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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
3
Mrs A Gregory of Denver California writes she suffered six years with female troubles including backache and bearing down pains. After an operation she worsened until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her to perfect health and she urges other women to try it.
Patterson and readers are urged to try Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound a longstanding treatment for female ailments. The advertisement touts cures for displacement inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache and nervous prostration and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A note from Punch recalls a late night visit at 1 am. The speaker says Mary should consider sleep aids and explains she removed her shoes quietly in the kitchen, noting concern for Mrs Mimms-Mary and a steady worry over time.
A brief Washington Star excerpt shows Mr. Cumrox lamenting social rifts within his wife’s family. He notes his marriage granted them high social standing, yet he fears the mother and daughters would shun him absent that alliance.
George B. Farley of Concord New Hampshire described a two month skin eruption below the knees with raw beeflike appearance and swelling. After trying several remedies he used Cuticura and the itching ceased immediately with swelling fading. he wore shoes again in two days. May 14 1907.
A witty courtroom quip notes the Joneses engage in sharp remarks over a carving set. The judge delivers a sly line about their knife like exchanges. Sparse readable theater satire captures a domestic dispute joke.
Local testimonial extols Sloan's Liniment as an immediate relief for rheumatism and related pains. Chas J Budlong of Anthony R J Box 125 says after using six to eight bottles he was cured and urges others to try the remedy.
A Catholic Standard observation notes that many lawyers derive happiness from working with wills, reflecting on rest and vocation.
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as ideal for households. It promotes availability at leading grocers for five cents.
The article explains that white diamonds, though popular, are rarely perfectly clear and transparent. It notes the existence of red blue brown yellow green and pink diamonds and mentions that heat can alter a diamond's color.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as soothing teething pain softening gums and reducing inflammation. It promises to quiet a crying infant and cure wind colic with a bottle priced at 255 cuts.
Caesar tore up a blank telegraph and wrote Veni vidi vici on a new sheet. He signed it and handed it to the operator. He claimed the shorter line avoided questions about a frazzle and told reporters to suppress the incident as he strode into his tent.
Mr. Comrox discusses dining etiquette and tipping with a Washington Star quote. He notes the dilemma of tipping too little or too much, fearing snubs or scorn from waiters as a stranger in the place.
London resident Jane Scrimshaw lived through the reigns of Elizabeth I to Anne, totaling eighty years in an almshouse out of a 127 year life.
A Kansas City Journal item records Mrs DeStyle asking about duties on artworks while docking. She declines bringing over oil paintings, worrying they might assess her facial makeup.
A humorous snippet shows a child and mother bargaining over the price of a duck. The girl asks for the cost while the mother warns of a discount if she complains, noting amounts in shillings and pence.
A testimonial from a Tennessee woman describes leaving coffee for Postum to cure indigestion nervousness and insomnia. She recounts headaches ensuring the switch, weight gain from 117 to 170 pounds, and credits Postum with restored health. The letter is presented as a living advertisement from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
A New York Sun interview recalls three store mishaps. A girl drops a cup and saucer. a floorwalker and staff respond calmly. Another shopper spills fluid on silks and shelves, then a sachet bottle falls with a thunderous sound yet prompts polite handling.
The Lusitania of the Cunard Line docked yesterday from Liverpool with 1,486 aboard in cabins and saloon. Passengers praised the ship as a floating hotel while recalling a balloon race near Berlin and a North Sea ordeal after a balloon flight, with injuries and dramatic rescue by a German pilot boat.
A striking electric sign showcased in Popular Magazine demonstrates ad history. A double faced 11 by 4 foot sign projects over a Chicago sidewalk displaying a billiard game with an automatic light flasher animating a cue strike and ball movements.
Miss Lillian B. Hill told a group of Duluth jewelers that a vacation can be taken without missing business. She cited a jeweler who stayed away by keeping his advertisement hidden, so no affairs required attention while at the shore.
A concise statement notes that those who domineer or burden others often lack sharp intellect. The remark contrasts power with wit and suggests that heavy-handed behavior correlates with limited mental acuity.
Miss Sophia Wittiecva of Evanston Illinois reports twenty five years of chronic catarrh improved by Peruna. She describes severe throat soreness and cough before starting Peruna and says her health is much better with the chronic condition gone. The ad notes Peruna tablets as an alternative to liquid form and promotes a 1909 Peruna Almanac.
Comic exchange illustrated in Chicago News features a man and a woman debating why debt remains unpaid. The dialect joke centers on money as a trap that would vanish if payment occurred, reflecting humorous cash flow logic.
Advertisement notes a single product Bromo Quinine Sanative for curing a cold in one day. Mentions signature of E. W. Grove and a price of 25 cents, marketed as used worldwide.
A Louisville Courier Journal line contrasts an optimist praising a poor man’s odds of becoming rich with a pessimist’s curt agreement, capturing the era’s social optimism and skepticism in brief dialogue.
The medical fraternity discusses the growing use of whiskey for rheumatism as an almost infallible cure when combined with other ingredients. A listed formula calls for half a pint of whiskey, one ounce of Toris Compound, and one ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, taken in spoonful doses before meals and at bedtime. Toris Compound comes from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. Chicago, with other ingredients available from druggists.
Ad claims a fast cure for colds using laxative bromide and quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. B W Grove signature appears on each box. Priced at 25 cents.
Baltimore American notes a book titled Its Name about house furnaces sells very well and quips that it ought to be found in best cellars as a playful exchange regarding the work and its success.
If you are a trifle sensitive about the size of your shoes it is a satisfaction to know you can wear smaller shoes by sprinkling Allen's Foot-Ease into them. When rubbers or overshoes become necessary and your shoes pinch Allen's Foot-Ease gives instant relief. Sold everywhere 25c Sample free Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A humorous note from the Detroit Free Press quotes a diner asking for a steak “well done” and the waiter instructing the chef to prepare “one to a frazzle.” The exchange captures restaurant humor and tone of midcentury dining etiquette.
An old grocery ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder priced at five cents per package, urging readers to keep clothes white as snow.
A compact, wry quotation from the New York Sun notes that advice on life comes too late once lungs are fully developed and one is grown too big to cry.
Dialogue between Maud and Clara from the Detroit Tribune notes a heroine torn by love as she plans to elope with one man while in love with another. The excerpt highlights romantic tension.
A Baltimore American verse recounts a youth named Jake whose love falters as he confronts a beloved who calls him a fake. This compact piece blends heartbreak and sharp reproach in a lyrical observer’s voice.
A Baltimore American item notes a sequence of admirers. The first and second say she looked daggers and cut the speaker dead. The third recalls being paralyzed by her striking outfit, and the fourth deems her “just killing.”
Mrs Lucy Quebeck of Hope Valley describes years of severe back pain and kidney trouble with regular secretions and swelling. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with prompt relief and gradual disappearance of symptoms, sold locally for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York. Light travels from the moon to Earth in one and a quarter seconds.
In a drought scarred valley garden a pink La France rose stands as queen while a tired child visits at dusk. A rainbow descends to cradle the rose’s child, and the moon declares the newborn as Love, promising joy to many and sorrow to few.
St. Louis Times notes Honey Boy Evans skewering Texas saloon rules and political leanings. The performer jokes about Sunday openings, pay-as-you-enter cars, and urging his children to vote for Bryan, while audience banter and cartoons of contemporary life play to the crowd.
A playful reflection on a woman’s attire revealing wit and refined taste as she navigates a candy shop, hinting at charm and discernment in simple, everyday moments.
A collection of observations notes betting in the United Kingdom, savings banks in New York, a noted quote by Hitchcock, India coal wages, female and male labor, newspaper circulation, Greek migration to America, Post Office stamp chief Giovanoli, a cooperative missionary supply plan, creme d amands recipe, and Ireland peat power plans.
Mr W W Miller recounts a Times anecdote about Kermit Roosevelt in a race at Oyster Bay. Riders dismount to whistle a tune to a line of girls who write the tune name, seal it, and hand it to judges. Kermit plans to whistle Everybody Works but Father.
The Kansas City Journal surveys theories on the origin of bogus. Dr Ogilvie traces it to Boghese a 1830s American swindler. Other theories connect to bogy scarecrows or the French bogasse meaning mill waste. Brewer links to French argot bogue meaning rind or watch case.
Clark Williams New Yorks new superintendent of banks commented on a bankrupt man saying the securities offered were worthless and that he produced even less valuable bundles when asked to provide collateral. Williams compared the case to a waiter who serves extra oysters to cover a bad order.
The author praises Inuit prep of moss stomach from reindeer as their finest salad. He notes they rely on fish and favor the raw stomach moss dish for digestion, claiming rivals their taste and warding off indigestion. The exchange compares this to Indian use of firewater and notes the zeal of theft for it.
Smithson, once confident as a born humorist, visits an old school friend and finds Miss Ritchie arranging dried grass. His quip about the donkey’s room elicits a pleasant reply, but back home his humor collapses, leaving him humorless forever.
A traveler asks Uncle Jed why his wife milks the cows. Jed replies that he has done his share of the work, and the line ends with a twist about the cow milking being done by someone else.
A dialogue in Lippincott's Magazine recounts a visit to an asylum where Wimbleton and Simpleton discuss impressions. The Simpleton hands a note of introduction to the superintendent who merely says, Make yourself at home, reflecting a detached reception.
A humorous exchange features Miss Rodd defining taxidermist as a person who stuffs birds while Johnnie and Willie joke about the term. The quip echoes a New York Herald humor style with a playful misdefinition.
The New York Sun discusses whether Knicker born abroad to American parents is eligible for the presidency. Becker argues favoring Ohio birth as a precaution, implying residence and birthplace considerations in the eligibility debate.
Readers learn that Tall’s Catarrh Cure and Wall’s Catarrh Cure offer a constitutional approach to catarrh with claimed internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The advertisement promises $100 to any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. L. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, with the product sold by druggists for 75 cents. Includes a note to take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Physicians say reading aloud ranks among the best exercises for the brain and lungs. Experts note the activity improves focus memory and speech, while providing a relaxing daily routine for all ages.
An advertisement claims Paz Ointment cures piles itching bleeding and protruding in six to fourteen days or the money back. The copy emphasizes a guaranteed relief and refund if not cured.
A judge recalls an evening when several army officers attended a dance but none asked her to dance, noting their familiarity with the smell of powder.
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