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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1899
Page
2
This fragment from Mooresville includes social notes and items about residents, visits, medical cases, and local events. It mentions Miss Nannie Sumner, Dr. Mankerat, Mrs. J. AL Pagsart, and other named figures, with references to church society events and a furniture store slogan. The writing reflects a late 19th or early 20th century small town newspaper style.
Local items report visits by residents and relatives including Overton's stove ads and grocery promotions. Names such as Breedlove Mor gan Holaday Dillen and Peters appear with general social notes and multiple upcoming sales and club meetings.
Non transferable excursion tickets sell from Indiana to Indianapolis via Pennsylvania Lines. The trips depart November 20 and 21 with return available until Saturday following. Grand Lodge encampment participants may travel at reduced rates using these passes.
Excursion tickets will be sold at any Pennsy Lines station to stations on those lines within 140 miles of the point. Tickets go on sale November 28 and are valid until December 1. Rates apply to travel for Thanksgiving Day by any available ticket agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
The Madison Township notes a wet weekend with obituaries and health updates. Residents attend a funeral for Mr. Cray at Line Was, while locals discuss court referrals and farm work. William and family entertain guests, and health concerns touch Nora Stokesberry, Mrs. J A Carter, Elijah Shaffer, Ben Park, and Dr. McNabb. James Evans reports a huge corn crop in Blue Mound Illinois.
The Cincinnati Weekly Gazette is praised for its wide coverage in agriculture poultry markets and literature with twenty pages compactly filled with news. It boasts the largest weekly circulation in the Central States and offers a fifty cent yearly subscription.
Dr furner of Dempseytown Pa testifies One of Dr Kings New Life Pills each night for two weeks put me in my teens again. They are best for Liver Stomach and Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never gripe. Only 24 cents at G W Bass drug store.
A British officer in Africa, Capt. C Dennison, commends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy used by himself and his troops during the campaign from Vryburg Choanaland dated November 1807. Sold by Tow Thorsday.
Akron Ohio concerns advertise work for an engaged man in the county urging applicants to send references to the Werner Company Akron Ohio. Reader Mrs. Thomas Riddieman of Parshaville Michigan reports Salt Rheum relief after Banner Salve use.
Wanted several trustworthy persons to represent Usa as managers in this and nearby counties. Salary two hundred dollars a year plus expenses. Permanent position with only office work from home. Provide bank references in any town. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Tat Dyatinton Company, Dept. 4, Chicago.
An old tone promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for stomach derangement constipation and sick headache. The message urges ongoing sales at G. W. Bass and oysters at Taggart's with a persuasive marketing flourish.
An Indianapolis mail offer invites readers to send names and addresses of three piano or organ performers and twenty five cents in silver for full sheet music sets. Titles include The Lower That Won My Heart Mamie O Rourke March Manila Dewey s March Two Step Land of Washington DC and five other pages. Portra Musso Co Indianapolis Ind.
An advertisement proclaims Chamberlains Cough Remedy guarantees refunds after two thirds used and claims to treat la grippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough with pneumonia prevention. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure for immediate relief and praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with a testimonial from S J Fleming affirming it as the best digestant and cure for indigestion.
Editor W. W. Barry of Lexington Tennessee, while exploring Mammoth Cave, suffered a severe pile condition. He used Bucklin's Arnica Salve, claiming a swift cure and stating it was a miraculous remedy for piles and injuries. Sold for 25 cents at G. W. Bass’s drug store.
Thos Be Rhodes of Centerfield Ohio praises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as indispensable for piles cuts burns and skin diseases. He warns buyers to beware of counterfeit products and emphasizes the salve's infallible effectiveness.
Advice warns against biting thread while sewing noting it hurts the mouth and can cause sores. Silk thread poses greater danger if bitten since some threads are treated with lead acetate which can lead to serious illness or blood poisoning.
In New York schools boys drilled raw recruits since veterans are at the front. The young cadets, though too young for combat, are qualified by school military training to drill older men. Regular troops lacking instructors rely on these boy soldiers for rigid obedience and execution of orders.
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