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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
4
France Seeks to Free Cables From England War News
France depends on England for Transvaal war news as cables are controlled there. She plans to spend a vast sum to gain independence. The passage compares this to dyspeptic people costly efforts. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia constipation and biliousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Transvaal
Hostetter
Coupon clipping man makes a striking impression
A man known for clipping coupons stands out for his distinctive style and public flair, drawing attention with thrift driven habits and bold fashion. He advocates smart saving and showcases frugality as a lifestyle.
Try Grain O New Grain Based Coffee Alternative
Try Grain O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like its rich mocha like flavor. Made from pure grains, easy on the stomach, sold by all grocers at 2Se per package.
Fraudulent drug substitutes expose health risk and deception
A public appeal warns against dishonest drug dealers offering bulk or inferior substitutes like CASCARETS and Dy Cathartic. The Sterling Remedy Co. offers a liberal reward for evidence to convict frauds, citing threats to reputation and consumer health, with addresses in Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Rail lines Promote Florida Travel By Louisville and Nashville
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad touts its tourist services to Florida Cuba Porto Rico Central America and Nassau with daily sleeping car trains from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis via Jacksonville to interior Florida and to Miami Tampa and New Orleans. Contact J Milliken D P A Louisville Ky for folders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
West Indies
Central America
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nassau
Dentle
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
J. Milliken
P. A
Hall’s Calomel Cure Endorsed by Cheney in Affidavit
Cheney sworn as senior partner of a Toledo firm in a county court case asserting payment of one hundred dollars for any catarrh that Hall’s Vafaral Cure cannot cure. The advertisement touts internal action and directs readers to Forteinney & Co Toledo for sample testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torena
Lucas County
Teasx
Cheney
Co. Dninz
Sternieres Imnahe Cue
Toledo
Frm
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
lLrkoff
A.W. Gleason
Fortnenev & Co
Hisli
Frail Human Nature and Youth Guidance
Kate Upton Clark in the Woman's Home Companion argues about adult-child frailty in fault-finding and advises tactful, subtle correction before age 14. She notes teens seek gentler critiques, resist direct advice, and suggests private, sugar-coated guidance as needed. An unrelated testimonial praises Unbleached canton flannel as a dishcloth and endorses Yiso's Remedy for Catarrh from L. C. Johnston of Iola Tex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Upton Clark
Lane's Family Medicine Advertisement Claim
An old advertising item touts Lane's Family Medicine as daily bowel movement aid for health. It claims gentle action on liver and kidneys and curing sick headache. Price 25 and 50 cents. Also praises Mrs Fussell Sage as an admirable housekeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Inside Libby McNeill Libby Plant Chicago
A visitor tours the Libby McNeill Libby plant in Chicago noting cutting rooms kitchens canning lines and heavy machinery behind the vast meat packing operation. The firm processes 300000 cattle and 140000 sheep annually producing forty million cans a year with about 2000 employees and offers a booklet How to Make Good Things to Eat. A quip about men preferring a walking stick or jug over cars appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Salzer Seed Co Catalog Offers Rare Farm Samples
John A. Salzer Seed Co announces a 10c offer for 10 rare farm samples and catalog. The notice lists La Crosse Wisconsin and Switzerland as origins, with hunting and game abundance claims in Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana. Also mentions a traveling agent and reduced rates for wildlife pamphlet and map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
America
John A. Salzer
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Rocky Mountains
G. A. A Deane, Jr
Iron Mountain
McCrea Street
Indianapolis
Raven Rock in Dubois County A Landmark and Battlefield Echo
The article describes Raven Rock near the Dubois and Martin county line, spanning Columbia and Harbison townships. It notes the rock’s height and length, its bow shape, coal seam, water spring, echoing caves, and discovery by Levi Barber in 1804, highlighting its historical and scenic significance. It also mentions local residents Toner and Major Johnson. In Marion, the bodies of Jack Futrell and Mrs. Margaret Hickey from Jonesboro were to be buried in Terre Haute after Chicago police found a novel stash in the woman's trunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Dubois
Martin Counties
Columbia
Harbison
Dubois County
Columbia Township
Louis Thompson
Harbison Township
William Ratcliff
Levi Barber
United States
Marion
Jack Futrell
Margaret Hickey
Jonesboro
Chicago
Futrell
Andersons Ingenious Barbed Wire Telephone Line
A new long distance telephone system opens from Anderson to Ingalls, twelve miles, using the upper strand of barbed wire fences as the line. Cassius Alley of Pendleton, an eccentric inventor, offers cheaper rates to compete with Big Four lines, with aerial and underground crossings and farm fence routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ingalls
Pendleton
Cassius Alley
Alley
Oldest Native Hoosier Isaac Wilson of Shelbyville Profile
Isaac H. Wilson born May 20 1807 in Jefferson County Indiana Territory is described as the oldest native-born Hoosier living. The Shel byville pioneer is praised as hale and well preserved at ninety three and nearly the last survivor of his generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Isaac H. Wilson
Jefferson County
Indiana Territory
Isaac Wilson
Indiana
Andrew Jackson
Wilson
Shelby County
Big Blue River
Presbyterian Church
Sadie
Jane
Dr. Martin
J. Marshall Wilson
Portraits of The Indiana Man Column Intro
This column presents recurring portraits of The Indiana Man a typical Hoosier of past and present prominence in politics official and commercial life across the commonwealth highlighting notable figures and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Hoosier
Great
Commonwealth
Rural telephone network expands across county fences
Two charter subscribers operate lines linking a firm’s office and Ingalls factory and another firm with stores in Anderson and Pendleton. Alley earns pay from each firm as more fences are connected. Plans include Pendleton to Greenfield and broader rural service. Overhead and underground methods used, with rubber-coated barbed wire insulation. hazards to children and hunters noted. Mitchell special: H E Woolheater sells interest in the Commercial to Howard Chitty. Woolheater is the township’s only justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingalls
Anderson
Pendleton
Alley
Greenfield
Mitchell
H. E. Wooltheater
Commercial
Howard Chitty
Woolheater
Motor touring and the charm of the auto car life
A woman extols motor touring after a summer with Jack in a car nicknamed she. The piece contrasts auto travel with horse travel, notes speeds from thirteen to fourteen mph, moonlight spins, and the car as a beloved companion. It also touches on health gains and social visits in a New York Commercial Advertiser aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
White Mountains
Jack
America
New York Commercial Advertiser
Grain-O and Winson's Syrup for Teething
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute for children, claiming it nourishes and is cheaper than coffee. It promotes Gaines grain based drink priced 15¢ and 25¢ and sells Winson's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25¢ per bottle with a quip about child opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia. Winson
Cure a Cold in One Day With Laxative Bromo Quinine
Ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets for quick cold relief. Refund offered if not cured. price 25 cents. Ends with Gruve’s signature on each box and suggests Ci for croup coughs and asthma assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Gruve
Coughing Leaf Advertises Quick Cough Cure
Coughing Leaf is promoted as a remedy for consumption with Kemp's Balsam claiming to stop coughs at once. A free sample bottle is offered from your druggist, with 25 and 50 cent bottle options. Go at once as delays are dangerous.
Wabash River water deemed unfit for engines by expert
The Michigan division Big Four superintendent of motive power reports after examining the Wabash river water that gas and oil wells have altered its chemistry making it unsuitable for engine use. He notes boiled salt can be obtained in paying quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash River
Anderson
Michigan Division
The
Big Four
Fatal Runaway In Monon Special Reunites Family
Mrs. George Falks and her two children were riding home from Sunday school when their horse ran away. The seven year old girl was killed instantly and the mother is believed fatally injured. The boy, seven, escaped unharmed and ran to his uncle’s house to summon help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Falks
Hair Vigor Ad Praises Restorative Benefits
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine testifies after five years use that Hair Vigor restores gray hair color and keeps hair soft and smooth. She says it quickly cured a scalp condition and notes her mother used the product for about twenty years with high satisfaction. Dated January 4 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kilkenny
New Portland
Ayer’s Hair Vigor Promises Fifty Years of Hair Health
A persuasive ad claims Ayer’s Hair Vigor restores gray hair color and prevents hair loss. It touts scalp cleanliness and hair growth, noting a decade long family use and a fifty year reputation. Price is $1 per bottle, available from all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Lamp Burners and Croup Care Listed in Brief
A brief note lists eighty five styles of lamp burners and mentions that children with croup should have chloride treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croup
Cl. Mona
Swanson's 3-DROPS Appeal Claims World Remedy
An appeal urging public help to publicize a claimed universal remedy named Swanson's "3-DROPS." The language seeks broad aid to spread the remedy as the greatest science has produced and to obtain relief for supporters and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson
3-Drops Rheumatic Cure Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts "5-DROPS" as a universal remedy for ailments from rheumatism to sleeplessness and nerve issues. Trial bottles cost 25 cents, large bottles 300 doses $1.00, or six bottles for $5.00, with mail prepaid. No proof or medical endorsement provided. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 164 Lake St., Chicago, invites orders and claims rapid attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake St
Chicago
Ill
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Hodis Sasson
Libby
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Ely
Druggiste
Ardich
Ottawa
Canada
Heonghten
Machel
Metnies
Merrid Bleck
Detre Tl
Mien DL Caven
Red Axe
James Guieve
Reed City
Bich
UsnaJa
Wwe
Mtra
Lis
Tel
Stampa
Maiter
Eerth
Salzer Seen CO
Wia
J. L. Indianapolis
Rubber Trust
SYAL
BUS
Mr. Parmer
Kaler
Erik
Porege
Atout
John A.salzer
Storwech
Cecus
Alimentary Canal
Alan
Kunu DY
Cece
ST Forthe
Sterling Remedy Company
Yiso
L. C. Johnston
Iola, Tex
Lbby, McNeill & Libby
Kasan
Switzerland
Hunter's Paradise
Raven Rock
Toner
Terre Haute
County Sunday School Association
Man
Lawton
Isaac
Motor Touring
Cimona Medicine Company
New Jersey Street
Hogan
Flynn
Hiven
Castoria
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Eniecgst Band Publishing Company
Thompson’s
Dr.bulls
Arters
Dr. Kline
Dr. Bril Kriz, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Uts
BUTES
Pullen
Capitol
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