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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
70
An old advertisement asserts Cresco Corsets offer true comfort and resist breaking at the waist. It claims they adapt to every body movement and deliver secure support, with strong sales and favorable reception noted in the section.
The Mooreville Guide offers a Friday publication with subscription details, local notices, social notes, and advertisements. It lists residents, visitors, and multiple names tied to area events, with mentions of upcoming commen cement exercises and local business promotions.
Local notes report gas clerks and shoppers, with Hadley grocery inviting poultry eggs and butter buyers at best cash or trade. Mentions Mrs Lydia Farmer visiting, C Allred shipping goods to Salem, smallpox quarantine at reform school, and a millinery opening by Stianer Sisters on May 2 3.
A large audience honored the Mooresville high school eighteenth commencement at the Opera House with student recitations and plays, diplomas presented by Superintendent Eaton, and benediction by Rev. Frakes. The same night the Alumni Society held its seventeenth annual reunion with a dinner, music, speeches, and impromptu performances.
The notice honors Allen T. Manker born April 15 1827 near Hillsboro Ohio who moved through Indiana California and back to Indiana settling in Darlington and Mooresville. He died April 21 1902 aged 74 6 and leaves seven children and a wife. Funeral was conducted by Rev G R Scruggs with Mansors order members attending. A mix of local ads then references various products and sales including medicines and livestock.
An advertising watermarked sales pitch claims Scott's Emulsion returns a thin body to health by making it hungry and active. It asserts the product revives appetite and helps the body use food to build flesh, depicting a recovering subject waking from illness or fatigue.
John Weller and R C Townsend announce a sale of 50 cattle 15 hogs and 10 sheep at Mr Keller s residence two miles west of town at 10 o clock Tuesday May 6. Other notices advertise furniture repair at J H Rusie s store upholstery services and spring paint savings at A R Coopers drug store along with wall paper priced to move at G W Bass s cart load with no questions.
Excursion tickets to Indianapolis via Pennsylvania Lines are sold for all trains arriving before noon May 1 and on regular dates May 12 to 14. A special return train from Indianapolis to Pennock and intermediate stations departs at 11 15 p m Central Time on May 1. See Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania Lines for details.
An advertisement urges readers that wealth comes from energy and saving while health comes from Green's August Flower. It claims quick relief from dyspepsia liver issues and related symptoms with two doses, offers a free sample bottle from G W Bass, and mentions a regular size price of 75 cents and Green's Special Almanac.
Miss Mankie Jenkins resumes dressmaking at Mrs. E. B. Cox home on East Main Street. Seeks patronage from ladies in the neighborhood and requests their ages for fitting and custom work.
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