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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
7
A nostalgic ad blending endorsements for Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Company with claims for Hanstetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure-all for infirmities. It cites nervousness in the elderly and notes various health benefits for stomach liver and bowels along with unrelated musings about piano tone and teething products.
A fragment explains milk as a transparent serum with globules of fat and solids like sugar and casein. It notes milk sugar is separable into a solid form and mentions standard fat and mineral content, cow yield, and distribution to cities, with several unclear passages.
An old advertisement claims rheumatism stems from lactic acid and that purifying the blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla cures it. It extols the medicine's past cures and broad health benefits while warning against other tonics. It emphasizes safety and permanent relief.
Fragmented OCR text describes the Big Four mileage concept as essential for business and commercial travelers. It claims the lines connect major Ohio cities and enable productive travel, though the passage is garbled and hard to extract concrete details.
A garbled ad promises a cure for coughs and consumption. It touts free bottles of nostrums and accessories, with unclear wording about products and vendors.
A damaged OCR in this snippet notes a house sold in Conxtock Mexico for five dollars. It also contains random phrases about time and frontypoints with uncertain references and stray names.
Fragmentary text lists scattered names and places including Tomines Seay and Dr Th Jo with unclear context. Mentions Cobps Do and Vorstert with misspelled or garbled terms. Overall unreadable, no clear event or outcome to report.
The latest Paris look favors a single material on bodice and skirt with minimal decoration while separate waistlines remain popular. Corduroy and velveteen shirt waists with white collars appear in winter ready menswear, along with wool waists. Children’s coats and outfits in scarlet, Danish red, plum, brown and fawn feature lace, braids and gold cords. Coiffure trends include a left-side part with waving and Grecque waves. Garments are well made and durable, lasting beyond one season.
Lace remains a staple in winter attire with lace and fur ensembles at the height of style. Fur shoulder capes and sable or mink collars showcase lace falls and dramatic ends that hang or knot softly at the chin, highlighting luxurious detailing.
The piece surveys seasonally favored fabrics and colors such as chestnut and brown shades, silk blends, tweeds, and tailored outfits with double breasted bodices. It notes changes in hats and hair styles with strings tying at one side and a move away from jug handle coiffures.
A survey of prominent figures includes Queen Victoria ruling 367 million people, Walter Scott’s heirs, Louise Bonaparte linked to Jerome Bonaparte, Daniel Webster's offspring, and Mrs. Wade of Chicago profiting from yellow tissue paper. Also noted are top US choir salaries, social rules for China, Joseph Jefferson denying retirement rumors, Horace Porter's Grant anecdote, and Grant's rifle-tactic tale with a sentinel.
Chester Bailey Fernald’s new Century story The Lights of Sitka appears with a sea tale and tragic element. Fernald, recently married, plans a year or two in Japan for local color for a new series, after studying Chinese in San Francisco. An accompanying recipe gives a grated horse radish sauce with egg yolk whipped cream and salt, used with cold meat.
John Sheehan attempted to steal grease from a coop in front of Mrs Jennie Coheen’s grocery at Union and Liberty streets. A bullet struck Barnett Cooper, fatally wounding him. Sheehan and Patrick Begley fled but were chased by a crowd. a woman struck Sheehan with a hatchet fracturing his skull. Police saved Begley.
Mrs Moon and her infant were burned by lye thrown by Mrs Shell after a quarrel in Bethel three miles south of Kingston Chillicothe Ohio. The baby died shortly after and the mother suffers severe injuries as Shell flees pursued by locals.
Reported death from heart disease occurred last week in a private car near Sala manca New York while Hermann the Magician traveled. The item includes stray political numbers from North Dakota and a bizarre shoe-interpretation anecdote about character. A Mobile paper tale recounts Mrs Fanny Colesman held in Baldwin county for health with locked boarder details.
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