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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
4
The piece notes the rise in weight of second class mail since 1881 from 126 million to 365 million pounds annually and cites a $11 million postal deficit with $26 million annual losses from carrying this matter. It also criticizes sensationalized crime reporting across the nation, citing murders in New England as examples of eastern bias.
A Buford Georgia dispatch reports Mr Verner a prominent farmer brought a wagon load of watermelons to the public square on Christmas Eve. The crowd eyed the melons with interest and some prominent businessmen bought them for home use. The article notes the festive display and local cultivation of melons.
The article discusses corn exports and prices in the Midwest belt, noting the impact on Europe and global markets. It contrasts wheat production trends, grain values, and suggests potential shifts in supply, with figures and commentary on farm and market conditions.
A Dr. Talmage sermon uses an Oriental scene to warn of alluring temptations such as intoxicants gambling and flirtations with vice. He likens honey to beguiling sin, cites biblical themes, warns of ruin, and urges choosing God’s grace over dangerous pleasures.
The article mocks Chinese customs with sweeping generalizations. It claims inverted meal courses and backward writing, misstates language, dress, and social practices, and asserts reversed compass directions and gender roles, reflecting biased stereotypes from the Philadelphia Press.
A satirical comment from Frank Stock in New York Independent mocks a man who carves while talking and suggests a marriage punishment. It imagines a wife’s indignant silence as a cure for such boastful amateurism and hints at comic retribution.
Fragmented cooking steps describe mixing flour with salt butter milk and yolks. Whites beaten stiff folded into batter then poured into rings. Corn meal and lard mixed with similar directions, though several words are garbled.
A fragment from the New York Press ponders bachelor behavior, gender dynamics, and affection. It contrasts male social fears with female sentiment, noting a wife crying then kissing her husband as a claimed beauty in tears.
A hostess asks who the young man is while her daughter notes his unfamiliar manners. The beaver's fate is debated as a few individuals linger in European rivers with Prof Collett urging government protection to prevent extermination. counts in Norway rise from 60 in 1880 to two currently.
A jumble of old advertisements and notices mentions Glenns Sulphur Soap for skin issues and Hill’s Hair Dye. Postmaster John Consalus of Leesville is reported dead, along with Solomon A. Gorgas of Shelbyville. Other lines tout patent tonics and cold cures, while a stat line notes 10 800 teachers in Belgium.
Cough remedy Kemp's Balsam promises immediate cough relief with sample bottles free and available in 29 and 25 cent sizes. Allen's Foot-Ease powder sold to ease foot problems at druggists and shoe stores. Local obituary notes Dr. Berkey Pruitt of Salem died by morphine suicide Tuesday.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route advertise fast lines to the West Southwest and Colorado Short Line to Rockies Utah Montana Idaho Oregon and California with Pullman cars and home seekers excursions. The Sunset Limited to California runs from Chicago and St Louis twice weekly with Pullman Tourist Cars and full information from F C Kimber traveling passenger agent 7 Jackson Place Indianapolis. The German custom of Christmas trees was not introduced in Vienna until 1817.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting gentle cleanser for kidneys bowels and headaches. It claims rapid, effective relief from habitual constipation and suggests it is the only remedy of its kind, available in 60 cent bottles from leading druggists with prompt procure for absent stock.
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