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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
169
A narrator sneaks into a foreign guests room to warn Delia Kiligrew and her father Sir Deakin as captains and servants clash with a dozen assailants. A staged intoxication and a deadly hint mark the perilous midnight encounter in Cornwall.
In a tense confrontation Sir Deakin hosts a drunken Captain Settle and a band of robbers. A staged toast with spiked punch backfires lighting the room. Sir Deakin and Jacques unleash blades as Delia and the girl escape down the stairs.
Amid gunfire and flames, Jacques and I rescue Sir Deakin and his daughter from a Paris inn fire. The landlord fights back, a pistol is drawn, and we escape through the kitchen as the roof belches smoke and the yard floods with icy wind. The scene ends with the gate crash and the outbreak continuing.
Japan, long seen as a land of flowers, is increasingly developing fruit farming for the home market. Consul General Bellows notes fruit growing was historically minor, but current efforts show expanding orchards and more attention to diverse crops. The mikan, Japan's sweet orange, dominates markets from autumn to spring, with native fruits including orange, pear, peach, plum, almond, grape, pomegranate, and fig.
Herr Eugen Fass proposes placing booths in public areas with bells and boards to display crime details. When a crime occurs the bell rings to alert the nearest policeman who telephones in the details for public display, creating a rapid hue and cry to capture the offender.
In a conversation from the Washington Star a mother laments fears for Charlie’s health. She mentions avoiding golf and ping pong to prevent injuries and reveals concern over his painful poker hands from playing cards.
In a comic tale Mrs. Corntessel recounts Hiram losing a hundred dollars in a railway deal. The exchange notes Hiram’s ignorance of finance as players switch from euchre to another game in a smoking car.
A playful exchange frames a neighbor’s pig as Maude who regularly wanders into the garden. The joke hinges on the pig’s habitual trespass and the speaker’s pursuit of humor in rural life.
Wilkes Barre Pa special reports that 147 000 mine workers voted to resume coal mining after accepting a presidential arbitration plan. Engineers and pumpmen fear losing old positions. executives suggest boards handle unresolved issues. Relief funds and assessments tied to the strike will wind down as the union Faces long term employment challenges.
Ida Craddock a high priestess of the Church of Yoga and reformer of peculiar beliefs died by suicide in Chicago to avoid possible prison or asylum confinement. She faced charges for distributing obscene material and had prior convictions and incarcerations in New York and on Blackwell's Island. Born in Denver, she gained attention defending the dance du centre at the world’s fair and was noted as a cultured woman.
Telegram from the U S cruiser Cincinnati at Nicholas Mole Haiti states St Marc surrendered Oct 14 National forces occupied the town. Cincinnati arrived at Gonaives Oct 15. Firmin evacuated Gonaives Oct 15 left for Matthew town with about 250 adherents. German gunboat landed forces. French cruiser D Assas arrived at Gonaives Oct 16. National forces near at hand expected to occupy by weekend. revolution near end. landing party to Cape Haitien after Gonaives.
At a Monday night meeting Richmond Indiana reports a letter from Governor Durbin replying to a smallpox funding resolution. He notes a statewide push to use the $50,000 contingent fund but says localities must first exhaust their resources before the fund is used. He explains the fund targets epidemic prevention and that the state health board will gain $6,000 for disease prevention when the new fiscal year starts November 1.
In Knoxville a man claiming to be Silas Harlin entered the court and told Chief Justice Beard he was the murder victim of Clarence Peake. Peake, son of a prominent family, had been sentenced to ten years but is now confined in an insane asylum, driven by the case. Harlin says Peake shot another man and Harlin escaped to Colorado before returning to prove he was alive.
New York physician Dr. W. H. Bates, missing since August 30, reappeared in London near Charing Cross Hospital. He claimed to have performed two operations during his absence, including one on a man with brain abscess aboard a ship in the East River, and said his mind has been a blank since. He planned to take a postgraduate course at Charing Cross Hospital.
Jeffersonville Indiana reports plans for a fourth Ohio River bridge to connect Indiana with Kentucky near Corn Island where George Rogers Clark once gathered his force for the Vincennes expedition. The Southern Indiana Tract ion Company backs the project, with financier Samuel Insull pushing for access to Louisville.
In Allegheny in a sensational case Mrs Ida Wis was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter for a deadly incident on Sept 10 that killed her husband Maj William Denny Wilkins after he tried to stop her suicide.
In Memphis special report two men died one fatally and three were injured when boiler flues failed on the tugboat Fred Nellis of St. Louis near Mound City Arkansas. The upper deck was wrecked but repair possible.
United States Geological Survey reports global coal output for 1901 at 866,155,540 short tons. The U S dominates with 33.86 percent of world production, ahead of Great Britain 30.86 percent and Germany 19.42 percent, while Austria-Hungary, France, Belgium, and Russia trail. The rise of U S coal output since 1899-1901 reflects heavy iron and steel activity.
Washington special reports the National Association of Retail Liquor Dealers adopted resolutions opposing prohibition on beers light wines and liquors aboard government ships marine stations and navy yards. The group supports temperate measures and aiding reform while backing an army canteen for soldiers moral welfare despite potential financial harm to outside dealers.
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