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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
4
Frank J. Cheney of Cheney Co. sworn to in Toledo on December 6 1836 asserts his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The statement is filed in Lucas County Ohio with the oath of the senior partner. The accompanying motto notes the heavier the burden the greater the shadow cast.
In Meadowthorpe Hunt races Mrs Bradbury schemes to have Daisy Bell ridden by Jack Pierpont for a match with Margaret Hampton. Beatrice Middleton prompts Harvey Wickham to ride Rocket despite its bad reputation. The scheme hinges on Daisy Bell winning the Steward's Cup and a proposed match with a favored suitor.
The Ghost ridden by Richmond overcomes Sweetheart and Bricktop after Rocket loses its jockey Wickham at the snake fence. Ralph Goring on Sweetheart leads early while Pierpont on Daisy Beall crashes, Daisy Beall founder, leaving The Ghost to surge to victory by a neck amid crowd chatter and postrace congratulations.
Directors hired a watchman praised but inexperienced. The chairman warns vigilance at night, forbids strangers, and notes the manager may be watched too. The twist reveals the manager praised him yet hints at watching both men after hours.
Cartoon caption jokes that Mrs Knicker questions gladness at settled children and Mrs Becker replies they are all happily divorced now. The quip undercuts family pride with a sharp marital twist.
A New Woman's Ways note recalls Senator Patrick H. McCarren's irritation with a persistent reformer. She touched objects on his desk and dropped a brown weight that proved to be a tea biscuit baked by women reformers seeking a science fiction cooking bill. He called it the finest paper weight he ever had.
Dennard Ark Sept 7 Mr E J Hicks merchant recounts decades of pain from illness after Civil War and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with removing aches heart flutter stomach trouble and fatigue. He notes starting with three pills daily then six and waking refreshed with better sleep appetite and energy.
A reflective line highlights love as the clearest way to understand people. The proverb emphasizes empathy, patience, and seeing inner worth beyond appearances.
The Indiana State Fair cattle show, set for the week of September 14 in Indianapolis, promises strong progress for Indiana cattlemen. Secretary Charles Downing says Indiana leads in livestock advancement aided by ideas from renowned herds in past fairs. Fifteen classes will be judged by David Wallace, Allie Powell, and Oscar Hadley, with entries closing September 7.
The text notes that part of the Astor fortune originated from the Bowery, where William B. Astor’s uncle Henry, a noted butcher, left about $500,000. Invested around 1846, that sum helped build the Astor estate.
A Brooklyn Eagle item notes an office boy who took a day off for his father’s funeral and, when asked about the obsequies, replied with quiet pride that they had buried him out of sight.
An advertisement promotes a soothing syrup for teething children from Scenta, claiming gum relief and reduced inflammation. The product is marketed in a scentsy bottle format with purported healing benefits.
An exchange in Detroit features a man lamenting a ruined hat while a woman defends using an old hat and a new umbrella, capturing a domestic moment in the Free Press sketch.
A Buckinghamshire parish notice states the vicar, citing advanced age, cannot visit hilltop residents though he will continue Sunday duties. He adds that if God sends a pony and carriage he would resume his former visiting route.
A Mil waukee alderman quipped at the recent council meeting that a naphtha lamp be placed at Twenty third and Hadley to let residents see the electric lamp there. The sarcasm was recorded and the resolution sent to the lighting committee.
In a Chicago Tribune note, Charles Dickens unexpectedly encounters Mr. Pecksniff during a walk in the land of shadows. Pecksniff replies that Dickens owes him no apology and that the Pecksniff name will endure long after Dickens is forgotten.
In a playful scene the writer Virgil contemplates changing his epic from Arms and the Man to Feet and the Mar to honor football legends, fearing a snub could undermine the classic poem and urging himself to weep.
A witty exchange quotes a colonel and a grass widow with a playful line about love and social ranks. The mulher declares affection would persist even if she could only be titled Mr. rather than Mrs.
The ad states pelvic catarrh causes nervousness and exhaustion in women and claims Poruna cures catarrh permanently from Dr. Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio. It promises free medical advice if Peruna fails to produce results.
A 1901 Brooklyn notice for Putnam faceless dyes claiming color on silk wool and cotton at one boiling. The ad stresses salvation not by culture but culture by salvation and cites a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption easing a child’s croup.
Job notice for 25 girls to make paper boxes in a modern plant. No experience required. Apply with age references and former occupation. Send terms to SE Fron Mro Co Department Bb Anderson Ind.
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit testifies in a letter that a five year struggle with uterine irregularities and hysteria ended after six months and fifteen bottles of Peruna. She calls Peruna a safe cure for catarrh of pelvic organs and attributes her recovery to treating the underlying catarrh.
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