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Bicentennial Features for week of 16 Oct 1975

Bloomfield Democrat

News of October 1875

 Bold surnames added by transcriber.

The Court House tax proposition carried by a majority of two hundred and fifty-one.

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Universalist Mite Society Friday night at H. Nulton’s.  All are invited.                          

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We call attention to the new advertisement of Hill, Herr & Co.  They are the live merchants of the west side.

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If Sam Evans read our illustrated paper last week, he has discovered that Little Bad Man, Tim O. Walker, hasn’t gone West.

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Horn, the well Auger man is the happiest man we’ve met in some time.  Reason: another one, and it’s a gal.  Weight ten pounds.

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The late elections called out nearly every voter in this county.  Three thousand, one hundred and thirty-two votes were polled, more by four hundred than ever before.  Next year the contest will doubtless bring out a still larger number.

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Last week an individual came to this place from Corning, Iowa, representing himself to be the proprietor of Excelsior Well Auger.  His name was Salyer, and his avowed purpose was to “clean out the” well auger men of this place in short order.  He proposed to take in Horn, of the Great Western, then Davis & Mills, of the Eclipse, and finish up with Martin, of the “Boss”, for dessert.  He wanted to try conclusions with Horn to the tune of $5,000, to test the merits of the two augers; but when Horn put up the cash, Sayler backed down, packed his grip-sack and left town on the noon hack.  It takes sand to back up one’s opinion with $5,000, but Horn had the sand and the cash.  The colors of the Great Western are flung to the breeze and she is on the march to victory.

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Temperance Meeting-on Friday evening, Oct., 29^th, 1875, Mr. S. S. Martin of Savannah will deliver an address before the Temperance Society of Bloomfield at the Congregational church.

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Senator Wonn and Mr. Hotchkiss have good cause to congratulate themselves upon the success of their labors in the canvass.  Their meetings were well attended, the people were enthusiastic; and the forcible manner in which they presented their views, had much to do in securing the success which attended their efforts.  If Mr. Hotchkiss is as effective in legislation as he is on the stump, this county will have no cause to regret sending him to Des Moines.  Of Senator Wonn’s effectiveness there is no question.  His past two sessions’ experience will help him to greater and better work.

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The “Republican” wishes to know if we have heard from Ohio.  We never did care much for those foreign elections, anyway.

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When Hull wants the people of Davis county to believe any of his cock-and-bull stories he should not tell them on men so well known as Hotchkiss.  Those “disloyal” yarns didn’t pan out very well in inducing men to vote against him.

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Power after hearing of his defeat for legislative honors, went directly home and took a spade and a trap, and went to his meadow and commenced a new occupation--trapping gophers.  Too bad, Power, to come down so much from your high sought-for position.

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The Burlington “Gazette” knows a good thing when it sees it.  Listen:  Tim Walker, of the Bloomfield Democrat, is entitled to the hearty thanks of every Liberal Democrat in Iowa.  He made a bully good fight in Davis county, and when the time came the boys there put the screws on the “pig and pup” crowd so cleverly and beautifully that they swept the whole field and settled Gen. Weaver most gloriously.  Davis county is now ours, and safely so for the first time in many years.

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From the Salt Creek Items—Rev. Carroll and lady were with us last week.  Ike Davis will hold forth at the Brick school house this winter.  J. B. Faunce is going to build a kitchen.  He thinks it will take fifty bushels of wheat to bread himself and family this year.  Solomon Y. Sharp is building a new frame house—tore the old brick down.  Sam Baker still surveys but don’t establish.

            Work on the new church still goes on.  Tom Glasgow talks of going to Bloomfield to start another paper.  Dan Lanman looks like he would double himself one of these days.

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Bicentennial Features for week of 9 Oct 1975

            Last week, we met Mr. W.P. Fox, a geologist working under a commission from the Governor and the Centennial Board of the State, who assured us that Davis County contains mineral deposits, in addition to the coal known to exist here.  Mineral paint, potter’s clay and salt are the most prominent.  The salt basin in this county is of the same general characteristics as those of Syracuse, N.Y. and Saginaw, Mich.  One of our citizens offers to be one of a club of 10, or more, who will give $500 each, to determine whether the salt basin of this county can be advantageously worked.

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                        The Fair begins to-day.

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            The school board has purchased two hundred and sixteen new double desks for use in the public schools.

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            It’s a good and clean hotel that Mrs. Roberts and her two sons are keeping at this place-the Wilson House.  We have recently interviewed the quality of the hash they furnish and were satisfied fully.

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            If you are a boy, and you are if you know what’s good for you, you’re no boy at all if you haven’t laid in a supply of “hickernuts” sufficient to winter you and that black-eyed girl you love and fear so much.

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            By the kindness of William J. Hamilton, the efficient secretary of this school district, we are enabled to present to our readers the following statistical items in reference to the late school census taken by him:  Total children in the district, 722; boys, 340; Since last year thirty-two dewllings  (sic) have been added to the district, the number of children has increased seventy-four, additional number of families, nineteen, increase of population in the district, one hundred and fifty-five.                 

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            Election next Tuesday.  Come out.

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Priests have new six-ton platform scales at their new mill.

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Owing to bad weather, the Fair was postponed to-day.

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Sam Priest has been in Missouri the past week buying several carloads of wheat for use in the Bloomfield Mills.  

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The Drakesville sun and the Odd Fellows Banner have consolidated.  Wood and King propose conducting an evening daily, here.

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The Republicans of this county are scared.  The Commonwealth says in all the emphasis of capital letters “every vote is needed for the success of the Republican ticket.”

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A French scientist says that beer is the least offensive and thirst quenching of drinks.  There are vast numbers of people who will have great respect for the opinion of the French scientists.

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O. Martin’s American saw filer is a new invention by a citizen of Bloomfield, by which any saw can be filed by simply clamping it to a plate and turning the crank of the machine.  It is a model of mechanical skill.

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We have heretofore expressed our opinion of the Court House question:  Our advice on this last issue before the campaign is as before-vote for the Court House tax.  Davis County has too many dollars, too many interests at stake to allow the building of a Court House to be delayed now.

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Bunch- Farmers are slashing down the corn and working out the sorghum and they are about through with sowing fall wheat and rye.  Some have commenced plowing for spring use and grubbing out new land.

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We were called on by our worthy Superintendent, Jenkins, and we think of re-electing him to the same place, for we want a man who is a gentleman and one who will fill the office to the letter of the law.  We know Mr. Jenkins is the man and he spoke very encouragingly for a new school-house in district number two.      

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Col. Weaver spoke in this place and was very near stolen out.

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There are some bad boys in these parts who had better go slow on throwing rails across highways, shooting revolvers along roads and scaring small children by saying that they will shoot.  These boys call themselves young men.

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