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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
3
An invitation urges all women with sex related illnesses to communicate with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. Women may speak privately to a woman and receive personal guidance. The letter promotes Pinkham's remedies and notes the large volume of women seeking advice and relief.
Advert says a cure for liver and stomach afflictions with a tonic called KEEMREDY'S AP Mink PREC SM TF. It claims relief within a week and no diet change needed. The label advises one tablespoon in water at bedtime and notes availability from all druggists.
The Indiana Bureau of Statistics Bulletin No 3 details iron and glass industry conditions in 19th century Indiana. It notes 47 cities host iron plants with $3 707 035 in plant investment and 17 774 252 in output, employing 16 075 workers. Glass plants total 62 with $4 949 148 in grounds and machinery, $8 742 784 in output, and 4 265 951 in wages across 2 056 boys and 449 women and girls.
A young man on a Michigan avenue car pretends to have misplaced a dollar. An old woman sits, claims the dollar, and warns the jokester she will fight if needed. The crowd laughs as the prank ends with the man stepping off the platform.
Continent wide fascination as a massive moving mountain in Gard France advances toward the Gardon river at about fifteen feet daily. It has destroyed Grand Combe colliery works and a mile of the Alias railway forcing six hundred residents to flee. Authorities warn of river channel blockages as rain erodes the lower strata.
The New York Journal notes irony as poverty does not prevent Poe works from commanding large bids. An offer of $500 for the privingl manuscript of The Raven was refused, while the Beils sold for 270 in yen action and five-line notes reach small sums. The first edition of Poe poems from 1577 is very rare with only three copies known, one kept in the British Museum for sixty years. In 1892 another copy sold at auction for 1,875 despite low intrinsic value, and the third copy was recently found likely to fetch a large sum.
F Hopkinson Smith describes police supervision in Constantinople as he attempted to transfer Golden Horn scenes to canvas. The ministry of police kept a constant watch during sketching and regulation restricted drawing. His March Century account notes some watercolors evaded strict scrutiny.
Mr. Tabor of Burlington shares a near fatal sciatic rheumatism ordeal and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a full recovery after eight boxes. The druggist notes growing sales and patient satisfaction as the pills are advertised as a blood nourishing nerve restorative.
A delicate Boston girl sent to a country town asks to see a hand organ after hearing its sound. The nurse promises a visit, but the organ man passes by. The child resigns herself, remarking that God’s hand organs are very elusive. one hears much but seldom sees them.
The text explains how in Indian tradition a man has a family name from his mother’s gens and a second, secret name not spoken outside the family to avoid curses. It compares this to clan systems like the Scots and notes how the “Spotted Tail” name is tied to later discussions in the Washington Post.
A Civil War tale shows a self-important man promoted to brigadier general who boasts of his rank. A homespun Yankee named Jim coolly asks what people say, and the reply is that they laugh and say nothing else. The humor rests on blunt honesty and social humor.
Tommy notes a remark by Clara at the breakfast table about reverie versus absent mindedness, suggesting little difference between them. He recalls last night when George visited and describes wandering miles into dreamland before being interrupted by Tommy’s quip about a mile.
An advertise ment notes Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye offered in black or brown with a price of 50 cents, promoting grooming products for personal care.
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