30 May 1907
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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
1
The Leighton News explains adopting a cash system with reasons from cost to accuracy. It cites rising paper and gasoline prices, high collection costs, and subscriber inattention, arguing prepaid subscriptions prevent losses and enable growth. It urges readers to join the paid up list.
A historical pamphlet-style warning exposes private instructions alleged to corrupt youth, praising swear words, smoking, cocaine, dances, deceit, and vice. It condemns such guidance with biblical quotes and moral admonitions, urging readers to reject dangerous influences and seek virtuous conduct.
Poem urging mercy and justice in a Christian plainchant tone. Emily Byrant Lord of Buffalo, NY advocates ringing bells for the voiceless, the ill, and the weak, calling all lands and seas to join in a refrain of love and kindness.
A fragmentary excerpt discusses character by reading pockets as an index to virtue and vice. It warns against keeping devilish tools and urges cleansing hearts rather than surfaces, citing a biblical quote on evil thoughts and deeds.
War prices in the south during 1864 show quinine at 1700 dollars an ounce and flour at 300 dollars per barrel. February costs included a fifty pound ham at 750 dollars and fish at 5 dollars per pound. Butter 15 dollars per pound and tea up to 99 dollars per pound. Rice and beans high, meals 50 dollars a bushel for ordinary fare, and clothing items costly. A Richmond restaurant menu from 1860 lists soups at 1.50, roast beef 8, oysters up to 38, milk 2 per glass, coffee 3, tea 2. Soldiers donated rations to relieve shortages, currency shrinkage blamed. A farmer paid 15,000 to shoe a horse, seller asking 80,000 for it.
Washington May 25 1907 A letter from A H Pant Southern Railway Company Comptroller responds to a Moulton Alabama paper praising prompt handling of freight claims. He explains policy to pay just claims when possible, notes delays are inherent, cites regulations and past practice in Memphis and Washington, and urges careful investigation before payment. He thanks the editor for the favorable article and signs as Comptroller.
A collection of antiquated claims notes wool yields warped varieties, a US population figure of nearly 9 million negras, whistling benefits for lungs, yearly food needs of 1600 pounds, whalebone prices at 125 dollars per ton a century ago and 15000 current value, age twenty sees a 26 day loss, and horses plus mules numbering 23,564,000 in the United States.
Nashville street car station, a central terminus where all city cars pass, is being expanded after heavy contest. The company plans to double its size to add conveniences not now available, improving access for strangers and ease of transfer across routes.
A witty line highlights that the appeal of a fancy hat comes from the face beneath it, contrasting style with identity and suggesting the wearer’s expression defines charm more than the hat itself.
Solomon warns that even small businesses can succeed with good advertising and that crowded messages tire readers. Focus on clear, honest promotions rather than long, rambling copy, and mix advertising with news to engage appreciative readers without eroding local landmarks.
A column from The Huntsville Tribune urges merchants to advertise to boost town prosperity and notes spring and fall weather, politics, and Alabama legislative actions. It highlights Judge Richardson’s trips and work on the Muscle Shoals water power project and the Tennessee Valley development impact.
The passage laments ongoing divisions and petty jealousies that tear a community apart. It argues that universal brotherhood is forever delayed unless people grasp their shared humanity and ask, Who is my neighbor, as a guiding question.
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