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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
1
W J Bryan muses on the watermelon seed’s impossible power and its color and rind. He challenges explaining its mystery as akin to divine mystery. A woman’s instinct about love is portrayed as the truest, with genuine heroism found in a woman.
A soldier’s letter portrays the Philippines with harsh stereotypes and sensational claims. It mocks Manila Bay, Cavite, and local customs, describing residents as insurgent and deceitful. The piece ends noting the letter was handed to the paper by M. Y. Coffey for publication.
A letter dated May 11 1908 from Alma Texas describes sending one dollar for a one year subscription to The Moulton Advertiser. The writer Jourd White from Moulton Alabama recounts meeting Uncle Sip Rutherford who shared the paper and they read it together for hours, moved to tears by familiar names and Alabama pride while noting the rush of cotton harvest and promising to write again.
The Moulton Advertiser launches a reader poll in Lawrence county with votes counted by December 20. The top vote getter among women will win a sewing machine, the next will receive the other. Two Jersey cattle go to the top two men. Coupons and subscription deals grant votes, with rewards for new and renewing subscribers. Agents are paid per new subscriber and renewal.
The Moulton Advertiser promotes a ballot contest encouraging readers to save papers and persuade friends to vote for Miss Eden Wilson and other contestants. It outlines routes in several towns, requires ballots placed in a strong box by December 20, and promises weekly tally reports while noting the plan aims to build loyalty to the paper.
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