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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1896
Page
7
The plan envisions about 200 railway stations on a new Siberian Railway with 2,000 locomotives 3,000 passenger cars and 36,000 goods wagons. Passenger service will be largely third and fourth class with a very low tariff. Construction is to be completed in about six years speeding world travel by roughly twenty days.
Mrs. FE Weber of Baltimore reports her recovery from womb and kidney troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health after a physician urged surgery and calls it the best medicine for women.
A May 30 coronation crowd on the Hodynsky plain in Moscow caused a catastrophic crush. Authorities set up seating for 400,000 but the vast mass grew to many times that, overwhelming benches and tables and leading to hundreds dead with more feared. Police deployed, but chaos spread as the melee left bodies scattered on the plain.
Miss Katherine Weston claims marriage to Richard Gray, a Duluth capitalist, occurred in Hudson six years ago, seeking the entire estate after Gray died at his brother's Boston home. No will exists to interfere with Minnesota inheritance laws. The National Party, stemmed from the Prohibition party convention in Pittsburgh, nominated Charles Bentley of Nebraska for President and J. Southgate of North Carolina for Vice President.
United States Consul Ridgely reports a new Swiss bicycle offering greater safety and comfort with a lower seating position. Proponents claim increased power and speed, easier hill climbing, and reduced rider fatigue due to an improved saddle and riding posture.
The platform denounces liquor trade and rejects regulation or compromise. It seeks vote rights regardless of sex and calls for government issuance of money with a 16 to 1 gold to silver ratio. Railroads telegraphs and monopolies would be state controlled with equitable taxation and abolition of the convict lease system. One day rest weekly and direct election of leaders are urged.
In Lebanon on a Saturday and Monday a fatal gunfight ended with William W. Riley dead from four shots and Thomas F. Allen in custody. Witnesses say Allen shot after Riley drew on him near the post office, striking Riley in the head and wounding Allen’s young son with a stray bullet as a bogey ride stood nearby. The assailant had just secured a marriage license for himself and Jessie Wiley, allegedly the daughter of Allen and Riley, amid a bitter feud over the union. Allen surrendered and was jailed.
Fragmented OCR reports Republicans leading with a five thousand plurality in Oregon. The results show Democrats and Populists trailing with Republicans favored for Supreme Judge and First District Congress. indications point to ex-Governor Peanoyer likely elected Mayor of Portland.
Summer Breeze and Atlantic trips prompt use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best accompaniment for voyages and outings. Yachtsmen and travelers confirm the bitters helps bilious and malarial disorders, while a humorous note jokes about a diver’s busy morning at the river.
An advertisement touts oils as a safe cure for cancer and various diseases, denounces burning plasters, promises a free book with oil details and prices, and provides an Indianapolis address for sending cutouts. The piece includes a brief unrelated dialogue about prize stories and marriage.
A long ad style passage claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with a promise of $100 if it fails and testimonials from subscribers. Mixed in are stray sentences about fiction snippets, soap commercials, and patent remedy notes, creating a jumble of product pitches and gossip.
On the first and third Tuesday of each month in October the Toursville and Nashville railroad offers half rate round trips to southern points. Inquiries should go to your ticket agent and if excursion tickets cannot be sold contact C. P. Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville KY or J. K. Doasley Northwest Passenger Agent Chicago IL.
Cabinet will present a resolution to the Chamber of Deputies declaring Madagascar a French colony. Reports say reformers in Johannesburg are freed with fines remitted on condition they stay out of Transvaal politics. Egyptian revenue fund use questioned by debt commission. Dispatch notes Peru and Brazil tensions over Iquitos and an impending expedition.
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