21 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
1
Flour seven to eight cents per bag sugar priced at 1.40 for a 25 pound bag best rice offered at 3 pounds for 2 cents seeds raisins at 8 pounds for 25 cents best butter crackers 3 pounds for 25 cents
Many short items report visitors and illnesses including Newt Richardson, Miss Lillie Newby, Miss Pearl Andrew, and Mrs. Wallace Hadley. Events note church meetings, a Rebekah experience gathering, and upcoming lectures. Local births, deaths, sales, and real estate transactions are listed beside agricultural notices and farm moves.
D B Johnson donated a selection of Morgan County apples to the Times from his farm near town. The fruit, Northern Greening Stark and York Imperial, formed part of Pur due University display last week where Morgan County showcased superior fruit and grain compared with other counties.
Precinct committeemen announce a convention at the Opera House in Mooresville to select two delegates and two alternates to the District Convention in Terre Haute on Feb 1 1910. After delegation, a Central Committeeman will be chosen. current incumbents request not to be reconsidered.
A mixed column reports Mrs. Francis choking on a meat fragment but saved by a doctor and swelling afterward. It notes rabbit poisoning by Pillie Turley and West Waltz, a rental near Slideiff school, and various farm activities. It laments high food prices, hog cholera impact, and the need to feed a growing population with comment on middlemen and emigration.
Program notes for the Mooresville Farmers Institute on January 26 27 1910 include talks by J J Dean Amo Ind Miss Ethel Berry Purdue and J J Doan on topics such as Redeeming the Old Farm Real Worth of the Dairy Household Economics and Hogs Commercial and Home Fertilizers with prize awards in corn contests J M Kinney Secretary
Public Library Commission programs distribute forty volume traveling libraries to granges schools and clubs for three months with a possible three month extension. Collections span fiction history travel science religion and youth reads with nature study art and Bible study titles and stereoscopic views. Loans require five local sponsors and a small express fee funded by state appropriation.
A public notice lauds Spamnhurst osteopaths as benefactors and urges the afflicted to seek free consultations at Frank Hadley's residence in Mooresville on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. The message praises their treatment for restoring health and improving appearance and asks continued patronage.
For Sale a rubber tired buggy is almost new by J. P. Calvert. Now is a good time to advertise your business in the Times. For Rent three upstairs rooms neatly papered by Anna Dickerson.
An agent offers fine improved farms large and small, town and city property, and gilt-edge investments paying good interest. If you have property to sell trade rent or seek to buy contact L. D. Argo.
Classified note touts sale or custom order of toilet articles in Hendricks and Morgan Counties with reasonable charges and references. Also mentions service by special request or arrangement in any location within the counties.
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