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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
2
The column presents quips on advertising faith in umbrellas and self image, mock gentility, education trends, and warship gun capabilities. It cites Arthur Brisbane and mentions British students, Boston doctors, and naval shell ranges, noting advances in long distance sea combat.
A Michigan physician argues that typhoid fever costs the United States about 300 million dollars annually. He prices fatalities at 1000 dollars each and notes nonfatal care costs raise the total far beyond his cited figure.
Russell Saree stresses continuous work for his parson as Russian athletes, led by Cear, maintain a guarded track program and avoid vacations to protect their team.
A curious verse begins with a playful refrain about poems and dunes. It riffs on moonlight and neon imagery while hinting at playful wordplay with rhyme. The piece moves through repeated sounds and quirky pairings.
Census bureau officials say population could reach S, with plans to rely on both native growth and immigration. They emphasize local factors in Tate and surrounding areas shaping future demographics.
A note remarks that less than half of Russia’s population can read and write while highlighting the technical difficulties involved in learning the Russian language. The statement underscores literacy concerns and language complexity.
The Princess of Wates could earn a living as a stenographer if necessary. The claim states that all stenographers are princesses, but not all princesses are stenographers.
The article notes Brazil beginning a naval buildup with a goal of a two-ocean force within five to ten years. It suggests potential external challenges and the possibility of strengthening both home defense and international influence through expanded shipbuilding and alliances.
Howard Gould plans a 200‑room house as a refuge from himself. He anticipates times when he will want to get away from his own company.
A jumble of opinions notes economy, technology, travel routes, and social habits. It discusses futile attempts to render economy obsolete, disrupted tests of machines, lawyers’ futures, demand for foreign and home luxuries, marital fidelity, Yale students going barefoot, and a rumored telegraph failure linking a well off youth to a distant father.
The article notes scientists searching river banks on the Broken Kettle and Sioux rivers in South Dakota for relics of ancient races. It mentions a barrel of tin cans left near a posse garden and suggests fines for the waste.
Obituary notes the death of Dan Emmett, famed minstrel and writer of Dixie, praising his influence on 19th century lawmaking and Southerners memory of the Confederacy. The quip about basjlads and laws is linked to his legacy in shaping the nation’s history and the South’s wartime spirit.
The statement asserts that if war pressures force the Czar to grant a constitutional government, the Japanese will have benefited Russia as they have benefited mankind, framing the outcome as a humanitarian achievement linked to wartime diplomacy.
A light remark notes that without regular lectures on labor themes, people would miss realizing their fondness for work. The line plays on the value of labor and the appeal of being busy.
In St. Louis a riotous crowd treated bright ten dollar notes as decorative objects. The article notes similar behavior by others, portraying a moment of reckless currency handling.
James Henry Smith of Wall Street New York known as Silent Smith is valued at forty million dollars. The phrase If we had that sum we would noller good and loud appears as a boastful remark attributed to him.
The Denver Business Woman's Club organizing against employers labeled as mere flirts and mashers. The group holds firm to its motto that business is business and seeks action against improper workplace conduct.
The Brown Book of Boston states there are 54 000 handsome men in the country which surprised readers and prompted reflection on the nation’s male beauty count.
A brief notice reports The Worcester Spy died recently of old age, noting it is remarkable the paper lasted so long and persisted in operation despite the era.
A reflective line notes the concern a woman feels when about to visit and fears she cannot recall something forgotten, highlighting memory lapses as a common anxiety in social early outings.
A brief humorous observation notes that as a young man's mustache grows beyond his eyebrows his understanding of the world diminishes. The quip highlights the stereotype of youth maturing into wisdom with facial hair signaling experience.
The item notes lack of endorsement for Uncle Russell Sage’s vacation ideas while still mentioning that Satan remains a debated figure. The brief suggests a public discussion environment with unsettled opinions and ongoing rhetoric surrounding the topic.
The remark notes that among croquet players most are elderly, implying dangers in college sports.
The report notes Diaz faces another bid for the presidency as Mexico moves toward a restrained campaign environment with no festive energy.
A sporting blog writer acts as a prelude to bankruptcy by purchasing a new automobile. The move signals shifting finances as the blogger prepares for rough times ahead.
A late dining tale recalls Mr. Train at a stylish restaurant where a waiter faced persistent pestering. In a prank four rumored to last fifteen minutes, the waiter discovered under a plate a piece of chewing gum that provoked alarm and discomfort.
A poor woman explains her destitution while her husband idly watches construction from a sidewalk. The exchange reveals a charity society context where the husband’s lack of work contrasts with ongoing urban development.
Hoosierisms reports a plan to construct a country club along the interurban rail between New Albany and Jeffersonville. Hartford City's New Carnegie library was dedicated with ceremonies last week. Wolf Creek Predestinarian Baptist Church near Crawfordsville boasts a very small, all female roster and high service attendance. A deaf mute woman in Elkhart, believed dead, revived when a undertaker arrived and remains in critical condition.
Mike Channing a glass blower was fatally stabbed at Evansville during a general row with other glass blowers.
A plan proposes an interurban railway from Muncie to Greenfield with Midlothian area towns Middletown Eden and Maxwell included in the route as candidates for future service.
Twelve additional mills of the American tinplate factory of Elwood began operation Monday morning, bringing the plant to full operation except for six mills still idle.
Winfield Martin and Philip Hathaway were killed when a passenger train hurled them about fifty feet as they crossed the tracks near Randallville. Both men died instantly.
J M Smelter of Anderson is engaging capitalists to start a factory for automobile manufacture. He has invented an engine for special use in autos.
Edward Zimmerman, 22, was beaten to death in Muncie after an encounter with Samuel Sharp and James Ely. Both suspects are in custody, charged with murder.
Bynum N. Tucker aged sixteen drowned at Little Creek near Carrolton while swimming. Willie Downing attempted a rescue but released him to save himself.
The Sunday school of the First Methodist Church in Brazil Indiana reports a world ranking by attendance and collections. Enrollment stands at 2,159, making it the second largest globally by these measures.
While descending the cellar a man named Samuel Lynn at Newcastle fell injuring his wrist tearing nails from all fingers on one hand and tearing his ear nearly from his head in a serious accident.
Harry Draper aged 17 was riding a load of hay when four loads overturned in a storm near Dana. The hay weight broke his neck as he fell with his neck on a wire fence.
Scales of justice atop the Lafayette courthouse tower have been replaced after a recent lightning strike damaged the previous ones. The new scales were installed to restore the symbol of justice and the building’s landmark silhouette.
Heavy rains caused a small creek to overflow its banks in Veedersburg flooding the factory district and reaching $5,000 in damage. At least a dozen houses were flooded to the roofs.
The 74 year old resident of Paragon was last seen leaving home to feed his chickens. His body was recovered from Bryan's creek and authorities suspect suicide due to long standing illness and grief.
An elderly man claiming descent from John Quincy Adams, sixth U.S. president, seeks entry to the Soldiers' Home at Marion. He says he has no friends and optimism mounts that he will be admitted.
Mrs Mary E Farley jailed at Shelbyville on charges of stealing two hogs from Mack Kaster. She reportedly drove to Kaster's farm placed the shoats in her buggy and fled to Shelbyville where she admitted guilt.
Cedar Springs Hotel a new summer and health resort five miles east of Richmond on the Dayton and Western traction line has been opened to the public. The resort promises to be as popular as Indiana’s other well known retreats.
Nettie Chapman an eighteen year old Goshen girl was arrested on the charge of stealing a horse. She was overtaken by a policeman on a motorcycle and taken to South Bend for trial. She claims she was intoxicated when she hired the rig.
Mrs Sarah Reel McClure formerly married to Jesse McClure who killed two sons near Elwood and is serving a life term has obtained a divorce then immediately wed farmer Gordon living near Elwood.
After eight years missing from his Logansport birthplace Roy Byron writes to his father John Byron in Logansport from British India announcing plans to form a rough rider armed unit of Japanese sympathizers to join the Russo Japanese war.
Judge John Stotsenberg has completed a new volume titled An Impartial Study of the Shakespeare Title. He argues Shakespeare was not the author and has worked on the book for ten years, now sent to the printer.
Alva Doane unearthed well preserved mastodon bones in a swampy area near Converse. The thigh bone is forty six inches long and eighteen inches in circumference. A tusk fragment exceeds six feet in length with a twenty four inch circumference.
Laura Dellmer, injured by a cannon firecracker thrown by 22 year old W S Bogle of Chicago, is the subject of a forthcoming damages suit by her father. The blast on July 4 left her eyesight damaged and Bogle’s act is described as unintentional.
A rigid investigation has begun into the deaths of Mrs. Henry Beck and Paul Schultz in the same Dowleite neighborhood. It is alleged physicians were not summoned and Edward Prespke had charge of the invalids. Authorities intend to fix responsibility.
James G. Henderson and Robert Riley, workers at Camp No. 2 of the Shutt Improvement Company in Lawrencburg, exchanged shots at ten paces ending with Henderson wounded in the foot and Riley losing an ear. Both men fled before arrest.
Mildred Bryan sister of Pearl Bryan plunged 1500 feet suspended by a pulley on a wire. She passed through six blankets to slow the fall and struck a stone wall, losing consciousness but expected to live.
Leo Carrollton of Knightstown, six, was accidentally killed when the son of William Pauley, also six, shot at his playmate not realizing the rifle was loaded. The accident occurred during a game, shocking the town and prompting a police investigation.
W. H. Grant aged 26 a civil engineer was instantly killed by a premature nitro glycerin blast near Manchester Station while blasting on the Big Four.
Jeffersonville plans extend electric streetcar lines to all cemeteries enabling funeral trains.
A quarrel in a crowded trolley ends with a mild businessman stating the woman is standing on his foot. She retorts with a savage joke about mistaking his foot for a valise. The anecdote, from the Kansas City Independent, highlights a tense yet humorous encounter.
In Chicago a suave baron, famed for bold confidence games, loses a fortune at winter racing then quietly shuffles through a gambling house. He steals a stranger’s seal skin coat, returns it, and doubles his stake, leaving with a hefty bankroll and easy manners.
An inventive Chinaman tests a new device amid Confucian precepts. A borrowed volume prompts a misadventure as the first firecracker is set off, illustrating how small acts can alter the fates of multitudes.
A Sunday School lesson outlines Asa's peaceful decade after he removed idols and fortified Judah. It recounts his trusted reliance on the Lord at Mareshah against Zerah the Ethiopian, his prayer for aid, and the Lord's deliverance. It notes Asa's later failings, kingship duration, and the call to enduring reform through faith.
A pithy line proclaims personal responsibility in life choices. The statement frames life as a duty to contribute rather than merely exist, reflecting a common urban motto about self-reliance and purposeful work.
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