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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
3
Report from Mooresville Indiana notes Prof. Gates of Washington DC presenting a compound double acting discovery that allegedly magnifies objects to 3,000,000 diameters, far surpassing current microscopes at about 10,090x. The method uses a machined lens system to project and focus the image.
The text outlines several territorial delegates in the current Congress, mentioning a Arizona delegate presumed to be from New England, a New Mexico native from Alabama, and a Missouri entry. It notes election figures, party mentions, and vague details about voting and office roles, though much of the text is garbled.
The passage mixes stray musings on spiritual prophecy with stock market notes. It references Wells Fargo and Union Pacific in receivership context, cites a dramatic decline in Union Pacific stock, and discusses national banking data from 1864 to 1896 including capital, deposits, loans, and currency in circulation.
The synchronograph, a new device, promises to send 4300 words a minute over ordinary lines and 500 words a minute by cable. Mounted at London's general post office, it uses a dynamo for sending and receiving. Authorities expect the new system to lower costs to current postal rates.
A plan envisions steel tube framed ships with steel netting to anchor fifty miles offshore and serve as ocean hotels for travelers. French investors back the venture with a Trahan Carverle and Lemieux design featuring searchlights telegraphic apparatus and concrete filled hulls for safety.
An insurgent victory near Victoria de Cuba signals growing Cuban strength in arms and men. Spanish officials concede a setback for the royalist effort as the insurgents gain confidence and threaten key routes on Cuba's central and eastern regions.
Counterfeiter gang captured in three counties. The Kalamazoo area reports a bull fight in Putnam County leaving a man dead and a Jersey cow killed. Sheriff Busch ing leads a posse to capture burglars after a shootout with Wooley Bros. in Versailles. Vengeance threats loom over Versailles lynching case as inquest continues and officials vow action. A storm hits the State Fair.
A garbled dispatch reports a counterfeiters raid in Valparaiso with arrests of H A W Brown and Theodore Hansen, plus a skeleton from a cave and a massive storm at the fairgrounds with injuries. Other notes mention farmers suing railroads, trips to Ambia Bank, and local school gas belt concerns.
A man on a Piccadilly bus eyes a stylish cyclist in blue and later pursues her, while a stern neighbor berates him. He confesses his attraction and claims he is married, then meets the cyclist at Sloan Street, where his wife Celia questions the encounter.
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