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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
196
I describe a perilous sail aboard the Godsend, Delia and I hiding in casks as Captain Billy and crew search for contraband. After a tense night, we glimpse a shore escape toward Bodmin and Launceston, with a quarrelsome yet loyal crew and a quivering future.
Terrible to Contemplate notes a reader’s musing on a new typewriter playing a tune while typing. The writer imagines a future where many machines in a single building could produce ragtime simultaneously.
Tess asks about summer plans and Jess mentions a Newport cottage in July and August, with September to be spent at the alms house due to limited options. The dialogue contrasts bright plans with harsher later reality.
Anna M. Willis of Kokomo Indiana suffered kidney trouble for two decades and endured great pain. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills after taking six boxes, with relief beginning after five, allowing her to live freely again.
Robbie and James discuss healing from vaccination. The doctor told mom not to bathe until the wound is fully healed, explaining the precaution and keeping the child from bathing.
A small advertisement urges buyers to choose Red Cross Ball Blue the best Ball Blue. It touts a 2 oz package priced at 5 cents and highlights the product’s quality and value.
The current year enrollment at Yale University is 2 785, up 100 from last year and the highest total in the university’s history.
A girl witnesses a Wicked Snake swallow a frog and kills the snake with a club. The frog is freed and later used as bait, leading to a peaceful fishing day with bass drawn to the lively frog.
A customer questions the cane sold by a proprietor claiming the ivory handle is artificial. The shopkeeper jokes he imports ivory from Ceylon and argues elephants now wear false tusks.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications, only constitutional remedies restore the Eustachian tube. It asserts most cases stem from catarrh and offers a $100 reward for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are advertised free.
One of two elegant dresses will be given away to ladies selling five of our patterns. Offer valid for 30 days. Write for particulars. Wright & Leece, 104 Broadway, New York City.
A courtroom exchange features Amy and Fred with a witty judge remark about bearing the world, reflecting social banter amid legal proceedings.
Frances Stafford of 243 East 4th Street testifies to the many cures attributed to Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies. Skeptics were convinced as the program grew into a vast female following and scientific attention increased nationwide. The piece notes Merits and the growing influence of Pinkham’s medicine. It closes with the International Longshoremen's Union ranking second in U S. union membership at 142000.
In its advanced and chronic form a cold in the head is known as nasal catarrh and is the source of other diseases. Ely's Cream Balm is marketed as a specific for membranal diseases in the nasal passages. It is not drying and does not cause sneezing. Price fifty cents at druggists or by mail. Testimonials praise its effectiveness from Frank E. Kindlespile of Proberta, California after a long catarrh battle.
A plan to try vaccination against distemper is set for a pack of hounds in North Wales. The experiment aims to assess safety and effectiveness in preventing the disease among the canine group.
Case No. 18,977 describes David M. Bye of Midland Michigan who suffered three months of incapacitation from pain in the hips back and leg after sciatic rheumatism. After a month on Doan's Kidney Pills he regained the ability to work without aid and endorsed the remedy while noting a free trial via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. Gasps in Chicago carpenters' union membership 6009 appears as an unrelated insert.
Marion Smail of Indianapolis sells 1 1/2 dozen boxes of Smail's Pills for $1.49 at T Thrasher's store in Smithville Indiana.
In a terse exchange a judge asks for his defense and the prisoner replies that he is a married man, offering no further argument as the proceedings continue.
A concise message invites customers to assist Mrs. Austin with breakfast by taking home pancake supplies. The grocer stands ready to supply needed items for an easy morning meal.
Barely 10 percent of the children in Brittany can speak or understand reach. The fragment suggests a language or communication statistic but lacks full context and specifics.
An old newspaper ad urges readers to keep clothes white with Red Cross Ball Blue. It promotes a large 2 oz. package sold by grocers for 5 cents.
A humorous Life magazine dialogue contrasts budgeting for a gown with social standing. A woman laments paying at least 175 dollars while another notes Mrs. Rounder’s assumed wealth and secure position, highlighting class tensions in contemporary society.
Dr. August Koenig claims Hamburg Drops are a trusted blood purifier and remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. He notes the product is well established, made and sold for over sixty years, and popular among the German population.
Theatrical stage employees organize nationwide with 100 local unions comprising over 4000 members. The move signals broader labor consolidation within the performing arts industry.
The Woman Butchers' Union at the Chicago stock yards reports membership of 600, signaling strength in the meat trade. A parallel union exists in St. Louis, indicating broader labor organization among female butchers in the region.
Advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children softens gums reduces inflammation and soothes pain. Cited price is 25 cents per bottle.
A note records 65,000 trade unionists in California with 40,000 based in San Francisco, highlighting regional concentration of organized labor within the state.
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