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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1891
Page
2
Numerous Greene county notices list lawyers Cravens, Davis, and others offering services in Bloomfield and surrounding towns. Physicians Young, Burke, Gra, and Lowder provide 24 hour care with offices in Worth Square and Bloomfield. Trustees publish weekly schedules for townships including Wright, Mansfield, and Center with fixed meeting days and locations.
Notice from County Superintendent Juveth William W. Voss of Bloomfield Indiana. Exams for teacher licenses will be held on the last Saturday of each month at 9 o clock in the Bloom field high school room of the schoolhouse.
Our correspondents note post offices statewide filled with active residents. Readers will find columns of local matter unique to this paper. Keemefosh spent Sunday with her parents at Freedom Emmett Rodenbeck, Terre Haute, was in town Monday. Foster Benjamin of Freedom visited Friday. Dr Brown and wife of Lycotan will relocate here soon. Ship Moore and Jerome Larger, Nine Mile, visited Allie Bixler on Sunday.
The advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures La Grippe related coughs and lung troubles with quick relief and no after effects. It guarantees satisfaction or refunds the purchase price and offers trial bottles free at S. Stalcup's Drug Store with large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
NR3 WM CAR and Mies Ault on sick list. Dr Cravens and son to see them Friday. John Stone peddles pigs in town Saturday. W Anderson sewed at Odon last week. Rev Joe Dovir continues Thursday meetings. Sermons praised as convicting. Zeb Rush and Charley Herold visited Tuesday. County talk on one teacher for Kolven. Manafield family to Martin county Saturday. Kolven barber to run granger stand at fair this week. Saturday night minor town excitement as two in town argued over a weight claim. both intoxicated and no injuries.
Dr Miles pills claim to speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Suitable for men women and children. 30 doses 25 cents. Samples free at R E Evelcizha 2um6.
Hobbleville and Owensburg items mention Capt Philips Sargent Cole and local builders. An echoer opens October first. citizens urged to improve sidewalks funded by Capt Phips. Community updates include illness and visits, cattle buying, and a reward offer for catarrh cure with testimonials from West Truax Walding Kronan & Macvis. Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertised with physicians’ endorsements.
Ames Buaig from Washington visited. Many went to Oton for the old settler meeting. Wm and David Summerville were at Oweneburg last Saturday. Mrs Miranda and Miss Lora Summerville visited Otton. Wheat sowing has begun locally. Anc Jacb Walden of Newberry was here Friday. George Crooke paints Christian Hasler's house. Alonz Quackenbush of Newberry was here Saturday. Susie Barker from north Taylor visited Sunday. Mrs M A Jackson stayed a week in the country. Dr. Kent and wife, formerly here, visited Scotland Sunday. Mrs. P. Eaton visits her son Will in Illinois. A J. O' Donald returned from Monroe City. Thomas McIntyre of Fowler passed to Sharpleeville. Chas Ledgerroud and Otho Dobbina at Bloomfield Friday. Marion Mathearn moved to Indian Springs. E J Ingles and family visited Newberry last week. Wm. Elliot of Owensburg was here Thursday.
A blaze last Monday burned Ali Myers y suse occupied by Ed Palmer after a defective flue. Palmer rescued all goods, incurring $000 in losses. Me. C. reports the case as very serious. Other town notes mention visits by Simon Pickud and J. S. Rays, and local business and civic notes.
Advertiser cites testimonials from Butler Indiana to Valparisa Indiana and Logansport Indiana praising Miles Restorative Nervine for curing St Vitus dance like symptoms and convulsions. Mentioned are Dr Miles and Evelelph offering a free trial bottle and a book of cures.
Local items report a distillery in operation, sick residents, travel to Indianapolis for schooling, farm visits, fertilizer sales, licensing concerns, a ball entertainment, fair preparations, and school staffing. Mentions of residents like Mina Edith Strosnider, Elsie Inman, and W. W. White appear among duties, visits, and upcoming events.
Win Timmons of Idaville Indiana extols Electric Bitters for kidney and liver trouble saying it surpassed all other medicines. John Leslie, a farmer, and J. W. Gardner, a hardware merchant, also report strong health improvements from the tonic. The passage then shifts to a broad nation role praising prosperity, harvests, and economic growth across the United States as narrated by Chicago News.
The author argues country editors face distrust and accusations of bribes and blackmail. He notes two sides to every issue, explains popular grievances when property values rise or editors gain fame, and observes that townsfolk cling to the idea of “Snap” or greatness in editors. He recalls a chicken-cleaner’s boast and a drunk citizen seeking the editor, illustrating communal friction with local papers.
The article highlights heart disease as a leading, often unsuspected cause of sudden death with symptoms such as breathlessness and chest pain. It also promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure and details Indiana teachers proposing a penny-per-child fund to build Indiana’s World’s Fair building, with committee contacts and a call for statewide school participation.
Advertising copy promises a salve that treats cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever boils chapped hands chilblains corns and other eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money back with a 25 cent box price and lists seller 8 Stalcup.
Chicago News recounts one man s encounter with moving a folding bed through a narrow hall and past stairs. Podley and the landlady s husband struggle, two experts try, and after a week of misfits the bed finally lands in the room and the narrator vows never to move it again.
The Pittsbury Dispatch reports two dogs owned by a charming young woman in Allegheny are accused of murderous acts. One dog lures other dogs to a yard while a second pounces, tearing victims apart. the owner blames the creatures for months of pranks and declares the law will take its course after her brother refuses to continue as canine undertaker.
The article notes rapid advances in dentistry with specialists performing extractions swiftly, contrasting past fear with modern painless techniques. It also reports 200,000 pounds of whale bone sourced from Atlantic whales in 1430 and mentions scarce supply, high prices, few traders in New York and Boston, uses in silk mills and hats, and that corsets still dominate whale bone use.
The Bloomfield board of trustees adopts a resolution to widen and gravel streets Franklin Spring Washington and Main in Greene County Indiana. It authorizes grading filling sewers and sidewalks with open drains and ten foot wide sidewalks on Spring Street. Public notice given for bids and assessments to property owners with a September 20 1891 hearing.
A fashionable widow recalls white dresses as a society favorite in youth noting they vanished from daily wear except at commencements and weddings. She and a New York Herald quote praise pure white on women, arguing it remains lovely for mature and pretty women alike, while facial hair trends fade.
Mrs. Palmer, president of the Chicago World's Fair board of lady managers, recounts meetings in London, Vienna, and Paris with royal figures and officials about forming and securing government recognition for a committee of women. She notes arrivals of delegates and officials, and lists key participants and potential French recognition actions.
County officers such as lon Richard Huffman Representative Franklin Ramsey Clerk Phos Owena Auditor dames LE Built 743-e e veee TeORSUTer Win E Phompson Recorder Win M Mogs Superintendent Schools KE Fide Cok Surveyor James P Devton Coromer Cee teeaeee
A relic of London Illustrated News recounts a garden shrike encounter where a bird’s feathered revenge alters the narrator’s headgear routine. It also surveys Roman women’s jewel use, art patronage, and beauty norms, noting Cellini connections and the era’s adornment culture as Shakespeare’s stage fame grows. Dead Shot for hog and chicken cholera.
A vintage adic refrain promotes Castoria for children of all ages. The jingle references babies, children, and mothers in need of Castoria and implies trust across generations.
Crauches Camberland Presbyterian A Cockrum pastor holds services each Sabbath at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer meeting Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7 30 p m Christian T Cox pastor preaches first and Lords days monthly at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Sunday school 940 48 m Methodist A N Elrod pastor Sunday services 10 30 p m and 7 30 p m alternate Sundays 9 30 a m class meeting prayer 7 30 Wednesday Epworth league 7 p m Baptist M E Clark pastor services 10 30 a m and 7 39 p m second and fourth Sabbaths monthly Church school 9 15 am prayer Thursday 7 30 pm business meeting fourth Saturday 7 30 pm cordial invitation to all
Local lodges in Bloomfield Worthington Vancce and surrounding areas publish a dense roster of meetings on Saturdays before full moons first Saturdays on or before each Teil Noon and monthly or weekly timings. Notable officers and units include Moffett W Moffett PC A R Lowder and many wardens secretaries and treasurers across multiple lodges and orders.
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