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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
7
The dialogue centers on a boy named Bobby becoming president of his bicycle club. His father asks how he was chosen, and Bobby explains he is the only boy with a bicycle, highlighting the community tone and light humor.
The piece touts modesty as essential for women and portrays Mrs. Pinkham as a trusted confidante who understands female suffering. It claims many disorders arise from the womb and claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has cured thousands over twenty years.
Dr. George E. Groff warns the San Jose scale endangers orchards and gardens, with apples pears currants and pears listed as vulnerable. The circular urges regular inspections, removal of infected plants by burning, winter spraying with whale oil soap, and accurate measurement practices to prevent losses.
A rural column covers Pekin duck introduction and profits for farmers and wives, duck housing routines and egg timing, care tips for butter making including cream ripening and salt quality, and a humorous aside on digestion and beauty tips. It mentions Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and a Pennsylvania gold ore find near Stone Mountain in Blue Mountains.
Stop overbreeding and overfeeding. Provide constant attention, clean water, fresh air, and sunshine. Encourage scratching for feed, pest control, and varied rations. Study individual flock traits to select hens for breeding based on alertness, productivity, and disease resistance.
The article explains farmers should know field acreage for proper plowing and manure planning. It instructs making a field measuring cord from 67 feet of one inch rope with rings set 66 feet apart, to estimate land area accurately for work planning.
Household hints range from vinegar storage in glass to polishing knives with brick dust and baking soda. Rice or starch tips include adding salt, and egg substitutes for coffee. Eye care advice suggests placing a seed grain to form a protective glutinous layer. Glass decor and delicate sherbet cups are highlighted as table adornments.
A crowd of burglars following Buffalo Bill's Wild West show disturbed Goshan last week. Three daylight attackers were caught in a house raid after a pursuit and a battle. One was struck on the head with a stone and knocked unconscious before capture. The other two fled a mile plus, trading shots before escaping to the woods. The captured man refused to reveal his name.
An assortment of vintage medical and consumer ads noting Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures, a furniture catalogue offer from John M Smyth Co in Chicago, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup plus Pink Pills testimonials and requests for readers to write for information.
A paper constructed eating house rises in Hamburg harbor with double layered walls treated for fire and water resistance. The structure can be disassembled quickly and reassembled, featuring a 30 by 6 meter dining room for 150, plus offices, kitchen, and dwelling spaces. Total cost reported at 1500 marks.
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