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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1904
Page
7
Mrs John Jacob Astor completes a $200000 private gym at Ferncliffe near Rhinebeck for indoor tennis swimming fencing and weight training. The two story facility features a marble plunge indoor court with skylights steel girders and fireproof brick walls with luxurious fittings and future expansions planned.
Two New York booksellers debated a newspaper horse racing list aboard a downtown trolley. A confident spectator intervened, calling the sheet a pure fake and insisting no such horses are running despite the gossip column.
An old advertisement touts Dor Caddwell's A Lax ative Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative that aids digestion without sickness. It claims suitability for children and adults, with pleasant taste and soothing pepsin action. Sold by druggists in 500 and 1.00 sizes.
Senator William A Clark recounts a banquet tale about a Scottish professor who jokes that his laboratory fleas are Italian and imported by the professor himself. The anecdote highlights a scientific zeal and a humorous misstep in an era of curiosity and travel.
An advertisement claims catarrh causes kidney disease and that Peruna cures both by eradicating catarrh from the kidneys. It cites testimonials to support Peruna and offers free medical advice from Dr. Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
A theater exchange between a wife and husband asks about comfort and drafts in their seats. The wife confirms comfort while a punchy line about a draught and seating follows. The Yonkers Statesman note adds a stray line about a pastor’s reputation for chicken.
An eccentric exchange unfolds as a tramp asks for a nickel while a lady recalls a dime given yesterday. The tramp boasts of buying an automubble teddy and explains he needs a nickel to pay the family of a man he ran over in his wretched ways, in a quixotic vignette from Automobiles Magazine.
A man in St. Petersburg seeks to cultivate a pink fuchsia named Ruchsia but finds the effort fruitless. In a lament he asks what will induce the flower to thrive, expressing frustration and poetic despair.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY
A proverb-like line suggests addressing others' matters only when one is rested. It emphasizes restraint and personal readiness before meddling in a neighbor's concerns.
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