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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
2
The Mooresville Guide notes a weekly Friday issue and a low subscription rate of seven cents per year. It urges readers to patronize local advertisers and supports the post office mailing designation.
Community notices list visits and greetings among residents, church events, gatherings, and local business mentions. Names include W. Qwens, Dr. F. P. E. Manker, J. Bishop, and W. Ross, with Indianapolis, Martinsville, and Monrovia connections. May church and political items appear along with ads and classifieds.
A reader fears inheritance of consumption and shares poor health with a persistent cough and legible worry. The doctor’s advice to take cod liver oil is impractical due to stomach upset, leaving guidance incomplete and seeking safer self care steps.
Advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a palatable remedy. It urges plenty of fresh air and exercise and steady use to improve the system, though the text contains garbled phrases and unclear references to related products.
An early 20th century classified note advertises a demand for 5,000 hides at Gray's tannery. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure with testimonials, claiming rapid relief for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles and prevention of consumption.
An advertisement touts a renowned healer offering a salve for sores piles and skin ailments. It claims universal effectiveness and features the slogan Guaranteed. The copy presents the healer as a major figure in contemporary treatment.
Fragmentary ad text promises a health benefit after meals using a spoon of Dr Caldwell's product. The wording is garbled and reads like an old promotional snippet with no clear event or date.
Indianapolis eye physician Dr Plaster will visit Mooresville on Tuesday May 1 to examine eyes for glasses and treat eye diseases. He travels alternating Mondays to Martinsville and alternate Tuesdays to Mooresville beginning January 16, 1900, with zero examination charges. He lists prior visits to Lebanon Thorntown Danville Martinsville Edinburgh Greenfield and continues two weekly visits to each location.
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