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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
2
The Mooresville guide recalls Kentucky politics of 1896 as an educational yet entertaining campaign. The piece mentions Covington and Lexington incidents, including a speaker struck by a brick, and references distant topics about ships and exotic relics, ending with a claim of a free tow.
The text discusses a broad debate on severities of speech and debate in Central Africa and the value of public oratory. It touches on judges, referees, and the need to train speakers to persuade large audiences. The piece notes potential rewards for effective rhetoric and critiques weak performers.
An OCR fragment recalls a Supreme Court confirmation of a verdict against the New York World over damages to Harriet Mis nog of Chien 4. It notes public memory of the case and contrasts it with recognition of James Russell Lowell's opening lines from a centennial celebration.
The article profiles a Florida woman described as a radical new light who publishes works on a creed claiming mental powers can eradicate disease from long range. She asserts death is doomed and urges undertakers to close up shop, offering bodily immortality for $5, though no address is provided.
A playful exchange between a kite and the small bar reveals a pun on being "on the string" and soaring. The dialogue-like line hints at clever wordplay and whimsy.
A historical overview notes Indiana's Republican plurality near 20 000 in recent elections but contrasts with larger margins in other states. It cites figures for Lincoln Grant Tilden Harrison and Cleveland, arguing voters remain split and no party can expect massive overhauls akin to Colorado New York Pennsylvania or Illinois results.
A Monon route excursion with 17 members visits Bedford stone quarries and Louisville Cement plant, highlighting Bedford stone as durable and easy to quarry. The article notes rising demand, strong rail interest, and profitable shipping to the Atlantic coast and beyond. Bedford quarries are connected to the Bedford Belt road via Monon and other lines.
The piece reports India's 1986 wheat crop down 6.0 million bushels from the prior year and 1987 projections about 160.009 million bushels short. It notes India exporting wheat to England, California shipments to India, and ongoing India to England trade despite tight supplies. It cites Australian, English, French, German, and Russian crop conditions, plus California demand, Minneapolis cash wheat, and Manitoba's limited export potential.
A clever method used in Indian hospitals places a perforated wooden block beneath mattresses. Bedbugs crawl into the holes and are then destroyed by dipping the wood in hot water.
Dr. Talage spoke to Washington listeners on Young Men Challenged to Nobility. He urged lasting virtue through religious principle, warned that genius without toil leads to ruin, and urged devotion to God over worldly distractions. He cited Absalom, Creeve battle, and the balance of duty, faith, and life choices.
The Westminster Gazette reports a balloon ascent from Villette at 1:30 to probe upper atmosphere with a six liter air reservoir and a clock activated release timed one hour after launch and then again after one minute. The craft was cooled with soda water and carried two baro-thermographs for high altitude data.
A lyrical verse presents a cavalier awaiting at dusk outside a wicket and hearing a soft bow draw. The setting includes a maple thicket, listening leaves, dreaming flowers, and a still moor as mists rise in a quiet meadow.
A collection of short comic quips and captions from various newspapers. Snippets cover sayings on news, work, love, parenting, and everyday snafus with names like Cleveland Plain Dealer and Galveston News. The tone is wry and observational, blending wit with social commentary.
The article proposes expanding natural gas to absorb heat and form ice, turning 2,500,000 cubic feet per day into about fifty tons of ice daily at fifty cents per ton. Gas would lose only pressure, retain calorific value, and serve heating needs for mills, kilns, and various furnaces.
A Folies Bergere performer traveled to St Petersburg with turtle doves for a show. At the Russian frontier the birds were seized under a War Ministry order banning any pigeons. The frontier commandant offered to care for the birds until the owner passes the frontier.
The stormy petrel known as lamp bird is noted for its oily body. Fishermen from St. Kilda reportedly insert a wick in a dead specimen’s mouth and light it to burn for an hour, an odd traditional practice cited by the New York Advertiser.
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