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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1898
Page
8
An OCR fragment advertises dentist C L Hallam offering general dental work including crown and bridge procedures. It notes professional credentials and a billing line about payments, with mention of location near a bakery and pricing details.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a barber shop and related names with unclear dates or places. The readable fragment lists D. S. Spoon and references to a barber shop setting, but lacks coherent event details or location.
Ada E Wart of Groton writes of a severe lung illness that once left her prayerful and hopeless. Four doctors gave up hope, but she recovered after using Dr Ning’s New Discovery for Consumption and Coughs, taking eight bottles and crediting divine aid. Free samples offered at Geo S V Bass’s Drug Store with regular sizes available.
An old newspaper ad promotes DeWitts Liver Pills and related tonics for constipation and multiple ailments. It highlights claims of curing headaches biliousness and piles with various products from G W Bass and mentions a print edition price.
The ad promotes Dr Miles nerve tonics and pain remedies for various ailments including coughs throat and lung troubles. It also touts One Minute Cough Cure as a universal remedy and praises DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for cuts bruises and piles. The piece cites customers and a signature I. Wlbas s.
A fragment mentions a Dr Miles product known as Little Early Risers and a boy who asks for a bottle of the famous pills for constipation and related ailments. The text reflects nostalgic advertising phrasing and references a household name for the remedy.
Madison Township notes a Sunday school rally on the 30th with an entertainment and small door charge to fund the town ship Sunday school convention. Also reported are local concerns about crops, illnesses, and neighborly tensions involving Henry Landers over cider and ongoing political loyalties.
State Superintendent notes only eight log school houses survive in Indiana. Locations include Johnson township Brown County Charlestown Oregon township Clark County Fredmond township Dubois County White River township Gibson County Washington township Monroe County Campbell township Warrick County. Most have weather boarded to resemble frame houses. Electric Bitters offered as a cure for various ailments with guaranteed results. Geo W Bass’s Drug Store sells the product.
An offer to send a friend a full year of the home print Guide edition for a one time cost equivalent to 50 years of postage when mailed by hand. The promotion highlights saving on mailing and extending a long term gift option.
The bladder receptacle for urine can fail only by two paths: kidney dysfunction or careless local treatment of other diseases. Unhealthy urine from diseased kidneys is the chief cause, with warnings about mistaking bladder issues for womb weakness. Dr Wilmer’s Swamp Root touted. sample bottle and pamphlet offered for postage.
Doctor Swain advertises treatment for nervous disorders with guaranteed results. Visits are held in Mooresville on the second Wednesday and Thursday of each month and at the Martinsville office on Mondays Fridays and Saturdays each week.
Free notices under four lines in the column. Extra lines incur charges. Items include For Sale pumps bug yes cider vinegar and garden needs. Advertisements from W C Greeson Calvert Mrs John Bacher H W Mendenhall offer or request money loans with certain rates.
An 1890s style advertisement touts Buklen's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers and many skin conditions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price by Geo W Bass. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure claiming rapid relief from coughs colds bronchitis pneumonia grippe and related throat and lung ailments.
The old remedy used for over fifty years soothes the child and relieves teething pain. It softens the gums, relieves wind colic and diarrhoea, and offers immediate comfort. Sold by druggists worldwide for pennies a bottle. Ask for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup only.
Advertises trustworthy and active men to travel for a responsible established house in Todinanu. Monthly 3.00 and expenses. Position steady. Reference required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company Dept. Y Chicago.
A patient from Ouuix Virginia writes of avoiding a bladder stone operation after using Fenness Kipsgram Back actin Crone prescribed by Dr M M Pexnen of Fredonia New York. He reports passing a large stone and halted further stone formation with improved health.
Train timetables show connections at Indianapolis linking No 20 for Logansport and Chicago with Nos S and 1 from Pittsburgh Columbus and Richmond. Pittsburgh Columbus Richmond trains connect at Indianapolis with Nos S and 1. General managers L. Lorer and Ford provide time cards and fare details.
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