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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
2
A leap year comment notes many girls wed during leap years. Ramo Corral seeks the Mexican presidency as Diaz vacates. The Mad Mullah resumes surprise Party throwing in Somaliland after rest. A speculative debtor warns he owes $1,000,000 and cannot pay, denying monopoly on grief.
Advocates argue a Saturday half holiday delivery is better than none though some persons prefer to loaf all the time. The fragment suggests labor policy debate and public sentiment on weekly time off.
About half of divorces in England involve couples with no children. Children may not guarantee happiness but often make marriages harder to dissolve.
A Milwaukee resident develops a telephone based card paving method aimed at countering a rising trend in telephone sermons. The inventor scouts practical use for mass communication and civic discussion.
A London firm has decided to make war on the Standard Oil Company. The move signals a confrontational stance that suggests notable consequences for the British contender.
British troops push into Thibet teaching natives Christianity as they advance using ten pounder artillery.
J Pierpont Morgan is slowly stepping back from business yet at his current pace retirement would take about 367 years to complete. He continues to stay active in ventures and advisory roles despite reduced duties.
The Sultan of Turkey receives another diplomatic protest from world powers concerning Armenian atrocities. This marks the 41 144th protest in a long file of complaints placed on record.
A witty historiographic jibe notes that while Jeffersonian ideals claim all men are created equal, real-world attendees of a women's club meeting see evident inequality. The remark highlights tensions between founding principles and contemporary gender roles.
A Cincinnati reflection argues that if ministers insist on telling the truth about the dead in every case many citizens may fear death. The piece notes the social impact of blunt honesty in memorial practices.
Rear Admiral Sigshbee cables the navy department from San Domingo stating the revolution has ended. He omits which revolution or date, leaving the specific conflict unnamed.
Scientists argue that religious prejudice does not impede their efforts to destroy mosquitoes and pursue successful methods. The remark frames science as overcoming bias to advance public health efforts.
A line about men who complain of the heat yet choose to sit in the sun on the bleachers to watch a frame of ball.
A Chicago University professor argues hell is not a fact but a condition. He notes intensity of the heat shifts perception of the outcome, challenging traditional views and prompting discussion among readers.
Field reporters submit a round robin protest to the staff. The text implies the NTE likely knows the appropriate next steps.
Two New York amusement managers have signed a contract with Edouard de Reszke for a sixty concert tour in the coming season, as if Pai had not existed.
Reported claim that cigarette and cigar manufacturers used cabbabe and celery leaves as substitutes for tobacco for years, surprising many non smokers in New York.
A radium clock is described as lasting about 26 000 years before it runs down. The idea is explained that men must wind and extinguish the car nightly, and the piece ends by asking for a device to keep the car out for 30 000 years.
The Railway Age notes fewer miles of new line in the first half of 1904 than in early 1903 and 1902. Operating costs rose, traffic fell, and tight money limited construction. 1,937 miles were built vs 2,221 in 1903. East of the Mississippi 380 miles. west just miles. The Southwest shows Texas 234, Missouri 249, Oklahoma 104, Illinois 151. Alabama, Kansas, California, Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Mississippi contribute notable gains.
A historical report describes Holland’s intermittent conflict with the Rhinese in northern Sumatra over years. It notes a brutal phase with nearly 400 women and children killed, questioning civilization and calling for explanations from the Dutch government.
Harbin sits on the Sungari river in Manchuria at the Chinese Eastern and Siberian rail junction. Population rose from 12,009 in 1901 to 60,000 by 1403, excluding soldiers, with about 40,000 Chinese in a special settlement. It serves as a military hub and hosts private commerce largely financed by Siberian Jews.
In York county Virginia the idea of extracting sugar from watermelons is explored with note that watermelons contain sugar and can yield it with effort. The piece argues the fruit’s true potential awaits Congress backing irrigation efforts in the arid West to boost watermelon cultivation.
The writer argues that halting remarriage by divorced individuals would reduce separations. They propose preventing remarriage or imposing a waiting period as a way to strike at the practice, calling for a uniform marriage law to begin reform.
Dr Canfield of Columbia University cautions that many people especially women read too much and suffer mental dyspepsia. He urges readers to limit their intake to avoid overloading the mind.
A Berlin scholar argues that the German Federal state should abolish the empire and Kaiser, replacing it with a new constitutional framework. The idea provokes concern among officials who fear instability and delays in reform.
Hungarian writer Dr. Emil Reich argues that America has a ludicrously small number of distinguished women in art letters and science compared with Europe. He highlights the abundance of brilliant European women authors and painters.
A French doctor asserts that automobile use will cure tuberculosis and any disease a person has when stepping in front of the machine. He says the therapy works universally for all ailments encountered by motorists.
Indiana oil markets show a five cent drop as a new prospecting push emerges in Dekalb and Noble counties. State safety inspector H. Mc Abee finishes theater inspections and orders improvements to exits and safeguards, with some venues possibly closing if needed. The Democrats of Seymour organize a Parker club amid broader political chatter.
The Bluffton City Council passes an ordinance setting a $75 monthly license fee for bucket shops. The action targets informal gambling operations tied to betting pools and similar activities within the city.
Logansport bootblacks and porters form a union vowing to raise prices on shines if their aims succeed. Local workers organize to push higher charges, signaling potential changes for customers and street services in Logansport.
The annual camp meeting of Indiana Spiritualists has opened at Chester field with reports that a ghost is walking regularly, drawing interest from attendees and observers alike.
Mrs D Campbell of Elkhart suddenly became insane and attacked her husband with a hammer. Six men had to overpower her to stop the attack.
Lightning from a clear sky struck Pierce Rauble near Greenfield inflicting serious injuries to him and killing three horses he was driving.
The Great Western Canning Company plant at Wabash is finishing the season for canning peas. Over 1,000,000 cans have been packed.
During a slide for life stunt on a slender wire in Syra cuuse Koskuisco county Professor Miller fell and fractured his skull. Doctors fear he may not recover.
Health Officer Clarence Abbott reported eleven smallpox cases discovered at Olinhant's Bend near Petersburg. All patients were quarantined.
Four hours after Judge Parker’s nomination Mrs. August Herms of Shelbyville gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who was named Parker in a hopeful moment for the community.
Mrs. Frank Massum of Wenatah died suddenly at an advanced age. The unusual measure required twelve pall-bearers to carry her casket at the funeral, reflecting her enormous weight of about 400 pounds.
John Kays, given a life sentence in Michigan City, was released after serving 18 years as a trusted inmate. He returned to his Huntingburg home to begin life on parole after his early release.
Frederick Lauenstein, proprietor of the Evansville Daily Democrat and head German newspaper in southern Indiana, collapsed from apoplexy while boarding a train to St. Louis. His death occurred as he entered the train, ending the career of a noted immigrant press figure.
Carrie Nation confronted a wall display in Madison snatching a brewing company advertisement showing a woman with a glass of beer. She denounced the image as a slander on womanhood and disrupted the scene.
The Kokomo Country Club is organized with one hundred members and eighty acres of adjoining land leased at Highland Park for golf links and a clubhouse.
Horce Morgan, a colored inmate at Kokomo jail, sawed through a window bar, stripped, greased with soap, and slid out. He was recaptured after his escape attempt failed.
The Farmland Enterprise endorses James P. Goodrich for United States senator. The Winchester Herald quotes the endorsement with approval. Both papers circulate in Goodrich’s county.
A severe windstorm at Vincennes tears away temporary roofing on a new Union Depot Hotel addition. High winds topple trees and fences as sand fills the air, reducing visibility to about fifteen feet.
The historic elm in Corydon, site of Indiana’s 1816 constitution adoption, is dying from a deadly insect attack. Several landmark trees in the courthouse yard have fallen, including the monumental “constitutional elm” once among the state’s largest specimens and a relic of Corydon’s capital era.
Robert Roof, age nineteen from Muncie, built a complete automobile powered by electricity. He asserts it can reach thirty miles per hour now and twice that speed when all parts are finished. Roof is described as an expert machinist and electrician who manufactured the machine himself.
Wealthy backers promote a Coney Island styled park in Michigan City with a summer theater roller coaster and a large bathhouse. Officials anticipate Saturday night crowds as excursionists flock to the seaside project.
State Geologist Bintchley reports a valuable shale deposit along the Little Vermilion river, about five miles north of Dana, Indiana. The shale is forty feet thick and deemed suitable for fire brick manufacture.
Mrs. Ben Emerine of Decatur accidentally placed a box of arsenic pills among a one year old's playthings. The infant began spasming minutes later and died before a physician could be summoned. Local authorities investigate the tragic incident.
Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania and George W. Carroll of Texas will be formally notified of their Prohibition ticket nominations for President and Vice President on July 22. Indiana Prohibitionists will attend alongside party members from across the nation.
The Jasper county public library cornerstone was laid at Rensselaer. The planned building is a large red pressed brick and Bedford stone structure costing 14,000 dollars. Andrew Carnegie contributed 10,000 dollars and the city guarantees a maintenance fund of 1,000 dollars each year.
Lafayette adopts taxation and regulatory measures on automobiles amid a rising auto fever. The article notes the growing number of machines and describes Lafayette as traditionally aristocratic in character.
The opening of the Wabash Marion interurban has been postponed from July 1 to September 1 due to a large consignment of poles failing to arrive from South Carolina delaying construction and readiness for service.
The first Richmond magazine named Dignams Magazine appears under owner J. B. Dignam formerly of Chicago. It will be issued monthly with the Midwest States as its field of distribution.
A rich physician critiques medical specialization as a New York East Side mother's boy needs care after a baseball bat injury. She asks for aid at a dispensary but is sent to the eye and ear department with the curt remark wrong place. She asks where the thumb and finger department is in a simple exchange.
Oconto County Justice of the Peace Chas Y Peterson issues a judgment praising Dodd’s Kidney Pills as the best kidney medicine on the market today. He recounts personal relief from back pain after trying the product and warns kidney disease can progress if untreated.
The Detroit Tribune notes Peter Johnson of Muskegon filed a will indicating he did not survive his death. He explains his reasons for bequests and states he would pay his debts and burial costs if he recovers. The piece comments on probate filing implying the testator did not outlive his death.
King George III questions the colonies as a physician labels the ailment independencitis. The joke notes that independence proved correct after many political operations to cure the monarch’s gout and the empire.
Ted What turned his summer hotel into a sanitarium after its health concerns caused its failure. Ned explains the site is now operated as a sanitarium.
A Missouri woman recounts years of stomach pain and misdiagnoses, credits switching from coffee to Postum for relief, and urges others to try a ten day Postum trial. The ad touts Postum as the coffee alternative and cites the booklet The Road to Wellville for readers.
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