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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
2
An Eastern paper mill installs a machine capable of a 150 inch wide by twelve and a half foot web. This large roll will enable blanket-sheet newspapers, potentially turning ambitious cartoonists and publishers’ dreams into reality.
Mrs. Tat Stanford widow of the founder of Stanford University secures a life insurance policy for 1.6 million dollars from a New York company. The university would be the beneficiary after her death once she pays the yearly premium.
Fragmented text references a report by an LB hall about Cs and Europe with vague geographic fragments. It mentions a Middle continent and a 14a ten square mile area. Not enough readable facts to identify a clear event or figures.
The article notes a thriving berry industry in the west with a large labor pool. It mentions the Hortienimical Society advertising for berry pickers and 20,000 applicants willing to enlist for the campaign. Thousands sleep on the ground with inadequate accommodations as camps stretch for ten miles.
The passage notes a massive, ready-to-work unemployed population along Spring River, willing to accept low wages. It calls this a striking lesson for statesmen and warns it poses a threat to social stability and exposes the nation's failings in education and opportunity.
An excerpt discusses religion as belief guiding toward death and salvation, noting creeds differ yet aim at moral guidance. It cites Fort Review debates and philosophers like Wallace, asserting religion involves personal faith, devotion, and a conviction of the soul's fate amid nature, implying diverse views on deity and salvation.
Diplomatic remarks note that Turkey uniquely recognized the Confederate belligerency while other Europeans remained neutral. The discussion argues this stance gave Turkey leverage in complainants and redress, avoiding direct claims against Washington and preserving Turkey’s interests relative to Britain and France.
In Watson a feud over social status and a proposed celebration pits John Harmon against Tom Wheeler. After a runaway scare saves Rhoda, Wheeler buys Harmon's homestead with a hidden plan to invest and return funds, revealing a sharper bargain behind a patriotic facade. Rhoda faces pressure from family and suitors as Wheeler proposes marriage and a future built on risky bets.
A New York Ledger reflection extols a distinct national holiday between Decoration Day and August. It urges a day of thanksgiving, unity, and patriotism, praising peace, a growing public school system, and a rising flag over schoolhouses as fostering future citizens and loyalty to the country.
The narrator recalls colonial and Revolutionary heroes from Lexington to Saratoga, highlighting farmer-soldiers who left plows for freedom. Old Glory is raised as T. C. Harbaugh salutes the land from coast to coast, with a closing note on India’s relief workers.
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