, cites relief from stomach and lung catarrh and urges others to try Peruna until cured. He notes catarrh can affect any organ and vary in form.
Abra ham Hare of Belleville Illinois calls Electric Bitters the best selling bitters in twenty years. He says most diseases start with stomach and organ disorders and the tonic tones the stomach liver kidneys and bowels purifies the blood strengthens the nerves and restores vigor. 50 cents sold by J B Stalcup. nov
The census bureau lists Indiana incorporated places with 2,000 to 5,000 inhabitants. Towns named include Albany 2,116 Angola 2,141 Attica 3,007 Auburn 3,396 Aurora 3,645 Bluffton 2,? Boonville 2,849 Brookville 2,037 Butler 2,068 Cannelton 2,188 Clarksville 2,370 Clinton 2,918 Columbia 2,975 Covington 2,213 Crown Point 2,336.
A long list of Indiana towns is presented, listing many cities and towns with numbers. The piece also extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praising its cure of colds, pneumonia threats, and croup in children and notes it is for sale by Geo. E. Cravens.
The metropolitan sensation Old Arkansaw will be produced by its original company at The People’s Theatre in this city on November 26, showcasing the production in full detail.
Captain C G Dennison, famed for leading forces in Africa against a rebel, writes from Vryburg Bechuanaland on November 1 1897 that he bought Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy before the campaign and used it on himself and his men with beneficial results. For sale by Geo E Cravens. I
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