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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1896
Page
6
The gypsy moth costs Massachusetts 525000 to date and officials plan another 200000 for the 1915 season to eradicate the pest. Authorities describe women shortages in British Columbia and discuss emigration programs to assist unmarried women in the eastern provinces seeking western settlement.
A damaged paragraph portrays a distinguished patient likened to a reservoir of human energy. It references long hours and estate work, noting the person as an intellectual giant whose acclaim the world has scarcely seen.
A newly reported venture in North Georgia hints at a plan to develop large mineral mines with a cold ore process. The report mentions American investors and capitalists backing the project and details a method claimed to yield rich ore, with trials at multiple sites described as preliminary.
A United States rail line experiences a disruption on the west to east freight corridor. Officials report a delay affecting the movement of specialty products and general freight as crews work to clear tracks and resume normal service. Affected shipments include perishable goods and freight tied to a scheduled April operation, with passengers and crews coordinating alternate routes while investigations continue.
A Brooklyn Eve article argues a natural diet preference favors fruit over animal matter. It notes long term eating habits shaping digest, with fruit retained for savor and full mastication while animal food is quickly swallowed.
A speaker urges national unity and prayer before political conventions. He cites Lincoln and Washington, warns against atheism, and calls for public devotion to God, the Constitution, and immigration instruction, ending with optimism that America’s brightest days lie ahead.
The largest monkey in America, Beppo, lives on Herman Reiche’s stocks farm near Bound Brook New Jersey. Six years old, Beppo is a chacma baboon with long yellow teeth and a savage temper. He dwarfs Johan na in size and can kill a big man as easily as a rat, making him the country’s biggest of his kind.
Dr. Warford H. Nixon of Readington was jailed in Somerville after a chase from Readington by Constable George D. Totten for obtaining goods under false pretenses. Nixon fled on a horse, hid in a farmhouse, escaped a rear window, and was later captured after midnight. he posted 500 bail.
News items report a Lincoln Nebraska tornado with fifteen minutes of destruction and large property loss, multiple injuries. a Nutley New Jersey editor dies of consumption. McKinley support grows in various states. Kipling related arrest. several labor, rail, and financial incidents across cities including Milwaukee, Wabash, Philadelphia, and New York.
Reports note Sir Jacobus A de Wett resigning in Pretoria and Weyler delaying reforms in Cuba while blaming Congress. Hawkesbury mills in Ontario burned with $100000 loss and 900 workers jobless. Armenian exiles depart to America. German sugar export tax set. education bill advances in Britain. Hungarian Millennial Exhibition opened in Budapest. U S raises indemnity claims over sugar plantations burned by insurgents.
The Rochester Post-Express reports on ten pin balls imported from South America. Frank Schwibert explains that lignum vitae heartwood is used, balls range four to eight inches in diameter, twelve balls per alley, priced 1.30 to 3.50 dollars each. Ball manufacture is done in a lathe and requires sanding and polishing. balls occasionally go out of true and are turned again. Pins are typically maple and also turned on a lathe.
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