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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
3
A boy hypnotizes a girl at a party to play the piano after eye contact from Professor Henry Drummond. In another incident he hypnotizes a boy who waves a poker as a gun and shoots Drummond in a staged pheasant illusion. The illusion nearly ends in violence before being halted.
A Detroit Free Press quip recalls a man who believed a romance would lead to marriage until a chance moment on the street when he bowed and dropped into a coal hole. The line laments how such small happenings can alter a man’s prospects and mood.
A New York Press line notes that what surprises a girl most about a man daring to kiss her is that he did not do it before.
The California Fig Syrup Co. presents Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna made from purified plant principles and standard methods. Only the genuine product bears the full company name on the front. avoid imitations by verifying branding.
A Detroit Free Press reader recounts a scene where a man is hurt and brought home by ambulance with a broken leg. His wife asks if injuries are fatal, and she jokes that this is a night he will be home for supper on time.
A New York Tribune excerpt records Dr Madison C Peters discussing whether the future husband will marry. He cites a hypocritical bachelor who "uses his religion as a cloak" and questions his actions in the next world.
Mrs. James Lutz of Marion reports fifteen years of kidney trouble improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She attributes relief to reduced backache headaches dizziness and fatigue. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The tale recalls Wee Willie Keeler in Baltimore as he chased a long Boston fly to right field. He sprinted up a 65 degree advertising slope on the fence, caught the ball atop the incline, and slid over the fence into the stands to complete a sensational out amid a roaring ovation.
A comic note from Lipincott's Magazine tells of an absent minded professor returning home after a long day. He rings the doorbell to no effect and learns from a maid that the professor is not in. He quietly replies that it will call again, then hobbles down the steps.
A Kansas City Journal snippet notes dolls that close their eyes when laid down as natural, while the speaker jokes it would be natural if the dolls opened their eyes and yelled.
Dialogue from a Cleveland Leader feature contrasts a busy poor woman with a wealthy one who has no duties. The exchange notes the rich woman claims time to read the latest novels despite supposed leisure and abundance.
A Denver woman recounts recovery after eating Grape-Nuts following a year of poor health. She says stomach distress and fatigue vanished, weight increased by 12 pounds, and she regained vigor after adopting the food cited in a paper article. Trial and the book The Road to Wellville are mentioned.
A temperance lesson interprets Romans chapter 13, urging love as the debt due to neighbors and the law's fulfillment. It urges waking to spiritual light, casting off darkness, clothing oneself with Christ, and avoiding drunkenness and lust while living honestly and dutifully.
In Bol ton a teacher found a chamois bag with diamonds in the street. Ads of a $2,000 loss led to the owner, wife of a downtown merchant. The finder returned the jewels. A reward offer was declined as the teacher valued honesty. During the return the owner realized one diamond was missing.
A quotation from the Chicago Tribune notes Gladys asking Maybelle if Archie Feathertop still comes to see her. Maybelle replies he still visits but has not proposed yet, suggesting a quiet courtship.
The battleship failed to slide off the ways delaying its launch. The foreman quipped the ship was designed to be fast anyway, underscoring stubborn optimism at the yard.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a couple now happily married and out of debt, highlighting a positive financial turnaround.
The text states April 1 as the memorial of Adam. It recounts that at death Adam instructed his descendants to bury his body embalmed with myrrh in cense and cassia in the cave of Al Kanuz near Paradise.
Historical note recalls Crete once under Roman sovereignty and later seized by the Ottoman Turks in 1669, marking a pivotal shift in the island’s governance and regional power balance.
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bleaching powder in a large 202 pack age priced at 5 cents. It claims to make clothes white as snow.
Baltimore American reports a curious police note about a beauty doctor facing ugly charges from customers. The item highlights a paradoxical mix of beauty and conflict in a local case.
A vintage advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming to ease teething pain, soften gums, reduce inflammation, and cure wind colic at 25 cents per bottle.
An Ohio man refuses a fat consulship as history notes a notable offer rejected decades ago. The column highlights curious civic choices and spots a memorable decision in a past era.
A Pittsburg Post quip questions market ethics arguing customers may own grooming or clothing skills. The exchange likens barbers and tailors to critics who presume self reliance, challenging the idea that service providers should muddy personal choice.
Archaeologists describe an early Egyptian mining center in the eastern desert dating to about 2500 B.C. near the Red Sea and Nile. C. J. Alford notes remains of small irregular stone huts in groups, forming towns that could host about a thousand workers.
G B Halsey of Mouth of Wilson Virginia reports two years of severe eye inflammation ending after one week with Cuticura Ointment. He consulted multiple physicians with no relief before trying the remedy and aging sixty five since. The Potter Drug and Chem Corp markets Cuticura remedies from Boston.
A Baltimore American quip notes a woman's shift in disposition after marriage, contrasting her early vow "I will" with the later resolve "I won't" in a witty exchange about married life.
A suffragette asks what happens when a woman sits in the Presidential chair. A bemused man jokes that chewing gum will stick under it.
A humorous note from a newspaper page mocks heating woes for married couples, with a wink at romance and domestic life. The item branding Cupid and a coal man frames a playful, regional social jab in a brief column.
Stella asks about favors at dinner. Bella notes guests felt they did a favor by coming and Stella felt they did her a favor by leaving.
Pettit's Eye Salve offered at 25c promises rapid relief for tired eyes and general eye discomfort including congestion inflammation and common sore eyes. Howard Bros. of Buffalo New York is shown as the selling druggist.
A hotel clerk recalls discovering a stolen Not To Be Used Except in Case of Fire placard. The manager explains it had been nailed over a coal bin in the corridor, claimed by Sanford Chaparrol as the source.
In a Welsh village the long official name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is commonly shortened to P. G. The name is famed as the English man s jawbreaker and a popular local nickname.
A New York Sun item reflects on Columbus discovery of America and jokes about lasting work compared to a Roose velt discoverer. The playful line imagines enduring relevance beyond the explorer era.
A humorous exchange in a local scene has Pa asking what a head reader is called and a dog naming a phrenologist. A woman inspects the narrator and proclaims the boy has been swimming, highlighting themes of obedience and training for authority.
A Florio translation of Montaigne's essays is the only book certainly known to be handled by Shakespeare. It bears the poet’s autograph and was bought by the British Museum for 120 guineas. A second copy in the museum shows Ben Jonson’s name on the fly leaf.
An exchange notes the paradox of an essayist famed for wide recognition yet narrow views, as quoted by the Atlanta Constitution.
The Houston Post quotes a friend asking about a painting and the artist answering that the image shows board and lodging for six weeks, illustrating an artist’s view of a funded project or study.
A Washington Star item laments grim conditions affecting all ages with concern for adults and children. The note cites illness and broader societal strain, expressing a discouraged mood rather than celebratory sentiment.
A brief fragment from Harper's Weekly notes a humorous twist on Mary and her lamb as she tires of beef and finds relief in carving other fare, highlighting a light satirical moment in a magazine column.
In some rural areas of Germany couples are married with contributions from guests who pay a fixed sum for the entertainment. The receipts fund a home for the newlyweds.
A note explains feather colors in ostrichs: black and white plumes derive from the male bird while gray plumes come from the female.
A Maine town memory recounted by a New England college president. He described summering at a farmhouse, then asked the landlady to replace the maid and remove the pig sty. The reply said Mary had left and no hogs remained since his last visit.
Good Housekeeping notes the Knickerbocker uses blue and gold blue border china made in France for private dinners with a hotel monogram. Seventy two pieces cost six dollars each. Plaza and Astor offer white and gold designs at four and five dollars. Waldorf Astoria uses royalty royal crown sets with Napoleonic era pieces priced at up to a million dollars for duplication.
Nature notes tamarind seeds are a nutritious plant product used for food during Indian famine periods. It also states the fruit pulp is a valued ingredient in certain condiments.
The oldest armchair known, a throne once used by Queen Hat afan of ancient Egypt, flourished around 1600 B C. Ebony and finely carved, it is so aged it resembles black marble.
Slogan touts Hamlins Wizard Oil as banishing aches and pains daily worldwide. It frames childhood injuries like sprains bruises cuts and burns as common and treats the oil as a universal remedy.
The text explains that Siamese people count years in 12 year cycles named after animals. It warns that unions between people born in certain animal years are inauspicious, citing a tiger man and a rabbit woman as especially unlucky.
A 207 class package of Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid is advertised for five cents, promising clear white fabrics for household use.
A Chicago News observation notes that some suburbs appear stranger than jungles with houses ranging from quaint bungalows to chaotic bungles, highlighting quirks in local architecture.
In a brisk exchange Grabbles accuses Spoonger of never paying. Hicks counters by inviting Spoonger to settle the matter in person, prompting a tense challenge to pay or face confrontation.
Chicago reader Mrs. Alvena Sperling credits the remedy with avoiding a third operation after severe inflammation and a small tumor. The ad urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to build the feminine system and relieve displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid issues irregularities backache and more.
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