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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
3
The Moulton Robert of Woulton, built in 1915 Arizona, is added to the U S fleet. It carries twelve 14 inch guns and can fire a 16 800 pound broadside twenty miles. A sweeping naval note from early era.
An Easy Pleasant Laxative promise from Dr King’s New Life Pills. One or two pills with water at night leads to a morning bowel movement and a comfortable day. Sold by druggists 36 pills for 25 cents in an original package. Get a bottle today.
The text notes shorter days and longer nights as Europe suffers war driven famine with widespread hunger. It cites Australia and Argentina owning a third of worldwide cattle. It mentions ancient Swedish iron furnaces still active and claims of a million insect varieties with many more unseen. It highlights a skilled carpenter named Flame who can build houses and install water systems.
Rush Stockton sells his lumber and building lot to Ike Terry who plans a residence for himself and wife. Iron ties replace wood in cheaper railroad construction. Isis promotes X ray treatment for deafness as a pointer for Allen Farley. Chicago requires concrete or iron stairways in two story+ houses. Advice warns against feeding pigs and urges free exercise and access to ashes coal and slack lime.
A vintage style advertisement extols Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup made from pine, tar, and honey. It claims thousands benefited and urges readers to ask their dealer for a 25e bottle to stop cough and cold immediately.
A short agrarian note advises applying a little nitrate of soda around plants to improve results and conserve moisture with shallow cultivation. It also claims lime will drive away fleas rats microbes from premises and promotes cow peas as a fine poultry feed. It notes Hon J C Kumpe will be a delegate to the next North Alabama Methodist Conference.
Tired aching muscles find relief with Sloan's Liniment. A relieved user writes how nothing else helped and praises its quick soothing effect. The ad claims the counter irritant action, cleaner than mustard, and features notices for druggists offering bottles.
Albert Windnam has returned to Colorado and his wife is visiting relatives in Ohio. Accompanied by her nieces Hilda and Mary Francis, Bettie Irwin left Thursday for Red Boiling Springs to visit recuperating loved ones. Dr Tom’s improving condition brings good news and rejoicing.
The copy urges parents that growing children require balanced nourishment and stronger bodies. It claims Scott's Emulsion provides concentrated elements to enrich blood, transforming weakness into strength without alcohol. Advertises Scott & Bowne in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
County teachers must attend the institute in Moulton the week of July 5. W S Dill announces the event. Also announced is the regular Fourth of July Red Hill picnic on July 3 with invitations to all. J W Crow notes an all days singing at Antioch on July 4 with Prof Manor present. D M Callahan reports Camp Fred A Ashford picnic at Blue Spring near Town Creek on July 8 with speaking, brass band and refreshments. attendees urged to bring baskets.
There will be two services and dinner on the ground at Fairfield Sunday, July 4. Services conducted by C. H. Baker. The protracted meeting will begin at Fairfield on Sunday, July 11. J. H. Anders.
John Brewer has installed a wheat mill at his place of business in Moulton. Hope everybody will patronize him.
J. C. Crow and his family have moved to Hartselle and intend to take up residence there in the future, relocating from their previous home.
Miss Vera Alexander has returned from a visit to friends in Sheffield and Decatur.
Miss Wilby Moore of Decatur visits Miss Vera Alexander bringing greetings from home. The meeting highlights social ties and local friendship.
The Moulton baseball team dropped the second game of the series to Decatur last Wednesday as both games suffered from poor officiating. Hits were tied in the final game, and Moulton would have won if not for several bad umpire calls.
TIM WALKER offers quick saw repair service from Moulton Route 1 and can be contacted at 2621.
Gov Henderson currently states the state's indebtedness at 2.5 million dollars and advocates a bond issue to retire the entire debt. The plan aims to consolidate obligations and restore financial solvency for the state electorate.
The state secured a single cent in its suit against banks to recover 107000 dollars Lacy withdrew before vanishing to unknown parts.
Residents express gratitude to T. H. Richards for a basket of peaches sent to the community. The note highlights the generosity and goodwill shown by the benefactor.
Professor John M. Crowell of Lawrence County High School has arrived in Moulton and plans to meet community members to advocate for the school. He will engage with local residents to promote the institution and its programs.
Robert Day was carried to the asylum at Tuscaloosa as his mind broke under great strain. He was accompanied by former Sheriff Masterson.
Gen Huerta, a Mexican figure, is depicted as under arrest or confinement by American authorities at the Texas border, tensions rising over border discipline and cross border actions.
Two dipping vats were dynamited in Colbert County, and law officers are tracking the guilty parties. The incident prompted a state police inquiry and raised concerns among local cattlemen over mill operations and safety protocols.
Piles in Amsterdam are aged 300 to 400 years and the exposed section is bored by pile worms. The protection uses large headed nails driven into the wood to form an iron coating which water then rusts to shield the timber from pests. The coating process must be repeated every fifteen years.
A vivid line from the Kansas City Star extols liver and onions prepared artfully as a fragrance that could drift to Olympus, provoking the jovial love to abandon ambrosia and descend the craggy heights in search of a new dish for the gods.
In a sharp appraisal, the writer likens the petty liquor politicians to wolves chasing a wild animal and to glow-worms beside a sunlit luminary W. J. Bryan. The introducers crawl in the dust to their doom, driven by hatred for the Peerless One. The piece closes with a note of pity for the self-styled rivals.
A newspaper opinion notes John Terry on the jury that sent John Warren to prison and laments sensational details of a murder suicide near Trinity. It pleads for sympathy for the bereaved and avoids lurid rumor while reflecting on the ghastly tragedy.
In Anniston Tim Sharpe said liquor led him to his end and he swung off into eternity after killing two policemen months earlier. Dismissing his fall from grace, the article warns others to steer clear of alcohol, noting its ruinous moral effects.
A Georgia man killed himself by placing four sticks of dynamite and lighting the fuse. He lamented the world’s attractions while planning his escape, noting one stick would suffice. He mused that the extra sticks would have funded his widow’s needs rather than his final act.
The report notes four killings within 25 miles of Moulton last week, split evenly between white and Black victims. It criticizes proposals to abolish capital punishment and to tear down the penitentiary, arguing such acts would ignore the frequency of violence.
Four girl quadruplets arrived to Flake Key and wife in Hollis Okla with a combined weight of 114 pounds and all healthy. Mother is recovering well as Lawrence county relatives express strong interest. Thousands plan to visit and present gifts while supporters note the family’s poverty and resolve.
A distant sea eruption about 200 miles from Japan produced a towering smoke cloud that darkened the day followed by a pillar of fire and hot water. The sea heaved and ships rocked, but no lives were lost.
A violent incident near Evergreen left a woman dead and a man seriously injured as suspects, described as two Black individuals, set fire to the residence. Investigators are seeking leads and assessing motive while securing the scene. The case has drawn local attention to crime in the community.
Fire at Hartselle damages J. J. Cudd brick burn facility caused by a lightning strike. Quick response by local volunteers contained the blaze with no reports of injuries. Investigators assess damage to the kiln and storage sheds.
In Lawrence County a broad effort of cattle dipping to eradicate ticks shows wide public support. Farmers report herd improvements and weight gains as pasture grasses are redirected from tick growth to dairy and beef production. Over two months more than 5000 cattle have been dipped with no injuries, and a network of vats expands as the county vows to end the tick quarantine.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine, claiming it lacks nervousness or head ringing due to its tonic and laxative effect. It urges readers to look for the signature of E. W. GROVE and includes the number 25.
Hon. C. J. Hildreth editor of The New Decatur Advertiser calls a meeting of the Alabama Press Association at Montgomery for July 20 hoping for full attendance as business of importance will come up for disposal. Two negroes were hanged Saturday at Birmingham one had killed 13 during his life and killed two companions in a coal pit.
In Maryland two trains met on a trestle 200 feet high, causing fatalities and injuring twelve passengers or crew. The crash halted service and prompted emergency response crews to secure the site and transport the injured for medical care.
An ad promises PAZC OINTMENT cures for itching bleeding protruding piles within 14 days or money refunded. The first application allegedly provides ease and rest. Also notes Wilson and others see no peace soon in Europe.
Boll weevils have already reduced the Alabama cotton crop to two bales per plow, marking a severe setback for farmers and signaling widespread pest damage affecting yields and livelihoods in the region.
Alfred Walker killed himself by gun at Bessemer. The bullet entered his ear at 4 30 a m, authorities reported.
The farmers J. M. Filyan T. P. Robbins Limmer Bales L. E. Stubbs and Andy Burgess handed in cotton blooms. Addison plans a picnic Saturday with several speakers to address attendees on the grounds.
England declares force of four million soldiers ready to hurl at Germany and expects an immediate crushing blow. The claim emphasizes massive manpower and swift action in the European conflict context.
An East Lake woman aged 100 years six months died and left many descendants. an ex Confederate soldier at the Mississippi Home turned 100 with observances and a gift of 190 nickels. In Cave Spring, Georgia, Jerry Neal, claimed to be 124 and in good health with documentary evidence supporting his age.
Mobile Alabama June 24 1915 John Craft president and J A Rountree secretary of the Alabama Good Roads Association call for Fourth Annual Good Roads Days on August 14 and 15 urging cooperation of judges probate boards of revenue road commissioners and civic and religious groups to improve transportation system and promote prosperity through better roads nationwide figures reference governors overalls and public interest in keeping youth at home
A bootlegger paid a $250 fine in Mobile after a police officer action, cited as evidence that Prohibition fails in dry areas. The piece suggests legalized saloons as a safeguard and notes closing times for remaining vomit-pens at midnight amid hopes for smoother sailing in Alabama.
More than 100000 attended a Bryan speech in New York on Peace with only 15000 inside the hall. ONeal accuses the Legislative Investigating Committee of spying and writes provocative letters to Merrit. Emmitt led the Home Defenders when Mallory was defeated, as the treasury suffered graft. The Mobile Register urges ONeal repay 8000 misappropriated funds, not an old mansion. Various notes mention ink's power for business, Delashaw party at Kenlock Springs, 21 auto racers in Chicago, Georgia uproar over Frank’s commutation, 200000 Chicago workers idle, Nashville bankruptcy and jail, Germany peace terms, 200000 loafers from a strike, Taggart election fraud case, Cowart and Chaney to be tried, Billingsley dodging.
The Moulton Advertiser urges readers to celebrate the Fourth with care next Saturday and Monday warning that accidents and killings will be numerous across the country.
A good lady friend served ice lemonade Saturday evening, which felt refreshing. Within twelve hours expectations rose as a good shower gladdened all hearts.
An old-time testimonial promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a splendid remedy for backache kidney irregularities and urinary issues. The ad quotes J. L. Greer of Fairview Street New Decatur Iowa who credits the product with curing back pain and loins trouble, urging readers to ask for the remedy at 50 cents per bottle from Postern Mills Co. Buffalo New York.
The 1915 assessment books for Lawrence County Alabama are in the office ready for inspection by taxpayers. The Court of Revenue will convene on the second Monday in July 1915 to examine assessor returns and correct errors, J C Kumpe Judge of Probate, June 10, 1935.
Probate court grants Letters of Administration for the estate of 8. W. Karrh to E. C. Earrh and Claude Earrh on June 2 before Judge Kumpe of Lawrence County Probate Court. Creditors must present claims within the legal period or be barred.
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