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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
5
Reports of maritime disasters flood in as storms pound coastal waters. The notice urges sailors to take Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for sea sickness and related ailments, noting rapid shipments to the St. Louis market with nearly 9,000 rabbits received in one day.
The article argues that different causes of back pain share a common treatment. It claims cold or strain lead to the same muscle trouble and recommends St Jacobs Oil as a sure remedy. It emphasizes prompt attention to a lame back with identical care for either cause.
Report notes that Chicago’s absentee landlords extract about $49,000 from the city’s earnings each year. The figure underscores the financial impact of property owners who do not reside in the city.
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a healthy grain based drink that substitutes for coffee and tea for children and the whole family. It claims Grain-O builds the nervous system, is not a medicine, and costs about a quarter of coffee. Also notes I B Jaffers bought the Wabash Tribune plant and mentions a Vigo county resident who died in a hospital during the war.
A poem from Youth's Companion by Elizabeth H. Thomas uses maple imagery to forecast new leaves as a symbol of fresh start on New Year's Day. It contrasts winter dreariness with the hopeful arrival of spring by young readers.
Martha Mills and her brother John plan to move into a new house while John’s past marriage prospects stir old feelings. Milo Searle, a returning suitor, confesses interest in Martha and offers to buy the farm for a shared future. Their reunion rekindles youth and hope as a Christmas wedding nears.
A frugal homemaker shares a method to craft a charming table decoration using a cabbage as a base. Leaves are flattened and filled with flowers and greens, creating a vivid background with autumn color accents and sturdy stems.
A compact distillation of Jefferson's maxims outlining thrift restraint and prudence. The list cautions against procrastination and unnecessary expense, urges self-reliance, cautions about anger and overconfidence, and advises measured responses to problems.
A cryptic note cites The Yellow Bock as reasoning behind selecting certain characters for Naught The text attributes this to the distinctive shape of a man's head in Laura's remark.
Advert says debility and blood condition cause sterility and that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures many cases. Claims relief for womb displacements and nervous tone. Includes letters from women praising the medicine and urging others to write for guidance. Also mentions other products and notes various ads and notices.
Advertisement claims a tab let regimen cures a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinice tablets and offers a 23 cent refund if it fails. Mentions England consuming American slate and urges daily bowel movement for health. Notes Dr Parker at City Temple London taking an enema bath before preaching.
An advertisement promotes Allen’s Foot Ease powder for smoother feet and relief from corns bunions chilblains frost bites and sweating feet. It claims samples on request and lists Le Roy New York as the address for Allen S. Gimsted. The fragment also references salt production in Michigan during the year ending November and a dusty percentage in a manufacturing line.
An older promotional notice touts Catarrh Cure as a positive internal remedy. It claims a constitutional cure for catarrh and urges readers to mail for details to J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and mentions Trail's Family Pills as a comparable product. It also notes Amsterdam as the nearest European capital to London at 199 miles.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to visit their druggist for a free sample bottle of Wemy's Belsam claiming to stop coughing instantly. It touts two sizes a 2 cent bottle and a 1 cent bottle and warns that delaying is dangerous to the car.
Naturalist Sir John Lubbock notes a New Zealand crow where both sexes contribute to feeding. The male uses a strong bill to dig in decayed trees while the female with a long straight bill retrieves grubs from burrows. They share the grub between them, contrasting typical female worker roles.
It Keeps the Feet Dry and Warm. The powder cures chilblains frost bites damp sweating corn bunions. Shake Alien's Foot-Ease into shoes. At druggists and shoe stores two cents. Sample sent free. Ad dress Alien 8 Chusted LeRoy N. The soil crops for Iowa in 1897 are estimated at 260,000.
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