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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
118
An ad asserts Cresco Corsets remain comfortable regardless of price and will not fail at the waistline. It emphasizes that comfort disappears if the waist line breaks, reinforcing the product’s durability claim.
The Mooresville Guide dated Friday reports community happenings including visits from Miss Lilien Leewen and Mary Ratino of West Newton, several guests from Danville and Indianapolis, church events, and local grocery bargains. It notes Democratic primary in Brown township, sales ads, and moves within the community.
The item lists grocery deliveries and orders for evenings, mentions sick lists, livestock losses from a recent storm, and upcoming public sales including horses cattle and dairy equipment. It notes visits from residents and sales agents, a social event at Monrovia, and a wood buggy for trade with local auctioneers and grocers advertising specials.
Local items report farm exchanges near Indianapolis and Martinsville visits by Eastern Star members, Monday to Sunday social rounds, sales pitches for Haltom and Overton groceries, and notices of marriages births and a death in the area. The fragment mentions Mrs Fiora Wulschner trading her farm, David Turley buying a restaurant interest, and a death of John Wallace Hadley with a brief obituary note.
An illustrated itinerary outlines a day long journey with hotel and camping options at a national park, plus shorter en route stops. W. W. Richardson invites applications for a mailed tour plan from Pennsylvania Lines in Indianapolis.
Poetic obituary reflecting on Wallace's death and hopeful ascent. It describes his faith in the Saviour, peaceful after death, and signals a departure to heaven as his own creation rides the train to eternal life. Family and friends are urged to find comfort in the belief of reunion.
The guide thanks friends for kindness shown during our date two-fold bereavement and for many beautiful offerings. Almira Hadley and children.
An old advertorial notes Madison Medicine Co's Rocky Mountain Tea with a bold claim of uniqueness. It emphasizes a fixed price of 35 ets with no variation. The brief spells out no other products or discounts.
A family, Edd and Carlisle, mourns their infant daughter Robatine who died after a bowel illness spread to the brain. The obituary urges faith and reunion in heaven, noting the sorrow of the home and calling for courage as they prepare to meet her in the afterlife.
Advertisement asserts kidneys are safeguards of life and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy to keep kidneys healthy. GW BASs
The article extols outdoor recreation during vacation and warns to guard against accidents from open air sports. It endorses DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a quick pain stopper and remedy for cuts wounds sores and skin issues with a testimonial from L B Johnson of Swift Texas. It also notes beware of counterfeits and lists local sale items including grocery stock fixtures and three houses and lots in Mooresville offered by O G Warren or Ed Day.
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