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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
1
A whimsical tale recounts Santa Claus building a self- launched aeroplane to deliver gifts. A catastrophic wobble blinds him as presents scatter over chimneys and good as well as naughty children face the festive fallout. The curb appeal ends with a cheeky note about sale of the aeroplane.
In a Singing River camp, Big Dan and Joe Burke return from a snowstorm with gifts and a decorated hall. Santa Claus, staged by Rocky Mountain men, arrives through a roof hole, while orphans Freddy and Elsie marvel at dolls and toys. Cousin Miller arrives after a storm to claim the children, and Mr. Miller stays two weeks as the group escorts the siblings home along Red Bird Mountain.
Eugene Newman known as General grows up in Number Five School town. He quietly saves bank money to fund a Christmas tree for the day school and buys presents for siblings and friends, while his mother resists and public opinions clash. The anticipation builds as the secret preparations unfold.
A school Christmas event ends with students receiving small bundles that secretly hold promissory notes instead of gifts. Eugene Newman explains the notes promise to pay with wooden tops and a mom shocked at the revelation, transforming the scene into a lesson about generosity.
The House last session before the holiday recess was brief, approving the bill to defray the expenses of the coal strike commission. No other business was transacted. Adjournment was set for Monday January 5, 1903.
Corydon Indiana special. While attempting to board a moving train Emery Cotes was thrown to the ground and his neck broken. He was 19 years old, single, from Clark County Indiana.
Two violent shocks rattled San Jose Costa Rica at 4 o clock Thursday morning sparking widespread alarm. Several aftershocks followed at intervals but with diminishing severity and no deaths or injuries reported.
Great Britain and Germany seek American views as a war blockade of six Venezuelan ports is recognized by the United States. President Castro authorizes Minister Bowen to settle disputes, with possible Washington conference planned. Germany and Britain show caution on arbitration while Dewey ships head to Trinidad and a Venezuelan schooner is captured by the Falke.
Four masked burglars planned to blow the White River Bank in Loogootee Indiana with nitroglycerin after looting a hardware store and binding Catterson Bros. at their restaurant. They wounded John Catterson and escaped with more than $30, a $50, and a gold watch. a posse scattered them, no arrests yet.
Indianapolis report states John Woods a colored janitor was crushed to death Friday at 6 30 by an elevator on the sixth floor of the Ma jestic building. No witness. Pearson offers that Woods pulled the cable to avoid stairs and died when the elevator moved and he could not enter the cage.
An earthquake in Andijan, Russian Central Asia, Tuesday killed three officials, two soldiers, and 150 natives, most of them children. It injured 300 natives and seventeen soldiers and destroyed 9,000 native houses and 130 Russian homes.
The Indiana State Board of Education has ordered a thorough revision of text books used in state schools after a full day of discussion. Publishers must remodel the Indiana readers, Cook-Cropsey arithmetic, Frye geographies, and New Era copy books within a year with no extra cost to pupils. Prices for each book type are fixed by law. revisions must not raise costs and former contracts may be retained if revised without added charges.
Charles F. Griffin died at his home in Brammond after a period of illness including cerebral meningitis. He had spoken during the last campaign, was a thirty third degree Mason, and funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church with fraternal brethren in charge. Interment followed at Crown Point.
Eli Hyman a Jew who begged for admission to the Toronto general hospital died. An inspection of his clothing found scrip worth 31000 and papers indicating a likely fortune of about 100000. He slept in sheds for twenty years, selling papers and begging. He leaves a wife and a daughter, believed to be in San Francisco.
An earthquake Tuesday devastated Andijan in Ferghana government causing unknown fatalities and potential famine. Shocks reached New Marghelan and nearby villages. a long railway section was wrecked. Food and clothing are being sent to Andijan, 73 miles from Hokand. Population about 30,000.
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