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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1896
Page
1
A humorous verse recounts a banquet mishap as a young suitor fails to carve a duck. Embroiled in family tensions and comic misfortune, the scene ends with the narrator deserting the table in anger and never seeing his fiancée again. The piece is attributed to E. C. Pierson in Twentieth Century.
A Kansas City Journal note recounts a boy in a merchant family who painted advertisements on surfaces reading Buy your trousers from Brown and your babies from Dr. Jones. The doctor learned of the scheme and faced the need to address the street ads he inspired.
A Confederate battery led by Major Carter Braxton fought at Fredericksburg on December 18 1562. From a yard facing Major Braxton mothers home the 12 pound Napoleon fired solid shot at 1600 yards hitting the right man and lowering the flag with Lt Marre aiding the effort.
Actor recalls returning to Melbourne then sailing to Van Dieman's Land Tasmania once a convict colony. In Hobart Town the first night drew about 100 ticket of leave men as a pit audience. A returned convict on stage drew mixed reactions yet sympathy rose for the hero. The reviewer notes rough locals, yet honors the hero’s innocence and perseverance and the actor’s popular reception among Hobart’s old lag audience.
An old advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver oil as a general tonic to strengthen the body and fight coughs rather than treating coughs alone. It offers a free book on prevention and markets 0 cents and 1 dollar sizes from Scott and Bowne in New York.
An old advertisement promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a pure vegetable medicine for liver stomach and spleen disorders. Claims relief for fever malaria bile and nausea plus improved appetite complexion and bowel regularity. Describes the product as gentle not a drastic purge and manufactured by J. H. Zewein & Co. Philadelphia.
An 19th century ad touts Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable palatable remedy for constipation indigestion and stomach troubles. It promises quick relief and lists price options including 10 cent bottles and larger sizes. It also promotes DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure as a dependable remedy for summer complaints and dysentery.
G. W. Base notes unprecedented turnout at the state fair with every department crowded for exhibition space. Secretaries’ office work is unusually heavy, prompting a special force to ensure records are ready at the start. Live Stock barns also crowded, and with horses excluded, entries will be the heaviest in board history.
An advertisement claims a troubled stomach and digestive system benefit from Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It touts the syrup as a pleasant tasting laxative and digestive cordial and offers trial bottles at 10 cents with larger sizes priced up to a dollar.
The notice seeks active agents with exclusive control and no risk earning 12 to 26 hundred dollars yearly. Enclose a stamp for full particulars or 25 cents for samples. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure as a safe quick relief for children. A gallery at the state fair will feature Prof. Dayton C Miller demonstrating X Rays including a dislocation demonstration.
Store advertises discounts on carpets and matting off former price with expressed intent to sell without profit. shoppers urged to inspect items and find value in the reduced pricing.
Bargains on knee pants suits in gray twilled serge and cassimere at $1 to $1.98 now $1.00, with ample youth sizes and braided sailor collars. Also blanket specials, silkaline comfort, Misses and Ladies Mackintoshes, boys rubber coats, and rain umbrellas at 75c to $1.25. Fall lines advertised as lowest prices.
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