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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1904
Page
2
In Mooresville Indiana the column mocks tobacco myths claiming cigars may cause hair loss. Paris fashion shows Panama hats while a Washington ad touts bottled sunshine. A Pittsburg highway robber goes to jail. a Chicago man owes alimony. Louisiana governor lists eighty colonels. mint consumption grows. a tin shirt wearing man amuses Massachusetts readers.
The article notes Count Kwamura is regarded as the father of the Japanese navy while claiming Commodore Perry as its grandfather.
Paname has invested 4.09 thousand of her Sho,600 thousand on New York real estate. She questions what she will do if New York tenants renegotiate or refuse to pay rent in the future.
Gustave Fran cote, king Leopold’s funeral envoy on a peace mission, arrives as Munroe fights Jeffries. fashion journals discuss antunmin cloaks and revealing figures while critiques note expenses and grumbling. beauty columns mock aging and waistlines as apples supposedly curb alcoholism amid curiosities and warnings.
A Bos Aavens woman involved in a bourse project insists workmen remove planks and refrain from exposing undressed lumber during construction citing modesty concerns.
A Connecticut man stood up a bride at the altar recently leaving her heartbroken and out of pocket. The incident prompted discussions of divorce costs. Taber reports the couple’s trouble and the financial burden on the would-be spouse.
Although the Goelets suffered a jewel theft reported with fanfare, a poorer family loses gems valued at 200 009 dollars and keeps quiet, remaining largely anonymous to the public.
A Pittsburg man, mistaken for a hitching post, tied his horse to a police sergeant. The incident shows how misidentification can lead to a foolish act and a humorous mishap.
President Eliot argues education should not end with youth but continue into adult life. He acknowledges his own vast knowledge yet says he still learns something every day.
Town Topics notes a rise in insurance types beyond life accident fire and marine. A new company insures parcels by messenger mail or express and insures horses and wagons. Industrial insurance has grown so popular that one company’s offices fill an entire city block and directors must stop voting salary increases.
Minnesota and the Dakotas harvest large flax crops with abundant straw unused. A railroad plans to support a local spinning industry making ropes, cordage, toweling, yarn and carpets, paying farmers about four dollars a ton and boosting freight revenue. The Agriculture Department notes improvements in seed varieties can lift yields, with corn strains developed for regional climates showing gains of up to sixteen bushels per acre.
In New Hampshire a climb to the clouds contest attempted the eight mile road from Glen House to Mount Washington summit. The best time under twenty nine minutes suggests autos are a strong swift practical vehicle compared to the three mile uphill railroad and over an hour base to summit run.
Marie Corelli, famed for fiction, shifts to social critique in the English magazine Bystander. She ridicules modern At Homes as a social poultry yard where hens crow, provoking Arsconaut to ask who will now offer mild social pleasure.
The piece contrasts old religious expeditions to Lassa with new political incursions. It notes the Buddhist sacred capital, the white palace and golden roofs, and the lingering presence of European and Caucasian intruders seeking influence, now driven by power rather than faith.
An English observer argues that waking early harms mood and health and even fosters crime. He claims most inmates in penal institutions were forced to rise at dawn. The writer suggests the man should visit to give lectures and would find an audience.
Fragmentary text mentions a Colorado cook cherry pie and pomology ideas with blossoms. The readable parts are insufficient to identify persons, places, or a coherent event or notice.
A regional note claims Pennsylvania barbers will not cut hair for men who shave themselves, a rule described as causing friction among patrons and barbers alike with unclear origins and impacts.
Edward KAR grants the Chain of the Royal Victorian Order to Emperor Nicholas and Emperor Francis Joseph. The move is described as a modern way of placing emperors in chains.
A witty remark circulated in an exchange suggesting that talking in sleep reveals a man’s failure to be heard when awake. The quip reflects humorous social commentary on communication and attention.
Indiana oil reaches one dollar as Western crude advances two cents with high market activity. Quakers denounce Indiana divorce laws at Richmond urging reform. A feud ends with James Dalton slain on a Fairdale highway. Dalton had earlier killed Samuel Jones in self defense. Jones faced a civil suit, with Angeline Neer arrested as an accessory.
Mark Twain refuses a $1,000 offer to open Indiana University’s lecture course. Cartoonist McCutcheon will deliver the opening address.
Fourteen smallpox cases were found in one block at Evansville with all patients identified as white. A strict quarantine was established to contain the outbreak.
August Green of South Bend, described as temporarily deranged, entered a pigpen and consumed carbolic acid causing his death. Coroner notified. No further details provided.
Campaign to pardon preacher W. E. Hinshaw gains momentum as supporters apply pressure on Durbin amid renewed agitation for clemency in the murder case.
Report notes unidentified individuals have been approach and hugged Frankfort women recently. Several women now carry revolvers for protection. Police warn against unsolicited contact and urge residents to stay vigilant.
Dorothy Mavity of Hammond rushed to supper at her mother's call. She tripped on the steps, fractured her skull, and died three hours later in convulsions.
Frank Allen aged 19 of Evansville died when his bicycle struck an express wagon. The wagon shaft penetrated his abdomen, causing fatal injuries at the scene.
Ridge Fisher awakens in intense pain as a large rat stands on his head in Columbus. The rodent bites through his nose and the injury is pronounced serious.
St Joseph county fruit raisers who thrived last autumn with a second crop of strawberries report ripe berries for this fall George F Newlin alone sold 165 dollars worth of berries last season indicating strong local fruit production and market demand.
Nelson Faught eighty four a pioneer citizen and Mexican war veteran of Hendricks county committed death by own action in the front yard of his boarding house in Pittsboro he shot himself in the temple local notice records indicate the tragedy at his residence.
After acquittal on grand larceny Gus Helmke and Sylvester Speicher were arrested in Evansville on conspiracy charges. They allegedly conspired to obtain $4,000 from David J. Becker, a young man trusted with his bank book by his wealthy father.
Charles Connor of Redmond, a prominent Indiana artist, establishes a camp studio in the woods near Fountain City and will continue work there through the approaching winter.
Report from Milton notes corn crop damage forces farmers to scatter grain by riding through fields. A week earlier operators said the wheat is springing up and promising a good stand in the disrupted fields.
Otto Morbeck, foreman for the Hammond Packing Company, was assaulted by unknown men for the fourth time in months. His face was left beaten and unrecognizable by friends familiar with his prior injuries.
John Holestak and his wife are jailed on arson and robbery allegations after breaking into boarder Josef Livonovich’s room at Millers Station, allegedly stealing 10 000 roubles and jewelry before setting the house ablaze.
The American Society of Equity issues the National Union American Farmers' Union Label to products like fruit wheat corn hay oats butter and eggs. The label will be attached with a gum backing and may boost consumption. Farm workers in southern districts and coal regions are being organized to promote wider use of the labels.
Aaron Jones of South Bend, noted national and State grange leader, warns Indiana faces a drop in wheat acreage but believes a large harvest is possible next year due to an expected surge in demand driven by the ongoing Russian Japanese war.
The State Printing Board announces acceptance of a special type named Indiana for exclusive state use. Patent rights have been applied for by Secretary Thomas Carter and will be transferred to the State upon grant. The type prevents erasures or unauthorized changes in printed legislative bills and documents.
Farmers in Lake county vow to shoot automobilists who turn public roads into race tracks after a runaway accident injures two men, Cornelius Kalf and Cornelius Porto, on a church outing as their buggy was struck by a speeding car and the driver fled.
Police and firemen dragged the river at Muncie and recovered a cat dressed in baby clothes. Hundreds gathered on the banks as the body was placed in a box and dropped in the giver by children while authorities pursued clues of a reported murder.
Mark Bryan twenty five signals from mine shaft bottom near Terre and is crushed when his body falls three hundred thirty feet from the top of the shaft. His father and other relatives mourn the loss.
A new cattle disease called the mad itch has broken out in the southern part of the state. It causes extreme itching and throat pain, prompting cattle to strike their heads against objects. Four cows died in a single day on Reverend R. R. Baldwin's farm.
Dr Giuseppo Lapponi, Rome physician to the Vatican, attests to the effectiveness of Dr Williams Pink Pills. He cites four cases of simple anemia of development improving after treatment and endorses use for chlorosis neurasthenia and related conditions.
A fragment from Harper's Bazaar hints at students, including Johnny, and a teacher facing a shift in approach toward discipline or guidance, using a rod as a symbolic or literal measure.
A Silver Lake Massachusetts woman credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing years of severe illness after months of use. She describes extreme pain and ulceration, notes patience required, and urges others to try the remedy. The testimonial appears with a $5000 forfeit caveat regarding authenticity.
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