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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reports Faure death at work signing a decree and rising disorder as Patal Sammons rumor spreads in Vartonus Polnate France. Mentions President Lotoagpepear, Voor met, and family tensions as public unrest grows and officials grapple with the state of affairs.
Special to Ghate-Democrat from Louisville recounts a plot tied to a woman accused of infidelity and a fatal quarrel. A group of incendiaries set fire near Bethlehem on the Minnesota River, killing a horse and endangering a family including three small children. Authorities delayed arrest amid tensions in Teet township as residents feared retaliation.
Special correspondence notes citizens in the port area felt a severe shock with tremors heard or seen across the town. Postmaster reports no damages. celebrations and church bells rang in the aftermath as observers described trembling structures and anxious crowds.
A garbled report from Kokomo describes a failed jail break with mentions of a gang and an attempted escape. The fragment references a mother, a gang member, and an afternoon incident at the jail amid prisoners and rain.
Carlen Brooner twenty was shot and seriously wounded by Claude Sanders after warning him away from his sister. Sanders took the girl home and met Brooner at town edge. Brooner struck Sanders with a large club and Sanders, down, stabbed Brooner in the abdomen before escaping. Brooner died soon after.
At a society meeting led by J. B. Shuyster Saturday night forty two people crowded a room when an incident caused injuries to Opal Flynn with a broken leg, Biorene Eyers with head trauma, and Harriet McQuian bruises. A dynamite blast later at Jane Wright’s Broadway home during a dance shattered the house and windows but caused no serious injuries. Police reported no culprits found.
Fragmentary notes describe a wedding planned for Sunday night involving Weterion special figures near Utica and Miss Je ie howelos. A minister was awaiting someone named Fishiv who claimed to have been called, but the wedding was later declined with an unexplained reason.
In a Tearting mill at Samuel Peettop’s plant in Tiventiay Monday a worker fell into machinery and was crushed. Aly Huff, sixty, an old saddle, died earlier. Moments earlier Hissem also died in an accidental release of a lever.
A garbled report notes Otte Knoeazrer of Crown Point inventing a potato digging machine. Meranal observes its twenty third anniversary. Fieward county asylum flooded by hot water from a broken electric plant. A 4 horse power engine caused citywide blackout. A man named Davenport Denne Edwards faced grand jury attitude, with a near freezing demeanor recorded.
Amid a disrupted regular order the Senate debated county bills and anti lynching measures while nominations, budgets and court related actions moved forward. Major items included Patten fertilizer inspection bill amendments and widow Mor ton pension. both anti lynching bills were queued for House choice.
The National Assembly at Versailles elected M. Loubet president of the French republic with 83 votes to 270 for Meline. Deputies and senators arrived amid crowded stations as Derouldé caused a disturbance in the tribune and was expelled after clashes with ushers. The session opened with applause and, after ballot processing, Loubet secured the presidency.
In a Dixon HL railway crash Fireman Allen Murphy was killed. The accident occurred during train operations, and Murphy died at the scene.
A Paris dispatch reports ongoing rioting since M. Emile Loubet’s Versailles proclamation. Nationalists shouted anti Loubet and pro army slogans, cheered briefly at his arrival, and battled rival factions on the boulevards. Police restored order with arrests.
The Manila rebels press a vindictive flank assault on American lines near Guadaloupe Pasig and Paterno as gunboats bombard trenches. Reports say General Pio Del Pilar and insurgent chief General Montenegro direct actions while western supply routes stay blocked and civilians fear reprisals.
Manila dispatch describes enemy forces shifting to guerilla tactics as they realize they cannot breach the American line. Sporadic jungle firing occurs when feasible, but their lack of marksmanship limits impact in this phase of the engagement.
Navy Department issues order banning beer sales on every naval vessel. Secretary Long says action filed to protect apprentice sailors and safeguard discipline aboard ships.
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