October's Abundance and November Shop Plea
October's Abundance fades as November shoppers take center stage. A store showcases seasonable dry goods including new dress goods silks trimmings cloaks suits and millinery inviting customers to visit.
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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1896
Page
4
October's Abundance fades as November shoppers take center stage. A store showcases seasonable dry goods including new dress goods silks trimmings cloaks suits and millinery inviting customers to visit.
Just in, new designs of delicate French organdies showcased with samples available for viewing. Vendors highlight fresh patterns and high quality fabrics for spring collections.
Our Drapery Department showcases curtains portieres fret-work and floor coverings with a focus on new styles and finishes for home decor readers.
A fragment notes a Meeresville Guide published every Friday in Indiana with a 1.00 fee and mentions names such as Worm Bleak and Ellen Dean in a local notices context.
Classified notice lists 3,000 hides sought for Gray's tannery by H. Earnest. Mentions Lap Robes and Horse Blankets at Jones'. Also advertises first class watch repairing by William Scott at J. W. Hornaday's drug store.
In justice to Mr. O. E. Rooker the writer states a letter received last Saturday from their son in New York City is genuine. The letter urged voting for Bryan and declares the rumor that Mr. Rooker authored it is false. Mr. and Mrs. John Bucker.
Patronize home industry and have your coat delivered by Richardson. Farm for rent. Mrs. Elizabeth Swope. Skies east of town. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve advertised as an antiseptic soothing healing application for burns scalds cuts and bruises. Spdocs piles like math. Pl instantly stops pein. GW Bass.
The Philadelphia Telegraph argues against the idea of love being blind as depicted by guardians and chaperons. It contends that parents naturally miss mischief, yet fiction mirrors life with clever guardians and wary elders catching the truth in romantic plots.
An argument explores free coinage of bricks and fixed dollar value. It warns such policy would erode money value, making $1,000 worth only 1,000 bricks and cutting wages and savings, with claims about siliconing the dollar under fiat-like coinage.
A detailed look argues that European harvest failures and rising world demand shift the market. It cites 1881–95 export trends, Argentine and European imports, and larger global supplies, concluding price rises stem from supply constraints and demand growth, not a goldbug conspiracy or coinage politics.
The mint report shows that from 1878 to 1894 the United States paid for 459,946,701 ounces of silver valued at 29,965,356 dollars, with an unsettled balance of 316,244,907 dollars at current prices. Questions arise about who received the funds and how they were used, including potential investments or loans in the south or west and where such investments may be located.
Latest accounts from the silverite headquarters claim gold bugs have artificially boosted wheat prices and caused drought in India as well as smaller harvests in Argentina. The Philadelphia Record presents the assertion as part of a broader financial critique.
Hon. John G. Car argues that adopting free coinage and a new pew unit for value is a revolutionary change with far reaching, long lasting effects. He warns against rushing the policy and demands solid facts and benefits beyond passion, prejudice, or vague rhetoric.
The text argues against free coinage of silver, warning workers would lose purchasing power if silver rises. It cites how Mexican dollars and other free silver currencies track bullion value, not face value, risking wages, food, shelter, and clothing. It questions whether workers should gamble with livelihoods.
The Chicago Times Herald notes Populism as the cause of rising Kansas foreclosures and restricted credit for legitimate business. It argues loans shorten and rise in rate, while people shift from speculation to frugality and industry as adversity teaches self reform.
The piece argues wages rise with each dollar now worth more than before 1878, and workers are better off today than prior to 1873. It asks why any workingman would vote to revert to pre-1873 conditions, noting weeks are higher now than ever before 1873.
Report of the condition of Farvers Bank at Mooresville Indiana as of October 31 1896. Details include resources such as Loans and Discounts 363555.22 overdrafts 0.00 due from banks and bank assets 78522.00 banking house 4432.85 furniture and fixtures 2513.81 current expenses 710.38 taxes etc. The entry list appears partially garbled but lists financial items and totals typical of a bank statement.
Balance figures show liabilities of 97 906 59 with capital stock 35 000 00 and deposits on demand 460 246 79. Cashier's checks outstanding 6 140 05. The statement is sworn by cashier W I Wadley and notarized by J M Bishop on November 3 1896 in Morgan County Indiana.
An ad promoting Baco-Cure declares a Berlin physician developed a purely vegetable, risk free remedy to end tobacco use without willpower. It claims a three box treatment cures permanently with a written guarantee or money back, citing testimonials from Clayton Arkansas and other locations.
Lintered for weeks with colic and pains in my stomach caused by biliousness and had to take medicine until I used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which cured me. Mrs. FP Berner of Fairhaven Conn endorses it and recommends using it at first symptoms to ward off attacks. Sold by G W Bass. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve soothes and cures Tetter eczema and piles by restoring tissues to their natural condition.
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