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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
3
A women’s health advertisement urges readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for private illness guidance. It claims decades of correspondence with sick women provide proven knowledge and confident, discreet help.
Mrs Norman Rh Barnett of Allen Town Pa reports long standing Female weakness and nervous headaches. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and following advice she says she is now a well woman and shares her experience with friends.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. It has cured thousands of women troubled with displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feeling flatulence indigestion dizziness or nervous prostration.
A nostalgic poem recalls a fading love song sung slowly as memories return. A Farm and Garden column warns Illinois and Indiana farmers about rampant weed pests from cheap clover and alfalfa seeds, specifically bracted plantain and wild carrot, threatening pastures and meadows. misidentified grasses and late seeds threaten crop stands.
In central Indiana near Rockfield the Kerlin brothers built a renowned stock farm focused on hogs cattle and horses. They practice continuous cropping with manure fed soil health and permanent pastures while perfecting seed corn and impressive corn yields. Their operations include a sheep barn former lines and a shift from sheep to Polan China hogs Short born cattle and Percheron horses.
The Baltimore American notes the value of keeping a poultry farm with guineas as their noise attracts attention of disturbers. Breeding stock sells well at $2 per pair, with white guineas in high demand. Meat quality is praised with some preferring it over turkey. Hens lay twenty eight to thirty eggs before sitting, and will lay more if eggs are removed.
The Maryland experiment station recommends cutting alfalfa for hay when it is about one tenth in bloom and before the young shoots. Delaying past full bloom reduces vitality and risks losing the crop, so do not wait longer than the proper time for cutting.
The Weekly Witness advises cutting fencepost tops at a slant to allow rainwater to run off. If cut with a saw the pitch should be greater especially where spring wood and summer wood differ in hardness. an ax is preferred.
The Farmers Advocate notes mash feeding is less favored now but recommends adding skim milk or buttermilk to mashes. Milk and its products are highlighted as valuable protein sources and should be fed liberally to poultry.
The piece argues long term savings come from calm handling and clean air water and space. It urges humane treatment for livestock, balanced diets, and clean living conditions to boost productivity and prevent disease, contrasting with harsh methods.
Mrs Gatty and friends lure attorney James H. Hooker into a staged swindle tale. Hooker opens a handbag finding only a lemon, declares the case settled, and later faces a suit for his fees in a citywide joke that divides local factions.
A compact note observes how mascots like cats in ancient Egypt and grasshoppers in Italy have been revered or deemed lucky by various peoples across generations despite linguistic irregularities in the source.
A village dinner table tale shows Mr. Brown passes a ten dollar bill through trades and debts among Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Hadley and others. The bills settle local credits including bonnet, carpenter work, flour, bread, and board. The moral warns to spend money at home.
The article discusses the practical art of finding springs and ore deposits. It notes experience and memory guide discoverers more than explicit reasoning, with locals like Indians and frontiersmen often excelling where newcomers fail. It remarks that signs are often subtle and tied to habit, and that water detection may involve surface cues rather than direct physical sensations.
The editor threatens to kick O Henry if he does not deliver a story by noon. O Henry replies that he would keep promises if he could fulfill them with his feet. The anecdote appears in Success Magazine.
A historical note on the U S government excluding various species from a restricted area or policy. It lists birds such as the English sparrow and the sterling, and mammals including rabbits the mongoose and the flying fox as affected.
A Me girl who suffered indigestion from overwork and irregular meals describes how she nearly starved yet found relief after using Grape-Nuts. She reports appetite returned, distress ceased, and health improved with months of Grape-Nuts as a principal diet. The letter is signed by Postum from Cow Creek Michigan.
A cryptic Boston Transcript excerpt notes Hicks the hotelier offering Welsh rarebit free to guests in the evenings while charging for the use of a horse. The fragment hints at a novel guest service scheme and possible consumer satire.
The writer argues that new transport methods could eliminate tails by enabling rapid underground passages for distant trips and short-range omnibuses.
E B Tylor cites his Early History of Mankind stating the oldest map in existence links to Ethiopian gold mines dating to Sethos I, father of Ramses II, predating bronze tablets and Aristogoras of Greece.
Sylvanus Verrill of Milford Maine credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring kidney function after a severe injury left him paralyzed with urinary disorder. He reports using one box improved strength, pain, and mobility enabling him to discard crutches in three months. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY 50 cents a box.
A playful exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal describes a swain asking the summer girl to fly. She agrees, saying she has no plans this afternoon and asks to bring the airship around for a light excursion.
A vintage ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for relief from corns bunions swollen sore hot calloused and ingrowing nails. It claims easier wear of new or tight shoes and notes availability from druggists and shoe stores at 25 cents with free sample by mail from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
The National Magazine notes the glass doors of the Governor of Massachusetts offices invite visitors with the simple urging Walk in. Many passersby feel welcomed by the plain cordiality that dispels timidity at the famed Beacon Hill State House.
Reggy Sapp and Miss Rose trigger town gossip about marriage plans and settlement work. A tailor telegrams that he wants a settlement at once after word spreads. The exchange is recounted in a light Chicago News style.
A Chicago Record-Herald snippet shows a brief exchange about buying items for a relative. The dialogue mentions a cousin named Sabitha who sent five dollars and a shopping list totaling twenty five dollars.
W. H. Dean of Newark Delaware reports seven years of eczema on his hands. After trying many remedies and doctors he found relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Two boxes of ointment and one cake of soap fully cured his hands. Dated March 28 1907.
The most expensive necklace, valued around 250000 dollars, belongs to Countess Henckel and comprises three historic strands. Its past owners include the ex Queen of Naples, a Spanish grandee, and Empress Eugenie, with other noted pieces such as a 412-pearl Duchess of Montrose necklace sold for 60000 dollars and Empress Frederick’s 35-pearl necklace valued at 200000 dollars.
The text notes that British colonial governors are appointed with the premier holding power to oppose or accept the appointment. It states the governor wields near the same authority as a U S territorial governor.
The saying notes that in nine cases out of ten the expected leader or successor does not arrive. It reflects doubt about predicting progress and the persistence of obstacles to new authority.
A strong faced, plain dressed woman confronts a photogra pher in a Washington Post styled scene over flattering proofs. She denounces puffed portraits, vows a new sitting, and demands a true likeness before leaving in a sting.
A vintage advertisement urges good housekeepers to choose Red Cross Ball Blue, sold at leading grocers for 5 cents, highlighting its cleaning power and value.
The mina, a purplish black Indian bird with a white wing patch and orange head lappets, excels parrots in domestication. It quickly imitates human speech and enunciates learned words and phrases with notable clarity.
A Detroit Free Press quip contrasts past courtship with today’s speedster romance, noting that in the old days love ran with a rented horse and buggy while now couples race in mortgaged forty horsepower touring cars.
The chip hat and plait making tradition in Modena Italy dates to the early 1500s when Nicolo Biondo introduced it. The process uses a willow tree grown along the Po river.
A playful Chicago News quip about Edmund described as the smartest child and keen as a razor. Grandpa adds humor noting he reminds him of a razor and needs strapping.
A crowd of one million at three square feet per person would cover about seventy acres. If arranged in a single line at eighteen inches per person they would form a procession 284.1 miles long.
Pettit's Eye Salve for over 100 years is promoted for congested inflamed eyes and removing film. Distributed by all druggists or Howard Bros. in Buffalo.
A country visit parade of a little girl who spots a hen scratching the soil and exclaims to her mother that the bird is wiping its boots. The moment captures a childlike misperception and rustic charm.
A quoted line from the Birmingham Age-Herald describes the anxious seat as the place a man sits in a trolley car while a hatchet-faced female stands at his elbow.
The advert touts Mr Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teeth gums and wind colic. It claims the syrup soothes gums reduces inflammation and relieves pain.
The Shawnee Herald notes the daily heat gives way to a strong evening wind. By 6 o clock the breeze whistles hats and by 8 it slaps ties and glasses, leaving red marks. At 10 the wind grows a moaning march like a zephyr, with Aldebaran rising and Vega setting as the world seems shaken.
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