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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1915
Page
2
The Carothery Observatory forecasts general weather movements for the states from March 28 to April 4. Expect shifting patterns with potential regional impacts on temperatures, precipitation, and wind. Forecast emphasizes broad seasonal changes and local effects, urging readers to monitor updated advisories.
Washington reports the 1914 United States cotton crop set records with 16,102,142 bales of 590 pounds each and total 16,893,604 equivalent 600‑pound bales driven by massive lint output worth about 570 million dollars. California and Arizona show notable gains while Alabama Louisiana and Oklahoma set state records.
Governor Ferguson signs House and Senate bills filed with the secretary of state. Actions include bills on Johnson grass growth near reservoirs in several counties, confiscation rules, firearm prohibitions at churches, tax and land matters, school lands, and state farm for the feeble minded, plus various revenue and administrative provisions across numerous counties and districts.
A Saturday fire leveled the Huntsville Post-Item building and its printing plant in Huntsville Texas. Local firefighters battled the blaze as crews assessed damage and halted spread. No injuries are reported.
The submarine F-4 submerged at 9 15 am Thursday two miles off Honolulu harbor and did not reappear by nightfall. With a crew of twenty five under Lieutenant Alfred L Ede the boat was later found at 120 fathoms. Attempts to surface with grappling hooks failed and no signal bells were heard prompting fears of a ruptured tank and poisoning fumes. The vessel cost 500000 and measures 142 feet 7 inches long 16 feet 10 inches deep and 15 feet 3 inches beam displacing 400 tons and carrying four torpedo tubes.
A writer urges farmers to shelter sheep from heavy rains. Wet fleece causes discomfort, reduced grazing, illness, and economic loss. The piece promotes dry, simple sheds near pastures to keep ewes healthy and productive.
Do not drive a smooth shod horse on icy roads. Provide good feed and sunlight in a well ventilated barn. Hens milk cows and calves need clean bedding and dry pens. Save manure to grow crops. Draft horses require good movement and strong constitutions. Provide straw bedding and keep stables clean for high prices.
The article argues bantams are valuable beyond ornament, laying about 100 eggs annually per hen and thriving in small spaces. It advises strict disease control, isolation or culling for outbreaks, careful sourcing to avoid illness, cleanliness, and notes cold storage impacts on egg quality creating farm-fresh demand.
The article advises keeping sows mature but not fat for breeding and at least eight months old if immature. It emphasizes adequate exercise during pregnancy and variety in feed, warns against overfeeding, and suggests methods to encourage activity such as barnyard movement and scattered grain to prevent inactivity in winter.
The article outlines asparagus cultivation with emphasis on soil type a deep sandy black loam. It stresses ample fertilizer and describes planting one year old crowns in 3 by 18 inch rows. A bed for a family of two hundred is suggested with two years of cultivation before harvesting.
A city pamphlet from Mayor Mitchel's food supply committee offers home cook tips on transforming leftovers into hash pies soups and omelets. It urges saving sour milk and cream for cottage cheese cakes and gingerbread and suggests grated cheese crumbs for new dishes.
A gelatin dessert combines canned cherries cream and eggs. Dissolve gelatin in cherry juice heat yolks and juice then fold in gelatin sugar whipped cream and stiff egg whites. Add cherries pour into mold chill and serve. If color is weak color may be added artificially.
Split tenderloins brushed with butter for broiling or oven roasting. Prepare stuffing from fine crumbs salt pepper thyme onion and pork fat or butter. Layer stuffing between opened loins, cover with the second loin, tie, roast in a quick oven and baste often.
A home remedy mixes soft soap with equal parts powdered starch and salt plus lemon juice. Apply to both sides of the stain, lay the article on grass for a day and night if possible, then wash as usual until stains disappear.
A note describes fudge made with sour cream instead of dairy cream and how adding a lettuce leaf and a tablespoon of sugar gave peas a bright color and fresh taste. The result resembled fresh green peas in flavor and appearance.
A patch of rye in the poultry run provides a rare delicacy for hens and a prime egg food. Disinfect an old poultry yard by spading or plowing the soil and sowing rye to curb disease germs.
Melt two tablespoons butter in a saucepan stir in one tablespoon flour to form a paste. Whisk in one and a half cups warm sweet milk until smooth, season to taste. Stir in one small can salmon, then pour over hot toast.
A farming note urges growers to sell a fine crop to the best advantage, stressing lessons from luck and skill and highlighting prudent marketing to maximize returns.
A simple lemonade recipe blends one cup sugar one cup water and pineapple juice with two lemons. Boil sugar and water to a light thread then press pineapple and mix with the syrup and lemon juice. Add water and sugar to serve.
A speaker struggles to finish a sentence as a stammer interrupts a tense exchange. An assistant urges quiet, and a companion vows to reveal a solution if allowed to proceed.
The playwright explains the title The Porous Plaster as a joke about drawing. He notes the piece aims to attract and engage audiences with a playful metaphor and witty wordplay.
A brief column notes a truism about a cheap man dropping a penny in the contribution plate expecting a through ticket to glory in exchange. The exchange hints at charity motives and social satire typical of the time.
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