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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1909
Page
1
A compact summary notes regional happenings with brief items on local politics, schooling, weather, and market updates. The page lists community events, notices, and short reports from several towns, highlighting upcoming meetings and schedules.
A historical pro amendment hymn urges voters to back the amendment to protect women and children from saloons. It argues the vote shows love for family, invokes God and preachers, and suggests publishing the text for wider influence.
A drunken Black man broke into W B Cheatwood’s home near Edwardsville Alabama on November 22 1909 and assaulted Mrs Cheatwood. He beat her with a stone dragged her 210 yards then slept. She and four children survived. Local leaders indict whiskey酒 traffic and urge voting against illegal sales in a letter signed by community figures.
A reflective meditation on judging people by their present, not past, actions. Time, change, and character shape beauty and taste. Emphasizes charity, fresh starts, and personal sense of beauty over external opinion.
Hon Jourd White and son thank friends for kindness during wife’s illness from May 1 until her passing. They praise the community’s support, express heartfelt gratitude, and say the good people are worth more than money. They ask readers to pray for their family’s future reunion in the next life.
A guide for girls who wear patent leather shoes advising frequent cleaning with sweet oil. Wipe the surface first with clean cheesecloth, then rub in the oil with fingers or a small sponge to maintain shine and condition.
A classified notice offers 160 acres with 60 cultivated, 85 pasturage, balance timber. Features a new 4 room dwelling, barn, out-houses, fine orchard, abundant water. Near churches and schools with good roads, within two hours of market towns. Easy terms in a quiet community in Moulton Alabama.
Crochet ties stay popular for school wear and simple gowns. An ornate pattern uses crochet silk and a No 3 steel hook starting with a 13 stitch chain, with sequences of double, treble, and chain stitches across three rows. The wide part reaches ten inches per half, with gradual increases to nine patterns in a row.
A coat described as useful and smart features checked tweed fabric with a lacque back, a loose-fastening band in front, pockets on both sides below the band, velvet collar and cuffs, velvet-covered buttons, and a matching velvet hat with a feather pompon. Materials listed: 3.5 yards of 46 inch fabric and 0.75 yard velvet.
A Brooklyn Jewish clergyman condemns regular synagogue attendees who do not contribute to maintenance calling them moral parasites and saying their religious life relies on others. He also singles out women as parasites and claims some women beat or steal their way through religious life.
A discussion in our section centers on substituting Richmond Pearson Hobson for the Bank head role in the United States Senate. Proponents asked supporters to raise hands as they weighed the proposal.
A fiery appeal rails at political figures who back whiskey, praising the prohibitionist movement as a world changing force. It declares personal liberty subordinate to community welfare and calls for a universal victory for prohibition, labeling alcohol a destructive king and predicting a broad, ongoing battle culminating in global prohibition. The author frames elections and public morals as battles in a larger war against liquor.
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