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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
1
The Springfield Republican recalls the nation’s flag and its storied history. A verse by Henry Denver lauds Old Glory as the banner born at Lexington and active from Maine to the Pacific, uniting North and South with martial and peaceful imagery.
The story recalls Mickey Emmett of Elwood Kansas then a rail superintendent on the Illinois Central. In 1872 he joined a balloon ascent at Lake Contrary where windless skies let the yellow silk globe rise. He drifted for hours high above St. Joseph and the Missouri River before landing unharmed near the lakeside hotel with his mother in tears and Prof. Windall's caution.
An Omaha boy visiting his grandmother in western Nebraska writes to his father asking for a dollar to buy fireworks for the Fourth. He mentions selling firecrackers five for a nickel and saving 30 cents, asks for a pistol and paper caps, and requests a box kite and roman candles. He closes with affection and a reminder of blessings.
An explosion at Hanna Wyoming mine No 1 destroys timber supports and entombs miners. Rescue efforts recover 1 alive then many dead, with 48 accounted for including 2 deaths. Most victims are married with large families, including Finns and colored workers.
Mr Stinsey shows Dickey a year’s supply of paper bags saved by his mother. Each bag, when filled with air and popped, will make as much noise as a firecracker for the Fourth of July. Dickey accepts the inventive plan from Youth’s Companion.
Two men discuss their jobs the first claiming to be a fireman and the second an ambulance doctor. The second notes the Fourth of July as their upcoming work day. The Chicago Evening Post quotation presents a humorous exchange about professions and holiday duties.
A humorous remark recalls Fourth of July celebrations and a wife’s aunt who always feigns a fit when a firecracker goes off under her chair, as recounted in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Two Irish soldiers swimming in a shark-free bay in the West Indies watch a fin approach. One of them, Pat, sees his companion Mike sprint toward shore and learns the reason: a shark, about twenty feet ahead, was lurking as the play began.
The Century praises a modern cannery as a marvel of mechanical ingenuity. After cleaning, automatic systems perform most tasks from filling and rolling to labeling and boxing, with minimal human intervention and a car waiting at the door.
Douglas Gordon daughter of wealth and sister to Senator Hanna's son wowed high society with a record smashing tip. He gave George M Duncan, a Hotel Cadillac barber, a $1400 check saying the barber had earned it and should buy his own shop. The gesture followed Duncan's remark about someday owning a shop while shaving Gordon.
An archival note questions the fate of the pewsy with sparse details. It records uncertainty about what happened to the item and who last held it, reflecting a fragmentary mystery in the period.
Rev. Fred M. Gordon of Knoxville Christian Church in Pittsburg Pa uses a novel approach after forgetting his sermon. He vows to extract a $700 collection to clear the church debt and succeed, raising the funds in twenty minutes as he talks with his congregation. Gordon, a young pastor from Cynthiana Ky, notes plans to proceed with building once funded.
Daniel Harden of Nashville Indiana declared intent to cause a public safety incident using a purchased item. Harden claimed whitecaps within a mile of the Brown County Court House plan harm to his opponents and wife, following tracks after being dragged from bed. He vows to identify several assailants.
Workers removed carpets in the United States mint adjusting room to recover gold dust. A bar valued at 9 000 dollars resulted from the process. Carpets had been in place six years, with gold dust sinking into the carpet during filing of coins to proper weight.
Washington special reports that under Payne the new Commerce Department bureau will demand stockholder lists from all involved firms. The move tests antitrust derived powers, aiming to reveal department officials or politicians as stockholders tied to contracts. Firms include Bundy Clock, Brandt-Dent, Machen-Groff fastener, General Manifolding, Wynkoop-Crawford, and others with long department ties. Garfield to lead info gathering. administration expects a new postal scandal development.
Marion Ind special reports the Hoosier field in the Indiana district shows 393 completions and 6 015 barrels per day in new production from 345 wells with 47 non producers. The average production per producing well is about 17.6 barrels, highest since last October.
London dispatch from Colonel Hoch efort reports Abyssinian troops in Somaliland surprised the Mad Mullah’s forces at dawn after forced marches. They killed about 10 000 spearmen and captured nearly all cattle sheep and 1 000 camels near Jeyd on May 31.
A brief item notes substantial public funds allocated to a local fair project. Officials cite budgetary measures and community support as the event proceeds through city channels.
In Nashville Indiana Brown County endures a brutal dawn attack as five men beat William Harden and injure his wife prompting a statewide investigation. The episode follows a prior whitecapping and hints at an organized gang, with threats lingering over residents and no convictions to date.
Washington report notes Judge E Finley Johnson of the Philippine Supreme Court, recently promoted from the circuit bench, says three quarters of Filipinos would reject other government forms. He credits American rule with building a wide public school system from none in 1898 to universal access in towns and cities, praising its beneficent results.
Chicago special: E T T Turney secretary of the Teamsters National Union backs unionizing soldiers of the U S Army and affiliating them with the American Federation of Labor. He defended Chicago mail wagon drivers who threatened to strike since last October and received higher pay, saying soldiers could stand together and demand their rights.
A scrambled cable report from Falmouth England notes a British steamer City of Gloucester Milbourn arriving with damage to the starboard bow after a maritime incident at sea.
Fort Wayne man and former Ontario and Franklin Street machinist Jesse McClain, a watchman at 90 Ohio Street, was mortally wounded Sunday night after refusing union work and reportedly receiving threats. He had moved to Chicago six months earlier seeking safety from union pressure.
South Bend Indiana report details Adolph E Wuth who shot his wife in their yard after seeking reconciliation then shot himself. He had a grave dug and life insured for 1000 dollars with the Maccabees and assigned the policy to a friend for funeral expenses. The wife was wounded but survived, while the husband died at the scene.
Sir Thomas Lipton led a Luna Park voyage for the Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea exhibit. About 400 passengers watched as the Nautilus plunged underwater and entered an Eskimo village where a dog sea lion fight amused the party.
Vienna dispatch to the Morning Leader reports a grave situation in the vilayet of Adriano ple with growing fear of armed conflict between Bulgaria and Turkey. Turkish authorities are said to be carrying out persecutions of Bulgarian villagers, razing villages and imprisoning notable Bulgarians on flimsy pretexts as 120,000 Turkish troops mobilize.
Excitement runs high in Winslow Pike county after an attempt to burn the Weekly Dispatch office. A large barn owned by J. H. McConnell was destroyed and the Dispatch office badly damaged. Bloodhounds from Boonville were sent to Winslow Sunday night. McConnell, a local businessman, previously opposed saloons.
An employee of the railroad discovered a diamond pin while cleaning engine 1018 in White Plains New York. The item was found aboard the cab area and is being reported for return to owner.
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