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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
8
A stern critique portrays a forged logic corrupting conscience and truth. The text accuses a forger of brutality against good sense, using a supple agile rhetoric at the service of evil to stab truth in the dark.
The text notes increasing cases of kyphosis bicyclistarum becoming chronic and impairing mental faculties and spine. It asserts total abstinence as the cure and suggests sleeping on a board without a pillow to lessen effects.
The text notes Preston statistics and dwindling pension recipients despite more claimants. It mentions more than 60 pensions died from vicious causes during the last seal year and a decreasing pensioner total nationwide across all wars, with unclear figures due to garbled OCR.
A Pacific tidal wave devastated a remote island coast, sweeping inland for miles and leveling towns. Initial death toll estimates run around 30,000 but may be unreliable. vast destruction leaves desert sands and debris, with no confirmed American losses reported.
Mrs Tueresia Hantaasx and her nine daughters aged three to adult arrive at Castle Garden from Selkersh Austria en route to Dubuque. The immigration commissioner, overwhelmed, finally greets them with a respectful welcome to America. The arrival provokes mixed views about the colony’s access to female newcomers.
A stranger on State Street reports weeping faces of doom until a crowd exits a building and a cloud of ammonia vapors fills the area. Officials explain a burst ammonia pipe under the sidewalk sent the fumes through the WHuvia found building, ending the stranger's belief in Chicago piety.
Agricultural Department warns farmers of the tumbling mustard weed with a Canadian record that may devastate grasses if left to grow two years. The pest, found in timothy seed from the Sioux Valley South Dakota, could overrun all other weeds and grasses on affected farms.
A Catharsi4 dairyman struggled to manage a herd as his cows caused ongoing difficulties. Local reports note persistent challenges in milking, health, and stable conditions affecting the farm operations.
A dairyman sets up an electric light at 2 a.m. to fool barnyard animals into thinking sunrise has come. Cows horses cats dogs and geese respond as if dawn. The trick ensures early milking so city folks get fresh milk for breakfast despite the animals’ rest.
The essay mocks John D. Rockefeller's philanthropy, contrasting vast crude oil output with generous acts. It portrays Rockefeller as a devout Christian whose largesse funds colleges and homes for the needy, then questions whether his generosity is genuine or self serving. The piece also cites a nameless New York millionaire who gives to the poor only to feel virtuous.
A long sermon by Dr. Talmage at Washington on Luke 24 29 urges reliance on Jesus in approaching sorrow and death. It warns against dwelling on death while urging readiness, describes aging, illness and loss, and uses the metaphor of evening to depict life winding down with faith as anchor and refuge.
A Hartford Courant piece extols the peanut as nutritious and digestible, noting medical authorities and hygiene advocates bolster its acceptance. It cites Dr. Brewer and references the Journal of Hygiene and the New York Medical Times, arguing peanuts aid digestion and can replace cod liver oil in some contexts. The essay lauds peanuts as wholesome and to be enjoyed in casual and refined settings alike.
An Englishman in New York asks why flags fly at half mast. A veteran with a Grand Army of the Republic sleeve answers solemnly that a million men are dead today.
The passage notes women in Holland and Belgium using refined borax to whiten linen and laces. Described as a neutral salt, it is claimed to be safer and more effective than many soaps or washing fluids.
In a humorous exchange a telephone sues over breach of promise and wins via the telephone girl. A political quip favors Brskoxski as candidate while a misheard campaign yell prompts laughs. A dignified old gentleman claims Kentuckian status before a judge joking about an old friend named John Barleycorn.
The Anaconda Onion Society in Anaconda Montana held its first feast with success. A long table displayed a central onion and a diverse array of meats bread fruit and cheese. Members wore onion boutonnieres while the hall carried a motto Onion is strength and observers praised Montana onions.
A Harper’s Round Table essay advises calm self confidence. It says to forget self consciousness and project warmth by entertaining others, noting tall or awkward builds need not deter social ease and suggesting active kindness to strangers.
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