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Newspaper

Bloomfield Democrat

Location

Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1888

Page

5

Bloomfield Indiana Attorneys At Law Dense ad list

A crowded page listing Bloomfield Indiana lawyers and medical doctors with offices on the public square and near the New Court House. Includes names such as Stalcup Pate Van Buseriy Axell Slinkard Dayia Davis Cravens Lowder Rankin and Gray. Also contains a long verses piece about American man and an advertisement for Bloods Sarsaparilla.

WV. Axtell Greens Odlisetions S. Specialty Public Square Bloomfield Indiana

Hastings Proclaims First Class Accommodations in Newberry Hotel

Hotel notice announces proprietor WW Hastings offers first class accommodations in Newberry Indiana. Includes sample room for commercial agents and mentions feed and rest stable services.

Fyrveesie Hotel Newberry Indiama L. Hastings

Trustee Notices From Indiana Townships

Trust notices warn residents of Wright Seer county and Greens county Indiana that trustees will conduct township business at offices on set days and times during term offices. Names listed include WM. POWELL JOSEPH MOSH and HENRY BORTER with locations in Jinton and Stardays while Taylor township is also referenced.

Trustees announce township and precinct meetings in Greene County

Notice to Gra wnship Greens county Indiana residents that M HA DECKARD will conduct township business at his residence two miles south of the precinct Saturday. Also notice to Bighland yornnhiy Greene county Indiana residents that SIMON BLAND will transact township business at his residence any day except Sunday.

Grawnship Greens County Indiana M. HA. Deckard Bighland Yornnhiy Greene County Inana Simon Bland

Trustee to hold township meetings on designated Saturdays

George Bogard trustee announces that the people of Washington Township Greene County Indiana may transact township business only at his residence on Saturdays during his term. No other business will be transacted except on those days as provided by law.

Metter Myer Rerrez Davis Indiana fEtecessore Shaw & Ays Greene County Wright Seer Here County Jesonville Caid Township WM. Powell Nolies Taylor Deonshp Gréeng County Bald Township Henry Borter Merviee Onrae Greens County Newberry John D Moore Washington George Bogard

Notice of Administration for Mary J. Fuller Estate

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Greene County Indiana appointed AMUEL N. FULLER as administrator of Mary J. Fuller late of Greene County deceased. The estate is said to be solvent. Published September 19, 1888. 27ts.

Circuit Court Greene County Indiana Mary J. Fuller Amuel N. Fuller

Brilliant Gems Presented to Democratic Readers by Special Correspondents

County correspondents contribute a bright spread of notable items described as brilliant sparkling and dazzling. Readers encounter rich gems detailing events, personalities, and local happenings across the region.

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Local Notices Highlight Town Activity And Visitors

Hershel Bullock arrives with a new buggy while Wm Wilkerson works molas. O Law and wife return from Ilvols RW Johnson visits. Dr. Torrence engaged Mon d fun. Noah Elyan travels to Indianapolis to buy goods. Democrats draw a large crowd Saturday night. Pesch barreaus about over. A baseball club forms as townsfolk enjoy Saturday night events and lots in town.

Hershel Bullock Wm Wilkerson Law Ilvols RW Johnson Dr. Torrence Noah Elyan Wan Indianapolis Democrats Pesch Barreaus

Positive remedy offered for consumption by M C Slocum

T A Slocum M C declares a proven treatment for consumption and promises two free bottles to readers who send address details. He provides 81 Pearl Street New York as contact. The letter requests Express and post office addresses to receive the remedy.

T. A. Slocum M. C Pearl St New York

Democratic Rally Draws Thousands at Ly One

A grand Democratic rally at Ly One drew an estimated 4600 to 5000 attendees. Hon. William Bynum delivered a strong speech enjoyed by Uncle Geo Blackmore and his son Chas. Uncle George stayed overnight with a friend. Several Taylor township residents joined J. B. Quillen’s visitors. Lyons lodge presented J. H. Quillen a silk hat on his 45th birthday for lodge work. Weather included a light bard rain on the 2% evening.

Lyone Bynum Geo. Blackmore Chas George Allie Blackmore Lizzie Geddes Maggie Clara Jeffers Mamie Lester Taylor Township J. B. Quillen Lyons Lodge J. H. Quillen Lyons W. E. Stacy John C. Briggs Bard

A Woman's Discovery In Shelby County Cure Story

A county woman, Mrs. Luther Lutz, endured seven years of disease with no relief until Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, which she used after a bottle and slept through the night. W. C. Hamrick & Co. endorses the remedy and a free trial bottle is offered at S Staleup's drug store in Shelby.

W. C. Hamrick & Co Shelby, NC S Staleup

Sickness spreads through Vanmeter family and area rallies

Sickness runs through J B Vanmeter and wife with four children ill. JL Riddle and wife returned from Ncois reporting a good outing. RW Yohn traveled to Louisville to purchase goods. Many locals attend the Solaberry rally with lively entertainment. A Republican rally is planned at Solaberry next week, cautioning Democrats to avoid disruption. TJ Carmichael is building a warm house as W W Moffett plans to speak next Saturday. Two glee clubs CT Club and Stanford Club promise performances.

J B Vanmeter JL Riddle Ncois RW Yohn Louisville Solaberry Iadiea TJ Carmichael W Moffett CT Club Stanford Club

Buckion's Arnica Salve Offers Cure Guarantee

Buckion’s Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, ulcers, fever sores, and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Steve Staloup.

Tun SaLvsz Steve Staloup

Briggs Addresses Large Audience Behind Warm Evening

Hon John C Briggs spoke to a large attentive crowd last Saturday night for about two and a half hours with growing enthusiasm. Many Republicans left early due to the heat while those who stayed enjoyed glee club songs. Mrs L C Denham and daughter Edith returned from Terre Haute on Monday. Miss Cassie Buskirk and Miss Nellie Alkire travelled to Vincennes to hear R Q Mills the author of night. Chas Stark of Island City visited Sam Smith on Sunday. Miss Cena Sims visiting Indianapolis. Mrs L A Jarrell moved to Martinsville. Fred Liim on the sick list. All the Democrats went to Lyons Friday. The Malls bill G E Ogre returned from the Columbus reunion Wednesday. Robert Anderson of Sandborn giving musical lessons to Mrs Wakefield. Andy Ilatta.

John C. Briggs Mr. B Glee Club C. Denham Edith Terre Haute Cassie Buskirk Nellie Alkire Vincennes R. Q. Mills Chas Stark Island City Sam Smith Cena Sims Indianapolis L A Jarrell Martinsrille David Alkire Lyons Fred Liim G. E. Ogre Columbus, CO Robert Anderson Sandboern Wakefield Andy Ilatta

Electric Bitters Endorsed By Drugists In Two States

W D Sult of Bippus Indiana and Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio testify that Electric Bitters relieve long standing illnesses. They claim cures of liver kidney and blood diseases with many customers agreeing. Available at S Stalcups drug store for fifty cents a bottle.

W. D. Sult Bippus Ind Abraham Hare Bellville Ohio S. Stalcup

Lyons Rally Amid Calls for Equal Justice

Local readers report a GOP rally and a gathering of Lyons white and colored glee clubs. Letters urge equal justice, noting Swite City's youths in jail and praising a speech by John C. Briggs while disputing a News correspondent on attendance.

Campaign Rally Draws Big Crowd in Worthington

Report notes residents from Solsberry visiting Dr Harrah and Mrs Glaoyyer while several locals attended the Worthington rally and heard a grand speech. The speech is portrayed as a highlight of the campaign.

Glaoyyer Solsberry Dr. Harrah Worthington

Bloomington Visitors And Local Notes Chronicle

L R Casner and M C Harshman slowly improving. Joshua Pryor and Eli Fuller visited Bloomington last week. A republican rally Saturday night failed due to a fly in the speaker’s mouth. The Newark glee club and choir provided music. Nearly 100 residents went to Solaberry to hear WW Moffett. it was Solaberry’s largest postwar crowd. A speech on the 15th lasted two hours and fifteen minutes before interruptions. A local farmer bragged of a corn stalk 17 feet 7 inches tall. Poetic insertions reflect grief and faith over missing loved ones and the afterlife with verses about separation, loss, and reunion.

L R Casner M C Harshman Joshua Pryor Eli Fuller Bloomington Wm Graham Martin County Hkaoch Bloomington Albert Harshman Garfield County Kan Newark Mr Young Link Casner

Castoria Recalled in Classic Advertising Parable

A vintage advertising snippet traces Castoria’s use from infancy to motherhood. The phrase shows the product as a constant remedy echoed through stages of a woman's life and family care.

Local notes and town scenes fill Bloomfield fair week

Miss Lizzie Armestrong visits Miss Mollie Williams as townsfolk enjoy the Bloomfield fair. Theo Carmichae and Geo Board make local appearances while others travel or attend church events. A public speech on tin and wool draws crowds, Alma Fields recovers fingers, and local property moves precede a new home build.

Lizzie Armestrong Mollie Williams Bart Armstrong F George Kirk Ashcraft Center Bloomfield Fair Theo Carmichae Jonesboro Ella Rector Martin County Geo Board Terre Haute Basil Graham Otis Fields Otis Hugh Bruce Alvin Fields Nancy Downen Dry Street Frank McCurdy Fields Mram Dobbins Pleasant Ridge Drum Pate Harrison Inter

Death of Little Victor Mansfield Opens a Family’s Grief

Obituary notes the death of Victor Mansfield aged 1 year 19 months 2 days after a 50 day illness. He is buried in Koleen cemetery with Elder Parker officiating. The column includes a poem from the child’s mother and reflections on faith, loss, and heaven.

Little Victor William Alice Mansfield Koleen Parker Fone Vitor Naother Ek. W. Edington

Castoria Recalled Phrase in Child Health Adage

The line recalls a familiar product slogan about Castoria used to soothe children. Castoria is referenced as a remedy during illness and infancy, implying its long standing place in household care traditions.

Marriage Licenses Record of Local Marriages

Grant Heath wed Susannah Stewart. James Norris joined with Hattie Wantlin. Spencer L. Cooper married Martha M. Hudson.

Grant Heath Susannah Stewart James Norris Hattie Wantlin Spencer L. Cooper Martha M. Hudson

Log Cabin Remedies and the Rise of Wealthy Reckless Heirs

An analysis contrasts fortunes left to sons of railroad kings with humble origins, arguing luxuries erode mind and health. It lauds simple rustic living and Warner’s Log Cabin remedies for strength, tying self discipline to national resilience. It also includes a cheap ad for an anti election newspaper offer and a local house trade inquiry.

Robert Garrett George Law H. H. Warner Safe Care Fame Warner

Democracy event at Lyons features W D Bynum speech

The Lyons gathering on Friday September 21 drew 5000 to 7000 attendees for a speech by Hon. W. D. Bynum praised as a plain, truthful address. Bands, glee clubs, and a 122 ft flagpole marked the parade and civic participation with ladies presenting a large Stars and Stripes to the Hendricks club.

Understanding Protection and the American System

The article argues protection is government subsidies to favored businesses, not true fairness. It contrasts Hamilton and Henry Clay with Blaine, citing tariff levels and profits, warns of trusts and revolutions, and urges farmers as the nation’s backbone to push for policies that actually benefit them. It notes wool prices fell after tariff changes, illustrating the claimed fallacy.

Henry Clay Greene County Bloomfield Bank Hamilton Blaine Republican Party Butterworth Amerein Congress Ander

Unnecessary Taxation Targeted and Oxygen Treatment Promoted

A short notice promotes the Compound Oxygen treatment as a celebrated remedy for sale at this office, describing taxation as unjust and tying it to the advertised therapy.

Excursion Tickets to Vincennes for Knox County Fair

Excursion tickets at low rates will be sold to Vincennes via the Indianapolis and Vincennes Railroad from October 8 to 13 for the Knox County Fair. Tickets are good returning until Saturday October 18. See bills for train times and fare rates.

Vincennes Indianapolis and

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Strength

An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a unique medicine combining sarsaparilla dandelion mandrake and other ingredients. It claims blood purification appetite stimulation improved digestion and relief from diseases linked to impurities, with testimonials from users in Syracuse Lima and Cambridgeport. It notes price one dollar per bottle and six bottles for five dollars.

Hood Hodd A. Ball Syracuse N.o Lima Ohio J. F. Nixon Cambridgeport Mage Hiood C. I. Ood & CO Apothecaries Lowell

Also Mentioned on This Page

L H. Stalcup Alivor ¥. Pate Seo Court House Bloomfield, Ind Bloomvield Walton Bloomfeld, Ind Peemetly Jon Geblock Shryer aesuRson Snore Hort Evaaw Bsseiry Attorneys AT Laws N New Court House Thos, van Buseiry L. Slinkard Bloomvield, Ind el KB Dayia Rankin M.D W.gray Evel R. B.C. Cravens R. H.R. Lowder Eas Io Cavins & Caving Law Office A. Burke Cotisnd China Land Winkie Havie Binnie Bo Goodie Hallison Biddie Jadieu Tlood Hotels Wotich Jinton Joseph Mosh Bloomeleld, Indiana Cincinnati Buckion Arnica Marco Switz City Boyenschin Linton Moss Barnett West Newton Bixler T. B. O’haver Plessantville Mia Lundy Swite Gease Darling Jesus Victor Castoria Owensburg Ely E. E. Grimes Valley St Rendrill Perry Co Truth Miss LOG Cabin W. D. Bynum Ife Jewel Band Pleasantville Band Indian Prairie Band Hicks Band Linton Band Bloomfield Drum Corps Olive Branch Glee Club Marco Glee Club Pleasantville Glee Club Fairplay Glee Club Bloomfield Glee Club the Island Glee Club Washington Township Lyons Glee Club Fish Pole Washington Township Glee Club Lizzie O’neall Simeon Smith P. Stalcup G. Davidson Rhetta Stacy J. Donagher Elizabeth Bledsoe Indiana Stacy Mrs. Quillin Belle Stein Sophia Kaufman Samantha Bogard Emma Keller Sarah Brooks Allie Stafford Mary C. Fry Charlotte Ross Duck Sadie Bogard Mary Pirtle Hanush Kaufman Lew McKinnon Ida McKissick Dollie Holbert Lucinda Brinson Jeanne Bogard Mattie Bogard Della Keller Wmn. E. Stacy Sec Hendricks Club Elizabeth Axe Mrs. Lytton Mack Keller Knox County Fair Indianapolis and Vincennes
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