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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
4
An assorted collage of notices and health tips from the era discusses dental materials and the promise of dentures, urges stomach health with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to aid teeth, promotes Allen's Foot-Ease free sample for foot relief, and notes Britain consuming its wheat crop in roughly thirteen weeks.
Ask your grocer today to show you Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury and the adult likes it. Grain-O has a rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and is gentle on delicate stomachs. Price 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. The Congo region exports about 3 000 walking sticks a year.
A murky ad claims for a remedy branded with W. Groves’s mark. The copy mocks gender roles while hinting at a legal dispute, inviting skepticism over the product and its endorsements.
An old advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It names Fr. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, and Wast & Travx and Warpome, Kinnan & Marvin as endorsers. Claims the remedy is taken internally and works on blood and mucous surfaces. Price is 75 cents per bottle with testimonials free.
Rheumatic sufferers are urged to send for a pamphlet from Harvey Mephing Co. at 180 Tremont St Room 36 Boston Mass detailing Dr Harvey's Rheumatic Pills used in his practice for years. Also mentions Mrs Winsor’s Soothing Syrup for teething and a note about the rice eating Chinaman.
Incomplete OCR segment hints at a cause related to sedation or deterioration but provides no clear event, names, dates, or locations. The readable portion only signals a general health or causal inquiry lacking concrete details.
Fragmentary note mentions a person named Oot and an address in Lya. Unable to determine full context or verify details from the terse text provided.
A poetic excerpt discusses infinite realms beyond human reach and the futility of grasping time space and number. The piece reflects on the mind seeking voids and a wall-less prison, noting only man may strive to conquer such boundless thought. It appears as a line from Curtis Hidden Page cited in March Century.
A vintage recipe explains grandma style peppermint drops. It instructs mixing one cup of refined sugar with one fourth cup hot water, boil five minutes, add peppermint extract, stir until thick, then drop onto paper to cool. Larger drops are suggested for a bolder peppermint candy.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt Mr Meeker at the door hears a letter for him and asks his wife if he should open it. The piece notes a recurring joke about a member in every woman's club described as bulky and ends with a tip on listening to curb impulsive disclosure.
Ticket agents of the Pennsylvania Lines offer low fares to Florida and winter South resorts. Free information on tourist tickets, time tables, and arrangements. Inquiries can be made via nearest representative or W. W. Richardson district passenger agent. Provide travel details to receive prompt information at no cost.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company promotes spring travel to Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida with round trip tickets at about half-rates on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April. Contact P. Sid Jones in Birmingham or J. H. Milliken in Louisville for details.
A striking passenger on a Jackson avenue outbound trolley arouses notice with aristocratic dress and dreamy eyes. She shies from contact, fears contamination after vaccination, prompting mixed crowd reactions and the conductor to explain a sore arm. The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports the scene.
The article profiles Willie Barr an 11 year old who runs the Kingstree telegraph office on the Atlantic Coast Line. He passed a strict division headquarters exam to win the post and handles thousand word dispatches with fluency and accuracy.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal report highlights Marshall Bright, a blind porter at the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley station in Shelby Mississippi. Despite blindness he handles freight, lights switches, and seals cars with steady touch and precision. He once was brushed by a slow train but remained unharmed.
A jumble of observations on husbands wives and suspicion. It notes that a husband feels doubt his wife suspects him and that bachelors know a married woman. It mentions men avoiding truth after a travel bag mix up and fearing office discovery of scandal.
A dialogue notes a candidate applying for a vaccine physician position. The interviewer asks about qualifications and the applicant affirms them. The scene mentions previous field experience vaccinating soldiers and animals in New Orleans and ends with the official engaging the candidate.
A Delsartean professor and a visitor discuss an expression the visitor calls hunger. The professor admits the term hunger fits, though he notes he would call it unrequited love, acknowledging the harsh reality of not having a loose dime for a meal.
Advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute for kids claiming it is delicious and nourishing. States Grain-O is made from pure grain and costs a nickel to a quarter, sold by all grocers. Also notes The Lancet calling Egypt’s climate magnificent.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine as a daily bowel movement aid essential for health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief from sick headaches. Offered at 25 cents or 50 cents.
Libby McNeill Libby Housekeepers seek ready to serve luncheon meats and quick prep options. The Chicago firm promotes their superior meats and offers a booklet How to Make Good Things to Eat free on request.
A diffident young tailor offers to press his suit to Miss De Courcey, but she rebuffs him, saying not to talk about business or courtship in the moment. The brief exchange appears in the Detroit Free Press.
Thomas Tate writes from Duhamel Alberta recounting a winter journey to Wetaskiwin Canada. He notes building a log house two stables and a well, ten cows six horses and three other cattle. He mentions temperatures from 82 below to 22 above and says they will write again next spring. The grandson of Zululand’s first Christian woman was ordained a missionary.
Coughing leads to consumption and Kemp's Balsam is advertised to stop the cough at once. Visit your druggist for a sample bottle free and purchase 25 or 50 cent bottles. Go at once, delays are dangerous.
Mrs M R Avent from Jonesboro Texas praises Salzer Seed Co and their Big Cat catalog and sends a note about postage. References to Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin and claims of high quality varieties like Rape and Speltzs and Bromus. Mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption and croup remedies.
Mrs. Nettie Chashe of 47 K St N B recalls her 16 month old son’s illness misdiagnosed as wrenies and mumps then scrofula. After four months with a running neck sore and guidance from doctors, she treated him with Hood's Sarsaparilla. The remedy allegedly cured the swelling and healed the neck after persistent use.
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