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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1897
Page
3
An American health notice urges women to seek treatment from Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for ovarian inflammation and related female disorders. A testimonial from Mrs Annie Custis of Ticonderogs New York praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier for curing her long illness including ovarian congestion and womb prolapse.
A compact list on domestic wisdom includes: use borax for household tasks, restore leather with sweet oil and vinegar, vitamin and seasoning tips for sick meals, keep napkins clean to preserve appetite, shake carpets to extend wear, ventilate bedrooms to prevent morning headaches, be well mannered at the table, keep sand soap for ink stains, avoid long hot irons, and tint icing with fruit juices.
The Moritzburg hunting scene near Dresden houses one of the few surviving seventeenth century antler collections. The Dresden gun gallery displays famed arms and the Moritzburg castle hall features seventy one antlers over two centuries old. Each piece has at least twenty four tines and dates back around two hundred years.
Advice to ease sunburn and heat discomfort through water, warm washes with alum or vinegar, use of toilet water and scents, and a magnesia rub to reduce facial shine. The snippet highlights household cosmetic remedies popular in a bygone era.
In the Century for July Rev Dr T T Munger of New Haven honors Henry L Pierce as an American citizen of clear conscience and unbought manhood. He condemns bribery, machine politics, and double standards, praising Pierce’s steadfast integrity and refusal to yield to fear or deceit.
The article reports on Reed and Allison clash over Senate amendments to the tariff bill, House resistance to trust provisions, and conferees’ wool and sugar schedules. It notes a pension rights ruling for a Civil War veteran, armor plate pricing debates for new battleships, and Treasury wool import totals with Congress considering civil service expansion for the new library.
The piece blends era humor with medical appeals noting Hamlet and Napoleon as examples of poor digestion. It hawks Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, liver troubles, chills, fever, and rheumatism. A gothic claim mentions giant tomb bones found across Europe.
A historical ad claims deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for catarrh deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars from F J Cheney & Co and mentions Hall's Family Pills.
A gold particle weighing one millionth of a grain can be seen without any magnification, highlighting the surprising visibility of microscopic gold.
The writer opines that education should include hair care to reduce gray heads and make Hall's Hair Renewer unnecessary.
Calcutta ranks as one of the wettest inhabited places on record with heavy, persistent rainfall shaping daily life and urban planning.
An 1863 established family medicine from J. R. Madison at 2309 Ave Chicago Hl promotes Piso's Cure for consumption as a trusted remedy.
A concise line notes that the most powerful artillery shells are broken apart by the expansive power of freezing water, illustrating a mechanical or scientific phenomenon without additional context.
A new grain beverage Grain-O is now in grocery stores as a cheaper coffee substitute. It is described as easy on sensitive stomachs and nearly indistinguishable from coffee, costing 15c to 25c per package and suitable for children. The text then shifts to mention rising deaths by suicide in all nations.
Advertisement offers millions of acres of grazing and farm lands in Manitoba Assiniboia and Alberta with coal in abundance and light taxes. It notes low passenger and freight rates and invites interested readers to write for information to C J Broughton 232 Clark Street Chicago. Also mentions an 1800 mile macadamized road in India.
A powder to shake into shoes called Allen's Foot-Ease, by Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York, is touted by druggists and shoe dealers as the best seller for swollen burning sore or tender feet. It claims to ease tight new shoes, cure corns and bunions, stop instant sweating, and costs a quarter with samples free by mail.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful swollen feet and soothes corns and bunions. It makes tight shoes feel easy and cures sweating and tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents, trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. A meteor flight over Kansas City frightens, an elk kept there.
The Western Wheel Works chief discusses price reductions for bicycles. He recalls setting 1893 prices to meet demand with honest, fixed pricing and predicts no further cuts next year. He believes Crescent will remain the standard high grade price into 1898.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a safe substitute for coffee made from pure grains. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee, has the brown color, strengthens nerves, nourishes all ages, and costs a quarter of coffee at 15 or 25 cents per package.
Low round trip fares advertised by the Missouri Pacific Railway for travel from St. Louis to Salt Lake City on the Scenic Route. Elegant Pullman buffet sleeping cars and reclining chair cars. Seats free. Depart St. Louis each evening. Tickets on sale July 8 9 16 17. For details contact coupon ticket agent or T C Kimser T P A Mo Pac Ry No 7 Jackson Place Indianapolis Ind.
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