This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1903
Page
4
A reader recounts severe lung cold relief after trying Peruna, claiming three weeks to full recovery and ongoing health. The note also includes Miss Rose Gerbing’s endorsement of Peruna after a long drive and bad cold, plus an invitation to write to Dr. Hartman for advice.
A terse Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment recounts a back to front window scene with a talkative little man and a toothless dog tale about a stranger in Geauga County. The exchange includes questions about streetcars and a dog’s silence, ending with anger and refusal to elaborate.
President Roosevelt reportedly refused a private interview with a political adviser who constantly offered legislative tips. He supposedly quipped that talking to him distressingly forces him to expect the man to revert to arboreal ancestors and swing from a chandelier without interrupting the conversation.
A short New York Evening Sun vignette about Montmorency and Monty in a troubled marriage. The wife asks if he loves her and he answers with emphasis while a small cloud over their life hints at deeper trouble beneath their playful exchange.
Testimony from A. W. Lutz of Sterling Wisconsin claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured backache and kidney related ailments after use in 1897. He endorses the remedy again after three years with no recollection of doubt and notes a free trial offer and 50 cent price per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
A saying notes that compromise costs less and yields more than litigation, while obscurity endures longer than fare. The remark contrasts dispute resolution with lasting uncertainty and expense.
A mixed ad page notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup promises to ease teething pain and wind colic for 25 cents a bottle. It also lists Mrs Austin's Pancakes and Buckwheat as quick mix options. The item urges exchange of stock dry goods and shoes for Indiana Illinois land and mentions a tombstone selling line.
A brief reflective note contrasts economy with wealth and mocks social vanity. An anonymous speaker hints the road to prosperity lies in practical action rather than name recognition while critiquing romance driven by ego.
Advertises a self contained mail order business with promise of high earnings and no start up costs. Readers are told to mail name and address with 10 cents to receive a book by return mail from P O Box 6 Manager Indianapolis Ind.
Sam Karpf and his all star bowling trio have impressed crowds and dignitaries, with banquet tributes in St Paul where Ferdi nand Heinrichs traced bowling's origins from ancient Germany to nine pins, sand alleys, and legends, predicting bowling will endure for centuries.
A Tit Bits piece explains why customs endure as relics of older practices. Widows wore caps from Roman mourning, beer crosses were monks’ marks, bells toll for the dead to ward off spirits, ships christen with bottle breaking from sacrifices, gun salutes signalled trusted visitors, and brides receive a shoe as a sign of control.
A strict German emperor fines a late barber with a gold chronometer but the barber remains tardy. The emperor finally takes back the chronometer and gives the barber a cheap nickel plated watch instead to teach punctuality.
Brief quip notes a newspaper warning about padded shoulders and exaggerated bulges among college men. The writer mockingly suggests such claims come from overzealous observations.
A woman pays with a five dollar bill on a Third Avenue surface car and demands change in dollars. She exchanges coins for singles and then bills with several passengers, insisting on 95 cents plus another dollar, causing amusement as she seeks exact change amid the conductor’s mounting confusion.
W C Greene of New York and three compatriots have acquired a 7,500,000 acre tract in Sonora Mexico. The land will be enclosed by a fur-strand wire fence spanning 125 by 100 miles, needing over 7,000 miles of barbed wire. The ranch aims to support about 54,900 cattle and features large scale irrigation and farming plans.
A Missouri visitor at a Columbia school tests a lower grade class with a question about the earth axis. A pupil defines it as an imaginary line from pole to pole, and adds an imaginary bonnet hangs on it, prompting amused confirmation from the examiner. The visitor ends the day after no further questions.
A Philadelphia Record remark explains well dressed house as a seating illusion. The box office distributes audience to appear full, though actual attendance may be much smaller, with near seven orchestra rows filled and front seating desired by patrons.
A Chicago Tribune snippet sketches a feisty exchange about beauty between actresses noted for Clara Morris and Viola Allen. The dialogue contrasts natural and onstage charm, poking fun at looks and celluloid noses.
A Dakota farmer in Winnipeg says thousands will move to Canada in spring, drawn by fertile land at lower prices. Government agencies in many U S cities offer authentic details on mixed farming, dairying, ranching, freight, and rates to aid the exodus.
Ida calls him her ideal but warns ideals break. Belle agrees he will be shattered if he keeps driving that freak automobile at eighty miles an hour.
Many school children are sickly Mother Gray a nurse at Children's Home New York offers powder to break up colds in 24 hours cure constipation feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders move regulate bowels and destroy worms Sold by all druggists or by mail 25c Sample mailed Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY
A concise aphorism notes gendered approaches to conclusions and reasoning. It contrasts women leaping to conclusions with men using logic to arrive at them, implying both can be effective if result is good guessing.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.