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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
4
Alabastine Promotes Durable Interior Wall Coatings
The advertisement urges use of Alabastine for church and school interiors. It touts unmatched durability and non peeling properties, warns against inferior substitutes, and invites readers to request the free Alabastine Era publication from the Alabastine Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Century Plant and Vermont Ship Banner Health Claim
A U S Receiving Ship Vermont over fifty years old housed more than 1 000 000 sailors as a school ship. The text likens its age and feats to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters famed for fifty years curing malaria fever ague dyspepsia and digestion issues, while noting the century plant as age before beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Vermont
Hostetter
He Attends to Business With St Jacobs Oil
A brief ad style note claims a man cures neuralgia quickly by using St Jacobs Oil. It asserts savings and rapid relief, concluding the user is “all right” after treatment. The piece closes with a proverb about a cat having nine lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs
J J Gregory Adverts Seeds and Bark Versus Bite
An item notes J J Gregory and Co advertising seeds in a neighboring column while a proverb hints the tanner favors the bark over the bite, reflecting local wit and business echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Gregory & Co
A Type of His Class in Office Banter
The Philadelphia Record quotes a quip about an aging office boy who supposedly improves with age and grows fresher each day, illustrating a wry workplace humor moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Allen's Foot Ease advertised remedy and medical claims
Winter foot comfort described with Allen's Foot Ease powder for shoes to cure cold damp feet and prevent corns blisters and frostbite. Claims of swelling sweating and pain relief. trial offers and price 2d. Also includes testimonials for Dr Way's Lung Balm and a promotion for a home treatment book from Dr B L Ray Medical Co Saratoga Springs NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Ady Dress
Olmstead
LeRoy, N.Y
America
Europe
St. Naysung Bahn
Ho Obr. Tye
Morrison, Towa
Dye
Kax
Dr. BL. U. Ray Medical Co
Saratoga Strings
N.Y
Early Niagara Power History Sparks Canal Vision
The record notes Niagara power first used in 1725 with a primitive saw mill. No further work occurred until 1842 when Augustine Porter proposed hydraulic canal ideas, leading to completion of one canal in 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Augustine Porter
Immigration Delegates Report Prairie Wheat Growth Promise
Delegates from Kansas and Nebraska report extensive grain growth in southern township 25 range 19 and northern Saskatchewan, noting fine wheat fields in Wishart Buchanan Owen Smith Ross Sinclair Whitmares Drinkwaters and strong vegetation. They estimate last year’s wheat at 75 000 bushels and this year over a million, with timber and wild fruits abundant and settlement speeding toward Prince Albert and Dauphin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Sask
William McCreary
Winnipeg, Main
Kansas
Nebraska
Dauphin
Regina
Saskatchewan
Township 25
Range 19
Wishart
Buchanan
Owen
Smith
Ross
Sinclair
Whitmares
Drinkwaters
Riding Mountain
Gilbert Vlains
Despondent Women Suffer No More With Pinkham Relief
Despondent women suffer monthly pain and ill health but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised by readers from Wayland New York and Louisburg Square Boston for easing menstrual cramps, back pain and fatigue. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts and urges timely care to avoid wrecked health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
Lizzie CoLeMan
Wayland
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
C. D. Morris
Louisburg Square
Boston
Mass
Chest Expansion Measured For Insurance
A physician explains chest expansion to an applicant for life insurance. The man recalls a prior measurement of 32 inches around his stomach and now 48 inches, noting a 16 inch expansion as the difference.
Hall's Catarrh Cure endorsement and old remedies ad copy
An assortment of old advertisements and testimonials. Hall s Catarrh Cure claims to purify blood and mucous surfaces with a Toledo firm endorsement by Frank J Cheney dated December 6. Also mentions Piso s Cure for Consumption and various phrases about cold relief and moral lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Grain O Grain O coffee substitute praised for all ages
Try Grain O. Ask your grocer to show a package of GRAIN O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as adults. It has the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. Sold by all grocers 15c and 25c per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Lane's Family Medicine Advertises Digestive Aid
A historical ad touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement support for health. It promises gentle action on liver and kidneys, relief for headaches and hiccups, with prices 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
A vintage ad promotes L B Q tablets claiming a one day cold cure with refund if it fails. Each tablet bears 1L B Q marking as proof of authenticity.
Singular Genoa Tunnel Train Disaster
A railway catastrophe near Genoa claims about a dozen lives in the Glori tunnel. The foul air left passengers with little air while drivers and firemen on three engines transporting the train up the grade were asphyxiated, causing the train to slip back and crash into a lower passenger train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Glori
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as spring blood purifier
The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses Nature's house after winter and purifies the blood. It cites numerous cures for bad blood, running sores, dyspepsia, constipation, and a long recover from a consumptive cough. Testimonies from Mason, Thomas, and Bridgewater are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
America
Mia
Louisa Mason
Court Street
Lowell
Mass
Mars
Kate E. Thomas
Governor St
Annapolis
Matilda Bridgewater
Cor Pearl and Chestnut &Ts
Jeffersonville
Ind
Hood's Sarsaparilla Pill Cure Ad</T:
Prime advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a non irritating liver cure and the only reliable cat cathartic for daily use. The copy emphasizes quick relief and reliable results with frequent claims of health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Solemn talk on mental science and comprehension
A Chicago Post quotation features two fellas discussing understanding beyond comprehension. They joke that what is beyond comprehension is hard to grasp and admit frequent confusion with things they do not know, the wise-looking man signaling to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Coughing Leads to Consumption Kemp’s Balsam Ad
Advertisement claims Kemp’s Balsam stops coughs instantly and offers a free sample bottle at the druggist. Bottles sold for 25 and 30 cents, urging immediate action to avoid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larce
Kemp
Edinburgh Professor Named Honorary Physician to the Queen
Prof. Wilson of Edinburgh University was appointed honorary physician to the Queen. He announced the honor on a laboratory blackboard to students, who then added the words God save the Queen, during his temporary absence from the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Wilson
Edinburgh University
Wilson
Queen
Ghost Keeps a Date Seance After Decatur Burials
Decatur resident Peter Allman died last Thursday and reportedly arranged his burial. His widow and daughter say a ghost visited their bedroom Sunday night foretelling danger and vanishing through the floor. A seance will be held to verify the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allman
Explosion Kills One Injures Several in Walton Village
An early Sunday natural gas explosion in Walton, Indiana, wrecked the Eckton home, killing Mrs. Eckton and injuring six others including Mrs. Coblentz and Daniel Eckton. A second gas blast shattered a nearby Nichols residence injuring Albert Nichter. one boy died from the gas fire. Local notes report crop losses, fires, and regional incidents across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Logansport
Daniel Eckton
Jessie Cublentz
Eckton
Minple Coblentz
Nelle Coblentz
Jose Coblentz
Coblentz
Ten
Eiektor’s
Charles Eckton
Leik
Tie
Fort Wayne
Mary Nichter
Hendricks Street
Albert Nichter
Prisoner Amid Court Hears Assault Allegation
The prisoner, accused of assaulting his daughter, proclaims innocence. He cites his ill wife as demented. He is kept in custody away from Montpelier as townspeople jeer while the sheriff escorts him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Montpelier
Horse Shocked to Death in Peru by Livewire
A horse owned by Mrs. Clara Messmer was instantly killed when it touched an electrified water spout from a broken wire. A boy and several men were severely shocked while attempting rescues. The electric light company paid for the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Clara Messmer
Electric Light Company
White's Institute Burned Near Muncie and Other City News
Fire destroyed White's Institute four miles south of the city, with a two story brick building and several outbuildings. losses included many valuables. The site had served as a Quaker school and later as an orphan home. Other items report a House of Representatives incident with Dr Eastman and John Hutchings, a fatal burn of three year old Jimmie Mitchell, an unusual constable who urges arresting offenders to join the church, a Montpelier merchant's arrest, locals in courtroom mischief, and various social and political notices from Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
W. C. Pyle
Redkey
Christian Church
Mlwood
Philip Schram
Portland
A. C. Voris
Bedford
Hanover College
Marion
Albany
J. H. Revick
Lagrange
Hamilton County
Alexander Noyes
John J. Thompson
Sullivan
Cyrus C. Goyer
Waterloo
Lake Shore
Indiana
Potesters
Anderson
White's Institute
Waul
Wom
House of Representatives
Thos. Eastman
John Hutchings
Muncie
Rilus Eastman
John YP. Greenan
South Bend
Littleton
Jimmie
Mat Mitchell
Indianapolis
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Marca
Tam
Bushaeli
Dr Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Elem Dee
Directas
Mostossa
Jaates
Marblehead
Wnes
Saeed Lekary
Gregory & Son
Andead Carter
Carter
Sam
Shere
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John W.jorrits
Washington, D.C
Ig Claims
Aity Aluce
JL. Stephens
Intima
Aslo
Inn
U.iindpl
Stcker
A.J. Tower
Masa
Nam
Canada
Department
Interior
Menadnek
Chicago
Medunes
Ned Merit Rieck
Detrest
Onfem
Peta- Seve
Jon A
Crosse
Wis
Ike
Dr. Kay
J. Kay Medical CO
Omaha
Neb
Ile
P.agie
Sears
United Peates
R. M. Kellogg
Three Rivers
Michigan
Sapolio
Alabastine Co
G Rapids
Mich
Alawal
Coldage
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George 8S. Bennett
Hall's Summit
Kan
W. Bennett
Ball’s Summit
E. F. Brooks
Westphalia
John Flannery
Stuart
Sunset
Wicee
Ghost
Decatur
White’s Institute
State House
State Notes
Robert McCoy
George Newman
Greensburg
John Skister
Saneiago
Mineral Springs
Thornburg
Loansville
Hrtford City
George W. Daniel
Hefferman
American Strawboard Works
Bowlby
Shele Vbyville
Israel Meloy
George Washington Michael
Congress
Florida
Richmond
Lilflen Baum
Laporte
William J. Morris
Patrick Campbell
Terre Haute
May Gardiner
Washington
Ohio
I. E. and
W. Company
Mary E. Booth
Richmond W. C. T. A
Nora Sparks
Richard Developers
Kentucky
Evansville
F. X. Linneborn
Holy Cross Seminary
Notre Dame
Rome
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Fulton
Michael Gerbrisk
Montgomery County
Mary McMahon
Maggie Ramsey
Joansville
Oregon
New Orleans
New York City
Goss
Michigan Cty
Harry Detury
Detury
Franklin County Court House
Brookville
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