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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1903
Page
4
An account from Abns Grenore Masih of New York City claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her after doctors failed. She describes severe menstrual pain, weakness, and discouragement before finding relief and urges others to learn about the remedy.
A six signal corps men eight engineers fifteen soldiers and a native guide under Lieut. Alfred T. Clifton built a line from Isabella to Guljuaning on Negros through a dense tropical forest. After ten days of exploration they found a path, connected with the detachment, and the line is now in daily use. The men, skilled telegraphers and electricians, endured hardships and fought bravely in remote Philippine wilderness.
Dr Lawrence, famed as the “mayor of Highlandtown,” is sought by residents for marital advice. He recently investigated two divorce cases, finding them merited and advising both clients to pursue divorces, both of which were accepted.
The hotel proprietor asks who they are and the clerk names Mrs. Mary McGinnis and her daughter Miss Mayme Marynes as recent registrants.
Miss Ann Took declares she will never marry while Miss Pert challenges her resolve. The exchange hints at social pressure and a brave stance against an arranged match. The dialogue captures a playful test of commitment and public opinion on marriage.
Mrs A M Pyeh of this place describes illness from which she has just recovered. She suffered insomnia, fatigue, anxiety, dry mouth, melancholy, frequent urination, loss of appetite, and coughing white phlegm. After using Dodds Kidney Pills her energy returned and she could work again.
The Grand Duke Forts is said to have a strong sense of humor and roars with laughter at a good joke. Whealten suggests the lion of the hair may explain the roaring wit and playful personality attributed to him.
ABE GUNN Jr. recalls being unable to stand and bending over in a half-stoop until Dean's Kidney Pills eased his condition. After two days he could rise from bed and resume activity, praising the pills for restoring his strength.
The article details Galveston Texas rebuilding after the 1906 hurricane, highlighting a planned sea wall three and a third miles long, massive earthworks, and a funds plan. It notes construction materials, labor needs, costs around 1.294 billion dollars, and the aim to raise city land from the tide with a legislative tax diversion to fund the project.
A Broadway office boy, tired of Mulligan, borrows a name from financial statements and tells a clerk his name is William Recapitulation. The clerk fails to recognize General Recapitulation, noting the name appears in Blank & Co.'s Wall Street reports.
A Washington woman returning from California discovers the promised year round bathing at a large southern resort was a mirage. She finds gray skies and cold seas, learns the hotel bills and staff insist daily bathing is common, debunking magazine hype as she challenges the clerk.
Letters from Mrs. Theophile Schmitt and others across Chicago Aurora Washington Minneapolis Ogden and Washington praising Peruna for curing grip la grippe and catarrh. Endorsed by Mrs. C Cooper D L Wallace Clarice Hunt Congressman White and Mrs T W Collins with offer for free medical advice from Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio and The Hartman Sanitarium.
A quotation notes that to complain of destiny exposes weakness of character and inner fortitude. It reflects on how dwelling on fate rather than action reveals fragility.
A humorous moralizing quip contrasts a man's worth with a turtle's. The exchange jokes that a person is worthless until tested by trouble, while the creature is useless until it enters consommé. The dialogue lampoons character assessment via culinary imagery.
Personal testimonials from Oscar Ostrom and W J Hitchcock praise Ely's Cream Balm for curing severe catarrh and headaches. J C Olmstead notes his son’s relief from catarrh after use. Claims include non irritant formula and availability from druggists or by mail from Ely Brothers in New York.
Royal edict announces sale of round trip tickets to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola from all Big Four and D A R routes. Sale runs February 17 to 22 1902 with an additional day for arrivals by noon February 24. Return by February 28 1903 with possible extension to March 14 1923 by depot at destination and 50 cent fee. For details contact Big Four Route agents Warren J. Lynch H M Bronson and offices in Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
A playful exchange shows a guest asking for restaurant advice and a waiter implying the need to try another place. The dialect highlights regional speech and social tone without detailing dishes or outcomes.
A compact aphorism reflects on the social power of being liked and the futility of long term deception. The source contrasts external approval with inner truth, suggesting that popularity hinges on genuine rapport.
A short Chicago News quip notes a witty exchange about a handsome girl by the piano. A moral line from Hugo warns that the embarrassed man seeks shelter, while the punchline underlines social vanity.
In a dramatic scene the heroine declares You make my blood boil as she retraces steps. The villain retorts with a sinister quip about boiling water to kill germs. The exchange heightens tension and hints at a perilous plot.
A Brisbane style reptile, the limbless or scale footed lizard from Australia and Tasmania, housed in the Zoological Gardens of London, is described. About 20 inches long with hidden limb rudiments, it resembles a snake but has eyelids and a thick tongue, using narrow flaps along its body to propel itself.
In a Philadelphia Press retelling a missionary passage, the new missionary muses that his predecessor died quickly in the climate, while the cannibal chief counters that their cooking likely played a significant role in the death.
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