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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
3
New York reports Secretary John Sherman arrived Sunday night and faces the pressing issue of trusts. The article notes skepticism about the current anti trust framework and calls the trusts debate the day’s foremost topic amid legislative attempts and market concerns.
Fragmented OCR text shows a local notice dated February 1 mentioning Post ip and an event at Bed oom. Readable items include names like Aerg Oy Bites and Pladie with unclear roles.
A damaged OCR fragment provides unreadable text with scattered letters and symbols. No coherent event or names are recoverable from the legible portions.
A mixed set of brief items notes wrecks and weather near Sooke and marine incidents, plus updates on publishing leadership changes and political cabinet reshuffles in Chile. Major details include a bridge collision, steamer losses, and the Pulitzer publisher resuming Post-Dispatch management.
In Pleasant Valley church Dallas County Texas yesterday a sensational tragedy left August Guarril yo dead Frank Jemes also dead and Phoma Jones fatally wounded. Garrison and James families prominent in the area mourn the losses as investigations unfold. The details point to a violent act during services and a strained personal history between those involved.
A jumble of letters and partial phrases fragments appear to reference names ages and places but lack coherent events or clear subjects. The readable parts offer few concrete facts suitable for a proper news item.
A fragmented OCR item hints at an archbishop figure at a Tosa event, with unclear names and outcomes. The readable bits suggest a sports or ceremonial break. Further readable facts are needed to confirm teams, persons, or scores.
Rara Avis profile recalls William F. Clark Sr and Fulton county treasurer John J. Kumler. Kumler, renowned for refusing office, eventually accepted after pressure and a bond presentation, set to end original term despite legislative change. Clark described as a Patriot editor with a striking personality and printer’s background.
Brother Bartholomew Louis Marc Bernier, 93, longtime papal baker to Pope Pius IX, died in Notre Dame Indiana after a life serving the Holy Cross Order. Born January 1 1824 in Carranciz Eure et Loire France he joined Paris Holy Cross then Rome then New Orleans before settling at Notre Dame. He baked bread for papal tables and orphanages and served the church for decades.
A Kokomo sphere sketch outlines W. F. Clark Sr and Jr and family’s publishing ventures from Mercer to Port Austin and Indy press. It chronicles changes in papers and a historic tribute. Separate items note a divorce in Kokomo with a quick remarriage and oddities including a tortoise initials tale. Also two preachers vie for Congress in Indiana Fourth District with Rev Browder and Rev Lee nominated.
Madison seeks a street railroad as a militia company forms at Huntington. In southern Montgomery county gossip, horses suffer glander. Cory area Sinclaire Denham is injured in a runaway crash. Bert Clark defeats S F English in a 100 yard race at Laporte fair for 400 dollars. Elwood Walter dies after a lightning strike while plowing near Fowler. Orvis Beeler and Sarah J Dailey wed in Brooklyn as a five generation family gathers for the wedding.
A Kansas hailstorm torn through Topeka causing widespread damage and injuries. Hailstones up to fourteen inches in circumference smashed windows and roofs, felled telegraph lines, and killed animals. Surgeons attend dozens hurt from runaways and head injuries as streetcar traffic stalls and lights fail.
Alvin Schwartz, a well to do farmer near Naperville, was swindled out of 5.00 dollars by two strangers using a three card monte scam. One man lured him to view land and another asked directions as the setup led to a payoff. They planned to return with the money, left in a tin box, and sent a note claiming the victim was still a fool.
A force of 120 Mussulmans attacked insurgents near Kanlkastelli after breaking a military cordon. Thirteen Mussulmans were killed and twelve wounded in a three hour fight. Christian inhabitants plan reprisals by land and sea as further fatalities among Christians and Turks are noted. The unrest stems from Muslim refugees encroaching on neutral zone pastures.
Chicago records a spate of self inflicted deaths with two men killed yesterday and three women attempting suicide. A sixth body was moved by force from an undertaker to the county morgue in Bow manville amid police and coroner clashes. Queen Victoria thanks the empire for loyal condolences received by letter and telegraph.
Two boys found the lower trunk part on One Hundred seventy sixth street and Undercliffe Avenue while another part was recovered from the East River near Eleventh Street. Police believe the man was stabbed and dismembered, with oilcloth wrapping matching the upper portion. Detectives hunt for oilcloth origin and the killer.
Four masked men robbed the Bele Fourche Butte county bank this morning. Cashier Marble was wounded in the ear during the holdup. Less than £100 was taken before the robbers fled. Thomas Day surrendered and is jailed in Deadwood as a posse pursues the others.
Houston special James Williamson, implicated in the Crocker family murder, was hanged at Wharton. His nerve failed him and strychnine had to be injected twice to mount the scaffold. He claimed his father was innocent. He died three minutes after the first drop, was cut down alive, then hanged again for twenty two minutes.
A Black man named Harry Gilliam was abducted from Monroe county jail in Aberdeen Mississippi, taken five miles away, and hanged from a tree on a rural road. The victim had been jailed after being accused of robbing a white woman at Okolona and attempting a sexual assault. A masked group seized the prisoner during late hours, despite jailer Bretail’s resistance, prompting a deadly vigilante act.
The article notes an exceptionally large and perfect season across East Tennessee with a harvest of millions of bushels. It reports 6 000 bushels of the first crop delivered at Knoxville for 95 cents and mentions opening quotations around 60 to 70 cents, with shipments to the East to begin next week.
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