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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1899
Page
1
A garbled OCR style page fragment shows tangled, nonsensical phrases about soldiers, navy, loans, and distant places. The readable bits mention water, radiwas, and borrowed funds for transport, with scattered names and places unclear.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a debate over early education. An applicant claims experience with ten young children and faces skeptical response about capabilities and disrupting established notions.
A fragment from Colliers Weekly notes a sudden marriage proposal after four years, reflecting sarcasm and prior remarks about a partner’s behavior within a waning relationship. The text references a witty remark about the proposer knowing the other was sarcastic.
Experiments in Paris show electric wagons cost 47 per cent less to run than horse drawn wagons and cheaper than petroleum motors by a further percentage.
Indiana Odd Fellows authorize a $35,000 Fraternity Home for indigent members near Greensburg with 87 suites and dedicated wards for widows and children. The 156 acre site will have its own water works and electric plant, planned as a state‑level project to aid an aging membership.
William G. Shafer of Peru filed for an animal releasing device. Joseph W. Sharpe Jr of Indianapolis sought a device for pneumatic elevators. Alexander Van Sickle of Indianapolis pursued a gas engine patent.
Coroner Coats in Shelby County Kentucky reports a horse that developed bumps under its ears and later horns growing from each side of the head. The horns reach about four inches, curl like ram horns, and remain flexible like whalebone, described as a freak of nature.
Eight year old Carl Derbyshire was killed when a wagon wheel broke loose while he rode on the wheel and the wheel buried in the ground, crushing a rib through the heart. In Greensburg a dog owner fell into a cistern while rescuing her pet, narrowly escaping drowning.
Adan Shierman home burned on Monday as Mrs Seumerman across the street saved her two year old child. A four year old daughter died in the blaze. In unrelated note, 14989 fish were caught at Palestine Lake with hook and line within a 100 foot radius.
Capt James N Sims a pioneer lawyer of Frankfort died Monday at age eighty two. He was widely known in the state and had been a member of the Frankfort bar for fifty years or more.
Mishawaka voters approve incorporation by a 359 majority as Marion residents seek state encampment support. Evansville ex-police commissioner John C. Gutenburger dies of heart trouble. Clark county endures five brutal murders in ten months. Capitalists George Breanman plan a twelve-pot glass factory at Lapel.
In northern Indiana and southern Michigan districts, a coming scarcity of quail pheasants and other game is forecast. Large quantities of frozen birds were found along the Indiana Michigan line. At Bunker Hill near Peru a coal thrower injured Marshal Haggarty’s nine year old son and nearly hit Jerome Herff on a passing train. Citizens vow severe punishment if the offender is caught.
A fanciful device described by A Fe Wayne uses electric wire to trigger alarms and gas to deter thieves, with a finger board guiding safe choices. The item sits among diverse reports including factory losses, a death in Evansville, counterfeit money arrests, and a child’s sudden death from heart trouble in Madison.
Charles B. Stuart, famed Indiana lawyer and for mer Wabash Railroad counsel, died Monday evening. Son of the late William B. Stuart who served on Indiana's supreme bench, he guided Purdue University as a director and led the Democratic party as board president. He was widely known in Indianapolis circles.
Patents were issued to Indiana residents including Emery M. Carr of Newcastle for a windlass Thomas Duncan of Fort Wayne for an electric meter and multiple rate meter F O McQueen of Scottsburg for an acetylene gas generator and Robert E Poindexter of Indianapolis for a knife sharpener.
The Indiana General Assembly sees key actions as the township reform bill passes 53 to 43 after support from Clements Mutty Geisel Mull and Titus. Other measures include a lake Porter Laporte foreclosure land title bill, a rail mileage book bill, and partisan safety and police proposals amid heated debates.
Aguinaldo publishes a manifesto after the Manila unrest, lamenting hostilities and concessions made to avoid conflict. He vows to defend national honor and claims united Filipino support while denouncing the Philippine commission and key American officials as annexationists. He denies seeking foreign help and asserts Filipinos did not solicit it.
In Washington the Miles court of Inquiry hears Dr Daly describe how a Tampa beef sighting led to the embalmed beef claim. His testimony shows changes after Miles withdrew claims of an experiment, while subsistence officials describe purchasing over 800000 pounds of canned beef and the supply methods.
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