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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
5
A cartoon dialogue presents Ally Sloper retorting to a caller who accuses him of vulgarity. The exchange twists blame into wit as Sloper questions how a neighbor could claim such close acquaintance.
Life advice links liver health to overall well being. The ad promotes Cascarets as the gentle liver regulator available in 5 and 10 cent sizes through druggists. It oddly adds a note about cigars selling for a large sum in Paris.
A vintage ad touts Allen’s Foot-Ease powder to soothe swollen nervous feet and tight shoes with promises of cooling relief and free trial. It also notes a farmer near Decatur Alabama raising a hog weighing 1444 pounds.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation causes muffled hearing and urges sending for a free circular from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills and daily liquid intake.
A new grain based beverage named Grain-O is advertised as a stomach friendly coffee substitute available in 15c and 25c packs. The ad claims it looks like coffee, suits delicate stomachs, and costs about a quarter of coffee. It also notes Texas peanut crop projections of 400000 dollars for the year.
Notice highlights wheat at 40 cents a bushel with growing tips for high yield and a seed catalogue for four cents postage. Mentions samples of Saizer Red Cross and winter wheat rye oats clover and other farm seeds from Saizer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin. Also notes a Spanish context about the large share of blind people attracting attention since early 1900s.
A fragment notes Lane's Family Medicine promoting daily towel use to stay healthy. It mentions effects on the liver and kidneys and claims cures for headaches with a price of Bearid SUc.
The Indianapolis Sun Brazil special reports Captain Theophilus Morrison of the Sixteenth infantry, killed at Santiago, was from Pittsburg and brother to Frank W. Morrison of Indianapolis. Lieut. Arthur Thayer, Evansville raised, and Capt. Geo Walker, Evansville recruit officer, among wounded. Indiana connections include state treasurer fathers and Indianapolis sisters. George Harth, of Coal Bluff, reported killed at Santiago.
Frank Butler of Columbus suffered a severe left hand injury when a large firecracker exploded in his hand after he picked it up at the Grand Hotel. Two bones were broken and amputation may be necessary, with fear of lockjaw. his absence weakens the team.
Governor Mount, citing a federal law from 180], considers naming two Indiana state men to form a committee aiding soldiers families. The plan would authorize paid drafts from soldiers to support dependents, a Civil War success story cited in New York reports. If feasible, Indiana may implement the program with nonpaid offices and cross-state cooperation.
Colonel W L Durbin assumed command Saturday at Camp Mount as the 161st Indiana Volunteers begin forming twelve companies. Monticello and Hammond units arrived Tuesday, each quickly equipped and in line for rations. Monticello contributed 310 men and Hammond 318, with both squads presenting a sturdy turnout.
Oscar Asping a famed faith healer and strict vegetarian was found dead in the St. Joseph River near the Three I bridge after disappearing for about three weeks. The fifty six year old, known as a nurse, had threatened breach of promise suit against a younger woman who wed another, and left a departure note before vanishing.
The Board of Public Instruction announced the semi annual apportionment of school funds collected in the counties. The report shows a slight decrease in collections.
The document shows a reduction of the per pupil tax allocation from $1.43 to $1.41. Total taxes collected from all counties reached $1,062,299.91. Treasury balance carried from the last apportionment was $24,248.81, totaling $1,086,548.51 on hand. The current distribution allotment stood at $1,064,472.45, leaving $22,076.27 in treasury after apportionment.
Four sticks of dynamite were found Tuesday afternoon in a shock of wheat on the Fred Seybolt farm near Logansport. The explosive was capped and a slight jar would trigger it. The plan to commit wholesale murder was exposed as the shock toppled. Seybolt is uninjured but puzzled. authorities search for clues.
John O. Austin real estate dealer and Gas City citizen was arrested Tuesday evening on a charge of performing a marriage without legal warrant. The alleged offense occurred about a year and a half ago when he wed Minnie Lewis to Walter Alexander. Austin’s only authority claimed is his notary public status. Bond set at $200, he posted immediately.
Crown Point special reports an attempted break in at a Thayer grocery store Newton County when the burglar was shot by the owner. The next morning the uniden tified man lay dead in a cornfield buried in a potter's field. A supposed ally known as a nal carried him to the field but left at daylight.
Arthur Wilfred visited a lady friend in the suburbs Tuesday evening when the house was attacked with rocks and fireworks. He fired a shotgun to disperse the crowd and was later shot in the jaw from an unknown quarter. Recovery possible. no arrests reported.
Kokomo adds more than forty factories and plans a new patent motorcycle works by Haynes and Apperson. The Kokomo venture has tested over sixty miles at low cost and shows potential for high speeds as the building progresses.
A Tuesday night blaze at the Wabash distillery cattle pens spread to nearby distilleries, causing an estimated loss of 150000. Fire engines from Aurora aided the suppression effort. Much whisky evaporated as flames engulfed the Kestner slaughter house and Roedenburg distillery.
Arthur Taylor aged fourteen and Oscar Taylor aged sixteen sons of Jacob Taylor residing twelve miles west of town were drowned while bathing in the Wabash River late Sunday evening. Their bodies have been recovered.
A collection of short notes from Indiana towns including fall street fair plans in Washington, a $10 fund in Logansport, a Sampson parade closing Portland fair, and crop rust affecting northern wheat. Reports mention Fort Wayne class confirmation, Evansville guild formation, a drowning near Rockville, a Brazil organized driving club, Elwood Tin Plate operations resuming, and varied local incidents including a jail incarceration in Anderson and pension boards in Terre Haute. Also recounted are Fourth of July celebrations, reformatory dinners, and a Belfast penny-drink joke ending with a copper penny stake.
A collection of maxims on patience hope and kindness. Notable quotes emphasize listening, forgiveness, tenderness, sympathy, ancestry, and self denial as paths to noble character according to Burke Robertson Jean Pahl and Carlyle. The text links virtue to restraint and contemplative action.
A Freeport mother recounts how her four year old daughter Beatrice, once paralyzed by spinal meningitis and a severe stroke, began to walk after treatments and nine boxes of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The child’s change is described as moving from weakness to strength with a rosy face and regained limb use.
The notice highlights lines from Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas City Wichita Atchison St Joseph Omaha and to Colorado Short Line routes westward with connections to Utah Montana Idaho Oregon and California. It notes hours saved between St Louis and Texas points and a main line to Little Rock Memphis Dallas Fort Worth El Paso Los Angeles Houston Galveston San Antonio and Mexico. It promotes equinposa Pullman vestibuled sleepers observation cars and reclining chair cars with free seats and home seekers excursions at about one fare for round trip on the Sunset Limited to California via The True Southern Route leaving Tuesdays and Saturdays. Rates maps and pamphlets available through G A A Deane Jr traveling passenger agent 7 Jackson Place Indianapolis.
Ninety reporters work in the gallery of the House of Commons, recording debates and proceedings as part of parliamentary coverage. The number reflects media access during sessions and reflects press presence in the chamber.
All Monon Route trains now stop at the Forty-seventh street station in Chicago. Tickets will be sold and baggage checked to that point. Passengers alighting can take the Forty-seventh street electric line to reach any part of Chicago’s southern area quickly. The Union Stock Yards are seven minutes away. Tickets may be purchased and baggage checked at Forty-seventh street station.
Gladstone was honored as the only man to serve as Prime Minister of England on four separate occasions highlighting his unique place in political history.
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