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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
1
An LA writer recalls early life in Somerville Alabama and honors Prof Z F Freeman a stern yet inspiring educator who taught without textbooks and demanded rigor. He notes Freeman's Confederate service, later life near Danville, and the disciplined, principled approach shaping the author’s career.
In midsummer there is talk of wood and wool as necessary supplies for comfort and happiness. Rural readers are urged to send 100 cords of oak, hickory, elm, hackberry and ash, split and straight or crooked, but not so curved as to resemble brush wood in a mill pond.
A Sunday to Tuesday devotional row reflects on seeking divine will, small daily self-denials, acts of kindness, steady effort, gentleness over extremes, and the power of example. It urges faithful living, patience, hope, and living the music of one’s life as a true reflection of faith.
A poem depicts a farmer's wife facing a day of chores and strain as she wrestles with washing, cooking, and tending many mouths. Despite pain and rain, affection and home life lift her, and a child ships off to sea, while the wife muses on the joy of labor for loved ones.
The Washington Herald outlines an optimistic industrial outlook asserting that the United States is in strong shape despite talk of money conditions and deficits. It emphasizes the farmer as the foundation of national wealth through crop production feeding both domestic and global needs.
A 1908 notice from Rev T H Jones urges Alabama Sunday schools to support the Orphans Home Day on Sept 26 1908 and Sixth Annual Offering on Sept 27 1908. It notes about 600 rescued children over 18 years and asks teachers to solicit one day’s earnings, promising school credit and publication of receipts.
The Masonic convention last Thursday named Russellville as the next meeting place and approved a strong temperance resolution. The report praises abstention, endorses prohibition laws, commends Anti-Saloon League and Woman's Christian Temperance Union efforts, and urges Master Masons to influence others against whiskey. Included are donor lists and dates related to members.
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