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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
4
Spring announcement from Ww. W. Windham explains how to gauge value and price. It urges readers to consider what they get for their money and to note the difference between prices and valuations in calculations.
A Pointer advertises a store offering both price and value with a large line of high class goods from the best wholesale houses in the Union. Many articles come direct from the factory. The business is well organized for spring, with energetic salesmen ready to serve and guarantee satisfaction.
A Mississippi reader from Bolivar County describes thick timber and switch cane, rich soil, and ongoing rain. He notes 100 fish caught yesterday with hook and line and 30 by his wife near Clear Creek, mentions scarce white residents in the black land, poor water, and distant doctor visits costing about 15 dollars a trip. The letter ends with reflections on readership and social habits of newspaper notices.
The Board of Directors of the Town Creek Farmers' Union Warehouse Co. is called to meet at Town Creek on Saturday June 19 1909. J. D. L. Byars and T. Wowens sign as secretary treasurer and president respectively, dated June 7 1909.
A letter argues the Church is the body of Christ and not an earthly building or sect. It cites Eph 1 22 28 Col 1 18 24 Heb 11 10 Heb 12 22 24 Acts 20 28 Eph 5 26 27 Matt 16 18 and emphasizes Christ as founder builder and purchaser of the Church. The Moulton Advertiser plans to publish but cautions against sectarianism.
A local column presents a series of personal notes and greetings from Moulton Rural residents. The missives mention visits to Fairview, upcoming events in Wren on June 20th, rain and storms, crop conditions, and letters between friends. The tone is casual and anecdotal with light social chatter and small anecdotes.
A mournful ballad recounts a youth dying on a damp bed and asks not to be buried on the lone Prairie. Chorus longs for a grave on the old hillside as cowboys tell of home, mother’s prayer, sister’s tear, and a lone Prairie grave. Roses, butterflies, and a Texas rose frame the burial wish as riders roam the plain.
New shop has moved into a large facility and will do iron and wood work with horse shoeing as a specialty. Repairs for buggies and wagons offered. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Moulton Alabama April 2 1909.
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