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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
5
A Beaver resident Ma Chas La Point testifies to the New Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine. Her letter dated Sept Lith 234 describes her life saved and urges others to try the remedy as presented by Dr Miles.
An old advertisement promotes Miles Heart Cure claiming quick relief for heart troubles. The copy touts a first bottle free or inexpensive price and urges customers to seek medical endorsement while listing health claims and testimonials.
Fragmentary OCR describes a yearly guide for Che tiaaresvile with a pastor and sundry events. Reads poorly but mentions a meeting on Wednesday and a schedule at a church, indicating a local religious calendar.
Local brief records Miss Daisy Andrew visiting relatives in the city this week. Rev. eS. Thompson to attend quarterly meeting in Monrovia next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jackson visiting Mrs. Swearingen southeast of town last Sunday. Miss Flora Kmiett returned to her sister in Danville last Friday. Other lines sketch community events and scattered names, with several garbled phrases.
The readable portions list Mitchel Piintnier and James alenley with places Monrovia Pee Lee and dicdianapolis. Other fragments include Lou Afevers and Landersdale, suggesting a damaged local notes snippet with scattered names and towns.
The store touts slim margins and high volume, claiming the cheapest prices in town. It advertises 73 cent ales, Lance jeans panes, and men’s four dollar ninety cent items, with additional strong value offers and steady discounts.
An advertisement from a New York druggist promotes Dr Kings New Medicine as the best household remedy. The note claims a customer from Gansjeharie praises its cures for eight generations and urges readers to try a free bottle.
An unclear clipping mentions a nursery stock sale and a job notice at May Co in St Paul Minnesota. The garbled text references Gur and seed producers with nursery stock and a sales event or request for applicants.
A village shop sits beside cottages with thatched and brick facades. The door bears a Post Office sign while a right window shows sweets and odds and ends kept behind lupin screens. Local children peer in with halfpennies seeking treats and novelty from the town’s latest market day stock.
An intelligible fragment notes George Grossmith Jr explaining the English Johnnie character scene by scene. He parodies manners from morning to evening including a club visit, a tailored stroll, and social calls with brandy and light verse.
Fragmentary text recalls Saint Valentine as a presbyter and martyr who endured punishment without clear historical miracle, discussing spring rites, connections to Christmas, and references to figures such as George Washington. An advertisement for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve follows, touting quick relief for skin conditions.
A clipped item notes poultry prices in a separate column with the author T Burk. The readable text is limited but implies a market or listing context.
Morvan County court records show a quiet title action concerning real estate held by defendants Charles Wiley and unknown heirs. The proceedings name Charles Wiley residents of Ersbena and address unspecified issues of title, with the case to be heard at Martinestile Court on a date set by the clerk.
Special notices offer free publication in this column up to four lines under I Wanted For Sale or Trade. Additional lines incur a 5 cent per line per issue charge. Only subscribers receive the free benefit. Business notices follow regular rates.
An assortment of old time classified notices including request for a good horseshoer for E. F. Morgan, rental and sale notices for land near Stooresville, second hand wood stove and pneumatic tire bicycle offers, a South Street residence for sale, sewing machines at reduced prices, and general bargain pitches from local sellers like L. A. Shanafelt, E. W. Shrake, A. B. Calvert, Mrs. Burrel Specu, and the New Home Co. Advertisements urge prompt contact at this office.
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