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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
2
Mooresville Guide reports a patent for color photography and a Richmond Virginia company with a $5000 capital to market the apparatus. James W. MacDonough of Chicago is credited as the inventor who perfected the machinery.
Lowe financiers predict the pustative department will fund itself this year due to the Presidential campaign. It will return a surplus to the treasury instead of a deficit on the annual balance sheet. Gov McKinley receives about 1000 letters daily, making him worth 204 days to the government in postage.
The article discusses a shift to hold the presidential election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It explains the law ties the date to when November begins and notes the 4 November 2006 election date is earlier than recent years.
A discussion in St Louis notes that reported wind velocity of Pua rites per hour implies pressure of SO pounds per square foot. The analysis suggests such wind could destroy brick walls three inches thick. The figures are not comforting but may aid builders aiming to withstand wind pressure.
A fragmentary, archaic sounding verse warns about fashionable folly and dangers to women. It praises joy and triumphal hymns while hinting at ill fate and sacrifices for clothing and gender roles.
Railway experts nationwide agree steel and iron cars will replace wood in rail use. Experiments with soft steel cars show wooden cars and bridges are outdated. Steel cars promise equal or lighter weight, greater capacity, and better durability amid ongoing progress.
The Board of Health condemns eight seven dairies in St Louis as unsanitary due to overuse of brewers grains and waste, causing cows to refuse water in heat and exhibit appetites likened to alcoholism prompting a reform push and pledges from local bosses to abstain from illicit activities while milking.
The railway industry drives and reflects overall economic conditions. When other sectors prosper railways gain. when they lag railways suffer. travel and freight depend on cash, and questions remain about the justification of vast capital invested in rail lines.
Figures from a recognized authority show 175 500 miles of railroad in the United States with equipment valued at 3 661 715 000 dollars. Annual traffic revenue exceeds 1 225 000 000 dollars, about 860 009 000 of which pays for operating expenses. There are 36 500 locomotives, 28 700 passenger and baggage cars, 7 850 freight cars, and 1 162 000 other cars.
A patriotic meditation contrasts wartime suffering with the enduring reverence for George Washington. The piece evokes national unity from sea to sea, honoring a legacy of liberty and the dream of a citizenry unfettered by bondage, while invoking a hopeful future beyond conflict.
The pension rolls list fourteen American veterans of the War of 1812 with service at Stonington, New Orleans, and other battles. Names include Elijah South, Jared Ferguson, Abraham Klock, Jarrote Curl, James Hooper, George W. Jones, and others, ages ranging from the mid teens to late sixties. Three pensioners from the war of 1812 died in the past year.
Household hints offer polish with kerosene and wax, storage tips like bread crust in kettles, potato soaking, and sugar timing. It notes banana flour as yeast in baking, broom care for carpets, tea-leaf cleaners for varnished paint, and potato soaking to improve flavor.
The article surveys dream lore arguing science has not fully demystified dreams. It cites a physician who links dream content to bodily states, such as lively dreams to nervous excitement and frightful dreams to head blood flow, suggesting dreams reflect disease or conditions in organs.
A reader asks how money value would work without legal coinage and why gold is used as money. The essay argues coin value lies in use, not government stamps, and discusses gold as a stable measure amid evolving credit and potential private minting if law ends.
A list of sixty five newspapers across the United States repudiating the Democratic platform and ticket favors McKinley, highlighting newspapers from Austin to Yonkers as proof that country should come before party. A separate Syracuse Past item notes a telegraph operator’s prank ending a nuisance caller.
A veteran financier interviewed at Mansfield on July 7 criticizes the Chicago platform and Bryanism. He argues free silver would debase the currency and harm farmers, urges Republicans to carry the country, and predicts Democratic bolt and campaign stump efforts.
A Philadelphia visitor from Quio asked Supt. Kretz what a free coinage law would do if enacted immediately. The Major said the law would be a dead letter as the government could not meet its provisions. He noted 200,400 ounces of silver bullion in vaults and warned it would take five years or more to turn it into money without触 the bullion avalanche from free coinage.
A tall black whiskered man flashed a sheet of $35 bills described as treasury copies and claimed they were free advertisements. Guests questioned the notes while a nearby clerk and provost observed the scene, ending with a lighthearted exit after the fundraiser-like ruse.
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