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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
3
Reverend Geo A E Troutman of Mt. Washington Missouri and others report personal cures from Peruna for catarrh la grippe and throat spasms. They commend Dr Hartman and note Peruna in tablet form now available.
An 1908 almanac ad touts Peruna and Cascarets with vest pocket boxes and health claims. It includes a brief joke about a Georgia moonshiner named Wild Bill and a line about Mrs. Austins pancake flour for an easy breakfast.
Guarantee promises cure of itching and bleeding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Advertisement notes relief from blind or protruding piles with PAZO OINTMENT and refund policy.
Mrs Gaswell asks the famed musician to name the lovely piece he played. He grimly reveals it was an improvisation, noting the title was an old favorite she could not recall. The exchange occurs during a high priced entertainment for her guests.
A Washington Star quip contrasts the habitual speaker with a cool theorist. The suggested guidance favors stereopticon views to enhance a lecture tour through visual aids.
The Angel was making the list. The man admits no great virtues but writes himself into the Ananias Club with Ben Adham leading the rest in a New York Sun item.
A patient case cites possible retained sponge during surgery. A surgeon thanks the nurse and jokes about adding ten dollars to the bill for materials as the judge weighs the incident.
A short editorial note from the Pittsburg Post laments rising costs despite living costs reported as lowering. The verse-like line expresses bitterness at the burden borne by those who must dig up and face the price declines.
A reader describes how nervous headaches ended after switching to Postum Food Coffee. A mother, then her daughter, start using Postum and banish coffee from their home after successful taste and proper preparation. The letter notes a friend adopting Postum after a correct brewing method and cites Battle Creek Michigan firm Postum Co as the source.
Helen Matheson tears up after learning Cyril Thorold sails for Egypt. John Thorold comforts her and reveals his love. she learns he will not go away. The pair embrace as moonlit night ends with a kiss and renewed promise.
At the Paris Academy meeting Professor M. E. Giraudet reported on a statistical study of dance instruction. Based on 2,500 pupils he outlined steps, distances, and time for waltz mazurka and polka, including totals like 65 trials for waltz and over seven miles danced.
Lady de Bathe known as Mrs Langtry charms crowds at the Casino where fortune turns after a run of bad luck. She blamed the trente et quarante losses and, exiting, forecasted no more play for the moment. An onlooker claims she then set two roulette bets on No 32 at the same time.
A historical note explains that fixed charges for losses include breakage destruction and theft. Cheaper stores suffer more from thieving as workers are less trustworthy. Outsiders cause many losses, especially women, while shoplifters are rarely prosecuted. Publishes avoid naming stores to protect customers. A Broadway store was ruined by arrest disclosures.
Washington Herald recounts an anecdote about Vice-President Fairbanks who avoided tobacco. He recalls a schoolyard incident where peers chewed a long black cigar, leaving him to break it apart and share it, after which all felt dizzy and sick and he vowed never to smoke again.
A Denver woman describes years of valid female troubles and failed surgery before Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health. The letter extols use of the herbal remedy for backache bearing down pains and irregularities and invites others to seek Mrs Pinkham’s advice.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens youngest son of the novelist died in Sydney at 51. He served six years in New South Wales parliament. While addressing the house he faced frequent interruptions by member Willis. He quipped Barkis is willin then reversed it and said Willis is barkin causing the chamber to laugh and settle.
A correspondent asks how to remove ink stains from white flannel. The editor answers with a practical but sharp tip: use a pair of scissors to trim stained areas.
A Philadelphia Press piece notes Dudley kept his word about marriage, denying he would marry the best woman on earth. The dialogue confirms his spouse is the chosen partner, highlighting a vow kept.
A garbled user prompt discusses character traits and a place but lacks clear facts. No specific people, dates, or organizations are evident to anchor a news item.
Fernard P Woods of Jackson street Lotucohing Maryland cites fifty years of kidney weakness from heavy labor with fatigue dizziness headaches and disordered secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills he improved steadily and was cured. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn Burns.
An appeal highlighting trusted health products and reputable goods. It promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, physician approved family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists worldwide.
Mrs. Frank Abbott recalls months of suffering for her one year old daughter with yellow green sores described as eczema. After visits to four doctors and an eye ulcer risk, a Cuticura remedy set costing one dollar led to rapid improvement and disappearance of sores in a week. The eye could not be saved but the author credits timely Cuticura use with saved eye potential.
A duchess interviewing a potential lady's maid asks if she can dress her hair in half an hour. The maid calmly replies it never takes her more than thirty minutes, provoking the duchess to wonder how she would fill the rest of the morning.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy curing catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a prescription from a top physician, lists F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, and promotes testimonials and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A well known Lowell man invited a dozen friends to his home for a sixtieth birthday. He informed them of the event with a note read aloud in the Philadelphia Press style, dated September 3, 1906, and involving a $846 amount.
An advertisement touts the laxative Brom oQuinine as the universal cold cure in one day marketed by E. W. Grove. The copy claims worldwide usage and a price of 26 cents.
Moody's sermons have an aggregate sale surpassing 2,500,000 copies placing them in a league with the Bible. The strong demand highlights the widespread readership and influence of the preacher's works across audiences.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims gums soften, inflammation reduces, pain eased, wind colic cured, priced at 25 cents per bottle. The text adds a moral line about hating hypocrisies and evil versus loving virtue.
An Illinois reader is urged to mail 12c or 16c to John A. Salzer Seed Co for a mail order seed catalog. The offer promises 35 bushels of rare vegetables and thousands of flowers, with postpaid shipping and a bonus packet of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower for 16c. The ad lists multiple seed packets and perpack prices.
A diffident lover confesses dreaming of proposing to Practical Girl who teasingly notes the dream shows more sense in sleep than in waking. The exchange captures a lighthearted early 20th century tone and characters Freddy and the Practical Girl in a domestic vignette.
The Chicago Journal parody line has a waiter accepting a peculiar menu featuring sodoform soup sterilized potatoes and antiseptic tea with a listering cocktail as an appetizer, reflecting satirical hospital imagery.
Scientists report a Guatemala discovery of a fish species with two sets of eyes enabling vision both above and below water. The adaptation allows equal sight in air and aquatic environments, highlighting remarkable evolutionary design.
An archival Illinois flex piece blends a wry quote about hardship with a playful pancake flour ad. The snippet links a vaudeville style exchange to a breakfast product while noting a life-lesson line about mending one’s ways as part of mourning.
John Kelly of Buffington Indiana once a humble truck farmer now makes cement blocks earning about 25 dollars a day with little outlay. Wind from the lake carries cement dust from a nearby Illinoois Steel Company plant onto his property prompting him to build a shield and mold dust into blocks for sale. Observers say the tale is true.
A Princeton sent candidate to a Philadelphia church dazzled youth with language admired by all. The committee forgot his name but asked a seminary professor for that “flowerlet” and was told they would recognize him. the candidate was sent and later called to the parish.
The essay laments the decline of concise prose and sharp thinking as society favors diffuse, wordy communication. It argues clear, precise expression is a rare, in-demand skill dwindling in public discourse.
Yonker's Statesman records a quip between Bacon and Egbert. The exchange recalls a sore memory from childhood with a brief humorous exchange reflecting provincial wit.
A travel scene aboard the Adriatic parallels a shipboard fire scare in a Concord theater. Clyde Fitch recalls a melodrama villain lighting a cigarette and a newspaper igniting, triggering panic while a frightened crowd demanded refunds at the box office.
A Philadelphia Press quotation reports a dialogue where a character says Burroughs has not lost faith but lost hope of his charity. The exchange features a cynical speaker recalling past ease in dealings and mocking the idea of faith.
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