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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1904
Page
1
The pattern 4670 describes a blouse or shirt waist in linen cotton wool or silk with a narrow front vest effect. Tucks on front back and sleeves create box plaits and tapering lines. Sizes range bust 32 to 42 inches with yardage given for different widths and one trimming banding.
Reading describes a white batiste girl’s frock with pale green dots and tucked yoke details, a circular handkerchief edged bertha, two-piece sleeves, and a straight gathered skirt. It also covers an infant coat with a shirred cape in ivory tones, wool wadding lining, and varied fabric options for warmth and fit.
The article notes tweed suits with linen collars cuffs and lacings and raincoats made from men's suitings. It highlights jaunty gilt tassels on tricorne hats and fullness around the feet for skirts. It mentions borrowed openings over petticoats and new soft gloves with out boutons. Floral shades for lighting and mousseline flowers in delicate colors prevail.
A slice of raw potato can polish new books, equal parts ammonia and spirits of turpentine remove paint from clothing, cedar oil helps prevent moths, gum camphor drives mice from cupboards, and a paste of borax and water removes grease spots from fabric.
The text gives kitchen refinements: muddy hot fat can be clarified with crushed egg shells. Bread baked in large powder can tins suits sandwiches and avoids crusts. Cranberries become jelly by straining and cubing when cold. Celery stays very crisp if washed eight to ten hours ahead, wrapped in a towel, and kept on ice until serving.
Readers can mail 10 cents to order May Manton patterns from E. E. Harrison Co in Chicago. The page also reports varied items from a violent incident in New Jersey to Lipton's America’s Cup plans, Armenian settlement talks, Texas World’s Fair delay, a Greens County storm deaths, oil discoveries near Palestine, local deaths and accidents, and regional weather and industry updates.
Chicago lawyer B Wilson petitions Washington court to bar Secretary Shaw and others from paying funds for the Panama Canal project arguing the 1902 act is unconstitutional and that the treaty carries no binding obligations. He intends to carry the case to the United States Supreme Court claiming no lawful appropriation exists. Bogota influence suspected behind the suit with a Bogota merchant linked to Wilson.
A. Willis, a young white man from near Frost, was arrested Monday on a charge of attempted criminal assault against a young woman. In a habeas corpus proceeding before Judge Cobb, his bond was set at $1000 and he posted the amount.
Irkung in Siberia reports smallpox outbreak in the province interior. Authorities have begun measures to stamp out the disease, with troops not yet affected.
A large Oklahoma City department store suffered $50,000 damage from fire water and smoke at 3 am on Monday. The origin was unknown. The stock was insured for $55,000. Several residents above the store barely escaped. Dr Ray his wife and two children were suffocated but saved by firefighters.
Crawford precinct in McLennan county backed a wet result with 165 for and 170 against in Saturdays local option vote. The communities of Crawford Wellview Patton Prairie Chapet and Waldo were included in the precinct.
Police say Tyler resident Will Goats shot his wife three times yesterday. She is hospitalized in critical condition and the assailant is jailed. The incident occurred in Tyler Texas with ongoing investigation by local authorities.
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