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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1897
Page
6
A northern Illinois Methodist convention heard a ministerial report blaming waning religiosity on the growth of the creamery industry. He warned diphtheria spreads via school pens and pencils, proposing students keep their own supplies instead of shared ones.
Reported this year Indiarancis shows rs 672 licenses issued up 155 percent year over year. The note cites street fines and related municipal adjustments as factors driving the rise.
Fragmentary OCR text references a case or event involving a proprietor and accusation, mentioning New York and a court or commission. Details are garbled. key names, dates, and actions are unreadable.
Workers deliver around six hours daily, shifting to stressed routes as deliveries slow. Farmers protest government actions. countless crates and groceries face delays amid ongoing disruption across the county.
The article reports strong public sentiment over alleged slave trade conditions and calls for action. Governor Atkinson is described as earnest, while officials remain largely indifferent, with debate over how far to pursue remedies.
An Indianapolis press report details Indiana thread consumption at about 2 000 000 dozen per year valued near 1 000 000 dollars. Indianapolis alone buys 450 000 dozen worth about 200 600 dollars across jab houses and consumers. There are 850 thread selling businesses in the city including 750 groceries and 150 dry goods and nation stores. Prices have fallen from 85 to 45 cents per dozen spools due to machinery improvements.
Dr. Nansen, famed Arctic explorer, visited Chicago for a lecture and received a grand Norwegian reception. He reached 84 degrees latitude in April 1893 during the Fram journey, coming within 260 miles of the pole, surpassing the previous record held by Lockwood and Brainard of the Greeley expedition at 82 degrees.
The Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia reports a flood of orders over the last two weeks from various foreign buyers including Russia. The company plans a substantial expenditure to fulfill these orders, marking the largest single set of overseas requests the firm has received at one time.
The article notes a shift in flour supply with American flour appearing more in inland shows and ports. It highlights fears from ancient treaties, rising import tensions, and changing exchange between local bakers and foreign markets in Tiend-Tsin and Astertean Weer.
The text cites historic gold and silver production figures, noting world gold output in early decades around 872000 yearly units and 11,250,000 for a set period. It lists silver production figures reaching 27,763,000 ounces and 161,000,000 units in later years, with discussions of monetary value and the relative growth of silver versus gold during the 1870s onward.
Report outlines rumors of gold in Oklahoma’s Wichita mountains. Prospectors seek twenty men to move in before year end, claiming Indians resist access and Congress may open the land to settlement. Government denial cites no confirmed gold findings.
A sermon urges religious editors to use the printing press for truth and mercy, warning that both secular and religious journalism will face judgment for every word and every published line. It emphasizes uniting denominations, aiding the needy, and advancing Christian charity while cautions against acrimony and sensationalism.
A sunny February day in Chinatown San Francisco fills with festive color lanterns and dragon flags. Residents and visitors celebrate the Chinese New Year with joyful greetings and colorful attire, noting the long tradition and view of outsiders as barbarians.
A young man hides letters from his lover inside his employer father's overcoat. The daughter pins a note to the coat then the father finds it and returns it, allowing the couple to exchange replies. Their clever scheme triumphs, proving love finds a way.
Hong Kong dispatch reports brutal Spanish torture in Manila to force confessions. Powers consider protest as drownings, thumbscrews, nails, and crucifixion-like bindings are described, with executions in public parks and widespread atrocity claims.
A group of young Americans travel across Scotland in a large prairie schooner draped with the stars and stripes bearing the name The Raiders after Kett's novel. They show a delightfully independent spirit free from hotels and railroads.
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