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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
5
A reader recalls the hymn lyric and contrasts past hardships with present wealth and extravagance. The piece argues against complaining of hard times while spending on luxury goods, theater, travel, booze, and high living, urging gratitude and reform. It cites high costs of living, extensive consumption, and calls for turning hardship into thanksgiving.
Ed Perkins recalls a father's plea to his daughter to honor and care for her mother. The speech urges waking early to make breakfast, kissing her mother, and recognizing decades of maternal love from cradle to old age, as the mother’s sacrifices endure beyond life.
Grasshoppers swarm northern Indiana regions while Madison county wheat yields range from eighteen to thirty bushels per acre. Grain described as large and plump raises concerns. Goshen and South Bend face growing garbage issues and potential city strain.
San Francisco reports from Edgar Misner describe Dawson City as a feverish, sleepless mining camp with about 4,000 people. Tents replace buildings as prospectors rush to stake claims, trade happens at cash scale, and high values are placed on claims with sales reaching tens of thousands of dollars.
Thomas Dwight Goodell notes Greece’s scenery is defined by color effects from a southern sun and a uniformly blue sky. He praises dramatic shorelines, snow-capped mountains, and varied landscapes seen while sailing past Auk, the Euripos, Makistos, and beaconed mountains described by Aeschylus.
The article maps Alaska gold regions along the Yukon from Forty Mile to Birch Creek and notes new finds on the Susitna river. It describes routes to the interior via water from Pacific ports to St Michael and inland over Chilkoot pass, with a potential Dyea to Lake Linderman railroad. Dalton trail for stock across a long trek to Dawson City is mentioned.
The narrator touts astonishing gold returns with buckets of gold from a single pan and a $700 find. He describes stampedes of newcomers racing through swamps and mosquitos, heat of 97 degrees, and boats loaded for distant creeks as Alaska Commercial Company rushes men to stake claims.
Practical guidance on stain removal using turpentine and alcohol, whipping cream with milk and chilling, Leigh Hunt tea method, quick washing of crewed work to protect wood color, ironing hints, and pillowcase tubing as a preferred fabric.
A historical notice describes the 1896 heat wave killing many women and warning of female health vulnerabilities. It endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a testimonial from Mrs. Sanik Crain of Baker's Landing, Pennsylvania, claiming dramatic recovery from prolapse and leucorrhea.
A historical notice promotes Grain-O a grain based beverage as a coffee substitute claiming rich mocha like color yet gentle on the stomach and affordable at 15 and 25 cents per package. It notes widespread grocery availability and mentions wheat and a teething syrup by Mrs Winslow. It also states Wabash will have well water tested by the State Board of Health.
Public notices tout Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal fix for catarrh with claims of internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers one hundred dollars for any failure and urges readers to request testimonials. Also mentions Grain-O coffee substitute and Hall's Hair Renew er as remedies.
A dormant liver warning urges immediate discipline of the organ with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims relief from bilious attack symptoms and promises removal of malaria rheumatism kidney complaints nervousness and debility.
Public notice style ad highlights Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen hot feet and prevent blisters with claims of curing foot pain. Mentions 25 cent price, trial pack free, sold by druggists and shoe stores, with address and endorsements from customers. Includes a second testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption dated 1895.
Eliza R. Parker explains a home method for washing summer gowns. Use warm water with ivory soap, wash through, rinse in clear and blue water, wring, starch, shake and hang in shade, then sprinkle and iron on the wrong side to keep gowns pretty all summer.
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