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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1913
Page
1
Remarks at Moulton Baptist Sunday School on June 15 1913 extol Joseph as a model boy slave prisoner and ruler. He is praised for obedience dream interpretation loyalty to God integrity under temptation and leadership providing a moral example for emulation.
Moulton counts two or three citizens who richly deserve Hall of Fame status yet stay modest in the shadows. Their quiet contributions and restraint reflect the town’s understated pride and local history.
A colorful portrait mocks a Bull Moose patriot fisher who hides among water weeds and mud, using craw tails and a magic solution to catch a few suckers. The piece jokes about his temper and suggests he should be sent to explore a direct route to the North Pole.
Rumors circulate that several more gubernatorial candidates will be announced, even as the next general election remains nearly two years away, signaling upcoming party strategy shifts.
Cattle buyers in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Florida have pushed canners to high prices causing thousands of cows and heifers to be shipped west for beef. Southern receipts at St Louis have doubled while western buyers seek breeding stock, prompting calls to breed up native cattle with purebred bulls and improved pastures to preserve future herds.
An older verse describes the soul’s slow growth through alternating gains and losses. It moves forward under discouragements and disasters, sometimes progressing slowly, sometimes swiftly, until pain fades and failures heal. Ultimately the soul matures under the Lord's rule.
A July 4 celebration at Mount Hope promises a grand public demonstration with thousands from several counties. Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Powers slated as stump speakers, Hobson may speak. music and Old Glory featured. attendees urged to bring families, baskets, and funds for the High School refreshments.
A call to discard mournful display and hypocrisy, urging a shift from sorrowful theater to hopeful faith. The speaker rejects obsessive piety and advocates spiritual focus on the cross and heavenly home over grim exterior expressions.
Readers note three identical editorials from different exchanges. They were sent by a western syndicate and turned down. The piece was very good but disliked for its branded presentation. It is described as repulsive and deceptive.
A sardonic line laments future pensions and a radiant country described as a county bastile where milk and honey flow. The speaker mocks prosperity, imagining woodbine twining and pancakes plucked from trees already buttered, signaling satire of luxurious state.
When birds quiet and animals rest, courting ends only then. No earthly power can alter nature or halt young people this week.
Public notices list local events in the Moulton region. A July 12 picnic four miles west of Moulton at Bera Schoolhouse benefits the school, with a single stand run by J. W. Brown. An Ice Cream Supper June 28 at H. M. Hill's, six and a half miles northwest of Moulton, offers cream lemonade candies and refreshments from 8 PM, hosted by Harbin Hill. John Shelton invites all to an all day singing at Conway on the fourth Sunday in June. The Red Hill community plans its annual fourth of July picnic with eminent speakers music and food, with stands run for church and schoolhouse benefits, per J. W. Crow.
A man on the east side offers to pay a $5000 standing fee to obtain a cure for snoring. He asks the recipient to either proceed with the remedy or stay awake to discuss the option and terms. He asks for return delivery.
A verse plays with a growing list of duties from ten to one, urging action. It uses playful, brisk couplets to motivate completing each task quickly. The rhythm simulates a countdown style familiar in childlike moral verses.
A Montgomery Journal tribute by a minister and editor of a denominational weekly honors his late mother. The piece portrays a life of selflessness devoted to children, noting her absence of society life, focus on home, and a later cottage nest at Monteagle where her children visited each summer.
During circuit court, some attendees reminded observers of a cross between an artichoke and a parsnip, though they may not have been responsible for their appearance.
A prominent scientist claims the earth wobbles on its axis, a point questioned by some. The remark prompts reflection on human wobbling among drunk and sober, old and young, black and white, with no firm conclusion offered.
The National Democratic Executive Committee sets permanent HQ in Washington with an annual expense of $75,000 and asks Alabama party men to contribute $1,500. The speaker opposes the levy as excessive, urging relief from political turmoil and asking to skip contributions until 1916.
A historic lament describes 40,000 children aged seven to fourteen trapped in dark dusty cotton factories. The text condemns inhumanity to children, noting abusive conditions, hunger, starvation of basic rights, and brutal treatment that will haunt those who profit from the system.
Front page note: the convention program is printed as a folder and should be sent by every school delegation. The text extols advertising as a sales tool, multiplying outreach beyond oral means and aiding discovery and development of new customers, per Lord and Thomas.
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