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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
2
Local news notes list Mrs Cleury Wilson in Indianapolis, Wall Carter returning home, Miss Delia Scruggs visiting West Newton, and others visiting relatives and visitors from Martinsville. Social items include dinners, visits, and charity society meetings amid fire cleanups and community notices.
A fire destroyed two offices and a dwelling owned by O E Rooker on Indiana street Monday afternoon. Occupants Dr T S Woladay, E K Thomas, and A B Calvert family evacuated with most possessions saved as neighbors battled the flames with buckets. Water scarcity hindered efforts while nearby property and a fence narrowly escaped the blaze.
A damaged obituary style fragment recalls a wedding or memorial with mentions of a bride, a family, and decorative flowers like palms and smilax. The text lists several personal names and possible affiliations, including Mentions of a committee and dated references, though much is garbled.
An old advertisement promotes Sea Shell jewelry including bracelets bangles and shirt waist pins. It touts the shells as the finest novelty items and mentions ladies undergarments available from Thompson and Jones.
The Ladies' Home Journal invited photographs of sofa pillows and received an overwhelming flood of entries. Judges were surprised by the artistic quality of the needlework and anticipate publishing fifty top examples across several pages.
An old ad proclaims free samples of Boschee German Syrup for adults with cold breast bronchitis throat or lung trouble at Bass Drug Store. One bottle per person and none to children without parental order. Claims worldwide sales and physician endorsement with a single dose proving its value.
A new timetable starts Monday June 1 on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway. Train No. from Fort Wayne will run weekdays to Port Wayne and Northern Michigan resorts with sleeping car service to Petoskey and Harbor Springs. Reservations available by mail or wire via Ticket Agent.
K dena Mesto Teachers souvenir hoara will be at Columbus June 2ethe 2 Vth Low rate non transferable excursion tickets will be sold June 26th 27th via Pennsylvania Lines good returning Saturday Jane oth
Excursion tickets valid from Pennsylvania Lines for a round trip to Chicago on the 27th for the National Prohibition Convention. Return travel valid until July ith.
Samuel Beem of Mooreville offers guidance on summer pleasures at teGe wp How pe Gir Tirik Theseashor Mountain and Lake Rysorts as the most allmotive stops. Agents provide rates train service through car comfort and vacation planning assistance free of charge. Apply to the nearest Pennsylvania Lines Passenger and Ticket Agent for preliminaries and details.
An advertisement extols Baxxenk Sanve as a universal remedy, claiming it heals cuts burns sores piles and other skin diseases. Endorsed by G. W. Bass, the copy asserts its superior value across political religious and financial divides.
The ad claims one minute cough cure as a harmless remedy preventing consumption and curing throat and lung troubles. It targets children and urges mothers to use the product immediately.
Train times show daily and Sunday exceptions for the East and West routes from Stooresville. Times include 256 am, 3:21 pm, 1:04 pm, 4:46 pm, and 6:58 pm departures with variations by day. Also a health notice touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as relief for indigestion.
Fragmented notices advertise a lost item a reward for information or return to residence in Mooresville. A sale listing mentions corn, cow and farm equipment items. Descriptions includeBuck bourns hickory wheels single harness and a near new condition home for sale with Main Street address.
Indiana sets a special train named The Indiana Special to carry delegates to Kansas City for the National Democratic Convention. It departs Indianapolis July 2 with sleeping cars and reclining chairs, arriving July 3 for opening day July 5. Tickets available via Pennsylvania Lines. inquiries to W W Ricutarpsox, District Passenger Agent.
Advertising copy touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for Pimples Eczema Eczema Tetter Erysipelas Salt Rheum and skin eruptions. Claims to heal cuts bruises burns boils felons ulcers and the worst forms of piles. Priced at 23 cents a box with a cure guaranteed sold by G. W. Bass Druggist.
Annual convention of the Music Teachers Association offers excursions to Des Moines Iowa from Pennsylvania Lines stations June 17 to 21 with reduced tickets. Return valid through June 23.
The Pennsylvania system established a Trans Atlantic Travelers Bureau in Jersey City and New York City twenty years ago to assist passengers arriving and departing. Agents greet arrivals, arrange steamship tickets, reserve sleeping car accommodations, and coordinate baggage transfer and customs procedures for trips abroad, free of charge. Inquiries directed to the nearest Pennsylvania Line office or District Passenger Agent in Indianapolis.
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