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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1896
Page
2
A pithy note on a craftsman who created four-in-hand and tech ties yet cannot afford a clean shirt monthly. The piece highlights income hardship despite inventive skill and implies a broader class contrast.
A tale describes a well or hole in the ground that yields two kinds of water and a mineral spring mechanism. The owner, proud of his spouter, will not exhibit the feature in a museum.
A Lansing era attempting to drown himself in a beer tank on a Heughton farm last week ends with rescue but the beer is deemed a dead loss. The event centers on a grower identified as W despite the crude wording of the report.
New York City sold Bogen of gold bonds in London on a per cent basis. Massachusetts issued about 32,000, WO of gold bonds on a similar basis in the same market. The bond issue was oversubscribed in both cases.
Fragmented OCR text depicts tensions among state county and township authorities over road maintenance and gravel suspensions. No clear details, but indicates governance friction and ongoing administrative actions at multiple jurisdictional levels.
A garbled note explains wood pole construction with a center core and hollow tubes. It mentions mixed borax and other ingredients, and claims lighter yet stronger poles that resist wet weather.
An ambitious traveler aims to complete a world circumnavigation once the Siberian railway opens, estimating a forty day journey at about 309 for transport. The route would start in London and pass through St Petersburg en route.
A historical reflection compares royal pageants to American circuses as tools of control. It notes monarchs used grand processions to awe crowds and suppress dissent, while American shows offer free access and affordable thrills, delivering spectacle without coercive costs.
Glints and glistens in sunlight describe the regal crown matched at the Kokomo glass works. The piece is praised for its dazzling appearance and age old hoarded appeal.
Prof Dyehe of Kansas University recounts Greenland trips noting explorers' irresistible attraction to the country. He asserts Esquimuns eat meat, enjoy health, and claims social dress signals marital status with blue ribbons, red for single, black for widowed. White added upon remarriage.
A discussion notes growing interest in forest protection amid limited government action. Senator Dubois Idaho proposes a bill to reserve forests to improve water flow and timber supply, allowing mineral land exceptions and prospecting on reservations. The measure, not yet law, signals sporadic nonpartisan debate.
An article extols donors as worldly bene factors and cites the mwodtalan brothers fruit importers in New York who provide free haircuts to poor neighborhood children on Sundays. They personally fund a barber's services to aid unkempt boys, illustrating approachable kindness beyond abstract charity.
Mrs. Van Wyek Brinckerhoff, a New Yorker with no college affiliations, provided a provisional gift of 1 000 000 to Barnard College. Her aim was to benefit New York, believing Barnard would advance the city’s higher education. Barnard remains the sole women’s college in New York.
Secretary Olney and Secretary Carlisle posed at their desks for the first time since taking office. The photographs were made at the request of Ladies Home Journal and will illustrate ex President Harrison's article in the July issue describing the State Department's workings.
Postmaster General Wilson’s view on free silver predicts collapse of gold and vast loss of purchasing power. The missive, addressed to Dr. Gamble of Moorefield West Virginia, argues free silver at 16 to 1 would shutter gold coinage, deflate the currency, and trigger nationwide economic distress before the issue will be decided by the American people.
In a local contest Crumpseeker defeated Hanley by a clear margin. Officials report a decisive result with supporters celebrating at the venue. The outcome sets Crumpseeker on a path toward the next civic steps and potential policy shifts.
The Tenth District Republicans held a congressional convention in Michigena City. E. D. Crippecker of Vidteruiso led after receiving a 52 vote majority, defeating J. Frank Hafily who pressed his successful opponent. Uncertainty marked the balloting as both sides claimed votes amid a tight contest.
John Friedles aged twenty one nephew of Jostie Friedley of Madison drowned at Spat Neck near Rising Sun. He joined a group of students on Split Rock for a picnic when one of them tried to assist a swimmer and both went under. Two others surfaced but three hours passed before help arrived. medical attention followed at Aurora amid a critical commission report.
A dispatch reports the United States consul refused shipment of French cattle as the US enforces import prohibitions on cattle from France Germany and Switzerland due to cattle diseases. The policy stems from tensions with European reluctance to accept American cattle. William Wilks, 75, of Shelby County, died after telling his wife he had little time left.
The state closes its Newport Walling trial with a series of admissions and sightings. Walling admits knowing Pearl Bryan planned to come to Cincinnati and that Jackson intended to murder her. He also says he would not have warned her. Belli testifies Bryan arrived asking for Walling and Jackson. Bryan wrote Walling and Jackson’s names on a note for delivery to either. Walling admits considering involvement in a criminal operation. He is seen with Bryan and Jackson in Bellevue days before the murder and in Hayden's restaurant on the night before the killing. Worthman Binney places Walling with Bryan at Grand Central Depot hours before her death and she pleads with him to act. Walling is observed at Wallingford's spoon with the pair on the fatal Friday. Sarah Seither reports walking with Scott Tarsen along Licking Pike toward where the rockaway was driven to Fort Thomas. Walling admits knowledge of bloody clothes after the murder and suggests disposal. He enters Hilder's Hotel at about one o'clock Saturday morning in rain, saying he has never slept there before. Corroboration from Mrs. Virgin Bow and others situates a cat cry near Newport that night and a tired man on her steps, plus a one horse car ride along Licking Pike observed in the rainy night.
The Kentucky Democratic State convention met in Lexington June 3 and 4. Free silver supporters controlled the event with Senator Blackburn delivering a vigorous address denouncing the national administration as favoring the money power. Delegates elected include J. L. Backburne and others for the state ticket and national electors aligned with pro silver and President Stackburn.
The New York rail magnate Austin Corbin was thrown from a Newport New Hampshire carriage and died of injuries. His grandson Edeen Corbin and his sister were injured. Corbin owned property in Newport including a hunting preserve and estate near 40 acres with buffalo and deer. A separate trial in Shelbyville found Mrs Enazette Patterson guilty of concealing stolen chickens and jailed for thirty days.
The essay surveys the imagined reach of the black death from Asia to America, urging strict import controls and caution among sanitary authorities. It links past outbreaks in Hong Kong and Ashgad to current fears, notes rapid decomposition complicates postmortem study, and mentions animal hosts as early indicators.
A brief editorial voice questions paying forty dollars for a single lot of work, arguing the writer can perform it as well as anyone else and preferring self reliance.
Four Rhine gentlemen played a dangerous joke at Bullay fair by overvaluing a cab and horse. The cabman sued through German courts. after a year and a half costs reached $900 plus private retainers. He won at Coblenz High Court. cabman bought a pair and Victoria and travels to Berlin with men of title.
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