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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
8
An assortment of old ads and notices, promoting subscriptions, medicines, and tonics. Mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar, Dr Mills Pills, DeWitt’s Pills, and W Bass with various local sellers. also references The Commercial Gazette and a free yearbook offer.
Chilhowie merchant R B Greeve declares he suffered consumption and near death before Dr King’s New Discovery cured him with two bottles. He resumed business three years ago praising the remedy which also helped others in his community. Trial bottles offered at W Bass’s store.
Obituary notes Albert Mendenhall, son of Aaron Mendenhall, a long time Madison Township resident. The piece recalls early settler ties, Sunday school officers at Mt Gilead, and community snippets about families, travels, and local reflections on the year 1887 amid crop blessings and personal departures.
The text explains two paths to bladder issues indirect from kidney problems or improper local treatment of other diseases. It notes urine sediment after twenty four hours as a diagnostic cue and promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root kidney and bladder remedy with sample offers and mail order details.
A rambling special notice lists free publication for four lines with charges for extra lines. It contains numerous sale offers for household items, farms, and residences around Mooresville and nearby towns, with multiple vendors’ names and vague terms.
A fragment advertises Dr Miles Parin Pills claimed to cure headaches in 20 minutes. The copy touts one cent a dose and availability at druggists.
OCR fragment lists numerous railroad lines connecting cities such as Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago Detroit and St Louis along with scattered monetary figures like thirty dollars. The scattered names include Cleveland Steam Navigation Indiana and Michigan Southern and reference to towns such as Toledo Sandusky Findlay and Fort Wayne. The passage reads like a disrupted timetable or fare sheet with unclear context and several garbled proper nouns.
Passenger agents advertise roaming train service with connections at Indianapolis and Columbus to Logansport Pittsboard and Chicago. The notice lists stations on the Pennsylvania Lines West of the Alleghenies and provides fare cards and check details for travelers with routes including Indianapolis Columbus Logansport and Pittsburgh.
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