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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented OCR page mentions construction delays and temporary occupancy issues. It references supplies, vendors, and unspecified dates, with scattered notes about furniture, fittings, and display items. The garbled text hints at a building project nearing readiness but hindered by unclear planning details.
Fragmentary text with names, places and events missing context. Mentions New Orleans, Denver, St Michaels, a bank in New Albany, weather, politics, and a military reservation plan amid scattered notes on quotes and international sympathy efforts.
An old time medicinal ad promotes Simons Liver Regulator as a remedy for liver stomach spleen bowels and fevers. It claims to regulate digestion relieve constipation headache and stomach ailments with a red stamped wrapper from M N Sittin A Co Philadelphia and promises pleasant taste and broad cures.
The article describes makeshift ways to generate electric current using common items such as an orange or cucumber with a steel knife and silver fork, and a homemade voltaic pile built from copper, zinc, and paper soaked in vinegar. It also outlines a thermopile arrangement using German silver and copper wires to produce heat driven current without flames.
Advertises extensive sale of unseasonable and unsaleable stock offered at low prices. Claims to have goods bought at favorable rates and promises customers access to clean items at prices not seen again in years.
A local listing promotes fabrics including cotton plaids and flannel with prices from 1.00 to 1.50. Men and women clothing items appear, noting suits shirts boots and undergarments. The notice claims a large line of cloaks and capes arriving in a few days and invites customers to view before buying.
Administrator advertises the sale of real estate in Merocen county town of Mooressibe on a Saturday in November. Property includes lot No. thirteen in a specific block with a mortgage and notes as security. Terms: cash on delivery with mortgages, appraisal variations and notices to be provided. sale at 1 PM with property described and deed delivered after payment.
Proceedings in Morgan County circuit court detail a land sale tied to a decree against multiple defendants to satisfy claims and costs. The notice outlines bid terms including one third cash and balance in installments with interest, and names recoveries and petitioners involved.
The passage discusses roasting game birds with bacon or salt pork for flavor and criticizes beads and drawn presentation as savagery. It notes realism in art as desirable and includes a brief detective quip about a murderer being too afraid to appear.
A historic note describes Genile laxative as Dr Davis Broui Quinine tablets and mentions sales through ail dinguists. The fragment implies medical or pharmaceutical marketing but the exact details are unclear.
A auction will offer a double saw rig, a single rig, four saws, multiple head blocks, an iron water tank and more. Items to be sold singly or as a lot at public sale on Wednesday in October near the railroad depot in Mooresville, Indiana. Private sale before that time is not available. Sold by G W Bass.
An advertisement claims Foley s Honey and Tar relieves sore throats and coughs with a noted promise of healing. It touts Chamberlain s Pain Balm for cuts bruises and rheumatism and mentions sales through G W Bass and agents.
Wanted trustworthy and active men or women to travel for a responsible established house in Indians Territory. Monthly sixty five dollars plus expenses. Position steady with references. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company Department Chicago.
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