09 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1913
Page
1
A reflective poem warns that time flows away like a water mill. It urges seizing the moment, saying love spoken, deeds done, and opportunities lost cannot be recovered. It blends moral lessons with wistful memories of what might have been.
The remarks describe John D. Rockefeller as a good fellow who built a vast fortune on thrift and practice, while noting a wish that gasoline prices fall back toward the old level or lower.
A short, humorous critique of city life noting many two legged, well perfumed individuals roaming streets, yet emitting strong odors like pole cats, contrasting appearances with smell.
An observant writer denounces cigarettes as nails in the smoker’s coffin. He warns that nicotine quietly destroys mind body and morals, citing examples from chemistry to streetcars. He urges prohibition and compares cigarettes to opium and alcohol in their harmful effects.
An Iowa farm observer urges better farm planning and improved building layout to ease labor shortages. He notes high wages lure workers away and argues modernization, diversification, and precise rotation reduce work peaks, while data show earnings rise with advanced equipment and efficient operations.
The company states its Job Work department is out of commission until further notice. It remains in contact with a modern printery in North Alabama and will continue to receive and book orders for printing. It plans to install a new press soon and urges creditors to settle debts promptly to help finance the machinery.
Notices invite attendees to events at Prairie Grove WOW Hall on July 24 1913 and at Landersville July 12 1918 with ice cream supper string band music and refreshments. Additional picnic planned four miles west of Moulton at Bera School on Russellville road with baskets music speakers and school benefit. Signatories include H Tubb J L Nicholson J F Minor J W Brown J P Pearson Young Norton and M G Kennedy.
The North Alabama Singing Association will meet at Hartsele on the fourth Sunday in July with the Friday and Saturday prior. A full delegation from each Class is hoped, and all are urged to attend. Also noted is the Lawrence County Singing Convention at Liberty on the 20th Sunday in July and the preceding Saturday with full representation desired. A prelude at Caddo on July 11 is invited with full baskets. Rev W G Henry recently returned from Egypt and Palestine will lecture on his trip. Music by the Red Steel band with ice cream and refreshments by the Sunday School Class. Special invitation to other Schools. J W Napps.
Merchants and clerks spend time whittling shavings while a space ad promises better sales. Ten cents per line, readers at least 10,000 will locate your place and goods. Suggest adding 3 or 4 clerks to announce mail order capability and to duplicate bills from Chicago or elsewhere. The temple of commerce rises on strong advertising columns.
Rev Rome Pickens will preach on the first and second Sundays of each month at 3:00 PM in the Presbyterian church. Everyone is invited to attend.
A Houston man is praised for possessing an unusually trusting soul, claiming every lie he ever told his wife was successfully covered. The remark notes his faith as remarkable and even compares it to moving Pike's Peak in reach.
A West Virginia tale related by a Presbyterian minister named Haynes who stopped at a log cabin on a Sunday night. He asked a woman about her husband who had gone coon hunting and reportedly killed two big coons last Sunday. The exchange touches on fear of the Lord and whether Presbyterians are present, ending with a quip about hides in the shed.
The Moulton Advertiser explains that most subscribers are paying on time under new postal rules. Some pay in advance, others delay, but a suspension of the paper is avoided only by timely settlements. No statements will be mailed this month. the public notice serves to collect overdue balances of one dollar.
The noted evangelist and former baseball star denounces a return of saloons as a moral ills. He claims saloons would strip the shirt from the shivering, steal coffins from the head, remove bread from the hungry, ruin education, and doom families, urging strict opposition to resuming whiskey access among residents. He singles out amen corner church members who favor reestablishing taverns.
A brief sermon urges finding humor and reducing gossip to brighten daily life. It argues quiet homes foster peace and reject efforts to preach to distant audiences. The piece champions inner wisdom over public collections and emphasizes inward improvement over outreach.
A vivid line depicts a squeaky voice trailing a stout woman whose hat plumes stand erect. The scene evokes tears from a statuelike observer yet such moments appear only occasionally in memory.
An old-fashioned flower, famed for fragrance and beauty, faces disdain from the fastidious elite yet retains its sweet scent for all, underscoring enduring appeal despite social scrutiny.
The piece notes friends visiting for sociability are unwelcome while printers rush work. It mentions old bachelors reluctant to marry unless they can find good mothers-in-law with their brides.
A lyrical, humorous note from the Kansas City Star imagines a dish of liver and onions blended artfully to emit a fragrance that would rise to Olympus and lure Zeus down the craggy heights in search of a divine new delicacy.
The Secretary of Agriculture declares the Pink Boll Worm newly found in Hawaii and imposes a quarantine. Movement of all cotton seed and cotton seed hulls from Hawaii into any other U S state territory or district is prohibited until further notice.
A newspaper summary notes a jealous man killed his wife and took his own life near Mobile. The piece comments that many similar crimes are reported elsewhere and dismisses publishing such sensational content. It then mentions income tax figures: $38,000 for young men and $4,000 for married men, affecting six men in Moulton.
A vivid depiction of widows sharing comfort and solidarity. The passage highlights the solace found in mutual support and the warm communal atmosphere that arises from their conversations.
In Cuba a cow mother, not yet a year old, recently dropped her first calf. The animal is well developed and medium in size, earning the blue ribbon as the youngest cow mother on earth, with hopes her tribe will increase to boost milk and butter production nationwide.
The piece notes John D. Rockefeller rises at 4 to walk part of his vast estate before breakfast. It praises him as industrious and economical and suggests that if others imitated him they would become rich. The tone is a reflective moral on work ethic.
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