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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
4
The contract for printing United States postage stamps next year includes 2 726 759 525 2 cent stamps and 1 344 526 650 1 cent stamps. The smallest number of any one variety will be 4 420 50 stamps. These are used for postage upon newspapers mailed in bulk.
Political economists note seven European nations exceeding the population per cultivated acre standard. Belgium has 115 persons per 31 tilled acres, followed by England 115, Holland 93, Scotland 86, Italy 60, Germany 59, and Switzerland 58.
General Shafter, after reviewing Toral's defenses, estimated that storming Santiago could cost 5000 American lives. The remark implies a rule of three estimate for Havana assault casualties. The siege and starvation approach gains appeal as war sentiment turns more cautious.
Word reaches that New Mexico residents of Spanish descent fully back Spain. In a village visited by recruiters the population displayed the Spanish flag and denounced the United States. Many there cannot speak English and resist learning it, while nine tenths of the territorial lower house reportedly do not speak English.
An commentator notes Congress appropriated 40000 to reunite a group of Indians for war and green corn dances at the Omaha exposition and suggests a special session there would reveal what they call wasteful spending.
Early July revenue data show war tax receipts averaging 1.8 million daily over the first fifteen business days, suggesting annualized revenue near 550 million. Legislators predicted 150 million, yet actual figures imply continued growth and higher net burden, with debate over who bears the cost and convenience of the tax.
A garbled report compares U S naval power to Germany and France, noting five crackerjack ships soon to enter service. Mentions the Rearsarge, Alabama, Wisconsin, and Oregon class vessels as companion ships, with scattered names and partial phrases about readiness and training.
Report hails the steadfast defense by Spanish officers keeping men at the guns under fire while American officers Schley and others cheer their gunners. The account frames this as a strong testimonial to U S naval valor and trust aboard ships.
In the Forum for July Mr L QO Howard of the Department of Agriculture calls for a national quarantine and inspection system at American ports to stop insect pests. He cites San Jose scale ravages and notes some foreign governments have already acted and others plan to. The fruit industry’s stakes and Germany’s exclusion of US imports are discussed as cautious measures.
The Attorney General ruled that personal property taxes on 80,000 bushels of corn owned by Adams Earl at his death must be taxed where the administrator resides. Judge C. B. Stuart administers in Tippecanoe, Benton county officials sought Benton taxes, but the AG upheld Stuart’s Benton tax claim, causing Benton to lose potential tax revenue.
A veteran naval official doubted Dewey could sink or burn the Spanish fleet without any American deaths. He notes the pattern in Manila Manzanillo and Nipe engagements where American ships wrecked twelve enemy transports and gunboats with heavy enemy losses, while Americans suffered none in those battles.
The Atlanta Board of Education votes to teach Spanish II in the city’s public high school for boys. The move aims to boost trade with Central and South America, encourage commercial ties, and prepare youths for future expansion of U S business interests in former Spanish colonies. The decision reflects progressive views aligning education with national commerce goals.
Beginning May 3 the American navy defeated Spanish forces at Manila Santiago and Havana. Ships destroyed include Reina Cristina Castilla Don Antonio de Ulloa Tile de Luzon Isie de Cuba General Lezo Marques del Duero El Cano Velasco Isle de Mindanao and an unnamed transport at Manila. At Santiago armored cruisers Vizcaya Cristobal Colon Oquendo Maria Teresa and torpedo boats Furor Pluton were destroyed. Alphonse Ast cruiser was sunk at Havana. Terror disabled at San Juan. Reina Mercedes sunk in Santiago channel. The Baltimore suffered one gun disabled. The fleet emerged durable with all 13 inch guns and machinery intact, proving naval power and morale for commerce and prosperity.
A sermon by Dr. Talmage treats Jesus writing in the ground as a symbol of mercy and judgment. He argues hypocrisy deserves rebuke while forgiveness redeems, contrasting dusty libraries with dust written by Christ and urging church and society to equalize treatment of men and women.
New England bicycle dealers use a floorless mouse cage with two mice and a bicycle to draw crowds. The daily display in Connecticut and Massachusetts show windows is described as original and striking, a clever advertising stunt from the region.
A reflective guide urges acceptance of aging and resistance to change. It warns against embracing youth, pursuing new studies, or reforming one’s habits. The piece promotes lingering vanity, fear of improvement, and constant worry as signs of growing old.
A remark quoted in the Cleveland Leader has a woman wishing to be a man and confessing what she would not do. She vows not to sit idle when alone with a girl, implying a claim of agency and critique of gender expectations.
In a tense street scene a man named Archie appears to be dead to his companion during a heated moment. She begs him to speak while kissing him, and he mutters that he is dead as long as the moment lasts, revealing a playful dramatic tension.
In spring 1865 at Barnet a crowd traps Maj. Moses with a treasure car carry ing gold to Augusta after Lee’s surrender. A hungry rebel officer persuades the mob to spare the gold, and a Union boy offers aid while the officer contemplates homeward with Nellie amid ash and loss.
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