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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
4
An intoxicated woman at a large Indianapolis meat market fell into a render lard vat. Police fined her one dollar and costs, deeming the act intoxication. The market proprietor received no compensation. Separate cables report Weiner of Cuba banqueted by Palma residents amid noted tensions.
The readable text indicates an OCR fragment about a senate topic with names and places only partially legible. It mentions meetings and possible actions but lacks clear dates or outcomes.
The report outlines bank liquidations during the year with seventy banks closed and total capital stock around $4.42 billion across regions. It notes $13.2 million paid to creditors as dividends and highlights cumulative dividends since 1863 totaling $73.98 million through 1897, with 17 additional dividends ordered totaling about $625,000.
The passage suggests prudence for growers to back established machinery unless offered compelling purchase terms and guarantees. It hints at possible sales strategies to move a new machine and to provide employment for enterprising salesmen, framing the tool as varied in the spring campaign.
The article projects wheat exports from the 1897 crop to exceed all but the 1882 and 1893 peaks, with estimates of 200,000,000 bushels to foreign ports and potential 206,000,000 dollars in gold inflow to the United States amid growing European hunger for grain. It notes strong trade from Southern Russia, the Argentine, and India and predicts continued reliance on distant sources for supply.
Enigmatic authorities discuss the high cost of convicting and deleting assets, citing a possible appellate expense of 400000 dollars and noting massive budget implications for social services. The garbled text suggests funding choices impact breadlines and social stability.
A new twine binder set for the 98 season will carry the sheaf through the drive wheel and dump grain without the usual ceremonies. The machine’s theory is to ease packing by allowing everything to be pressed down more directly.
The sermon draws on Judges fourteen to urge giants of health and strength to devote body and mind to noble aims. It contrasts Samson’s prowess with his misused power and calls on robust people to serve God, defend the弱, and answer for their physical gifts at judgment.
A preacher contrasts the idea of rewarding faithfulness with Robert Pollock’s waning health after writing The Course of Time. The sermon likens spiritual echoes to a child’s simple acts, then muses on strength and illness while invoking Pollock and archaic verse to illuminate mortality.
The Chicago Record reports workers unearthed a fossilized frog said to be 20 000 to 40 000 years old after a tunnel blast near North Avenue and Kedzie Avenue. Superintendent Melatuchin had the creature revived in water. Ossian Guibrie plans to inspect the find at Taumboldt Park for verification.
The Senate and House proceedings feature pension policy debates and adjournments. Senator Gallinger seeks to bar widows’ pensions for marriages after the bill’s passage while Pritchard proposes lower taxes on distilled spirits in bond. The House met briefly and adjourned after notices to fast track bills and hearings on pension appropriations.
A homemaking piece outlines methods to revive spotted or faded gowns using ivy leaf decoction to sponge and dry fabrics black silk and lace, plus mildew removal with lemon soap starch paste and night bleaching. It cautions on careful handling, especially for silk and lace. It also notes a lime and soda boil bath for stubborn stains and emphasizes not overexposing fabric to solution.
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