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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
112
A bookkeeper in the Stewart building scorns work with songs, leading to a practical joke by the head bookkeeper and office boy. Each time the man sings Has anyone seen my cat? the boy returns with a cat or cats, ending with the clerk’s silence after a kitten and a family of felines are produced.
In New Providence Iowa on July 7 3 year old Helen Moon daughter of Mr and Mrs Ek V Moon faced a severe kidney trouble with swelling and nearly closed eyes. After doctors failed and Dodd's Kidney Pills were given she recovered rapidly. The story credits the pills with saving her life.
Justice Laughlin in the Supreme Court orders a permanent injunction with costs and an accounting of sales against Pan B. Anderson, manufacturer of four powder labeled Dr Clark's Beet Powder, and against a Brooklyn retail dealer for infringing the Foot-face trade mark held by Poo Face. Further suits planned against other infringers on Foot-base trade mark and common law rights.
Advertises various round trip excursions with prices and sale deadlines to multiple destinations including Minneapolis San Francisco Tacoma Portland Omaha Salt Lake City and more. Mentions July August and September sale dates with total prices and contact details for agents.
Advertising note urges readers to ask their grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue detergent. Highlights large dut package priced at 5S evots and promotes reuse as the best genes.
Advertising copy urges readers to buy and try a box of Casearets Candy Cathartic, described as ideal laxative with genuine tablets stamped C C C. Sold not in bulk, available through all druggists.
On a voyage to San Jose de Guatemala Miss Elizabeth Strathmore becomes entangled with Matcha Merida a Guatemalan nobleman who defies expectations and a dangerous boarding party when a rowboat assault and a dramatic cliffhanger unfold with an Indian girl watching from the spar deck as Merida fights for his life and a possible future in San Francisco.
Boils are abscesses caused by pus forming germs entering minor wounds. Immunity exists unless illness weakens the body, and high living may worsen boils. Noted medical opinion attributes boils to local infection rather than a systemic blood disease.
Prince Henry of Prussia holds a unique life policy of 900000 dollars that pays only if he is assassinated. The piece notes other monarchs with large policies, including the Czar and Kaiser, plus figures like King Edward and George Vanderbilt, highlighting broad life insurance against assassination.
Mrs Uppish claims they moved to a better neighborhood but Mrs Sharpe counters they did not move at all. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Press as a brief social quip.
A musician vows revenge on a irascible millionaire through a popular song. He notes the man has seven daughters and imagines success by crafting a hit tune that could reach wide audiences. The exchange highlights rivalry and artistic cunning in a light, humorous tone.
A conversation notes a new house near a church with pleasant surroundings. Mrs Newcome praises a well arranged pew setup that lets one see entrants clearly. Mrs Mooven asks about the denomination, and Mrs Newcome admits uncertainty about it.
A reader exchange from the Philadelphia Bulletin features a granddaughter refusing to obey a husband, arguing that loving and honoring a partner who demands obedience is impossible. The note highlights tensions in traditional marriage expectations.
A Sunday school text outlines Exodus chapter 20, focusing on the first four commandments and the Sabbath. It places the event at Mount Sinai with Massah Meribah, Jethro’s visit, and Moses receiving the law. It lists topics such as God’s unity, idolatry of the heart, profanity, and Sabbath keeping, noting Usher’s date.
A religious instructional piece argues that redemption is followed by submission to God's law, claiming idolatry arises from any competing gods or desires. It outlines questions on the Ten Commandments and Sabbath, and presents catechetical Q and A on grace, fall, and vigilance.
A brief dialogue outside a meat market shows two men with baskets debating breaking the beef trust by not eating beef. One explains he is sticking to his vow not to eat beef, while the other asks about a liver trust.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal discusses possible causes of death in volcanic disasters, highlighting suffocation from sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide, ash inhalation, and smoke. It notes historical examples from Vesuvius and Martiniqe, and warns that enclosed spaces can kill by smoke without direct flames.
A street talker claims to read a person’s job from how they look. He cites boot blacks, tailors, haberdashers, manicure artists, barbers, doctors, and more by cues like shoes, clothing, hands, and eyes. The dent is exposed when he guesses the listener, who replies he is a veterinary surgeon.
A mistress instructs a new servant Mary to value truth and obedience, posing a sharp quip about whether to reveal a visitor or lie. The exchange highlights tensions between honesty and service within the royal household.
In a Brooklyn Life style item a remark asks if divorce evidence still shows Mrs. Flash as giddy. The line suggests the judge and five jurors were inclined to marry her, signaling a satirical take on sensational courtroom reporting.
Advertisement text touts Red Cross Ball Blue for brightening clothes and mentions grocers stocking it. Includes a man’s testimonial about Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a dated quotation on work and greatness.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel better Cures corns bunions swollen feet and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
A Brooklyn woman describes persistent pain after a misdiagnosis and relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. The letter extols the product and urges others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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