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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
3
John White, business manager, argues that smoking cigarettes causes degeneracy and idleness and encourages crime in a concise editorial note from the Moulton Advertiser.
The article surveys population estimates near 1.424 billion with religious notes, Alaska timber sales plans, global shipping tonnage records, and diverse odds and ends. It cites lightning deaths, media efforts, local farming prospects, travel, and industrial stats, reflecting early 20th century curiosities and concerns in a compendium-style roundup.
The New Decatur Advertiser did not reach us last week and is missed on our exchange list. Birmingham logged seven personal crisis reports and fifteen murders in May.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as invigorating for the pale and sickly. It claims to strengthen the general system, drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and build up vitality for both adults and children.
A wartime style exchange shows a suitor asking a woman to marry for happiness, while she declines seeking her own joy. The piece contrasts personal romance with broader social concern as Mexico’s hungry masses look to the United States for food aid.
President Wilson insists there is no war with Mexico even as reports indicate a large military engagement near Vera Cruz with about 300 soldiers killed and additional casualties at other locations, underscoring a grave border conflict atmosphere.
The Methodist church in Moulton Alabama changes the August meeting from the first Sunday to the fourth Sunday with the first service at 8 p m that day Rev W W Scott of Hartselle Alabama will be with us for eight or ten days S N Burns Pastor
On the fourth Lord's Day in July W H Allen a Bible and history teacher at Highland Home College Highland Home Alabama and Christian evangelist will conduct a ten day or two week meeting series at the Church of Christ in Moulton J Pettey Ezelle reports the plan noting the need may extend the period as required.
James Warren Crow estimates 1500 to 2000 attendees for the annual Fourth of July Picnic at Red Hill. The event features speaking, eating, music and a good time for all. Refreshments and soft drinks available. Old Red Eye not allowed on campus. Everyone is invited.
A community ice cream supper will be held at Martins Store located on the Moulton and Russellville road this Saturday night. The event aims to raise funds for local activities and will feature desserts and fellowship.
Sandy Moats will host an ice cream supper at his home ten miles from Mt Mariah on Saturday June 27 beginning at 4 o'clock in the evening. Everybody invited.
Charles C. Smith will host an ice cream supper at his home near Mt Moriah on Saturday July 4 starting about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Proceeds or further details were not specified in the notice.
An advertisement quotes S N Galloway of Stewart Iowa praising Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the sole medicine that fully cured his colic and diarrhoea. Sandlin Drug Co. distributes the product.
A Tennessee order for 1000 show bills arrived unsolicited last week and was filled within three days, then shipped by parcel post. Governor ONeal has secured a million dollar loan at a high rate of interest to support his administration until his retirement to private life.
A vintage ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh, touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy, cites F J Cheney and O C of Toledo, with endorsements from National Bank of Commerce. Price 75 cents per bottle, testimonials free, promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A department of public works projection outlines an expansive road network for Cuba. Reports from multiple localities suggest favorable conditions and a bountiful May ahead with positive agricultural signals.
Health ad asserts serious sickness starts in stomach liver and kidneys. Claims Dr Kings New Life Pills purify blood prevent constipation and liver kidney bowel disorders. Promises better health by ridding fermenting foods. Effective and mild 25 cents at druggist Bucklen Arnica Salve also advertised for sprains.
The federation of women’s clubs in Chicago, ten thousand strong, voted dry with a shout and a song. A notice from the county Registrars urges prompt attendance at appointments. In Russia a wood mill fire claimed the lives of fifty workmen.
Bladder irritations, kidney trouble, dull headaches, weariness, pain in the back and sides indicate kidneys need toning and restoration. Foley Kidney pills promise quick relief and restored regular action, bringing health, freedom from pain, better appetite, and sound sleep. Try them at Moulton Drug Co.
A Chinese bandit named White Wolf and his looters killed about 10000 people mostly women and children. Nearby in Mobile a wife beater killed his wife and then himself. About 1500 Confederate pensioners have been dropped from the rolls in this state.
An advertisement extols Citrolax and Citrolanx as the best laxatives for constipation and related symptoms. It claims prompt action, painless relief, and pleasant lemonade-like taste, urging purchase from Moulton Drug Co.
Obituary for Charles Washing ton Lindsey Sr born January 7 1848 near Oakville Alabama. Longtime merchant planter and Mason who moved to Ogden Arkansas in 1906 with his family. Survived by wife Elizabeth Moseley Lindsey and four children including Charles W Lindsey Jr and William D Lindsey. Funeral at M E Church Ogden with large flower tribute. buried Ogden Cemetery.
Advertising copy promotes Laxa tive Bromo Quinine to cure a cold in one day. It claims to stop cough and headache and work off a cold. Signature shown as E. W. Grove. Priced at 25 cents.
News items from Chatta nooga report four girls aged 9 to 14 drowned while bathing in an Oklahoma creek. Other brief items note Cullman County treasurer’s embezzlement of 25000, a widow’s suicide in Walker County, and a posthumous fortune from advertising. Additional items touch on women’s suffrage stance, a New York elopement, cotton prosperity, Birmingham tax collection, a Georgia murder suspect captured near Jasper, Alabama coal production, a Glasgow fire, and a Methodist college cost in Atlanta.
Revival of an old medicine claims cure for persistent ailments with promise of pain relief and healing. Ad highlights price points 25c 50c and 1.00 and credits Dr Porter as the antidote.
The books of assessment for 1914 for Lawrence County Alabama are in the office ready for inspection by taxpayers. The Court of Revenues will meet in the judge of probate's office in Moultons on the second Monday in July 1914 to examine assessor returns and correct any errors. June 1 1914.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Fine Catto John Sparks Faris Byar group east of Meiboa with cotton stalks about three feet high. Describes weed conditions as madly present with buds ready to nap. Five dollars in cash offered to anyone who can beat it. Weed reported fine elsewhere with a bumper crop anticipated.
A short 1914 notice from John Sparks offering payment for superior cotton. He mentions sending a sample from Farris Byars place and invites others to beat it with a $5 prize or reward. Date indicated June 18, 1914.
A deputy sheriff lanced four negroes in Lauderdale county jail Monday on charges of attempt to murder. Other items note statewide school enrollment plans, local taxation disputes, road work, a new hotel in Birmingham, literacy figures, and July preparations in Tuscumbia with community band activities and ice cream proceeds shared by Band and Ball clubs.
Testimonial from Mrs. J. R. Foster of Sheffield Alabama praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain fatigue and urinary issues. She reports improvement after one box and full recovery after a few boxes. Price 50c, available at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
J R Vaughn posted the pond on his farm north of Moulton to bar bathing without permission after two near drownings a boy and a man. The road pond west of Moulton is also posted, seen as a warning to parents about dangerous bathing spots.
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