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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1896
Page
2
An Indianapolis man whose wife was gravely ill sought donations for a coffin in Mooresville. After she rallied, he allegedly attacked her with a club, blaming her for his debt and the funeral costs.
Fragmentary report describes a proposed Colorado land or water project near Pikes Peak with mentions of Springs and Cripple Creek. Details are garbled and unclear.
A mangled report hints at a court case with a man released from custody and partners discussing a plan. The blurred text mentions a location, a person named Soren, and alleged actions surrounding a business dispute and custody outcome.
A inventor claims to patent a hotter paper brick made from wheat straw waste in Kansas to mass produce cheap bricks for streets and houses in New England. He argues the new brick could cost far less than frame houses, enabling brick mansions for small towns and altering highway construction.
Real Havana filler digars become scarce and expensive without peace in Cuba. Imports from the island fall for months as insurrection devastates plantations. Exports drop with Cuba unable to export. 1895 exports totaled £0,493,054 vs $17,180,205 prior year. War.
The piece argues Cuba war harms U S business and injures every citizen. It calls for public opinion and possible action, linking economic interests to justice and liberty. The appeal targets readers' pocketbooks, bank accounts, and sense of right.
A historical commentary critiques lawyers who profit from others’ ignorance and recounts Samuel J. Tiden’s case. It discusses a New York Supreme Court ruling on Tiden’s will, the trust for public works, and potential divisions among heirs. The piece echoes a warning about self serving legal minds.
The passage outlines a tribal meal ceremony with ablutions led by a family head and a colored servant. It recalls ritual hand washing, seating, and a grace before a shared meat dish of deer or mutton. Allocation of meat goes by quickness after Amen, with dry bread and strong coffee completing the meal.
The passage traces breakfast as a late regu lar meal with earliest quotation in the Oxford Dictionary. It notes Pepys’ habit of wine and waters at morning, dinners as the day’s main course, and the late introduction of forks and dining etiquette including hand washing and handedness at the table.
Dr. Talmage in Washington argues the newspaper is a living wheel full of eyes guiding modern life. He traces the press from pamphlets to daily papers, warns against tyranny, and urges editorial training and prayer for those who shape public knowledge. He extols newspapers as mirrors of life and engines of history and religion.
Anderson boy Frank Cook, thirteen, is drawing plans and molds for his homemade engine and devices. He built a shop and has an engine turning lathes. machinists call his parts perfect. He schools himself, sketches devices, and has several small inventions challenging older minds. He may enter a polytechnic school for further training.
In New London Connecticut three children of a Revolutionary War general live there. William H. Burbeck his brother John C. Burbeck and sister Charlotte A. Burbeck claim a rare city distinction. Their father fought at Brandywine Germantown Monmouth Valley Forge and later with Gen Wayne against Indians.
The barbette for the battleship Iowa was completed at Homestead last week. It is the harvest ever manufactured in America and has been under construction for more than a year. It comprises nine plates of 15,000 pounds each plus a large turret. The plates are fifteen inches thick and 220 inches wide. The barbette will be shipped to Philadelphia where the Iowa is being built on a purpose built train.
Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore married Jerome Bonaparte in 1803, son Jerome Napoleon born in Camberwell England on July 7 1805 and died in Baltimore June 17 1830. He left two sons Jerome Napoleon and Charles Joseph. The union was dissolved by the French Imperial Council after Pope Pius VII refused a divorce.
Fashion across the domain leans toward bright colors and bold combinations. Spring costumes feature red fawn mahogany green and gold, with vests and waistcoats in bright soft-textured cloth, often braided or appliqued with silk beads and spangled gimp for a striking effect.
New York Republicans met in New York City on March 24 to select delegates to the National convention and conduct party business. Cornelius R. Parsons presided, with Southwick later named permanent chairman. The platform endorsed protection for industry agriculture and labor, a cautious tariff, and opposition to free coinage of silver, while praising Governor Levi P. Morton as the Republican candidate for President and urging delegates to push his nomination. Delegates at large included Platt Miller Depew Lauterbach. alternates Fish Witherbee Babock McMillan. electors Tracy Butler. The convention adjourned sine die.
Reports span various items: Jeffersonville shipyards complain of dill times, Seymour sees dangerous measles, Thomas Jackson found dead at Coal Creek cabin, Crystal Clubhouse destroyed near Porter county with £3000 loss, several Indiana patents issued, Senator Davis withdraws from presidential race, Garcia’s bond forfeited in New York, Alabama pig iron exports threaten England, Coxey family perishes in Charleston blaze, Isaac Pizer hanged in Louisiana, Nicaragua revolutionaries gaining strength, Reed and Allison form a bloc to counter McKinley boom.
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