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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1896
Page
2
New Orleans paper tallies two decades of Southern change with a 34 percent population rise and 130 percent jump in school enrollment. School property value climbs from 16 million to 51 million, and one fourth of 320 million educational spending benefits colored pupils. Florida tops the region in enrollment and schooling days.
The piece argues a 1380 ton steel gun would cost vast sums per shot and become useless after sixty rounds, yet questions whether fear and catastrophe would deter governments from employing such weapons, suggesting nations would pursue other means to achieve aims.
A Butte antiquarian questions Prof Roentgen and claims Chinese knowledge of cathode rays centuries ago. The piece argues older theories and asserts Roentgen may have made a real finding amid claims of ancient science and progress since ancient times.
In Walnut Shades Missouri a tale of whisky from unknown barrels disrupts a quiet night. Charley Smith discovers three whisky barrels and shares the find with friends, leading to widespread drinking and a rambunctious chase as authorities intervene.
The New York Supreme Court upholds the lower court ruling granting A. B. Laidlaw 340000 in damages. Laidlaw, injured when his employer Russell Sage allegedly used him as a shield against a dynamite blast directed by Norcross, follows a complex civil action.
The proceedings reveal Sage acts with little gratitude or remorse, crippling Laidlaw for life with his actions. Laidlaw likely saved his employer by taking the wound meant for Sage, while Sage resists pay through costly litigation and last-resort appeals, enduring abuse from sympathetic attorneys. Justice prevails against wealth.
From 1887 to 1883 per capita malt beverage use rose from 631 grallons to 10.08 gallons, while distilled spirits reached 12 gallons per person. The piece notes a temperance rise over seventeen years, warns of coffee intake doubling, and shows tea and sugar consumption changing, with skeptical figures on accuracy.
Hoe describes whitewashing a grocery store cellar for Mistah Simpson. He recounts being paid 2 days at a dollar and a quarter, realizing he was shorted a quarter, and reflects on being cheated by the transaction. He notes his work saved his coat from wear and laments misdealings by others.
Frank D. Prindle and W. J. Page ask the city council for permission to erect poles and string wires for a city wide parcel carrying system. Small waterproof cans ride the wires, propelled by electricity and controlled from a central station. Parcels move from central or sub stations to city quarters, with station masters and bicycle carriers delivering to recipients. The seven year experiment is patented.
Dr. Talmage’s April sermon at Washington drew lessons from Joseph’s life. He argued that Christian character commands respect, persecution elevates the righteous, and that hidden sins are exposed while God unites events into a grand divine plan. He urged prudent foresight, storing wealth in heaven, and generous spiritual investing for lasting value.
Harper's Round Table surveys tiny polities: Tavolara a 55‑person island with a six‑member congress. Goust a 7380‑strong republic on a Pyrenean mountain top. Franceville an 85‑mile island colony turned republic with a mixed electorate. and the Qualla Reserve, home to about 1,000 Cherokee, with a four‑year presidency and a cabinet of three secretaries.
A Chicago Post recounts a dusk encounter where a practical joker and an inoffensive citizen cross paths. A hat tipping leads to a brief, comical scuffle with a mistaken identity revealed, ending in laughter and the joker conceding it was a joke. It notes the Princess of Wales keeping a rigid bonneted posture during travel.
New York World notes Pope Leo XII is eighty six on March 2 and in good health. It recalls a 60 year old prophecy about his life and surveys ages of Papal successors. It cites one centenarian among 257 popes and four nonogenarians, with many living to eighty and many dying between sixty five and seventy nine.
Louisa May Alcott writes five letters to girls during her busiest years. In the April Ladies' Home Journal she shares frank views on herself, her work, home, beliefs, and the influence guiding her literature. The first letter dates 1872, with others penned until near her death.
A report in the House of Commons lobby suggests the government will seek an increased annual allowance for the Prince of Wales and his family. The proposal cites added costs from the Duke of York’s establishment, current annuities totaling 87 000 pounds, Duchy of Cornwall revenues, and a separate 10 000 pounds widow’s provision for the Princess. The combined annual income for the Prince and Princess would rise toward 1 1 5 and about 723 670 dollars, including existing settlements and future increases.
Westminster Gazette notes M Rochefort’s temperance push elevating absinthe use in France. It contrasts women drinking it neat with dangerous effects, cites losses among writers like Alfred de Musset and Andre Gill, and reports a high density of absinthe sellers, one per three houses.
Dr Dana Files Objections in a Boston transcript mocks spring as it wheezes with rheumatism and ruin. Critics the season, noting coroner processions and muffled poetry while praising Colonel Waring's angels amid winter mud and late snow.
Chaplain Fred Rodgier leads a new movement to form the American Rescue Army in New York. The plan aims to exert religious influence while providing food shelter and work as needed with an initial fund of 10 000 dollars to build an effective organization.
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