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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
4
A girl with violets proclaims she has stopped economizing. She notes trimming her hat last month let her save, yet she will spend on a new gown worth three times the saved amount. She plans to stop saving and has painted a proverb as reminder.
A fanciful claim asserts electricity will replace horses soon. The narrator muses on ailments like indigestion constipation and liver kidney blood disturbances as potential curiosities of sufferers treated by a tonic called Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters.
A fourth smallpox case has developed at New Albany, involving patient Helte Alexander, a Black resident. Medical authorities report the case as part of the ongoing outbreak and monitor contacts for spread.
Salzer advertises grass seed claiming outputs of 4 to 7 tons per acre in dry areas with higher yields elsewhere. The notice targets Joon Asatzer Speed Con in La Crosse Wisconsin, offering a seed catalogue and samples in exchange for postage. Includes claims of performances in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Montana and other states.
A man notices a rusted old metal fire insurance sign on a brick house in Kansas City. The sign, once common on gable ends, symbolized thrift and being a prudent head of household, but such signs have fallen out of usage as fire insurance evolved.
A notice asserts St Jacobs Ohio offers a cure for neuralgia regardless of cause or duration and advises avoiding damp cold night air to prevent flare ups.
Meru daw Ploegh Mecaffrey reported a local arts group project involving new funding and community collaboration. Details describe the aims, participants, and anticipated schedule for exhibitions and workshops.
A long letter from a Western Canadian settler in rockford illinois framed as a report to Mi VTrawsyard and Simpkins. It covers weather snow levels after Christmas cattle and stock conditions. It notes abundant timber rails and stables, farming yields including wheat potatoes roots and fruit, livestock, prices for wheat corn butter eggs and cattle, and advice on shipping and breaking horses.
The Ladrones yield curious items including a breadfruit rich archipelago, a scent provoking tree fruit that repels then pleases, a brittle nut with edible kernel only when fresh, and a rare fruit used as currency. A color changing stone on highways forecasts weather, a sun clock flower opens in noon light, a small bird domestic animal and a tiny curly poodle-like pet catch fish and fruit. Palm groves form a valuable resource, producing vegetal ivory for commerce and defensive needs.
Charles J. Landis praises Delphi and Indiana communities in the Delphi Journal, celebrating peace, family life, and enduring friendship amid rural calm. He laments excess ambition and notes deep ties among neighbors, families, and old friends across the Wabash and nearby landscapes.
Dr. Talmage delivers a sermon linking Christ’s crucifixion thirst to human bereavement and suffering. He contrasts betrayal and poverty with Christ’s endurance and highlights divine sympathy as the path to comfort and eternal life. He urges listeners to drink the water of life offered through faith.
Drainage Board officials aim to open the canal by October 2 and have contractors cut crews in each unbushed section while pushing work day and night. The emitter channel nears completion except for two Joliet sections where the Des Plaines River joins the canal. Eighteen hundred men are at work today in two sections.
Testimonials claim Hood's Sarsaparilla brings rest to the weary body and aids many pains. A mother recovered from salt rheum and sores, while another reader reports improved energy and relief from dyspepsia and headaches after use.
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