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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
4
The two world leaders remain in poor health despite top medical care. Gladstone aged eighty eight endures neuralgia but shows no alarming danger. Bismarck around eighty four suffers insomnia and rheumatic pain yet was reported to be improving.
The pending bill seeks 4 144 912 dollars for coastal defense projects and heavy artillery. The army lacks enough artillerymen to man existing forts, and Secretary Alger with Gen Miles asks for two new regiments, though approval seems unlikely. Completion of the works would require a large army increase for proper care.
Britain may retreat from the cabinet line that rights to Chinese territory should be shared by all nations. New Russia threatens to move troops toward Manchuria and Afghanistan’s frontier. Lord Lansbury silent but possibly awakening before it is too late.
A fragmented OCR passage discusses disputes over using British and English terms in records, noting Americans and Scots and the lack of a common language. It mentions Blake Hal and issues of sovereignty and national labels, then laments inconsistent terminology spreading through public documents.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss Kinike fevers and scientists in laboratories exploring ancient remedies and machines. The text mentions researchers, experiments, and claims about detecting immunity methods, urging caution about sensational conclusions.
In Kansas, a proposed statute would address reform and the specific object of preventing propagation by indigent or depraved parents. A bid for consideration by the Legislature outlines the approach and aims to regulate this issue as part of broader social policy.
A proposed Kentucky measure envisions stock punishment for unfit parents and creates a county level hotel and boarding house rate commission. It would empower judges and mayors to set meal and room prices, cap daily costs, require furnishings standards, and levy fines for operating without a certificate.
The text describes how De Lome's private letter about President McKinley led to his resignation, then parallels a Georgia incident where Aden Chandler admitted authorship of a damaging private letter. It warns against private writings harming public figures and notes the danger of confidential correspondence.
Portland reports a seventy five year old widow Louise Stoltz was murdered in her north Portland residence Friday night. The $30,000 estate was largely in cash kept with a local town agent. Police found her bound and gagged, with a postal card sent to the city marshal as a clue. Four arrests have been made and a $1,069 reward is offered by relatives. city council action pending.
Fragments indicate an elevator shaft discovery is tied to a murder case with a last known killing at LodL. Details are sparse but authorities pursue leads as investigations continue.
Goodhope special reports John Sweeny a well known farmer living two miles away was found dead Tuesday with his head nearly severed. Evidence suggests a desperate struggle for life. No arrests have been made. Sweeny lived alone.
In Indiana a religious revival draws crowds as Mrs. Woodworth, a faith healer, preaches amid mudbound roads. She reports cures by faith including cancer and lung troubles while an assistant Miss Eisenberg leads singing. The crowd shows strong emotion and many seek admission.
Milroy resident James P. Archey dies after a horse trampling. Coal Bluff miner John Jumbo crushed to death in a cage accident. A Milton McLane farm gas well near Converse yields H.N.07 cubic feet daily. Former Clinton County trustee Lewis H. McDaniels dies from Bright's disease. Rush County L O O F plans to locate a proposed home in Rushville. Marion petitions for pardon of John C. Evans in a green goods swindle case.
James Lewis a 25 year old bartender in Jonesville killed John Williams a marshal candidate after Williams refused to leave a saloon. Lewis surrendered and claimed Williams resisted. Williams left a wife and three children.
Versailles relatives rally around Lucy Tucker a 15 year old once-healthy girl whose health declined to a skeletal state with impure blood nervous symptoms and possible St Vitus dance. The piece notes doctors offered remedies including Dr Williams Ink Pills and Piso Cure for Consumption as cited testimonials.
An ad touts Laxative Quinine tablets promising a one day cold cure with refund if not effective. It claims Allen’s Foot-Ease keeps feet warm and dry and relieves corns bunions and other foot woes. The notice notes free samples and requests mail to LeRoy New York. In Persia cutting hair signals mourning.
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure treats catarrh as a constitutional disease taken internally to target mucous surfaces. It claims a cure for all cases with a One Hundred Dollar reward for any failure and invites testimonials, listing F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and druggists as sellers.
A historical note states that among all hours in a day the coldest time is five o’clock in the morning. The claim reflects a traditional daily temperature pattern noted in the period.
An editor cites a surge in farmer yields from Salzer seeds including potatoes, grasses, clovers and farm seeds. Salzer is billed as the world’s largest grower, offering seeds at 1.50 per barrel with a big catalogue and eleven packages valued at ten dollars. A ten cent request to John A Salzer Seed Co of LaCrosse Wisconsin accompanies the notice.
A survey counts one church for every three people and one pastor for every 710 individuals across England and Wales, highlighting high church density and clergy distribution.
Special Tow Rares to the Hot Springs of Arkansas via the Big Four Route announce all three great hotels at the resort will be open this winter The Arlington Park and Eastman opened on January 6 or 25 and there are five hotels and three hundred boarding houses offering accommodations at reasonable rates The health resort is cited as under direct government sanction with curative hot waters vouched for by the Surgeon General People are invited to request illustrated descriptive matter and details on greatly reduced 90 day round trip excursion rates from ticket agents of the Big Four Route
Anderson ministers agree to refuse marriages to divorced individuals, except when adultery was the cause, then the innocent party will not be barred.
The general appraisers of goods at the custom house have issued several decisions awaiting secretary review. The piece notes that while stability exists in that sector, a common remedy is needed, mentioning Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic and cure for malaria rheumatism dyspepsia constipation and biliousness. It ends with a sharp quote about a retort courteous.
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