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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
4
The Statesman's Yearbook reports Cuba's 1894 population at 1,531,696 with 35 percent full blood Negroes. Secretary of the Board of Trade in Havana notes similar figures, though no accurate census exists. Before the war about 600,000 were Black, 800,000 mixed race, and 200,000 pure Spaniards.
The combined gold holdings of banks and the Treasury total about 400 million dollars, excluding gold certificates. In February banks held 222 million dollars. Some authorities say this stock, plus state and private bank gold, could prevent a suspension of specie payments even if war occurred.
The appellate court held that a municipality cannot sell or barter the use of public streets and no one accepting such a right may claim legal reparation for loss. Henry Bielfield had a wagon scale built in Tell City, torn up by the city marshal, with Perry Circuit Court awarding abutement. The ruling is reversed.
The text argues that inventions reduce labor but create new processes needing more skilled work. It cautions against primitive simplicity and believes luxuries drive demand. Education prepares workers for higher occupations and helps them adapt to modern industrial conditions.
Municipal use of concrete as a sewer substrate spreads beyond brick systems. Reading Pennsylvania led in adopting the method, reporting about 23 percent cost savings and smoother walls that reduce leakage and maintenance. Chicago plans to follow as interest grows in durable, quicker sewer construction.
The article warns of a near term crisis as Spain faces a fragile government, rising Carlists, and cities teetering on revolt. It notes precarious control by the Gynasiv and a severe treasury strain while foreign aid and military planning struggle against a feared collapse. If civil war is avoided, Spain would be luckier than expected.
Prof. Wo OT Harcus discusses the shift from hand to machine labor. He notes that sewing, once done by thousands, now needs far fewer workers and asks what happens to displaced labor. The writer answers that workers move to new, higher forms of labor as progress creates new occupations.
Scarborough magistrates dismissed a charge of furious riding on South Sands after a rider knocked down a lady and broke her leg. The Queen's Bench Division held the magistrates should have convicted, noting the rider’s inexperience did not excuse dangerous conduct.
A Chinese loan of 80 million dollars to repay Japan’s war indemnity struggled in London though Berlin subscriptions surpassed expectations. The issue, for 45 years at 4 3 percent, was offered at 90 delivering 6 1 half percent to investors and is secured by maritime customs balances and revenues from Yangtse valley ports, with redemption via annual drawings.
Astronomers challenge the idea that Earth’s path is fixed in space noting slow but unceasing changes. The ecliptic’s position drifts among the stars, altering obliquity over thousands of years and making solar motion appear nonuniform in either declination or right ascension.
The Treasury reports a sharp rise in gold reserves with $174.7 million on March 31 up from $169.97 million fifteen days earlier. bullion deposits from mines fuel a widening gap as New York rates lure import demand despite war talk and London’s cheaper borrowing.
The Roby scene shows Chicago gamblers defying Judge Gillett with a big pool room adjoining the Roby race track as plans to evade the Seller's law and Turf Congress rules unfold. Indiana murders and a political prize pledge by William Jennings Bryan are noted alongside a sheriff sale threat on a New Albany church.
The remains of Pinto the famous baby elephant, a Gentry act, were given to Indiana University. With decomposition advancing, the body will be buried for a year or more to obtain a complete skeleton for the museum. Pinto, once a premier trick performer, broke a leg during transfer from a car and never recovered.
A landslide at Col Samuel Jones's farm buried the lynchers rendezvous spot 100 feet deep. The slide covered nearly four acres revealing iron and other ores that could yield a bonanza.
Judge Baker backs the plan as Hammond lawyers organize to file in federal court. The town of Hamilton near Butler reports a fatal house fire causing 25,000 in losses with 10,000 insured. Various local deaths and incidents appear: Rev Frank Morris set to succeed late Dr Curtis in Columbus NM OE Church, Charles Henry killed while attempting to steal a ride, Benjamin Barr died by suicide, Michael Myers dies of heart disease, Charles Reep dies near Crawfordsville, Marcus Jones missing with 200, Jacob Landes seeks divorce after leg loss.
A Springfield area woman is found dead with a crushed skull and bloodied bedding. her husband John Moore is jailed on circumstantial evidence as officials call it a murder by an unknown assailant. Other briefs note Liarman’s escape from an asylum, anti trust fights, local deaths, marriages, and crimes across Indiana towns.
Anderson hotel guests H. H. Conrad and H. Strangefield of Chicago sat in the lobby when a man calling himself John Werner a Wisconsin deputy federal marshal drew revolvers and shouted. The two men seized their coats and escaped by different passages, Werner claiming a month long chase for alleged Wisconsin fraud. Their location is unknown.
A collage of verse and prose passages presents a war era stance. A drum summons Freemen to join, debating war's costs and the nation’s duty, followed by a short vignette about a once-promising poet who became a wine agent after decline.
The Norwegian government has opened the world’s northernmost post office on Spitzbergen off Norway’s north coast. The sparsely populated island hosts few residents, but the office will aid summer excursionists.
A whimsical exchange features Shade of Shakespeare and Virgil debating Hamlet with Prof. Gumperworfer noted as a German critic. The dialogue hints at literary insight and a quest to understand Shakespearean intent.
The Foreign Minister declares a city has no better navy, stressing a first class fleet backs a diplomatist. Abdul Hamid concurs by quipping a battleship in hand is worth two ultimatums in the bush, via Puck.
A brief dialogue notes that followers of reincarnation view themselves as has-beens, suggesting a humorous or reflective tone about past lives and present identity as captured by Puck.
A brief advertisement asserts daily bowel movement benefits and general health, noting gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief from sick headache. The remedy is sold for 2 cents and 50 cents.
Reported blaze destroys H H Rouths furniture store in Salem with a $5000 loss. An advertisement notes Piso’s Cure for consumption from Mrs. C Beltz of Denver and mentions I O O F Canton No 32 instituted at Noblesville with related infant soothing syrups priced at 25 cents.
The ad proclaims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for fibroid tumors and related female ailments. It features a testimonial from Mrs. B A Lomparp of Westdale Mass who credits the product with curing her uterine fibroid after hospital treatment failed.
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