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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
4
The Mooresville Guide appears as a weekly Friday publication with a price offer for six or eleven months prepaid. It notes second class mailing at Mooresville Indiana and provides editor contact as WOS AGE in Mooresville Indiana.
A fragmented page notes Mooresville events and town concerns. Mentions a settlers day gathering, law enforcement fears, and a discussion on social changes. The piece includes reflections on courting trends and human idiosyncrasies as echoed in local life.
$30 buys an $85 bicycle described as a strictly high grade easy running wheel. The ad by F A Likely notes pumps at Overton's and mentions Wim Scott at Hornaday's drug store for watch repairs and ice cream by J A Taggart.
Talk swirls around a two car presidential train design similar to the Michigan Flyer, with vestibules spanning full width to form a single long car. Observers along the C B and B line are urged to inspect this handsome westward running example. Jewel gasoline stoves advertised at Overton's.
On June 50 1862 Robert R Scott and Laviey Harvey wed at the bride’s parental home near Bethel. The couple celebrated their silver anniversary Wednesday at the Scott home with about 140 guests. Children Carrie and Jennie attended college, and gifts were given to the couple. Additional items advertise a wood stove for trade and local notices on various topics from Farm to national facts.
A historical health note describes summer fatigue and gradual weakness with loss of appetite headaches and sleep issues. Iron tonics and bitters offer only temporary relief. the remedy suggested focuses on nourishing the body brain and nerves with proper food and tonics.
Advertisement promotes cod liver oil with hypophosphites as nourishment for the run down pale and thin. Encourages starting in summer, not wait until fall. Sold at 50 cents and one dollar by all druggists.
A tribute recalls Louisa M. Johnson as patient gentle kind honest and modest. She died peacefully on Monday morning June 21 1897 after a long life and service to her circle with quiet faith and courage. Interment followed at Mooresville cemetery.
Special excursion tickets via Pennsylvania Lines offered for Milwaukee Wisconsin for the National Educational Association Annual Meeting. Tickets route by air rail via Chicago or Chisago and Lake Steamship Lines. Return coupon valid July 12. Contact nearest Pennsylvania Lines agent for details.
Walter ALT of LE. C. itains & Co. Indianapolis notes his household relies on Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for all three children each season, claiming it never fails to cure and stop pain. Available for sale locally.
Low rates offer excursion tickets on the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh for Saturday Sunday and Monday July 4 5 6 to any station within two hundred miles. Adult fares from 24 cents child fares from 16 cents. Tickets valid for return through Tuesday July 6. See a Pennsylvania Lines ticket agent for details.
Excerpts present a debate on currency reform with quotes from President Hayes in 1880 and President McKister in 1907. The text argues retiring United States notes, establishing a safe currency, and replacing temporary paper money arrangements with a more durable system.
The article details experimental beet cultivation in Indiana, outlining aims to test quality and market viability, thinning distances by soil type, weed control, and disease management. It notes the need for proper conduct of experiments, potential economic impact, and the joint interest of farmers and capitalists in beet sugar developments. It also mentions a receiver's sale of real estate in Morgan County under a court order.
A legal notice dated July 6 1897 announces the sale of real estate in Marion County Indiana part of the northeast quarter section 35 township 14 north range 1 east totaling about 1 3 4 acres. It describes the property with a two story nine room dwelling and specifies terms: not less than one third cash, balance in six and twelve months at six percent with interest and surety to the court. Also mentions a separate advertisement for Wrights Magnetic Medicine and rail fare ticket refusals by certain railroad lines after June 9.
Gist the administrator announces a public sale of the deceased Dan da Crimmins estate at his residence in Kiowresville Grorgan County. On Saturday July 11 at 2 PM the sale will offer household goods. Terms require cash under five dollars and credit terms up to six months with approved security.
Excursions to Nashville with special low round trip rates via Pennsylvania Lines for the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. Event runs May to October. For fares dates of sale and train times, contact George B. Rockwell District Passenger Agent Indianapolis Indiana.
Over fifty years this remedy has soothed Teething pains and calmed colic. It claims to ease wind, reduce cramps, and relieve feverish distress in children. Sold by druggists worldwide at seventy five cents per bottle. Beware imitations and seek Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup.
Local advertisement claims De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve relieves piles eczema burns bruises boils ulcers and all skin troubles quickly. G W Bass endorses the remedy as effective for a wide range of skin conditions.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Lucinda Cummins late of Morgan County Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. Ww CJ r J Ladle IX June 23, 1897 Administrator.
Convenient mileage tickets promote travel across Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois reaching Pittsburgh Erie Cleveland Toledo Chicago Indianapolis St Louis and more. A 1060 mile ticket costs 10 dollars at two cents per mile saving a dollar on 2100 miles. In Mooresville Indiana Samuel Beem is the contact for information.
The Christian Endeavor Convention promotes ultra low two way excursion rates to San Francisco via The Standard Railway of America and Pennsylvania Lines. Tickets issued June 28 and July 1 and 2 allow over a month for sight seeing with August 12 final return. Contact local ticket agents or W W Richardson in Terre Haute for details.
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