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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1899
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR records a dramatic courtroom scene centered on a defendant named Givens. The text hints at a tense reception, contentious conduct, and a disputed prisoner's case presented by a lawyer. Names and specifics are obscured by garbled characters but the atmosphere signals a historic melodrama.
A dramatic escape occurred as a group inside Palotake Doothe Pak attempted an assault and fled through an Alppati Gas Wittures pagekead. Officers pursued through streets and cell basements, locking many doors and cornering suspects. Names such as John Meyrning Toewertog and John Vansesy rae FloStaith appear in the fragmented account, with a note that the first three moved toward Boone for horse stead.
Fragmentary report recounts an attempted assault on Mrs. Stephen Batth near Brantley with violent confrontation. It mentions a crowd of about one hundred men and a death in the woods amid confusing details.
A Bent on a Michigan Division line express No 03 delayed for a burial scene when a corpse was found loaded in the damaged car. Trainmen returned to Benton Harbor and resumed after transferring the casket. Poseyville reports Indiana water melon harvest 1500 to 2000 car loads. Poseyville and Decker dominate shipments with related centers named across Indiana and Illinois.
Tramps seized a passenger at a first station east of Hebden and forced him to move toward Springfields Massachusetts. They attacked Albert Sterpe, stripped him of valuables, and threw him from a moving train. Blane was injured as the robbers fled, but the victim survived and the robbers were later captured after a chase. one robber bore two bullet wounds.
Several thousand attend Fill cemetery services for Mattingly who died trying to save two girls from drowning. The girls receive Christian burial as his body is laid to rest near a monument funded by grateful locals and a charity drive to honor his heroism.
A memorial stone honors George Mattingly born May 25 who drowned on May 2 in Ise. It states grateful people erect the stone for a heroic death and to save others from peril.
A fragmentary OCR scene lists a mix of persons and places with scattered phrases about farming and savings. Names such as Bourke, Valpae Roat, William Hlnie, Greer, Presster, Granville, and Ward appear amid vague references to celery cabbage goats and a long walk.
The Miami county infirmary holds thirty five inmates with fifteen males including nine cripples five idiots two insane individuals and one epileptic. Oldest inmate is Matilda Warry aged ninety. Most unusual case is James Twing who has not spoken or walked in forty years and has lived in a straw box since childhood after heat prostration in his father’s wheat field.
A civil dispute from Decatur township involves Javed N rivand against Anthony Tarmon. The suit concerns an oak tree used for farms and a fence, with claims for damages and timber value. Costs from Justice Wells court shifted to the Superior Court, with ongoing tax disputes and expected higher costs in the upper court.
Ernst denounced Rev Tessmer former pastor here in a Lawrenceburg special during a Sunday Kiev sermon. Tessmer, a Cincinnati saloon keeper, claimed the preacher was not in earnest and boasted of making money. Meanwhile Howard county cites a record harvest and Brice Fellows aged sixty five died suddenly while reeling a house at Kokomo.
Rebels remain defiant amid San Fernando defeats and Cavite fighting. American columns report stubborn resistance, with scattered rebel bands hundreds strong in towns from the Take to the bay. Food shortages grow as Aguinaldo’s ports stay open and shipments reach rebel-held points despite patrols.
The fragmentary report mentions General Wheeler arriving with Union forces in a San Francisco theater of action. It references infantry and a notable clash or maneuver that affected a river or raft incident and a partisan encounter.
A damaged field dispatch describes an attack on two companies of a regiment by insurgents. Lieutenant Al Tafantres is named among the wounded, with scant details on location and outcome.
The Monday afternoon blaze destroyed fourteen blocks in Victor, Cripple Creek district. Most buildings were wooden and the loss ranges from 1 690 to 2 500 thousand dollars with insurance up to 50 thousand. The Gold Coin mine shaft houses suffered the heaviest damage, and all papers were burned yet publication plans resume. Victor, with 12 000 people, expects rapid rebuilding.
London dispatch quotes Admiral Dewey from Naples noting Cavite decisive in the war and praising Spanish ships. He says Philippines can govern themselves, urges peaceful settlement, and favors early concession of self government to avoid further insurrection. He envisions a period of law and prosperity after transition.
Bryan leads Democratic convention with platform positions on silver and trusts while Populists and Silver Republicans meet in Omaha to endorse national stances. Delegates nominate Madison Ackerman and J. L. Peetus for state university regents as opposition parties coalesce around reform themes.
A special anti Goebel slate declares the Louisville nominees not Democrats and calls for laws to bar nominees guilty of money use or fraud. It endorses Chicago 1885 platform and Bryan for president, denounces Goebel election law, seeks price regulation, abolishment of the China book bill, and condemns McKinley for trusts.
The War Department seeks rapid mobilization sending ten new regiments to reinforce Gen Otis in the Philippines. Regiments thirty eight to forty seven will form in camps from Missouri to Massachusetts with all arms tents and rations prepared. Colonel and lieutenant colonel appointments are listed for the new units and recruitment focuses on New England and central western states.
The Brotherhood Company organized in Columbus and Toledo leaders including Mayor Jones and J A Johnson plans a nation wide cooperative scheme with insured small stock sales. It aims to build cooperative cities and farming colonies with education programs and Lake Erie shore colony as initial project backed by Toledo supporters.
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