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Newspaper
Mooresville Guide
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1901
Page
4
A Detroit Free Press fragment laments fading old crafts from youth such as kite making, bow bending, water wheels, and willow whistles. The writer recalls talking with a youngster who could not name many traditional arts and vows to write a book to preserve them. The notice also mentions various ads and a bleak business outlook for fall and winter.
Fragmentary readable lines describe a chaotic scene with phrases about dyeing bands and a kettle. No coherent events, places, or identities are extractable beyond scattered names and items.
Frank Fisher of Mexico Indiana reports a pleasant Western Canada visit with wife. He praises Alberta Assiniboia and Saskatchewan for rich soil ample arable land wet grazing and good water. He estimates low costs to acquire 150 acre plots and argues Canada offers strong farming and ranching prospects for settlers and renters in Indiana.
At Hudbarrow mines Millom Cumberland coast work continues to extend mining under the sea. The first lease ended at ordinary high water with surface cave-ins forcing a 360 foot barrier to protect the mine. The barrier holds over 5 million tons of ore and a second sea wall has begun.
In a comic exchange from the Boston Post, Deddebete complains about a tailor charging for a worn-out outfit while Tallor demands payment for a previous garment. The banter focuses on payment and workmanship disputes.
The piece recounts the assassinations of Lincoln and Garfield, detailing Booth’s Lincoln murder at Ford'.s Theater on April 14 1865 and the national Mourning, burial, and aftermath. It notes Booth'.s capture and death, plus Garfield'.s killing by Charles Guiteau in 1881 and political context surrounding the attacks.
The article recounts President Garfield's shooting at Pennsylvania Station by Guiteau, his death at Elberon in 1881, and the ensuing trial and execution of Guiteau. It notes Blaine, Garfield's martyrdom, memorials, and subsequent public reaction, with details of the assassin's motives and trial.
James I McCallum, recently commissioned consul general of the United States at St Gall Switzerland, is linked to the late John Sherman as his son in law. Formerly a stenographic clerk at the Supreme Court he edited the Federal Statutes and possesses broad musical linguistic talents and a love of reading.
A British article notes the heavy financial burden of military rewards, detailing large sums paid to generals including Earl Roberts, Lord Wolseley, and Lord Kitchener. It cites pensions and annuities granted since 1835 to various officers for service in campaigns across Afghanistan, Africa, and the Nile, highlighting imperial funding for long service and survival.
A Sunday school temperance lesson on Proverbs 20 1 35 warns against strong drink. It presents questions for students and teachers about abstinence, the harms of drunkenness, and proposed actions by church and state to curb the evil.
Prague citizens mark the 300th anniversary of Tycho Brahe by exhuming his remains from Ter Church. Coffins reveal a rotten wooden interior and a corpse resembling the monument effigy with a silver implanted organ, suggesting the renowned astronomer Tycho Prahe.
An inventive mail service concept uses ordinary receptacles connected to central stations by electrical quotors. The airborne mail boxes move noiselessly, stopping for more mail and timing arrivals with clocklike precision. They would handle most postman duties though house delivery remains unsupported.
A magazine editor extols dialect verse praising a contributor. The writer modestly thanks the editor, claiming rapid blindfolded writing with a stub pen in Boston.
A flurry of testimonials extols Peruna as a cure for kidney catarrh and related ailments. John Herziger of Neenah Wisconsin credits relief and cure after two years of pain, while Congressman J H Bankhead of Alabama endorses the remedy as a top tonic and catarrh cure. Samuel R Sprecher of Los Angeles also reports kidney and bladder improvements after seven weeks.
A visiting friend watches a soap seller confront a married woman during a house to house call in a front hall. The hostess resists the pushy pitch while the would be buyer endures later embarrassment as the peddler departs.
In Bath New York area a veteran at the Soldiers and Sailors Home recalls near death from Brights disease in Minneapolis. Four doctors gave him days to live before using Dodd’s Kidney Pills, which he credits with his revival and calls the greatest medicine. The piece ends with a remark about women's belief in reforming men.
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into shoes to rest the feet cure swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and in growing nails corns bunions makes new or tight shoes easy sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c sample mailed free address Allen S Jimsted Le Roy New York The record with an electric automobile has been broken noting a shift from the prior custom of breaking the auto.
An advertisement roundup touts Ars and Winslow's teething syrup, a glove gift prank, and strong claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It offers a one hundred dollar reward for cure failures and lists other medicines including Yall's Family Pills and Hayman Mfg. Co. products with prices and contact details.
The Pluto Spring at French Lick is promoted as the best natural medicinal water, claiming superior health benefits compared with French and German springs. A new management team offers moderate rates and Monon agents supply details.
The saying notes that while a wife may deserve credit for doing housework, relying on hired help incurs expenses. The line contrasts personal effort with financial burden of service.
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