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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
2
The Bloomfield Democrat, Greene county's weekly paper since 1861, issues Fridays with semi weekly on Tuesdays. L Slinkard is proprietor and editor. Subscriptions: 1 year 1.50, six months 0.45, single copies 0.05. Advertising rates by line, post office entry second class. Telephone number 80.
A national speaker urges every American to personally support the war effort. Citizens are told to save, buy liberty bonds, conserve resources, and sacrifice comfort and time until the crisis ends. The message emphasizes unity, patriotism, and duty over personal interests.
The Democratic Congress and administration increased pensions for widows of soldiers from $12 to $25 per month for those receiving under $25. The note cites a long Democratic record of leading in veterans' aid and insists the present measure continues that tradition. The piece contrasts Russian warfare discourse with German advances and urges decisive Allied action to defeat Prussianism.
The passage envisions Prussia enlarging to swollen provinces from the Rhine to the Dvina and from the North Sea to mid Balkania, claiming that sacrifices of the past three years would be in vain if not achieved.
Rev. Henry H. Riggs testifies to horrors by Turkish forces near Harput. Babies buried alive beside slain mothers and thousands of bodies left in ravines show the scale of Armenian suffering. He notes 400,000 orphans and urges aid to educate and unite them for a future Turkish reform.
Mary Margaret Mec bridges a debate in The Columbia Times about men changing when they fall in love. She argues men relax rules and impose limits on women, exposing social double standards and the idea that love transforms behavior and expectations.
George M. Reade of St. Paul Minnesota preserves an apple picked in 1868 from his grandfather's tree in Cortland County New York. The apple, stored unopened with cloves, remained sound and fragrant despite travels to Dakota Tennessee and Minnesota. Reade notes it has stayed fresh for fifty years and remains fit for sale.
Lumber for sale listed in 1 inch thick at two dollars per hundred and 1x3 2x4 and sizes six and eight at two dollars fifty per hundred feet.
A legal notice-style pitch from Minor F. Pate offering abstracts to help save costs on quiet title actions. The ad invites readers to call for details on abstracts and related services.
Wages in Youngstown steel mills have risen to record levels as the sliding scale tied to steel prices pushes earnings higher. Rollers and heaters lead, with top monthly pay around 800 dollars, while skilled and unskilled workers also see substantial daily wages amid wartime demand and profit gains.
In Brooklyn three Williams sisters Edna Anna and Eleanor attempt to stretch seven dollar weekly earnings to five dollars of living costs after their parents died. Edna is ill Anna cares for her at home and Eleanor works a store job earning seven dollars a week with two dollars spent on rent leaving nothing for food or essentials. Authorities are alerted to the hardship.
Berlin reports Willy Michaelis, youngest son of the chancellor, is employed as a farm laborer on a large Langmeil estate near Gruenberg in Silesia. A Berlin high school student, he joined other pupils for harvest duties this summer, working from four in the morning until eight in the evening before returning to school.
An Atlantic port to New England coastwise steamer ran aground in a shoal off the coast but was floated after eight hours. All passengers and crew remained on board and unharmed.
A circular from Dr. A. Howard Shaw of the women's committee of the Council of National Defense urges state division chairmen to recruit stenographers and typewriters for urgent government needs.
President Poincare signs a decree at a cabinet meeting directing requisition of cargo accommodations on all vessels including French allied and neutral ships for government service. The measure aims to secure transport space for state needs amid ongoing wartime logistics.
Indiana brief items report Rochester diphtheria blamed on cats, Rushville man Michael Ansberry found his age miscalculated for draft eligibility, Warsaw milk shortage, and a series of accidents, indictments, and wartime measures across the state including price controls and a coal plan.
Fort Benjamin Harrison was inspected by Major General Carter of Chicago to determine if the post will house a large body of troops this winter. The review occurred at the Fort Harrison military installation.
A barn at L. A. Botkin’s in Muncie was struck by lightning while cattle valued at $15,000 were being driven inside. The blaze destroyed the barn, causing an estimated loss of $10,000.
Rushville reports the city council approved an ordinance boosting mayoral pay from 450 to 600 dollars and city treasurer salary from 900 to 1080 dollars.
Terre Haute reports Rev. J. F. Traser of Muncie chosen as president of the Indiana Baptist assembly at the closing session. Westport awarded the next convention, marking the sequence of hosting duties.
John Gassaway, a mussel digger at his camp east of Bedford, took four fine pearls from shells in White river. He sold the pearls in Terre Haute.
The new home of Harmony lodge No. 19 I O O F was dedicated in Fort Wayne on October 20 with several grand lodge officers in attendance.
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