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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
5
A January 17, 1908 note from Pink Key in Anson Texas asks Dear Mr White and Son to switch a paper from Town Creek Alabama to Anson. He notes being there ten days and comments on high prices in Texas for corn meat and livestock, with roads described as dry and hard. He expresses affection for Alabama friends.
A. Bernstein of Moulton Alabama invites customers to inspect a broad range of dress fabrics including silks lustres woolens albartros melrose cloth dasish cloth and fancy stripes and plaids. The department offers prints wash goods linens cambrics sheetings laces and embroidery with a guarantee of full satisfaction.
The collection advertises a monthly magazine Correct English edited by Josephine Turck Baker. It promotes grammar courses, vocabulary building, conversation skills, usage of shall and will and should and would, pronunciations, home and school guidance, writing and punctuation drills, business English for business men, compound words, literature studies, and sample copies available for ten cents with agents wanted.
An exhortation urging readers to embody courage in daily choices. It calls for starting right, resisting fashion, paying debts, obeying conscience despite ridicule, admitting poverty, simplifying needs, speaking honestly to others, and avoiding duplicity. It also emphasizes respecting honesty and cutting ties with unprincipled friends.
A Florence Herald editorial urges readers to keep convictions firm and courteous, avoid forbidden paths, choose the right, reject the wrong, and pursue goodness for a happy New Year. The piece frames ethical living as essential to personal happiness and community well being.
A brief public notice urges eligible residents to pay their poll tax on time to ensure voting eligibility. The message warns that the deadline is February 1. The short directive emphasizes readiness to vote.
The Postmaster General ruling requires removing subscribers with overdue payments within a year. The Moulton Advertiser will erase names to avoid extra weekly postage costs, affecting no more than about 50 readers starting January 1 1908, and urges continued readership.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood and skin diseases including cancer, ulcers, eczema, and rheumatism. It claims to purify the blood, heal sores, and relieve pains, offering a large bottle for $1 and a free sample by writing to the Blood Balm Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
A. Bernstein offers a wide assortment including clothes and candy, durable shoes, calico for women, socks for men, coffee, and tobacco for chewing and spitting, presenting a general retail display.
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