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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1898
Page
6
A North American Review writer ponders the nation’s military leadership. He asks how to appoint officers for a million troops and warns that if favored son appointments persist the question may become how to soldier a million officers.
An ex change says a letter to the War Department requests withholding John’s pay and sending it to the writer monthly to cover urgent family needs including two children with croup and Mary Jane’s sore eyes. The note claims “He don’t know the value of money.”
A traveler visits the oldest man in the county, Uncle George, who answers questions about his age and name with a folksy recall. He states he is about 120 years old and that he was named Jawge Washington after General George Washington, though he says it was so long ago he has forgotten details.
A Tennessee bank official describes German mountain farmers who keep deposits ranging from small sums to thousands of dollars in time deposits. They withdraw funds every week or ten days to use at home, then return within a week to ten days to redeposit, using the funds as visible proof of savings to their families.
Indianapolis authorities enforce lamp bell and bicycle license rules under Judge Cox. Police Court orders arrest noncompliant riders with fines common. Visiting riders staying briefly must still obey rules or face penalties.
A Washington letter in the Chicago Record recounts tension between generals John Mosby and Fitzhugh Lee. Mosby boasted of offering service to the President and criticizing Lees record. Lee retorted Mosby was likely the last to earn a Confederate flag in Virginia, noting Kilpatrick pursued him with a flag so fast people could not tell if it was a Sunday school banner or a smallpox warning.
By February 4 1899 the Beira Railway from the east coast to Salisbury Rhodesia will be completed and boost the country’s development. The Cape Colony to Binkhiwave span already earns about 5000 a month with a 1856 mile telegraph network yielding around 65000 annually. The line to Lake Tanganyika reaches Rota Rota 263 miles north of Blantyre and sidelined Umea and will advance rapidly as mining and gold quartz mills come online by July testing Rhodesia’s potential.
The indemnity loan issued at 1007 % is guaranteed by England France and Russia jointly and severally. Turkey’s Thessaly evacuation proceeds while a foreign commission will manage Greek finances until the 170 million francs is repaid. Russia asks Turkey to hand over Greece indemnity payments. The war last year was a bad bet for Greece.
The passage notes the Queen Regent receives 50000 annually for personal expenses while the royal family holds large sums. The oldest daughter has 10000 and the youngest 56000, with ex-Queen Isabella and her Paris resident husband at 240000 yearly. King Alfonso XIIIs civil list totals 1499000 annually along with his four sisters at 60000. Royalty is described as an expensive luxury.
The Indianapolis event on July qth offers eleven afternoon and evening races with trial heats in many events. Four State championships run ¼, ½, 1 mile and 5 miles, plus several amateur and professional races. Amateur prizes are limited. first money in two professional events is $60.00.
The article argues Spain cannot justify starvation or demolition in Cuba by denying insurgents belligerent status. It contends rebels lack local recognition as belligerents, calls mistreatment of prisoners improper, and notes prisoners may be captured and held only within reasonable limits of war rules.
The final negotiations of a reciprocity treaty under the Dingley tariff act may prove evidence of friendly U S French relations despite anti American sentiment in France tied to Spain bond fears. The article argues a Paris Exhibition funding could soothe French doubts, while warns a tariff war would worsen ties and notes the potential for withheld funding if postwar disputes arise.
In the fog drenched night at Taunton Monmouth’s forces advance toward battle while leaders worry over strategy and faith. Reuben and Major Ogilvy guard a wounded ally as Sir Gervas prepares for combat and a hazardous crossing test lies ahead.
G W Reynolds of Los Angeles age seventy one runs a California ranch near San Diego centering on honey production from two apiaries cared for by his son. He reports 140 bee stands yielding about 40 000 pounds of honey in a season, bees in each colony numbering 20 000 to 25 000, and notes hive details and queen dominance as well as seasonal honey types and annual cargo moving from San Diego county.
In England a debtor tricked his shoemaker by giving a sealed packet addressed to Mr H. that claimed the bearer had lost his wife and children and faced debt imprisonment. The note urged kindness and the shoemaker, moved, paid thirty shillings, unaware he was helping a beggar.
An aged adage about divine favor shifts to commentary on the ballet world as fans and critics discuss the allure and attention received by young dancers in a prominent gallery setting.
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