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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1891
Page
3
The Bloomfield Democrat touts being the county’s largest circulating newspaper. Advertisers are invited to inspect subscription books. the page lists address and contact details for business inquiries and notes 25 cent rate at Bloomfield post office.
The editorial accuses proprietors of the News of hiding ownership and calls for disclosure. It criticizes Republican rule, urges action for a Greene county exhibit at the World’s Fair, and attacks a county official’s integrity while urging indictment for libel if false. It also recounts disputed county expenditures and superintendent duties and warns of charges if county payment is wrongfully refused.
The county superintendent faced sharp rebuke for paying cash instead of hiring a competent worker at fair rates. Critics say the board favored extravagance over economy, noting a troubling payment structure that resembles paying a boss more for inaction. The commissioners voted to refuse the claim, prompting strong public disapproval of the majority.
The Republican press claims credit for blocking a ten per cent land tax increase in Greene County. The paper shows a private letter from J. O. Henderson, Auditor of State, dated August 25, 1894, stating opposition to any raise and confirming three of four officials already determined not to increase. The Democratic party contends they also influenced the outcome.
A county editorial attacks a rich corporation agent for opposing the new tax law, arguing it raises state valuations and taxes on banks railroads and property while lowering city and county levies. It notes substantial decreases in Marion county and cites the Confidential Memorandum rail pass blacklist including clergy and public figures.
A veteran education column advises teachers on starting a new term with beginners and older pupils. It emphasizes planning, preparation, and a gentle, confidence-building approach to establish order, routines, and engagement from day one.
The Democrats announces a Rand, McNally & Co library map of the U S and world offered for 50 cents to subscribers in Bloomfield Indiana. The large US map and back world map are praised as accurate and complete for business and reference use. Subscriptions and map orders are described with prices and postage details.
A patient ridicules prescribed pills while praising Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as safe and gentle. The doctor dismisses the idea of inside twisters and endorses the pellets as the best in practice, noting they cause little or no sickness.
A Boston Budget item recalls five year old Edith from Hoxbury who went to Sunday school and after hearing about the man in the nightdress she recites a child’s twist on scripture. She says the Lord is my chaperon and I shall not want.
The passage argues for directing human development through education and government. It speaks of guiding conscience, suppressing blind chance, and using a paternal regime to sanction unions only for those in love after weeding out the unfit. It warns against wasting cruelty in unrestrained experimentation.
An uptown Brooklyn doctor rushed to a Marcy avenue tenement to treat a woman who had suffered head trauma in a fight. While removing hair to find a wound, he discovered the scalp had come away with a wig, leaving the injury seemingly invisible.
A collection of brief notes covers Woolwich Arsenal in England, pensions and debt, Denmark’s king, the Brooklyn Bridge height, Bombay politics, animal metaphors for calf love, and social curiosities. It mentions a Philadelphia man with a 250 year old cane, Springfield dogs with a dressy woman, Lady Harris of Bombay as cricketer, and Edna Lyall facing health issues while visiting Italy.
A Long Island family reports their watches stopped at 1 26 and 1 28 after the hour during a gale. The dining room clock halted too as a dog barked, prompting curiosity about a shared moment that froze three timepieces. No explanation offered in the tale.
A young ensign's first active duty on the Philadelphia ends in laughter as a mispronounced order triggers a shipwide giggle. Separate items note relics to the National Museum, gunpowder origins in warfare, and an elaborate Chinese luncheon for children with a colorful, toy-topped feast.
A meditation on faithful work asserts truth as the heart of high life, contrasting imitation with personal vision, then describes the Swedish and Norwegian practice of swaddling and burying infants in snow for warmth, noting distant church visits and customs in Strand Magazine.
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