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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1889
Page
5
The advertisement extols Hoods Sarsaparilla as a popular medicine praised by Mrs. J. Sk SaYpDER of Mouse Pons for calming wakefulness and low spirits and restoring strength. It claims widespread use and effectiveness, highlighting personal relief after use.
A descriptive plan outlines a two story frame house with front and rear vestibules, a parlor, sitting room, kitchen, four upper bedrooms and many closets. It includes stair layouts, attic access, and a cost schedule for materials, finishes, plumbing and fittings, with painting suggestions and color ideas.
A detailed 19th century guide explains trench plowing as inverting furrows with a deep tiller and subsoil plow. It covers three-horse teams abreast hitching, operation of each plow, and moisture retention benefits versus soil types and drainage conditions.
F D Curtis outlines winter dairying conditions including warm stables and succulent feed plus economic advantages. John Gould reports cheap winter wintering with silage and controlled barn care. Mills grape bred by William Mills of Ontario grows large clusters, ripens with Concord, praised for quality and keeping.
Notice that William M. Moss County Superintendent will hold weekly office hours in the court house and conduct monthly teacher license examinations beginning at 6 o clock in the high school room at Bloomfield Indiana.
Rural New Yorker reports on potato plows used by farmers with smaller plots. Various patents produce similar devices that lift and loosen soil with paired plows. Long bars guide soil away while potatoes roll free to the ground.
An agricultural note advises disinfecting ground after a crop of ducks, plowing and sowing oats barley or rye for forage, and feeding fowls with fine powdered charcoal. It also notes honey is produced by bees not machines and describes comb foundations of beeswax. Packing butter should stay under 60 degrees to remain sweet. cleanliness from milking to packing preserves quality.
A parade of society events and official moves includes General Sherman greeted by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Music Hall Cucinnasi. A double wedding in Richfield Springs N Y joins Miss Anita McQuoin and Mr. Faninons Rhine. Washington observers note a presidential party leaving Deer Park for the capital. Salvini arrives in New York from Europe. Dr J W Holland may sever ties with a South Africa solar eclipse expedition due to a family illness. Butterworth receives a Washington reception. Blaine likely to lead an international congress. The Death Roll recalls Samuel Caldwell former president of Vassar who died in Providence R I at 66, and William Longhbridge ex-congressman who died on Beath Mountain aged 61.
Educational column by George P. Brown argues that true school government starts with teacher clarity of purpose and enforceable laws. It emphasizes moral education, self control, and tailored discipline plus instructions on how to enforce rules and treat pupils as individuals.
Elizabeth Hunt obtained a divorce from Charles Hunt. Slavens Geddes & Co. won judgments against Henry Wu and Wal Heaton for 10. Bement & Rea won judgments against Oscar B. Cressy and Eli Myers for 441.82. Albert Tally v Hazen decision favored plaintiff with 25 damages. Gutherie vs Sample on constable bond led to property sale despite scheduled sale. Murphy v Noel foreclosure awarded Murphy 480138. Viola Robinson sues John Yokey for damages over alleged arrest related to sister Artie Robinson. Axtell and Timmans attorneys for plaintiff.
The Indianapolis city election last Tuesday produced a sweeping Democratic victory with Mayor elected by 1791 and Clerk by 104. Democrats won fifteen of twenty five Council seats and half of the Aldermen. The Sentinel links the win to disgust with Harrison’s administration, noting abstention by many Republicans and broad support for Democrats amid corruption and reform debates.
The M. E. appoints for the district list ministers and assignments for the coming year including W. M. Zearing Bedford and J. W. Culmer Bloomfield. The Loogootee Tribune notes a young Folk's Reading Circle popular in schools with lessons on Little Folks of Other Lands and Wayside and Seaside. A reunion and picnic is announced for Oct 7, 1839, for former pupils of the old log schoolhouse northeast of Noble Chipman.
One hundred and twenty acres of land in Greene county Indiana known as the Dishman firm offered for sale at a bargain with easy terms and long time. For information address Dias FE Barrett Indianapolis End Ten acres of Eel river bottom for sale for 80 dollars inquire at this office tf
The Indianapolis Sentinel appeals for clothing and supplies for Clay county miners and their families suffering without shoes, dresses, stockings, and other garments. Men faced long unemployed periods and low wages. many are destitute and in debt. Readers are urged to donate clothing or provisions to the Sentinel office for rapid dispatch.
A 19th century medical endorsement touts Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for infants and children. It contrasts Castoria with morphine based syrups, claiming it regulates bowels, soothes teething pain, relieves feverishness, and aids sleep, with doctors H A Archer and G C Osgood attesting to its laxative and calming effects.
Miss Lena Jarvis and A Miller of Lyons visit Miss Alice Hunter. Mrs. Lizzie Stinkard and daughter Nora visit Cornettsville. Amos Mussleman leaves for the St. Louis fair. Mrs. Mary Stoddard recovering from fever. Miss Brothers of Terre Haute at Stoddard House for holiday books. Harv Cushman as Postmaster stamps with ease. Mrs. Neff and daughters Kate and Lady attend Worthington show. Fred Slinkard Jr Fel Killian L Sylvester and others view sights on the Father of Waters. Ken Senacay and Clay Owen end season threshing Geo Morgan's wheat near Marco.
David Harris moved to Avoca last week. Carmichael reroofs his barn and will paint it. Kinsey Cullison visited Bloomington last Thursday for bone dust. R W Yoho has three carpenters at work on his storehouse this week. J J Idle returned from Louisville Friday to buy goods. Jack Frost rushed farmers through with corn and sugar cane cutting. Jones Hurd will preach here Sunday night in his first sermon. Carmichael has greatly improved his property with building and mowing.
Fragmentary text mentions harvest themes apple crop harvest, neighbors planning surprise for Caele Adams, and a Trinity celebration at a birthday festival at Q. Washington Briton's honor of Lady Washington Bitton's birth. The tone notes surprise and mixed sentiments about the events and fate.
John Martindale and family enjoyed a Saturday picnic at Richland. A Clover Valley itemiser is identified as a lawyer in the last issue of the DeEMocRAT, and a Clover Valley school teacher passed through Brierville without incident. Advertisements tout Dead Shots for coughs and Armistead's Ague Tonic for chills and fever with claims of tonic benefits.
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