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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
2
Mooresville Indiana notes a heated political climate as campaigns begin to take shape. Also recalls the Treocean steamship St Paul trapped offshore near Long Branch but eventually rode out the scare with no serious damage while completing a Southampton to New York voyage in record time.
Me Minkoer, recently deceased in Indianapolis at age seventy four, left a modest estate of about SHiikei earned from profits of attacking thirty acres of land. His specialty was poe plant and he was famously known as the Rhubarb King. There's more in the man than there is in the land.
The article presents a garbled fiscal summary referencing a comptroller and revenue figures in cents per unit, with inconsistent terms and misread numbers. It mentions a twenty year span and mentions a corporation, but the details are unclear and largely indecipherable.
Toshecee educational institution established by Booker T. Washington boasted seventy eight teachers and last year’s attendance reached [1sa. Pupils earned $5 288 in shops and days. Philanthropists funded actions to near $60 000. The man and brother show notable capacity when opportunity arises.
The article notes balloon weddings were a past fad used to draw crowds at fairs. It laments changing tastes and the persistence of eccentric outfits as a reflection of a bygone era.
President Ponins Diaz, already in his fifth term, pursues reelection for a sixth. Observers note Mexico under Diaz has shown progress. if re elected, he would close twenty years in service this November and potentially extend to twenty four years in office.
Indiana jails and prisons face an apparent epidemic with a surge of escapes from the Indianapolis workhouse and other facilities. A general delivery of prisoners looms as authorities struggle to contain the breach of walls and rising inmate exodus.
The piece argues Americans and Canadians often misunderstand English political issues and leaders. It cites Mr Gladstone, noting varied opinions about his Liberalism hostility to the Sultan and perceived virtue or vice, highlighting how expatriates’ views differ from domestic judgments.
The article notes cheap art in the near future with Hien style decor spreading to humble homes. It traces progress from photogravure to velars photography, claiming the velars process is the greatest advance since Daguerre and will supplant older forms.
In May 1806 the United States had 109 railway accidents resulting in 32 deaths and 76 injuries. Collisions caused 34, derailments 73, other causes 2. Six killed were passengers, including two on freight trains. Electric and cable cars showed higher proportional danger with 16 incidents, 3 deaths, and 50 injuries.
A Brown County cave near Elkinsville on the Billy Moore farm features a subterranean chamber fifty feet below the surface called the Devil's Chamber. It has diamond-like rock formations and an ice filled ice vault with frost coated sides and a sister chamber of vast width studded with ice, all producing intense cold. No explanation is offered for the phenomenon.
The so called Russian thistle has reached near Chicago causing annoyance to farmers in northern Illinois and Indiana. Brought by Russian colonists over twenty years ago it spread from the Dakotas to multiple states. It threatens greater losses annually as science yields little on control.
A sermon on II Samuel IX uses Mephibosheth, crippled and dependent, to symbolize the disabled soul saved for Jonathan's sake. David seeks him, grants mercy, and invites him to a royal table, illustrating divine kindness through Christ and the eternal banquet.
Two colored women including Mabel Marks were arraigned in Jefferson Market court on disorderly conduct charges after claiming a crab attacked them on the sidewalk. They were discharged with a warning to avoid streets when crabs are loose.
A Union of Port Jervis report interviews Mrs. Jane Hotalen of Hainesville New Jersey age seventy two who recovers from rheumatic sciatica after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She notes no ill effects and calls the treatment effective, with pills available nationwide.
Sunday July 19 excursion to Cedar Lake Indiana offers a fast train from Union Station at 6 30 am arriving Cedar Lake at 6 30 pm. $1 round trip with tickets at Union Station Mass Ave Depot and 2 West Washington St. G W Harner notes a cattle brands registry requires twenty two volumes in Arizona.
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