June Tops Months for Marriages Worldwide
Across nations, marriage rates peak in June, with more unions celebrated in that month than any other. Cultural traditions and favorable weather are often cited as reasons for the June surge in nuptials.
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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1898
Page
5
Across nations, marriage rates peak in June, with more unions celebrated in that month than any other. Cultural traditions and favorable weather are often cited as reasons for the June surge in nuptials.
An advertisement claims a universal remedy for female diseases and piles offered by Mrs. C. B. Miller in Kokomo Indiana with a free sample promise. The item also notes ancient Chinese coinage shaped as a knife dating to 2240 B C.
An advertisement urges readers to try Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing immediately with a free sample bottle from local druggists. It promotes 50 cent bottles and warns delays are dangerous. A separate note mentions Mormon colonies in northern Mexico to be connected by telephone lines.
A short note promotes Grain-O as a wholesome grain based drink for children and claims it tastes like coffee when prepared properly. It states Grain-O costs about a quarter as much and is available from grocers at 15 cents per can. A London based monthly sculpture magazine is also mentioned.
Weefler offers a hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad touts the cure and lists Toledo as a base. It includes testimonials and wholesale drug references and claims internal action on mucous surfaces.
Supreme Court orders permanent injunction against seller of a competing powder after confirming the Foot Ease trademark owned by Alien S. Gimsted of Le Roy New York. The ruling protects Gimsted from frauds that imitate the Foot Ease packaging and advertising and threatens other infringers with legal action. The decision affirms common law rights and calls for costs.
Fragmented ad like blurb promotes various medicines for cold relief and cough, mentioning Larsiive bron uinine Pablet and Piso's Cure. Includes odd asides about trout exports from New Zealand and shellfish carbonate, with a dated line citing Mrs Mulligan Kent England November 12 1853.
A boat trip down the river with several Rushville youths and a woman ends in a fatal stabbing. Peckinpaugh dies after being shot in the left side. Cleary and Hilling flee, later dying or wounded. A bloodhound hunt follows as the town grapples with the deadly duel sparked by a dispute over a woman.
Mrs. Sarah Niccum, 70, unable to write two weeks ago, began penmanship lessons under her family’s guidance. She soon wrote her own name and then a legible letter to her daughter in Elkhart, marking a proud first attempt at letter writing.
A misled bride Alice Vincent marries Jack Hayden then elopes with ex convict Sam Jones to Riverside Quebec Cincinnati. Jones abandons her within a week and she returns home begging forgiveness amid a tale of flight and ruined plans.
In Ripley Circuit Court Judge New in North Vernon saw a bitter clash between Col Sam Jones and Hon Nichoas Cornett. After contempt fines and court admonitions the men fought in the courthouse yard. The bout ended in a draw and court proceedings resumed.
A major fire early Monday destroyed almost all of Loogootee's business section including Joseph McAtee's saloon Shirley & Co and the Baptist church. Losses total about 99090 with many firms named and twenty other businesses wiped out. The blaze is suspected incendiary.
Mrs Amanda Robinson of Clay County Indiana suffered long health decline but regained strength using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Her daughter Anna also recovered after two boxes restoring appetite color and energy. The piece notes a lower pawn broker interest rate in Philadelphia from 5 to 2 percent per month.
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised to cure painful swollen feet and bunions and to ease tight shoes. It claimed to stop sweating callouses and tired aching feet and offered a 25 cent mail order, trial package free. Also noted Finland’s railways totaling about 1,200 miles with several lines under construction.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with a mocha like color and gentle stomach tolerance priced at 14 15c and 25c per package sold by grocers. It also mentions Mrs Winslows Teething Syrup microbes in stamps and various household products including Glenns Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair Lye.
An old advertisement touts a remedy that claims to move the bowels daily for health, acting on the liver and kidneys and curing headaches. It lists a price of Sc and 50c.
A curious observation notes that individuals with red hair are less likely to go bald compared with people of other hair colors. The claim highlights a surprising link between hair color and baldness risk without detailing underlying causes.
The Monon routes now stop at the Forty-seventh street station in Chicago where tickets are sold and baggage checked. Passengers can use the Forty-seventh street electric line to reach any part of the southern Chicago area, including the Union Stock Yards in seven minutes.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route advertise fast mail and standard lines to Kansas City Wichita Atchison St Joseph Omaha and western points with Pullman cars vestibuled sleepers and reclining chairs. Home seekers excursions offer round trips at low fares. The Sunset Limited to California leaves Chicago and St Louis Tuesdays and Saturdays with Pullman Tourist Cars Thursdays. For rates maps and pamphlets contact G A A Deane Jr Indianapolis.
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