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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
7
A nostalgic note extolling outdoor picnics with fresh air and simple meals. It highlights wooden dishes over fine china and the appeal of sandwiches on long grass, praising Libby's canned meats as ideal for picnics and outings.
The Brooklyn Eagle features a poem about graduation and ambition followed by an advertisement for Allen's Foot Ease powder. The ad promotes foot relief, cures for corns and calluses, and easy wear for shoes, with a sample offer and seller address in Le Roy New York.
In a lively exchange two residents clash over urban improvement. Mr Smallburg touts asphalt streets as a boon while Mr Bigburg counters that clean alleys are essential before any boom.
Advertisement notes a $35 typewriter sold on payments by state agents for the Chicago typewriter. Mentions Louis & Clark of 1119 Law building Indianapolis and invites catalogue requests or calls. Includes miscellaneous moral maxims and quotes.
An advertising blurb urges readers to use Red Cross Ball Blue for top cleaning, noting it is available at sending grocers for 5 cents.
A distinguished American traveler recalls a meeting in a remote Asia Minor town with a fellow countryman who became the wealthiest local merchant by selling stereoscopes and Turkish views. The note praises American resourcefulness and artistic influence over a traditional farming community.
A friend of Edward Everett Hale recalls a story from the New York Tribune illustrating the spirit of perennial youth in the aged clergy man. Hale, eighty, sat in a car that was full and a young man offered his seat. Hale thanked him and said, We do as much for you when you are eighty years old.
A Massachusetts mother touts Grape Nuts as the best cereal for all ages describing it as food and medicine. She recalls her son asking if the King eats it daily and notes improved digestion and nerve strength from ten days of use. The ad cites Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
Edith Drew and Dick Kendon clash over bravery and desire during a seaside outing. A sudden rescue from Mr Dent leads to a tense chase, a dramatic automobile dash, and a confession that a little man may love as much as a big one.
A Philadelphia Ledger joke reports a twelve year old boy anxious about wedding breakfast portions. He asks his sister for enough food, she says he can have all he wants. Later he replies he didn’t eat all he wanted but ate all he could.
The minister delivered a sermon tailored to the newspaper readers, arranged to appeal to the audience. The gag line notes the choir’s limited basses and the sermon stopping briefly as the players spotted the plate.
Johnny asks Mr. Spoonamore about his visits to see his sister in the parlor. Spoonamore hedges between two and three years as Johnny recalls his sister’s claim it feels like forty years.
A Buffalo woman’s letter praises Peruna as a cure for long illness and social withdrawal. Additional testimonials from Mrs J W Reynolds of Elkton Ohio and others claim health improvements and a preference for Peruna over doctors. The notice invites women to join Dr Hartman’s patients list for free home treatment guidance.
A society woman’s late hours and social engagements wear her down leading to systemic catarrh or catarrhal nervousness. The text claims Peruna acts as a tonic to invigorate and strengthen a run down nervous system, citing letters from society women across the United States praising its effects.
A humorous sketch from New York Weekly recites a couple recalling birthdays of their children. Mrs Binks notes August 17 when a pearl necklace with her name and date was given. The husband remembers July 20 for a 50 cent book and May 6 linked to an unpaid millinery bill.
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