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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
5
Practical home care tips describe cleaning lamp chimneys with alcohol and vinegar soaked wicks, soda burnouts for burners, and methods to prevent tarnish on brass trim. Also covers drying chimneys, cajoling lamp upkeep monthly, and careful lamp wick replacement for clean burning lights.
The article traces inland water transport from Native canoe routes to steam navigation and river systems led by the Mississippi. It notes canal history including Erie and Suez, Panama attempts, Nicaragua prospects, and St. Marys rapids canal at Sault Ste. Marie, highlighting costs and future canal prospects.
A survey details royal incomes across Europe, listing annual sums for emperors and kings such as Russia’s czar about 11 million dollars, Austria Hungary combined 4.46 million, Britain about 2.9 million, and various other monarchies including Italy Belgium Denmark and Greece with their respective allowances and private fortunes.
Skunk skins are a major fur item sold as Alaska sabre though Alaska likely has none. Thousands of pelts pass through Hudson Bay Company in British possessions. Muffs and boas from this fur imitate Abyssinian monkey fur. Prices are low at eighty cents wholesale, but farming profits come from waste-fed barrenland operations. The piece notes several actual skunk farms and disputes frog-farm myths.
A historic vote in Seattle approves free books and supplies for city public schools. The measure aims to improve access to education and reduce costs for families across districts.
An ad promises a one day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quitine Tablets and notes druggists refund the price if not satisfied. The fragment also mentions “new stars” of the year numbered 427.
Fifty pacers and nineteen trotters joined the 2:10 list this year, marking strong showings in the racing season. The tally highlights expanded participation and competitive times among top horses and drivers across events.
The Soo Line will publish a Monday issue with telegraphic news on best routes steamship sailings and services. It invites Alaska prospectors and friends to join a mailing list by sending six cents in stamps to W R Callaway G P A Minneapolis Minnesota. The North Carolina Labor Commissioner reports MY newspapers in the state.
An advertisement pledges Allen's Foot Base powder eases tight new shoes and cures corns bunions chilblains frost bite and sweating feet. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 250. Free sample offer from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Report notes most vessel underwriters are in San Francisco and the fleet may be trapped by ice risking loss. It warns against ignoring mild illnesses as crises approach and touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for rheumatism malaria constipation nervousness and kidney issues. Also records Mississippi Confederate pensioners receiving seventeen dollars each this year.
The notice claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and promises a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It advertises free circulars, Toledo based F J Cheney & Co, and notes Hall's Family Pills. It also briefly mentions a Miss Susie Snake described as a popular young woman in St. Louis.
A brief note states regular daily bowel movements are necessary for health. It also mentions gentle action on the liver and kidneys and references ailments like sick headaches. Commerce in Persia is described as still largely carried on by caravan.
Progressive doctors condemn alcohol as medicine and drink and oppose coffee. They advise Grain-O as a pure grain drink that sustains without刺激 nerves. old coffee and tea drinkers are urged to switch for steadier nourishment.
It keeps the feet warm helps chilblains frost bites damp sweaty feet corns and bunions. Shake Allen's Foot-Ease into shoes at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Free sample offered. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A clock in Brussels runs without human winding as the device is perpetuated by the wind. The mechanism, a marvel of design, operates solely through natural forces, sustaining timekeeping in an unusual wind driven fashion.
A horse once sold for twenty dollars in Kentucky is said to have developed into a notable presence in President Melinley's stable, suggesting a notable transformation from its modest sale price to current status.
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