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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
7
Paris tightens road rules by requiring drivers to stop after accidents and face imprisonment and fines for attempting to flee. The notice frames the new regulation as part of public safety measures. A second ad promotes Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour as a wholesome breakfast option available at local grocers.
A brief note discusses how a woman’s perceived influence appears stronger than a man’s, prompting reflection on gender dynamics in public life. The observation highlights shifting attitudes toward female authority and leadership.
Pettit's Eye Salve, advertised as 100 years old, claims rapid relief for tired, inflamed, sore, watery or ulcerated eyes. Sold by Howard L Bros. druggists in Buffalo, New York.
A compact reflection on fashion and identity noting that bold colors do not define a person’s character or gender. It contrasts appearance with inner self and challenges stereotypes about what clothing signals about a girl.
A historical note touts Garfield Tea as a remedy when the skin is sallow the tongue coated and headaches are frequent. It claims a poor excuse is better than none if it works.
Vintage ad copy touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething grief claiming teeth eruption relief and pain reduction. It mocks laziness and shows bargain pricing while inserting a quip about a husband and wife illness satire.
A rustic exchange mocks Farmer Barnes, who buys a barometer to forecast rain while Mrs. Barnes boasts. The dialogue ridicules the utensil as extravagance and quips about rheumatism as a divine warning against such spending.
The Pacific Coast Borax Co offers four water color pastel prints free to introduce 20 Mule Team Boraxo Bath Powder. Sized 1444 by 17 inches, printed in ten colors, these artistic pictures would sell for $1 each if sold. Send a post card to Pacific Coast Borax Co in New York City for full information on obtaining them free.
Postmaster General Buxton plans a small mourning border stamp issue as a trial. If not embraced by mourners the issue may gain value among collectors. The Prince of Wales owns a famed stamp album and recently paid $7,250 for a blue Mauritius two penny with an unusual marking reading Post Office Mauritius instead of Post-paid Mauritius.
Mrs. Marie Lipsie of Montana reports three years of back pain weakness and kidney secretions with lowness and strain. After starting Dean's Kidney Pills she improved from the first dose and four boxes fully cured her condition. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
The catalog asserts every kind of plant or vegetable yields a good crop, highlighting broad reliability and robust yields across categories. It presents a confidence in seed performance and farmer prospects for the season.
Charles McCormick of MKenville Manitoba recalls 1907 crop income from 100 acres with 80 acres wheat at 22 bushels per acre sold at 0.90 per bushel and 20 acres oats at 60 bushels per acre sold at 0.35 per bushel, netting over 1600 after expenses. Thomas Sawatzky of Herbert Saskatchewan cites 70 acres wheat 1750 bushels at 0.90, oats 15 acres 500 bushels and 5 acres barley 80 bushels, valuing crop per acre at 22.50 with strong district results.
A compact meditation on teaching as a divine vocation. It highlights aiding youth, energizing effort, and transforming defeat through new thought and firm action, echoing Emerson’s call for hopeful, purposeful guidance.
An advertisement argues deafness is incurable by local applications and only cure is constitutional. It claims most cases arise from catarrh and offers a hundred dollar reward for any deafness due to catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes instructions to send for circulars and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A quiet social campaign in New York aims to curb the wild operate of Newport’s summer colony. The piece recalls monkey dinners, ballrooms, parlor theater, hat blancs, and a famed rag doll episode involving Mrs Fish and others, marking a shift toward older-set governance of Newport society.
The piece notes a rapid expansion of English tea rooms in Paris, evolving from Neale’s lone spot to many venues offering English tea and pastries. It highlights English fashion, social trends, and a shift as French women increasingly visit these tea rooms alone, signaling cultural emancipation.
A excitable New Haven shop owner berates clerks over sales and, when a clerk tells a customer there have been none for a while, boasts of “plenty downstairs.” The customer, after a moment, laughs hysterically and leaves as rain becomes the joke.
A historical view traces patent medicines to home made remedies common in early American households. It notes Peruna originated with Mennonites and Dr Hartman, who expanded it from neighborly use to a nationwide drug trade, touted for coughs colds sore throats bronchitis and catarrhal diseases.
Borus says the favorable reception to his short comic piece surprised him. The literary editor Naggens notes the critic urged him to craft another farce before retiring.
A grandmother recounts her seven year old granddaughter's severe itchy bleeding sores after measles. After applying Cuticura Remedies, the child improved within twenty four hours and was fully cured in five days. No further health issues reported. The note is dated June 25 and July 20, 1906.
In an English club in Hongkong a white-haired old man from a northern port reacts strongly after receiving a letter. He notices hostile Chinese writing on the envelope and confronts the hall porter. The porter had labeled the letter for "the old baboon with white fur," but the scholar in the guest interprets the insult.
An experiment by a University of Pennsylvania team observed a solar eclipse in the Southern States. A professor tells a household servant that chickens will roost at 11. The servant laughs, noting the chickens were not yet hatched a year earlier.
New York diners now treat Sunday dinners as four hour affairs at hotels and restaurants. Demand was so high yesterday that many could not be accommodated and reservations must be made days or weeks in advance. The trend benefits hostels but harms home hospitality.
An English periodical claims women are the great patrons of the stage and that male audiences follow their lead. It argues plays must appeal to women to succeed, noting the trend applies in this country as well.
A traditional saying cautions that quarrels arise from both sides and both are usually at fault. The maxim emphasizes shared responsibility in conflicts and avoids placing blame on a single party.
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