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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
5
Cascarets Candy Cathartic touted for gentle cleansing
An advertisement extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a gentle effective laxative to purify the system and address digestive ailments. It claims a 10c box cleanses the whole system and relieves ill health. Also includes a testimonial oath from F J Cheney & Co and a note on Hall's Catarrh Cure. The Texas area is noted as larger than Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stazte
Onro
Torpo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cuexzy
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Fim
Hall
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
F. J. Cheney & Co
Grain-O: A Grain Drink Said to Replace Coffee
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a nourishing grain based beverage that can substitute coffee for children. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee yet costs about a fourth as much and is sold by grocers at 15 cents and 2 cents more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Amerioa
Salzer Seed Co Catalog Promises High Wheat Yields
Wheat 40 cents a bushel and samples of Salzer's Red Crops claim 80 bushels per acre for winter wheat and rye. The Salzer company in La Crosse Wisconsin offers a farm seed catalog by postage for four cents. Steam whistles have been silenced in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
John A. Salzer
Cough Remedies and Odd Notices From City Pages
An assortment of old ads mentions Hemp s Balsam claim it cures coughs with a free sample bottle, prices 50c and 80c, urging readers to buy now. A line notes Chicago hosting a Norwegian old people s home and Peru anthropology as a book theme. Also references Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething with claims to ease gums pain wind colic and teething discomfort.
Prodigy Burglar Ellis Confesses in Crawfordsville
Eleven year old Arnett Ellis linked to a string of burglaries in Crawfordsville business district. He confessed to crimes including Carlson’s notion store theft and Purser’s grocery break in. Recovered property and others’ involvement noted. Ellis to Reform School at Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Arnett Ellis
Lad Ellis
Carlson
Notion
Ellis
Grimes
Purser
Reform School
Plainfield
Bloomington Special Man Faces Forgery Allegations
Thomas J. King county superintendent left town after notes of various amounts surfaced alleging forged signatures on a $1.60 mortgage signed by his wife and notary acknowledged at Stanford. Monroe County Bank also detected a $100 note with forged indorsements. Authorities sought Ning’s arrest and public attention grew as merchants compared accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Thomas J. King
Stanford
Monroe County
Ning
Monster boa constrictor sighted in town after circus escape
Residents report a 12 inch across flat snake resembling a boa constrictor seen in the area. A circus escape years ago is cited as the likely cause, and a posse will be organized to capture the monster.
Funeral services for Calvin Jones held in Rockport Ind
Washington special reports brief funeral services from noon at the Baptist Church for Calvin Jones a Rockport Ind pioneer. Indiana figures Turple Brookshire Stockslager and Frank Jones son attended. Body to Rockport for Sunday interment. Jones aged seventy seven celebrated in Washington his son Frank hosted. Jones a Kentucky native published the Rockport Democrat for 35 years and helped Democratic politics locally. Family lineage notes four generations voting Democratic from Calvin Jones’s grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
Dr. Williams
The
Baptist Church
Calvin Jones
Rockport
Ind
Turple
Jones
Indiana
Frank Jones
Brookshire
Frank
T. L
Washington
Kentucky
Poisoning scare unsettles McGrawsville family
In Kokomo area McGrawsville residents fear a poisoning attempt on a Clay township family. Daniel Fiser’s adopted sixteen year old Lelia Wilkins has recently returned home after a long absence. At dinner coffee contained paris green. no one drank enough to die, and the girl is kept at a neighbor’s home while investigators probe the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrawsville
Here
Daniel Fiser
Clay Township
New York
Lelia Wilkins
Indiana Patents Issued Tuesday to Five Citizens
Patents were granted to residents including Stephen J. Austin of Terre Haute for a railway crossing device, William H. Bonwell Jr of Whitcomb for a car coupling, Christian Eckman of Indianapolis for a buckle for cases, Ralph C. Enyart of Connersville for a journal box for rotary pumps, and Elwood Haynes with E Apperson of Kokomo for a motor vehicle. George N. Kra closes the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. Austin
Terre Haute
William H. Bonwell, Jr
Whitcomb
Christian Eckman
Indianapolis
Ralph C. Enyart
Connersville
Journal
Elwood Haynes
E. Apperson
Kokomo
George N. Kra
Novel Invention Sparks Patent Talk and Local News
The report covers a range of items: a county superintendent candidate facing possible prosecution and vacancy, a Muncie confectioner Henry Roller securing a patent for a single-use paper drinking cup, and Greensburg residents spotting a large snake near air fair grounds. Also noted are miscellaneous local notices and a murder at New Washington with Henry Rhetts and William McCoy, the latter allegedly involved, the killer fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Henry Roller
United States
Roller
New Washington
Jeffersonville
Henry Rhetts
Wiliam McCoy
McCoy
Rhetts
Local notes from Indiana and nearby towns
Ten year old Arthur Johnson in Summitville is shy an eye after an air gun incident. Elkhart attorney T Chamberlain orders a $2500 horseless carriage. Fort Wayne Trades Council weighs municipal ownership of the electric light plant. Three large Standard Oil tanks burned at Columbus with $3000 loss. Postmaster Small of Anderson offers to sell revenue stamps. Bell Telephone rushes to establish in Laporte amid anticipated litigation. Crawfordsville Maurice Thompson’s house robbed of coins. Bartholomew County wheat yield 37 bushels per acre on a twelve acre field. Elwood Populist candidate W H Austill expected to die from paralysis. his son Oscar Austill of Indianapolis. Mrs Ben E Turner of Greencastle found wandering, violently insane under guard. Milo Little of Laporte County fatally injured at a Sunday night dance. a man named Winship under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Johnson
Summitville
Oo. T. Chamberlain
Elkhart
Fort Wayne
Maurice Thompson
Crawfordsville
Wm. Hollowell
Bartholomew County
W. H. Austill
Elwood
Oscar Austill
Indianapolis
Ben E. Turner
Greencastle
Milo Little
Laporte County
Winship
Dr Kay's Lung Balm touted for hay fever relief
Bay Fever explains a fall hay fever and asthma sufferer from Aledo credits Dr Kay's Lung Balm with quick cough relief after trying many remedies. The letter notes ordering from Omaha based Dr B J Kay Medical Co and mentions a 114 page home treatment book and Kendall's receipt book. The note adds the Michigan iron vessel built in 1844 as a separate curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Dr. Kay
Try Grain Or Try Grain ts Coffee Substitute
Try Grain Or Try Grain ts asks grocers to offer GRAIN-Q the new drink replacing coffee. Claimed to suit children and adults with no stomach distress and a rich seal brown appearance like mocha. Priced 15 and 25 cents per package sold by all grocers. In Greece a daily paper claims 1000 copies circulation as phenomenal.
Lane's Family Medicine Promises Daily Bowels Health Cure
An old medical claim advertises Lane's Family Medicine as essential for daily bowel movement and overall health. It claims gentle effects on liver and kidneys and cures headaches with prices 2c and 5c. A correspondent projects London population growth to 6,140,000 in 1901 and 7,600,000 in 1821.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stonington Line Promoted Over Providence Passenger Service
Postponement of resumed passenger routes between New York and Providence highlights the Stonington Line. The old reliable service will continue with improved trains linking Stonington Providence Boston Worcester and North and East points while a shorter water route boosts its appeal. Kansas projects a harvest of 100000000 bushels of wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
New York
Stonington
Long Island Sound
Boston
Worcester
Excursion Rates to Chautauqua Lake via Big Four Route
Travel note promoting excursions to Chautauqua Lake with No. 4 New York and Boston Morning Special and No. 1 Southwestern Limited. Urges use of Big Four Route agents for tickets and information. Mentions executives E. O. McCormick Warren J. Lynch and Cincinnati office. Also includes stray items on German shoemaker schools and Aguinaldo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Lake
New York
Boston
Southwestern Limited
Big Four
E. O. McCormick
Warren J. Lynch
Tkt. Agt
Cincinnati
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la Belle Chocolatiere
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Jos. Krehling
Congress
Louis
Ade Garne
Stu Basara
Gterting Remedy Company
Coleage
Mavireal
Bow York
Louisville Law School
Law
University of Louisville
W. O. Harris
Louisville
Indianapolis Business University
E.J. Heeb
Opter Einess
N.u.indopl’s
Ia Health Worth Ten Center
State of
Texas
Spain
Jover
Army
Allen
Alen S. Olmsted
le Rey
Berlin
Egypt
Detroit
Chicago
Eline
M. Binz, Ltd
Aros Sirest
Philadelphia
Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Peru
Staten Island
Ates
Beecher
State News
Michael Shea
Greensburg
Air Fair Grounds
Steve Hines
George B. von Phull
Hines
Met
George N. Rogers
Parkersburg
John H. Sheik
Shelbyville
Hamilton Weir
Laporte
Laura Wellock
Delphi
Frederick Wuest
Lawrenceburg
Bay Fever
Michigan
Greece
Lane
Kansas
Germany
Aguinaldo
Adress
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Arthur B. Grover
Stevenson
Indianapolis Indiana
John W. Morris
Wismaster
Sinep
Potarch
Moville
Goer Gree
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