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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1891
Page
2
Advertisers are invited to call and inspect subscription books to verify circulation. The Democrat proclaims dominance in the county with a 1.50 annual price and requests business inquiries directed to the paper or any associated personnel.
The 1891 discussion notes tax levy reductions by trustees and county leaders, comments on the new Indiana tax law, and a broad critique of the Linton Call editor for Democratic manipulation. It contrasts rail and wagon transport costs for wheat, civic economy themes, and warns readers about political deception.
The State Board raised county real estate assessments by ten percent, boosting taxes by about 35,000 over five years. Three men, Burrell Owens Moss, protested at the board and secured a rescission. The piece defends these figures and praises local farming country and residents including Leonard Oxzhorn.
A Greene County visitor recounts a trip to Antelope valley Nebraska, praising the soil, wheat yields, and irrigation potential. He notes black loam soil, abundant rain after settlement, fat cattle, and the county seat at Rushville with Clinton, Gordon, and railway access. He urges emigration, noting land from 30 to 50 dollars per acre and strong school and church communities.
A moral tale mocks those who pray for aid while lazy. the tale contrasts self help with divine aid. The excerpt then promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure-all medicine claimed to treat coughs lung diseases stomach troubles blood purification and skin blemishes with all druggists carrying it.
The Democrat of Bloomfield Indiana advertises Rand McNally library maps of the United States and world at 50 cents to subscribers with arrears paid. The 66 by 46 inch U S map and 57 by 40 inch world map are described as complete reference tools for business and education, with free world distribution for multiple new subscribers.
Cincinnati and other city markets show wheat around 5 to 97 cents, corn 45 to 65 cents, and wool and lamb quotes across various grades. Cattle range from 2 25 to 6 20 per hundredweight, hogs from 1 to 5 30, plus sheep, lambs, veal calves and specialty fibers with regional variations noted.
A passenger train plunged eighty feet from the viaduct near Statesville, killing about twenty and wounding many. The wreck occurred at 2 am with eighty five aboard as investigators blame a loose rail and defective supervision for the disaster and the jury censures the railroad company.
A sprawling dispatches reel through Valparaiso and Santiago as insurgents seize Valparaiso and the government reels. Balmaceda is reported killed amid mountain escape while ex-dictator sought Buenos Ayres, with conflicting accounts of his fate and refuge aboard a German steamer.
An overflowing ad boasts deep discounts on hats, linen collars, neckties, shirts, hose, umbrellas, Henrietta goods, watered silks, all wool suits for children, and boys overcoats. Items show marked savings from their listed values as a sale promises to clear an immense stock.
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