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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
6
Reports describe a 700 inmate revolt at California State Prison San Quentin quelled by a cold water hose. The cooling remedy, long used in such uprisings, took officers days to devise as rioters faced soaking and drenching with water.
Mr Ashmead Bartlett, once an American suitor to England, married Baroness Bartlett-Coutts and gained influence through an annuity. He may receive a peerage from Lord Salisbury for his financial backing of the Conservative party and his connections as landlord in Westminster.
A reflection on noble ideals of chivalry, depicting an age of gallant knights and aristocratic virtue. The piece cites a Parisian Duchess of Alencon and a line of Iv Xbie as paragons, noting their courage and sacrifice amid a fading belief in noble rank and heroism.
The Indiana Chautauqua at Fecle Lake near Warsaw has grown from a modest start into a celebrated site. Officials hail Winona as an intellectual and moral success, praising its future with confidence after the General Assembly's attention and approval.
The article notes the 78th birthday and upcoming 60th coronation anniversary of Queen Victoria. It highlights her reign as the longest in English history, surpassing King George II, and anticipates a grand diamond jubilee in June. It also mentions a Boston observer joking about the cuspidor as an emblem of American cleanliness.
The article lauds Queen Victoria's long reign and compares modern Britain’s growth to earlier eras. It notes population and empire expansion, economic gains, and global influence, citing figures on territory, people, trade, and military strength. It also contrasts London then and now, highlighting urban development from royal era to later times.
Mr. E. M. Tightman of New York criticizes Havana fare after dining in Mandmie hotel. He calls the menu scant and the cooking second class, noting beef as the only common meat and the bill of fare limited to rice eggs and fish.
Dr. Talmage presents Genesis 3:6 as the first sorrowful result of Eve's curiosity. He warns that healthful inquiry becomes dangerous when it leads to disobedience and ruin, praising home life and the female influence in shaping nations through virtue and example.
In Thomas St. Kearney Jr.s June St Nicholas article on Plants That Feed Upon Insects the sundew is explained. Sundews have round leaves with glandular sticky tips that trap insects and slowly digest them while the leaf stalks bend toward the prey. The plant benefits from occasional insect meals, though some survive on nectar alone.
Mrs John Beard of Jackson Michigan suffered ten years from neuralgia of the heart and stomach and sleeplessness. She abandons morphine after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, reporting complete recovery after six boxes. Pills are sold by druggists or mailed from Schenectady New York. Parishioners in Caldwell Kansas dug a cyclone cellar for protection.
ALE Sorts. Barbers adopt a combined instrument pairing shears with a fixed comb to lift hair for cutting. Five thousand unconsumed sandwiches prepared by Trenton restaurant keepers for Sea Philadelphia bicyclists event. Police plan to halt Sunday runs in Trenton and will arrest anyone blowing a bugle within city limits.
A Letcher county deputy sought taxes from a Mill Creek man. After a threatened seizure and dinner at the home, the deputy was paid with a dinner bill of one dollar plus twenty cents. The whimsical ending shows a wiser man returning home.
YPSC EQ invites members of Christian Endeavor Societies and friends to a guided excursion to San Francisco led by Prof. Chas S. Patterson of Edinburg Indiana. Departing June 29 from Wabash R R ships, with stops en route and visits to Colorado Springs Denver Rio Grand Salt Lake City Shasta Route Puget Sound and Yellowstone before returning via Northern Pacific.
Through sleepers and free reclining cars to Kansas City Denver Hot Springs Omaha Lincoln and many points in Missouri Arkansas Nebraska Colorado and Texas. For maps rates and full information address CORE ALEXANDER D P A Ma Pac Ry Indianapolis Ind Britain has 3815 men available for sea service.
An 1896 newspaper fragment promoting Piso's Cure for Consumption by B. Palmer of Seattle and Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething children. It touts quick cures and relief from coughs and inflammation with prices noted in the ad copy.
Rochester firemen have been prohibited from entering saloons while on duty, a measure aimed at maintaining public safety and disciplinary standards within the department.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful or swollen feet and bunions, makes tight shoes feel easy, and reduces sweating and tired feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents, trial package free, by Allen and Olmsted. Also notes a Latin newspaper published by a German in Aquila, Italy.
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