24 Oct 1890
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1890
Page
1
The advertisement promotes Fuster Lac ing Glove improved availability and special bargains starting at $1. It highlights Evening and Party Gloves with 8 12 16 and 20 button lengths. Also offered are Ladies, Gentlemen’s, and Children’s Heavy Gloves and Mittens.
Indianapolis firm L S Ayers & Co announces a Monday morning sale offering 2000 pieces of odds and ends in Winter Underwear at half price. The promotion focuses on remaining stock and invites customers to shop early for discounts.
Local notices warn about using Dead Shot for hog and chicken cholera with deadlines for tax payment on the 44th Monday in November. Various community items follow including lamp installation, road gravel work, school enrollment figures, and election ticket printing by the local Democrat paper.
A dense list of local residents and political figures visits the town over multiple days. Democrats and Republicans alike, including farmers, teachers, trustees, and notable citizens from Washington, Center, Taylor, and Jackson townships, are recorded with brief notes on activity and affiliations.
The article argues tariff protection has failed for New England farms and western states. It cites declines in farming populations, mounting debts, foreclosures, and reduced school attendance among farmer families. It warns the McKinley bill will also harm foreign markets by provoking Europe to seek other suppliers and strengthen railways in India and Russia. The piece calls for vigilance against McKinleyism.
Customers seek superior quality from Graham at Worthington Mills as the firm highlights product standards and commitment to craftsmanship. The note underscores brand integrity and longstanding manufacturing expertise guiding consumer choices.
A sequence of dated transfers lists multiple pairs including Thomas Kimball to Laura Bland, John Jackson to Lola Roberts, Charles Davis to Maggie Anderson, Joseph Horn to Mary Carr, Nerilie Armstrong to Connie Graham, Edward Gray to Della Tolbert, Thomas Mitchell to Grace Gooley, Thomas Casly to Maggie Arthur, Chas H A Blume to Laura Young, and James Padgett to Clara Hatfield.
A barn on Sheriff Thompson's farm east of Solsberry burned last Saturday night, wiping out hay oats farming implements and four horses, two owned by Mason and Frank Yoho. Fire origin unknown. suspicion falls on a visiting passer. Barn insured for 200 dollars. loss considered small.
Wm and Nancy A Quillin celebrated their fifty years of marriage on October 15 1890 five miles south of Bloomfield. A large crowd attended a noon dinner followed by Rev W Quillin addressing guests and presenting gifts including a gold watch from J A Quillin and other items from family. Uncle Wm Quillin marked his 74th birthday as the couple’s health remained good after half a century together.
Mrs Mattie Jackson, wife of Rev C Tl Jackson, pastor of the Christian Church of the Evangel in Brooklyn, fills Sunday services when he is ill or absent. Described as intelligent, accomplished, with an attractive personality, she is 25 and regularly ordained in the Disciples denomination.
All township trustees and inspectors of election must call on the county board of election commissioners at the clerk's office in Bloomfield on Saturday November 1 1890 to receive and receipt for the election tickets due their respective precincts.
The Art Work Embroidery Department secures Miss Alice Quinn formerly of Marshall Field Co Chicago as a fine artist to present new embroidery novelties to ladies. She will demonstrate making them and has a stamping outfit to do stamping and embroidery to order at reasonable prices.
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