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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1909
Page
2
In this ad from Che Moulton, farmers are urged to plant sweet potatoes on small plots, promising 50 to 100 bushels this season. The whipperwill whistle is noted for timely sowing by mid July. The note adds sorghum seed for hay as an excellent option when properly cured for both man and beast.
A humorous and critical community letter mocks meat prices, class distinctions, and local manners in a millionaire town. It notes food costs, printer pretensions, Sunday prayer debates, summer heat, ice theft, and bullfrog tunes, closing with a Pennsylvania drowning save and religious fervor.
A longtime saying about minding one’s own affairs is noted as practical but not widely popular. The piece notes some individuals persist in meddling with matters that do not concern them and end up in ongoing trouble as a result.
A New York man mailed a million kisses to his best girl and now faces a breach of promise suit. The recipient calls the act slobbery and demands compensation for the alleged insult and disappointment.
The Moulton Advertiser cautions that it does not endorse all correspondents views on religion while citing bean soap as a possible aid to prohibition and suggesting a small local factory to support the movement.
A five year effort to improve public highways is urged with refrain that good roads, schools, and churches form prosperity links. Opposition to county officers spreads across Alabama including Old Lawrence. A July extra legislative session is anticipated. Many esteemed men once poor remain so.
A collection of pithy maxims and quips on character, fate, faith, and society. The lines roam from urging resilience to cautioning vanity, stressing self reliance, moral responsibility, and the pace of life. It blends quotes, reflections, and dicta on virtue, ambition, and human folly.
The speaker, a weather prognosticator, warns of another stormy month with local showers today and tomorrow and many storms and cyclones across the country in July. He notes shorter days, warmer months, and offers philosophical musings on astronomy while thanking the audience for support. He mentions cattle fly and cow tick affecting business last week.
Mrs David Griggs is reported very ill with poor chances of recovery. Several locals attended singing at Nebo last Sunday and enjoyed the event. The sick infant of Perry Adcock is improving. Mrs J S Parker visited W H Bennet’s family near Hartselle. Jesse Miller’s illness is noted with concern. Hello Brooks you should not be partial. A group of youths had a pleasant afternoon at Mr Minor’s on the second Sunday. Sunshine is described as bringing luck. Cousin Mattie Dutton greets and asks about Lucy. June Bug invites more stories about the Bell and a trip to Hickory Grove, cautions about keeping a mule in hand when Ida visits. Ellen.
A reader, Jas. B. Sims, defends bonds for road construction and urges local citizens to invest, work, and discuss better roads. He criticizes current road work and calls for action, while editors apologize for past sectarian articles and promise more reader letters until a strong demand for public highways emerges.
We will send The Moulton Advertiser and The New Idea Woman's Magazine one year to any address for only $1.49. We are enabled by a special arrangement for ladies seeking a first class fashion magazine beautifully illustrated with useful household suggestions and thrilling stories. Address THE MOULTON ADVERTISER MOULTON ALA.
The Hartselle Enquirer reports townman Prof. J L Barnard elected principal of Lawrence County High School at Moulton and accepting the post. He has served as assistant here with satisfactory results. Prof. Earl M Hodson named assistant. both educators poised to advance the school significantly.
The State of Alabama, Lawrence County Probate Court sets July 12, 1909 for final settlement of the estate of R. B. Porter deceased. W. J. Lee as administrator files accounts and invites all interested persons to appear and contest. Numerous nonresident heirs are named and published in The Moulton Advertiser for three weeks.
Estate of Flora Salt deceased. Letters of administration granted June 14 1909 by Judge J C Ampe Probate Court Lawrence County. All persons with claims must present them within legal time or be barred. Flora Pearson Administratrix. 24-5w)
The True Church notes that a basket of letters responding to Bro. David Smith's communication has arrived. The editors cannot publish them all without removing other content, as they aim to serve a broad readership. They warn against sectarian bias and pledge not to be blindsided again.
E T Montgomery, a well known western Texan, spent last week in this vicin ity discussing Texas homes with old friends. Many readers are urged to consider relocating west and are invited to contact him promptly about his advertisement in this paper.
Reported figures claim farmers in Alabama spend about ten million annually on guano logs. Text notes logs are scarce in the western regions and mentions tuberculosis presence. Also cites about two illicit stills captured daily in Alabama and a fatal lightning strike near Huntsville killing a negro, a horse, and two mules.
The Farmers' Union Warehouse Co. directors adopted a resolution deeming Brother Cowan clear of any dishonesty in the discharge of his duties as Warehouse Manager. The note is dated June 24, 1909 from Moulton Alabama.
Two men trapped in a North Carolina mine perish as their dog bays for help for two days. The article notes a dog’s alert but rescue comes too late, while other items mention a Texas man killed by a rattlesnake and fraud accusations about a telegraphy school in Georgia.
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