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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
4
Mia Axel Kier of Gordonville Missouri writes a testimonial about a favorite prescription called We Dream TV for HerHoow. She says taking nine bottles produced a healthy five month old baby weighing ten and a half pounds and never sick.
Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease a powder that cools feet relieves tight new shoes and soothes corns bunions and sweating feet. It promises pain relief and rest. over 30 000 testimonials claim it cures while you walk. Sample free. 25 cents. Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Local column reports Mrs James Shelburn of Dixon is very sick at home. Grace Rector and children visit Mrs Chas Bartley in Switz City. Mrs F B Mail visits relatives near Elliston. Lola Newsom spends time with uncle John Newsom in Smith township. Byrd Newsom remarks on pride after taking in a little boy. School teachers seek trustee candidates before election. Milo Thomas and family visit Curtis Medaris. Will Snyder begins farm work near Dixon planning to move this fall. Grain-O praised by C F Myeng of Le Ray New York for healthful benefits.
Last week in Friendship features Telia Bailey traveling to Newberry Ira Boruff visiting from near Lyons Jolly Pat ODonald and son passing through Oliver Thomas welcomes a new ten pound boarder Merits of health remedies noted with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy offered by Geo E Craven James Hudson visits from Cincinnati and Mrs Thomas dies near Scotland leaving a large circle of mourners.
Paul Welch and John Horn left for Ohio Monday while Mary Wagoner visited Bloomfield Sunday. Simon Reed paid a flying visit to home folks Saturday. John Horn and Quince Hardesty returned from Paoli Friday. Mrs. Simon Ashcraft visited her daughter at Koleen Sunday. Paul Welch, John and Rachel Horn spent Sunday with Frank Horn. Geo. Byers, the jolly stock buyer, featured in community notices.
Community members share visits and greetings across towns. Illness improves for Willie Corbin from typhoid fever, and May Tucker celebrates eighteenth birthday with friends. Commencement at Allen Chapel set for Wednesday night, September 12.
Indigestion biliousness and blood poisoned with urea and uric acid signal Bright's disease. Rheumatic pains irritate the kidneys and back. The message urges Foley's Kidney Cure and warns against substitutes. Sept.
Roy Archer and wife have moved to Kansas. William Pershing digs a well for renter Mr. Higars. Road supervisor William Heath repairs highways. Mr. Martin of Iowa visits brother Thomas. Noah Elgan buys a new buggy for gravel roads. Pink Barton begins sorghum molasses production. Elder Clark preaches at Cataract Owen county. James Smith of Shiloh visits Mt. Vernon church and Sunday school. Mrs. R A Rodenbeck with ill mother Mrs. Shelburn in Taylor township. Haggerman trades for Rodenbeck mule team to Kansas. Hoosier threshing machine damages a bridge. Hoosier bruised but not seriously. Mrs. Minerva Smith credits Foley’s Honey and Tar for bronchitis relief. J B Stalcup endorses the remedy.
Pleasantville notes list several residents on the sick list including Daisy O'Haver and Della Padgett. J FP O'Haver's children visit from Bloomfield. Lem Powell of Sanborn buys Mrs Baker's property and will move. The Powell Bros. begin a new coal shaft, bringing shafts to seven. Next weekend hosts quarterly meeting and Epworth League supper was a grand success.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat kidney issues with Foley's Kidney Cure. It claims relief from weariness, backache, headache, rheumatic pains, and general ill health, attributed to kidney problems, credited to J. B. Stalcup.
No sickness to report at this writing. After an absence of two weeks the Allen Chapel shows activity as Bertha Sims of Tulip attended church on Sunday with Bud Cook and wife and Bill Cook present.
A Victorian advertisement promotes a medicine described as a pure concentrated remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. It credits recognition by skilled medical professionals and mentions J. B. Staleup as associated.
Newark notes Roy Cook of Solsberry Dr J B Young went to Worthington Harlan Resler bought a car load of sheep Sam Miller of Owen county visited his father George Emerson of Highland visited his brother Scott Hugh Bullock and family passed through Carpenter Bros thrashing in town Ice cream social by K of P well attended Warren Fuller of Bloomington visited grandfather Ely Puller Thomas Wadkins and children from Daviess county passed through town Township commencement will be held here next Saturday night and the M E church will serve ice cream that afternoon and night Everyone invited.
Leonard Weatherwax visits Chicago for soldiers reunion while Charles Alexander and Martinsville couple visit James Williams family. David Benjamin and wife on sick list. Prohibition rally at Antioch church drew many locals. Foley's Honey and Tar promoted for coughs and chest relief. J B Staleup notes.
A miscellany of short items lists visitors and travels including W T Rine visiting his daughter in Detroit Michigan Rosa Crall at home after six months in Ohio L N Miller on a business trip to Linton and A V Letsinger with wife visiting their daughter Mrs L J Miller Dated items mention Mrs Elizzbeth Letsinger’s death on August 28 1900 and burial in Lebon Cemetery A testimonial quotes a cured leg sore from Banner Salve and a quip about MSS refusals in China with a dramatic disdainful note regarding a manuscript submission and imperial reaction
The Monon Route will sell summer tourist tickets to Marquette and Mackinac Island or Mackinaw City at low rates through Sept 30 1900. For rates and details contact agents C. J. & L. Ry or Frank J. Reed G P A Chicago II J. W. Brandon Agt Bloomfield.
A New York Tribune letter describes a day in the life of Mary S. Morrill's students. They rise at 6 15, dress in loose trousers and knee length sacks, wash with warm water, and eat corn meal dishes, cabbage stews, and rare white flour. Laundry is hand done on stone with pestles, recreation includes swings and cornstalk crafts, and the day ends after an 8 30 curfew. Foot binding crusade is reported as successful in Pao-Ting Fu.
A collage of vintage ads and captions appears with Castoria for infants, a Chicago Tribune quip, a tackle on roaches through pie, a cough relief claim, a portrait gag, a payment joke, and Banner Salve promises. The clipped variety reflects early 20th century consumer notices and humor.
Excursions to Richmond via Pennsylvania Lines offered for Sovereign Grand Lodge I O O F Convention. Depart September 13 13 15 and 16 with tickets good returning September 25 inclusive. Tickets sold to Richmond Virginia via Pennsylvania Lines for the round trip.
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