19 Oct 1888
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1888
Page
1
A partisan call warns Democrats to beware Republican money power and ballot tampering ahead of the November election. It urges vigilance, unity, and a pledge to support the Democratic ticket, arguing Republicans aim to buy votes and corrupt the process.
Incomplete readable text shows odd characters and numbers with no coherent event or clear entities. No verifiable people organizations places dates or outcomes can be established from the fragment.
A terse political prompt questions taxation on Bibles and freedom on whiskey, urging voters to support the Republican ticket. The wording resembles a campaign line advocating specific tax and policy positions.
A terse warning suggests observers should expect deceptive claims from Republican campaigns and cautions readers to verify statements against facts and records. The note frames misinformation as a risk in political messaging and urges critical scrutiny of competing narratives.
The message asks for free playing cards and endorses a platform stance on tax policy. It argues for distributing cards and reducing words of goodwill within party guidance. The note seeks next steps for activists and supporters to advance this idea.
The report notes President Cleveland has returned 80,900,000 acres of previously withheld lands to public use, expanding available resources. The move affects federal land policy and potentially prospects for settlement and development across multiple western regions.
Blaine spoke in Adrian opposing free whisky and endorsing continued whisky taxation. He argued for fiscal measures and cautioned against alcohol subsidies, aligning with tax policy aims.
Ninety eight percent of soldiers and ninety five percent of first voters back Gen. Harrison Gen. Kimball. If Gen. Kimball were old and doting the Desecrat would mock at such praise, a sharp jab at public opinion.
The piece argues that Republicans will again be flooded with funds from wealthy monopolists while the people organize to re-elect Grover Cleveland. It contends monopoly taxes must end and portrays a political clash over funding and reform.
The speaker denounces a 20 percent tariff on the old family bible while marking whiskey tobacco beer and playing cards as free items. The reference notes Ben Harrison approving the platform and mocks a moral party surge in the election context.
The passage contains hostile claims about Republicans importing colored people and calls for violence against a Democrat who would sell his vote. It also mocks Cleveland and praises Hugh McCulloch’s example, reflecting heated party rhetoric and personal attacks.
A terse note describes a close organization with members pledging silence and steady work. It emphasizes maintaining secrecy and continual effort to keep mouths shut.
Fragmentary OCR notes claim Republican policy harms the poor and promises relief, urging voters to oppose tax increases. The text cites a political stance tied to a forthcoming ballot and party positions amid economic pressure on households.
Life-long publican writer from Chiiesza backs Cleveland and Thurman in a bold letter declaring support for their political candidacy. The author, identified as WinniamM SpabLpisna, frames the endorsement as a call for reform and civic leadership.
The record notes low business mood and rain following the Walker tariff of 1846. Gen Kimball is cited. James G. Blaine lauds the Walker tariff as creating the county’s most prosperous period.
The item notes Republican papers listing Michigan as doubtful this year, with Iowa Wisconsin California Nevada New York New Jersey Connecticut and the so called solid south all in play and contested by both parties.
A veteran voice claims General Kimball focuses on the solid South and portrays northern opposition as weak. The speaker charges demagoguery and warns that such rhetoric could rally the north to support segregationist sentiment.
A partisan quote argues that if the South had not fought, there would be no freedmen in the county, then asserts the Republicans and Democrats shifted roles after emancipation and urges unified voting with the speaker’s group.
A fragmented report notes Republicans touring the country after Halloween, aiming to provoke Jeff Davis and a Republican House. The piece claims they seek to inflame war sentiment and pressure their rival Democrats, but predicts failure this year.
The speaker notes Republicans will face many Democrats whom they have previously bought. Some Democrats believed victory impossible and sought cash as a windfall. They now feel differently, expressing disappointment that money cannot secure them.
Ex JupGe W. Shurston of Stockbridge Wisconsin a long republican leader and Charles A Mueller of Port Washington Wisconsin a major tannery owner who has been a strong republican have shifted to support Cleveland and taken a farm.
The New York legislature branded inmates of a soldiers' home as paupers and barred them from voting, depriving soldiers of the ballot. The call to action urges soldiers to vote with the Democratic party in protest.
An apparent historical notice proclaims a Republican Senate action to lower trials and protect tariffs on essentials. It claims acorns, bristles, sand, opium for smoking, tobacco, and whiskey are made free for arts and mechanics, inviting reader assent.
A historical debate notes that Republicans threaten prosecution over sworn statements about wages as low as one dollar per day. The Knights of Labor defend equal standing, asserting no degree of responsibility limits affidavit weight and rejecting aristocratic thresholds for laboring men.
Prof J F E Griffith of Frankfort Indiana, a Democrat, is presented as the candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction. The piece outlines his Indiana roots, education at Vevay High and Indiana University, career in Indianapolis and Frankfort schools, leadership qualities, and support from educators and local press, arguing for nonpartisan school administration.
The 1884 Newberry meeting draws five to seven hundred citizens from all parties to hear Hon. Andrew Humphreys speak on his long public service. Music from the Marco and Fairplay glee clubs precedes a torchlight procession led by the Newberry band, ending with cheers for Cleveland and Thurman.
Dr. David S. Jordan announces plans to vote for Cleveland, saying the move will influence Indiana teachers and educators. He is praised as one of the brainiest educators in the United States and his stance signals Democratic influence in Indiana’s teaching profession.
B L Allen reports a prohibition gathering at Scot land on Oct 10 with good order but during the night vandals removed buggy taps and whip and wrench. He suspects non prohibitionists did the deed and notes persecution strengthens their cause.
An excerpt from a congressional proceedings report recounts Mr. Hatch of Missouri accusing Oliver Chilled Plow Works of exporting plows to Canada at lower prices than to American farmers. He cites a London agent and a Washington report claiming a US price of 16 dollars versus a Canadian price of 12 dollars.
Rose Hitt reports on October 11, 1888 that Tam authorized by Granville Martindale says rumors claiming he would vote for Ben Harrison are a lie. Ev Hoste ttrrer.
Two red heifers one white with red lining, a blue and white spotted steer, a red and white spotted steer, two nearly white steers, and a small red steer left Clark's land in Taylor township on Thursday September 27. In formation with Henry Hains Mineral City. Reward offered.
Land explorers excursion tickets at low round trip rates go on sale October 9 and 23 via Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg to Kansas Colorado Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Dakota Montana Wyoming Indian Territory Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and Texas. Tickets are valid for return passage within thirty days from sale date. Contact local passenger or ticket agents or the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway or Chicago St. Louis and Pittsburg railroad for details. 9913 Subscribe for the DeMocrat.
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