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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
2
A patchwork column notes a Supreme Court case on a car issue and hints at precedents. It jests about Lord Curzon’s salary, Armenian safety, leap year marriages, a German doctor’s warning on appendicitis, airship stock optimism, and a repeat Alpha Omega fraternity. It mocks criminals, foreign Christians, and crisscrosses news from St Louis to Passaic while referencing Kruger.
Minnesota farmers facing potential crop loss call for harvest hands. The note warns of desperate action from those seeking rewards, urging hunters and fishers in the woods to steer clear and stay safe.
A fragmentary note reveals that officials used paper pads and a table of electoral votes to observe formalities. The text hints at the conduct by politicians and the ceremonial aspects surrounding the process.
Raispatch from Tientsin notes a pint of Russian decor priced at two rubles about a dollar. Dispatches from the war zone, or nearby, are described as very unsatisfactory with no mention of condiments or accompaniments.
Readers collect clipped fashion notes at Newport, cutting from the newspapers to paste into scrapbooks. The fashion makers themselves do not perform the clipping.
A historic assertion states lawyers owe primary duties to the court and the public over client interests. It warns that without this specialization lawyers become a dangerous class in society, risking public harm and bias.
The Young Men's Christian Association favors the hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers as it operates portable buildings on cars in newly established lumber camps across Mississippi. The movable facilities accompany thousands of workers as the association expands its presence through the forested regions.
A large round sandstone specimen called the Vraitor's Stone of Rome is kept in England. It resembles a millstone with small openings that hint at a human face. Historically traitors placed their hands in its mouth. if the stone bit their fingers, they were deemed guilty.
A medical student uses a stethoscope as a makeshift microphone to capture a child's stomach sounds for a photograph. The device produced clear imaging of digestion while the boy watched with interest. In a separate note, Dr. Ames, former mayor of Minneapolis, convicted of bribery and awaiting appeal, is described as a brazen grafter who now seeks Congress, showing striking nerve.
Addison Steele in Brooklyn Life praises the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, saying after a week of touring it exceeds expectations and is finished despite rumors. He notes it as the biggest and best it was meant to be and far beyond initial hopes.
The New York Sun argues Plehve’s murder bears responsibility for Kishinev massacres and forewarns that without his influence de Witte would have stayed finance minister, pursued fiscal and industrial plans, and kept Russia from joining Japan in the Asia conflict.
A veteran West Virginian recalls being 14 at statehood and noting the admission of Michigan Florida Texas Iowa Wisconsin California Minnesota Oregon Kansas West Virginia Nevada Nebraska Colorado North Dakota South Dakota Montana Washington Idaho Wyoming Utah. He has seen thirty-two states admitted in total and witnessed twenty-one admissions since then.
Carnegie declares he will never pay tips again arguing the attendant’s extra service deserves no gratuity. He notes even if attendants are paid wages, gratitude and comfort from voluntary extra effort should not require tipping.
The Fark Row building in New York is described as the tallest inhabited structure. It spans 15,000 square feet on the ground, rises 20 stories, with 336 feet to the cornice and 590 feet to the towers. Foundations extend 75 feet below curb, totaling 552 feet to the flagstaff top.
A major exhibit demonstrates the growing importance of the automobile under the Automobile Association. The display marks a milestone as the first large scale showcase of its kind at the St Louis exposition, highlighting increasing public interest in the machine.
Fatally Hooked by a Cow in Vincennes claims 11 year old Robert Gibbons as the victim. A near Abington farmer shoots his brother thinking him a chicken thief. The Broken Lyre tale links George Filbert of Ligon and Lucy Work of Boonville. their twenty year engaged romance ends with a wedding in Linton.
City health authorities of Goshen decide to establish a pesthouse as the sole method for treating smallpox, outlining its role in containment and care.
George Poole and Harden Baker, both farmers near Paragon, fished in White River at Freedom and hauled a seventy pound catfish weighing on the line.
Hughey Bray, an employee of the night gang at the Wabash paper mill, fell from a ladder while making repairs and died three hours later from a broken neck.
The Indiana Association of Spiritualists reports it has cleared all old debts on its Chester field camp and now holds property valued at not less than 50 690 dollars.
The peach business along the Big Four lines near Vincennes is at its height and if the present rate of shipping continues this year’s business will be three times as large as last season.
The Newcastle council votes to offer a $300 reward for the arrest and conviction of the killer of Mrs William Starbuck and her baby. The pair were found in an abandoned well at their home on the night of July 9.
Clara Redhouse a young Laporte girl is stated by MEK physicians to be hopelessly insane after the Iroquois Theater disaster. She is described as seeing funerals pass by continually and her reason is dethroned.
Edith Long Chong of Newcastle was severely injured by a rat that gnawed her toes and bit a hole in the flesh of her foot. She is described as the first Chinese baby born in Hoosierdam.
Congressman Fred Landis has volunteered to judge the Labor Day baby show in Logansport. Fifty babies from Cass Carroll Howard and Miami counties enter the event, with eligibility limited to children not over two years old.
Blanche Gappins of Kokomo leaves for Alvin Cataline Ireland to wed John C Wesse once of Marion now a successful restaurant proprietor on the island. Wesse has grown wealthy since going to Ireland.
In Hagerstown a 20 year old Miss Zyphia Snider brought a breach of promise suit against Lewis Himes before a Dunkards Church court. Rev Lewis Teeter served as judge and ruled in her favor.
Police were called to free a Kokomo couple after marriage as friends seized Pearl Mc Reynolds and Roxy Galbreath, handcuffed them together, and paraded them through town on a spring wagon drawn by young men.
Roy Kentley a 17 year old factory worker died after drowning in benzine in an Evansville furniture plant oil room. He was sent to fetch a can of benzine, did not return, and was found face downward beside the benzine tank with oil still running and covering his mouth and nose.
The statement notes William Waldorf Astor’s daughter has her own funds and will be able to hire a kept girl, avoiding the need for lawn mowing by the family.
Mrs. Magmie Lorton withdraws a 5000 dollar damage suit and a divorce suit against Charles McDorman a retired farmer of Newcastle. A reconciliation between the couple follows a claim that McDorman kissed her six times.
Indiana’s canning industry employs about 30,000 people including packers and farmers. A major Indianapolis firm estimates one million cases of tomatoes and 759,000 cases of corn will be packed this year, yielding roughly two and a half million dollars for tomatoes and seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for peas.
The contractor claims no swearing, tobacco or liquor were used by workers during the long building period. Placards with two commandments adorn the site, reflecting a devout atmosphere requested by the pastor. A final touch is awaited to make operations one of sweetness and light.
A large crowd gathered in the public square as a Sullivan band played a popular waltz. Brinton Creager drew a pistol and fatally shot his wife, the bullet entering her heart and causing instant death. Domestic infidelity is cited as the motive.
Three hundred twenty acres of land in the Miami Indian reservation were sold at sheriff s sale in Fort Wayne for 14000 dollars. The purchaser acquired the large brick residence of the late James Godfrey a prince of the Miami tribe and the last full blooded descendant of Chief Francis Godfrey who led the Miami Indians in battles near Fort Wayne.
Post-mortem on 24 year old William Kress in Roanoke uncovered ten 32 caliber cartridges in the stomach along with four carpet tacks and a needle. A Boll & Week AHO TE Necarentine jet peeled bananas, eyes and peanuts with shells on.
Forty eight Indiana lodges with about 000 members plan a three day state meeting in Anderson starting August 30. The event is billed as one of the most auspicious in Indiana.
Local physicians urge residents to boil water before use after reports that water from Muncie water works mains contains animal matter salt and oil. The advisory cautions against drinking tap water until further notice and emphasizes boiling as a precaution.
In Indiana a man named Denny was found bound and gagged with severe cuts on his body. He alleged two Black men tied him with ropes, robbed him, and cut him with a razor.
The passage shows Hon. David Bennett Hill walking with Judge Parker. A narrator asks if Cleveland may disrupt Hill's plans, and Hill replies with confusion about who Grover Cleveland is. The scene ends with the entourage avoiding a direct answer.
The excerpt notes the son of Todd is rising in politics with newspapers taking interest while others denounce him, signaling a contested public profile and growing attention from media and opponents.
Friarpoint Mississippi August 22 special report Rev H H Hatch says he suffered 26 years from bladder and kidney trouble. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his pain and restoring health. He claims the pills cure backache and Bright's Disease in all stages.
In a Stockyards moment a wealthy packer's son quips about fortunes from bristles while someone remarks you cannot make a purse from a pig's ear. The exchange highlights clever saloon talk about business wit and wealth near the stockyards.
Miss Quickstep debates the author of the proverb you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Mr Sorrestep recalls hearing it often yet cannot think of the maker. Graciously she urges him to try to remember.
Mrs Ferguson asks George what chop suey is made of prompting his evasive answer about a mixture of several things. The couple comment on the room’s odd ornamentation as they dine, highlighting a quirky scene at a restaurant outing.
In a tranquil scene on a Newer Summer Time day Marmaduke confesses his love to Millicent under the moon and forest hush while the Board of Health inspector enforces antiseptic kiss rules, and Millicent’s gray eyes hold the moment.
A Denver physician credited a diet of Grape-Nuts with reversing a four year old boy’s stomach liver and kidney issues after sugar was banned. The cereal’s natural sweetness reportedly aided recovery, with the family noting rapid improvement and ongoing use. The ad notes Post Sugar as the sweetener and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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