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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
7
Train notices list routes eastward to Chicago and Pittsburgh with connections at Ticiimapotts and Riv mend. Names include Ford and Prirsnvrei as agents. Users urged to apply to Pennsylvania Lines agents for more information on running of trains.
Schedule details show departures from Indianapolis at 6 30 a m and every half hour thereafter until sepem lbine last car. Martinsville departures begin 3 59 a m and run hourly on the half hour until 8 30 p m with variations. Mooresville northbound first car 5 30 a m and then 6 08 a m and hourly until 7 08 p m or 22 06 p m, southbound first car at 4 0 0 am and 6 20 am with hourly half hour ticks to 12 20 am. 7 30 p m cars to Mooresville only.
A detailed description explains a simple magic trick using a box, hatbox size, and a candle snuff. The performer shapes a box, inserts a dome of smoke under a hole, ignites a match to touch the rising smoke, and reveals how the smoke travels to the candle snuff unseen by onlookers.
A collection of old time anecdotes about ostriches and other birds. It notes myths about head in sand behavior but counters them with observations from years of study. The piece includes a farmer attacked by an ostrich in a tall hat and a magpie’s spring nest built of wire.
A girl asks her father what to give on her birthday and receives practical guidance. The text offers household tips including using wooden spoons, brushing frames with a feather brush, avoiding linen cloths on gilt, oilcloth under washstand covers, and brushing hair twice daily.
A magic illusion using two identical handkerchiefs a slit in one and a hemmed edge to hide a card. The performer folds, hides a card between the layered handkerchiefs then pulls it free to make the card seem to vanish before volunteers.
Fragmented reader text presents a series of riddles and wordplay exchanges. It includes questions about weights on an ice cart, differences between a mouse and a young lady, and absurd statements about satire France and a sick monkey. The passage resembles a humorous, nonsensical dialogue with garbled phrasing throughout.
Story describes Ned and Will hiking in the woods an encounter with swarming yellow jackets. Ned runs as bees chase him while Will remains still and escapes. The piece concludes that staying quiet usually prevents bee attacks, while running provokes pursuit.
A fragment describes a social game where guests pass letters by ending each line with the last letter of a place name. Participants address new letters to specific people and continue with the next place, creating an endless chain.
Instructions describe placing a fresh eye in a basin with vinesir for twelve hours until soft. Then transfer the eye to a mouthless bottle, fill with soda water solution, and restore the eye to normal. Drain, dry, cork, and seal the bottle.
The passage describes a dubious fortune telling trick. It instructs writing the year of birth, adding age, and performing a coded substitution where letters map to numbers to reveal a fortune. The text contains several spelling errors and odd phrases indicating a playful, imperfect instruction.
A mother recites a childhood poem about a moonlit train from the east to China. Little Kate imagines passengers aboard, dreaming of seeing the gleaming headlight and hearing the engine, yet she falls asleep before the train arrives.
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