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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
5
A new preparation named Grain-O made from pure grains imitates coffee and suits delicate stomachs. It costs only a fraction of coffee's price and is suitable for children. Available in 5c and 25c packages, Grain-O is widely placed in grocery stores.
An advertisement asserts daily bowel movement is essential for health and promotes Lane's Family Medicine with claims of acting on the liver and kidneys to cure headaches, detailing price and SOS.
A mosaic fragment from Jerusalem dating back over 1500 years was discovered in Palestine. Archaeologists report it as a significant glimpse into early religious art in the region. Researchers plan further excavations to uncover broader context and related artifacts.
The age favors wall murals and fine interior touches with Moville porcelain game plaques. J C Hubinger Bros Co offers free plaques to customers who buy Elastic Starch, flatiron brand, with a three pack purchase.
Rensselaer reports a local oil strike in Jasper yielding about fifty barrels daily with land leasing and rising real estate values. Colfax notes a tragic accident as three Fairfield children shot themselves accidental after using a shotgun, Noah the six year old fatally injured.
Josephus Murdock, a respected Holton resident, and a young man accompanying him, drowned Monday morning while attempting to cross the swollen Otter Creek six miles east of town. Murdoch was moving a hay press with four horses when the crossing failed. His widow and five children mourn him. the fate of the horses is noted.
Mr and Mrs W O Stephens longtime state figures share their banner Indiana wheat yield from 95 acres this year at Sa Jema. They harvested 2906 bushels 43 bushels per acre using home made fertilizer costing 174 am acre. The record highlights advanced agricultural science and practical farming.
A person sustained serious injuries to the face and neck after an animal attacked using claws and teeth. Authorities reported the incident as an aggressive animal encounter with hospital treatment pursued.
Patents issued on Tuesday to Indiana residents include Charles Birely of Shelbyville for a wood finishing device Greer W. Davis of New Albany for a center finding register caliper John T and P F Glavier of Indianapolis for a universal nozzle Latham W Greenleaf of Terre Haute for a wheelwright machine George Guild of Cambridge City for a hydraulic shearing machine William Nay and J C Adams of Jonesboro for a reheating and finishing machine for glass Franklin P McElfresh of Anderson for a jor closure Benjamin M Miller of Crawfordsville for a barbed wire machine Dora Ogden of Columbus for a battery zinc Elmer Price of Kirklin for a corn planter Marshall Reeves and J N Katler of Columbus for an automatic oscillating mechanism for stackers Joseph M Rhodes of Covington for an implement for carrying wheels Elmer E Bretner of Wrightstown for a weather strip Franklin Isishouse of Markle for a dirk harrow truck.
Local residents K. L. Mercer Samantha Ervin and Anna B. Stright sue Panhandle Railway for building a new depot on land they own. City efforts to extend Water street crossed the site, and a rushed civil engineer allegedly misread county records, forcing action to recover three lots now claimed.
The advertisement touts Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York as inventor of Allen's Foot Ease a powder for swelling burning sore and tender feet. Druggists and dealers claim it eases tight shoes relieves sweating and bunions and costs a quarter with a free sample offer. The note ends with a quip about a crowded plot thinning the audience.
Wheat 40 cents a bushels. How to grow wheat with big profit at 0 cents and samples of Salzer's Red Cross 80 bushels per acre winter wheat rye oats clover etc with Farm Seed Catalog for 4 cents postage. Propr of Hall's Catarrh Cure offer $100 reward for any case not cured. Some men are long on energy but short on ability to use it.
Cough remedies promising rapid cures flood the page with claims from Kemp’s Balsam to Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Various elixirs and teas tout relief for teething pain, wind colic, and coughs, while notices promote new Monon Route train service and a Forty-seventh Street Chicago station link to Union Stock Yards.
In Sedalia eight miles north of Frankfort a club house was blown up Sunday night after a saloonkeepers license was refused. A few months earlier men formed a club stocked the former saloon room and drank without a license. The explosion halted work as carpenters arrived Monday and the group resolved to keep the house open despite opposition amid rising tensions.
Tivren P. Hollett of Arcadia in Hamilton County was arrested on a warrant sworn by David Sleaming charging him with assault and tatters. The incident involved a chair, a hose, water, and a hammer blow as Hollett reportedly struck back after an attempt to squirt him with liquid.
Miss Amy Lawrence a longtime Ripley County resident died after a lifetime marked by wealth and superstition. She migrated from Pennsylvania as a child and remained feared, living in a large eight room house filled with possessions. She believed in witchcraft and refused medical help until the day before death. A swindle involving her finances and land was reported, with public interest in her wealth and eccentricities.
The item notes Mrs. Hiarry Geno formerly Waymer abandoned her husband. It mentions a Munete marriage three weeks earlier drawing newspaper notoriety. The passage then briefly references venomous poisons and a graphic, violent scene including crucifixion imagery and self-harm.
Tipton report says John Hopper, east of Tipton, was approached by two men in a wheat scam. They offered 2 bushels at 1 pound per bushel and had him sign a delivery agreement for the local elevator next Saturday. A counterfeit note for 906 dollars and a small sum to bind the contract were used. Prompt investigation urged.
A catamount killed after a hunter named Redinburg wounded it with a butt and fired, the animal escaping into a cavern before dying. Two cubs were captured with the adult. The report notes this as the first catamount seen locally in many years and details other scattered incidents and local notices.
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