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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
4
Forty guests are quarantined at the Tremont Hotel in Fort Wayne due to diphtheria concerns as health authorities investigate and isolate potential cases.
From South Africa the Niondike and Australia gold is shipped in large quantities. This year’s output will double that of any previous twelve months. The sale of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters increases rapidly offering cures for dyspepsia indigestion constipation nervousness and weakness. Cass county carries $65,000 debt with total levy at 44 cents.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo as proprietors and includes endorsements from local wholesalers Wrest & Traux and Wabpine, Kinnax & Marvers. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally at seven shillings per bottle with testimonials and Halas Family Pills as best.
The onix member of a family known for coal conservation is the one responsible for paying the coal bill.
An advertisement claims Grain-O, a grain based beverage, offers coffee like taste and nourishment for children. It is advertised as healthier than tea or coffee and priced at 15 or 25 cents with wide grocery availability.
A jumble of old advertisements touts Kemp's Balsam and Glenns Suiphing Soap for coughs and skin conditions, with claims of free samples and low prices. Miscellaneous lines reference Teething Syrup, patent notices, and a stray obituary fragment about Mrs J J Ragsdale.
A Milwaukee reporter describes Western Canada, from Indian Head to Edmonton, as a thriving wheat and farming region. He notes large farms, rising cattle ranching, forests, ample rainfall, and a promising climate, with Canadian Northwest Territory seen as a future major agricultural empire.
In this dramatic fragment, Martin faces a collapsing scheme as Colonel McGregor and Signorina Nugent expose hidden debts and a looming national repudiation. The President manipulates funds, while Jones compiles forged papers and Martin races to avert ruin. relations strain as loyalties surface.
In Wake Diocese all curates have shaved their moustaches not by command but due to the bishop's strong personal wish.
A scientific commission investigates how malaria spreads, weighing air water and food as routes and examining the new mosquito theory. The piece notes the disease’s global reach and historic mist shields and fears.
Nimes plans a monument to Alphonse Daudet funded partly by bullfights. Portugal's port wine crop suffers a record low due to heat and drought, though wine quality is expected to be fine. An elderly Dunmow resident, 93, bicycles for shopping and says the exercise helps health. Advertisements note St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and pain relief, Piso’s Cure for lung conditions, Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowels, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds, with a quip on mud on a woman's silk Petticoat.
Winter remedy promises relief for cold damp feet, swollen and sweaty feet, blisters and corns. Allen S. Olmstead publishes a trial package offer from LeRoy New York with claim of instant warmth and ease for tight shoes.
Try Grain-O the new drink from pure grains that mimics mocha or java in flavor. It is gentle on delicate stomachs and suits both children and adults. Priced 15c and 25c per package, available at all grocers. Gas belt towns refuse bonuses to factories.
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