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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
5
A humorous New York Mail item describes a stirrup race where a dog-like participant wears a four foot long pole with a attached stirrup. The sole rule: the suspended foot must not touch the ground and the stirrup cannot detach from the shoulder. A hundred yard dash completes the course.
A playful drill on measuring everyday items to test judging distances. Players guess heights widths and circumferences then compare with actual measures using tape or rules. The exercise covers height of a table door length shelves chairs and more for a humorous accuracy contest.
A practice method describes throwing a ring over a wall hook at about nine feet using a twenty foot cord and a heavy ring. Stand fifteen feet away and attempt the toss so the ring stays on the hook. The card enables recovery after each miss and, with practice, helps a skilled player guide the ring to some extent.
A fragment notes that various groups claim different days as Sunday with pages listing the Crooks on Monday Persians on Tuesday Syrians on Wednesday Mevptians on Thursday Gurks on Friday Jews on Saturday and Christmas Sunday. It suggests a perpetual Sabbath celebration on earth.
Serer Pov Pealler is described as highly nitrogenous and useful in tilme as a feed for hens. It is nutritious and aids digestion, with benefits over grain in flesh-forming elements. Scalded clover supplementation after green sand can improve hen condition and egg production.
Henry Graydon, formerly involved in the electric line project here and now back from California, was in town Monday. Wanted items include a grandfather clock and old mahogany or cherry furniture. Address: Issorge WW Beam, 1212 Central Ave., Indianapolis. Also ads for farming implements from G. A. Keller featuring Oliver and Imperial breaking plows, Mamilllion, Avery and Gale cultivators, the Hawk planter, disc harrows, steel and wood frame harrows, and land rollers.
The report notes the death of William Moon and Charity Rebekah Lodge No. 5 offers sympathy to Sister Moon and family. The minutes will record the resolution and send copies to Sister Moon and the local paper. The rest of the text includes unrelated ad copy about a health tea and a few garbled lines.
Mrs S Lindsay of Fort William Ontario declares after years of stomach pain that Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets relieved her dyspepsia. She reports no further suffering since starting the remedy and recommends it for indigestion. Sold by Geo W Bass.
An old advertisement promotes a wedding trip across the sea and the Rocky Mountain Tea from Tlornady Bros, promising a pretty face and delightful air with rosy cheeks and lovely hair.
Cleaning tips for kitchens discuss soaking pans five minutes in anmo na and water and converting measurements. It covers utensils like an egg whisk with a wire loop and wooden handle and mentions cedar dust to purify scents and quick cleanup steps for saucepans and stews.
Instructions describe beating egg whites with sugar to stiff peaks for meringue, then spooning onto pies and baking hot without removing from oven. Keep oven open to dry the meringue, avoid collapse, and finish with a dusting of powdered sugar.
Advice for travelers suggests carrying aromatic spirits of ammonia two bottles. If faintness occurs, take ten to twenty drops in water. For stomach upset, prepare a remedy with three ounce bottle water and a teaspoonful of the sinkt, shaken and corked for two doses.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions people or places in vague terms. The readable parts suggest a broken report or notice but lack coherent events, dates, or names to form a factual summary.
Miss Edna Carpenter declines in health. Selon MacNab travels to Indianapolis on business. Farmers cut wheat. yields reported fine. Dr. Robbins dies. Mary Thompson seriously ill. Ais Charles Swearengill hosts eleven Indianapolis boarders. Local visits feature J A Carter, Hattie Carter, and relatives. Mrs. Catherine Shanafelt ill in Bryson, Texas. D H Turley visits son severely hurt in Chicago, hopes to return home. Henry Landers suffers heart trouble, stabilized after neighbor intervention. Comer Seefree Co of Meeresville offering top wheat prices.
A Rochester based nursery firm seeks a reliable person to solicit orders for their products in the area. No experience required. Workers receive good weekly pay and a free canvassing outfit. Both men and women in the community are urged to apply for details.
A worn out woman struggles to sleep and balance work and home life as fatigue grows. An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Pea as a remedy for strengthening nerves and enriching blood, selling for 35 cents as Yea or Tablets and Hornady Bres products.
An ad seeks a two room house by August 1st in Mooresville for a year. Respondents should use post office box number 12 in Mooresville for contact.
Advert says the best time to cure catarrh is in dry weather with Hyomei. It claims a complete outfit costs one dollar, includes two inhalers and droppers, and that the product can cure catarrh by breathing for a few minutes four times daily. If not cured, A. R. Cooper & son offer a money back guarantee.
A classic ad notes sprained ankle stiff neck and lame shoulder as common ailments kept from worsening by Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It claims prompt use saves time and money and lists Geo W Bass as the seller.
Buses depart Martinsville at 5 30 a.m and every hour on the half hour until 8 30 p.m with the last car at 10 30. The 7 30 p.m cars from Indianapolis and Martinsville run to Mooresville only.
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