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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1903
Page
1
A recently made invention is poised for perfection as researchers refine its function. The progress signals potential advances across multiple fields and could shift practical applications. Further testing is expected to confirm durability and efficiency.
Peter Cooper Hewitt's interrupter promises to propel wireless telegraphy toward globe spanning transmission. Experts say the mercury vapor device enables higher currents, greater transmission accuracy, and easier attunement between sending and receiving instruments, with Marconi and Pupin weighing in on its potential.
In a fierce New York Cotton Exchange clash, Daniel J. Sully emerges as the dominant bull leader backed by New England manufacturers and New Orleans merchants. Reports claim Sully has earned substantial profits, with prices rising from 6 to 14 cents as traders foresee a cotton famine due to depleted stocks and strong demand.
The text describes a practical interrupter using mercury vapor in a vacuum tube that withstands high electrical tension then suddenly conducts. It notes oscillations can be sustained with a few volts, applying Hewitt’s discovery to create electrical waves and the interrupter’s operation.
George B. Cortelyou took oath as secretary of commerce and labor becoming the ninth Roosevelt cabinet member at 11 10 Wednesday morning. Chief Justice Fuller administered the oath with the President present. Cortelyou’s sister and office staff observed. William Loeb Jr was later sworn in as secretary to the President to succeed Cortelyou.
Marshall Field proposes to erect a 10 million dollar museum on Chicago lake front in Jackson Park to replace the Field Columbian Museum. A Field representative told the South Park commissioners the project would be under park control as a public temple of education with exhibits for all to view.
Defective teeth led to 2 451 soldiers being invalided home from South Africa during the war.
The president signed an agreement under the Platt amendment for a U S naval station at Guantanamo and a coaling station at Bahia Honda in Cuba. The pact, not a treaty, avoids Senate approval and awaits naval land assessments and Cuban Senate consent.
Chief Justice Pope denied bail for Janes H Tillman as the long awaited release plan collapsed. Tillman had prepared to depart with a dress suitcase and texted his wife that he would come, while affidavits from thirty witnesses and others offered differing views on threats and past remarks.
Washington reports Colonel Charles F. Humphrey, famed for telling Roosevelt to go to the devil during the Spanish American War, will be named quartermaster general upon Major General Ludingtons retirement. The move signals Roosevelt bears no lasting resentment over Siboney quartermaster stores dispute.
New Haven Conn special the Rev H L Hutchins reports polygamy exists in eastern towns of the state and cites degeneration crime illiteracy among poor whites in shacks as connected to ineffective country schools and waning church influence.
In Washington the Senate plans right of way for appropriations as the Panama Canal treaty moves through conference. The Democratic caucus rejected a two state compromise and urged preserving separate territories Arizona and New Mexico. They aim to withdraw statehood riders from two appropriation bills and push the omnibus measure from the House while delaying further action on statehood this session.
A brief exchange from a New York Times feature contrasts poetic wonder with practical caution. The poets’ days are described as increasingly rare, yet the practical man foresees even rarer times ahead.
Indiana lawmakers push new measures in both houses as 405 House members and 519 Senate members consider bills. Key moves include changing Girls' Industrial School board to three women, raising judges’ salaries in several counties, and a compulsory voting machine bill. Admiral Taylor addressed lawmakers, and debates over county seat relocations and railroad law changes continued amid party splits.
New York heiress Hetty Green says she believes in churches and has foreclosed on the Fifth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. Trustees borrowed 12000 in 1891, with ownership shifting from First Baptist to Trinity Methodist and then Fifth Presbyterian. She warns she will sue trustees individually if debts remain unpaid.
A force of about 200 uniformed ladrone under General San Miguel reappeared in Rizal province, capturing constabulary detachments and surrounding towns. Reconnaissance and skirmishes continued as General Allen and Colonel Scott pursued, while authorities pledged swift suppression and reinforced troops. In Albay, Luzon, a separate ladrones unit attacked a constabulary detachment, killing two and wounding eleven others.
Rome observed the twenty fifth anniversary with a high mass in the Basilica led by Cardinal Rampolla. After mass the pope met cardinals and dignitaries as a gold tiara valued at twenty five thousand dollars was presented and Te Deum rang out. A procession of Catholic associations followed.
The Philadelphia Inquirer praises Scribblem for writing clean verse and notes his soap ads in streetcars as an example. The exchange highlights the author’s ability to produce accessible advertising poetry.
An excerpt from a Sunday school lesson recounts Apollos a fervent eloquent teacher in Alexandria who knew only Johns baptism and was corrected by Aquila and Priscilla in Ephesus. Paul later asks disciples there if they received the Holy Ghost and explains Jesus as Christ upon their baptism in Jesus name.
A Kansas City Journal dialogue notes a mariner who crossed the Atlantic twenty seven times without drowning, and ponders which voyage led to his death. The speakers remark that more people drown in water than railroad wrecks and call the death a fatal ending.
A short humorous tale notes an old colored woman who saved money and visited a lawyer to discuss profitable investment. She demands twelve percent return, explaining she needs a large gain because she has little money. The scene reflects a simple, forceful rationale for high hoped interest.
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