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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
2
The Mooresville Guide reports a Friday publication with local notices. It notes ads from business patrons and outlines a confrontation where Assessor Thomas Dark and deputies faced a dispute with John Purvis leading to a trial and fines, with the Darks declining to prosecute.
Ada Thornburgh and Daniel G. Woodward wed at Martinsville home of Mrs W H Dryden in Martinsville after reuniting years apart. Woodward, now wealthy, vows to dedicate his life to his first love. J H Thornburgh is brother of the bride. They depart for Waukesha Wisconsin.
Local notes report Alpha Elliot sick. Ad McPherson at home. Lon Surgason from Indianapolis visiting. Miss Deane Comer visiting Martinsville. John Schooley and wife visiting mother Schooley. Charles Woodward and Jot Comer from Indianapolis visiting. Albert Marsh and son visiting Alpha Elliot. Jesse Self from Manro via. Overton's offers washing machines and ice cream. Taggart's ice cream. notices of Memorial sermon by Rev John Reagan. farm on Povia road. various sales and new businesses. plan to remove city park improvements. charity lodge meetings. Overton's summer goods. new firm Bryant Ensminger in town. brickbats about ball game and Dayton Harvey well drilling. Indianapolis Sun agency retirement. Fools Errands lecture by Rev William A Quayle. carbonette portraits at York's. 8,000 hides wanted. electric railroad talks. Decoration Day program and procession details.
A cautious reader questions the health of a baby labeled “Baby 100 Thin” and considers whether nutrition or prior illness weakened digestion. The guidance suggests avoiding excess medicine and using common sense, with a hint to add half a teaspoon of something to improve nourishment.
An advertisement promoting Scott's Emulsion for babies and nursing mothers. It claims daily dosing improves digestion from the first day and benefits both mother and child, citing twenty five years of proven use and listing price and druggist availability from Scott & Bowne in New York.
Frank Booker Day died May 9 1899 at 8 30 PM of pulmonary tuberculosis. Born November 29 1874 at the old Day homestead east of Mooresville. He was 24 years 5 months 10 days old, survived by father Nathan Day mother Candace C Day and sister Mrs Barnett. He leaves relatives and friends who mourn his death and hope for a safe landing in the Haven of Rest.
Otto Rooker and his wife visited the graves of his great grandparents and grandparents on a bluff near East White Lick. He gathered a small hard sugar wood cane with a natural crook as a keepsake to pass to future generations.
Dr D B Cargile of Washita reports Mrs Brewer cured of scrofula after four bottles of Electric Bitters. The letter claims a complete recovery from years of sores on head and face and praises the tonic as the best blood purifier. It says the remedy treats eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores and boosts digestion and strength. Sold by G W Bass at 50 cents with guarantee.
A reader from Gaars Mills Louisiana reports long standing chronic diarrhoea since the war and touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a successful cure. The notice ends with sale by.
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