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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
6
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a remedy for children's constipation with a warning against counterfeits. It also recalls a courtroom scene where an elderly woman agrees to a settlement, joking that she would thank the judge with whiskey and water if convenient.
Fragmented ad style text notes Spartan women, a product Femenina for female disorders priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar. Nearby quotes from Ruskin and a mock dialogue critique on luster, gifts, and living in the past.
Legislature reports that the special called session passed more important bills in a shorter time than any prior session, highlighting efficiency and consensus on key measures.
A Texas data dump lists 299 bills introduced with 115 originations from the Senate and 184 from the House. 117 measures passed. The items include education and patriotism mandates, war financing and securities, tax, public safety, court and administrative reforms, licensing, prohibition, and local and statewide appropriations across numerous counties and agencies.
Governor Hobby signed and filed multiple local measures in Austin. Actions include redrawing school district boundaries in Lubbock and Chambers counties, forming new districts in Brownfield and Winnie regions, funding road warrants in Bell County, and adjusting court districts and juvenile training school land leases.
The board of engineers for rivers and harbors fixed April 9 at 10 a m for filings and oral arguments by delegations from Galveston Houston Texas City Beaumont Orange and Port Arthur in support of deepening the Sabine Galveston Houston section of the intracoastal canal to nine feet with a bottom width of at least 100 feet. Delegates will have two hours in Washington to present their case.
Governor Hobby signed the Yantis Murrell bill prohibiting liquor shipments into dry territory, re enacted as the Allison liquor law. The act becomes effective ninety days after final adjournment. He also approved a bill setting county commissioners salaries.
A colored man in Philadelphia asks his employer for release to go South. He debates his future roles from pastor to vestryman, declaring he will become something and wonders what it will be. The fragment reflects street dialect and ambition in a New Success item.
A promotional notice touts Laxative Quinidine Tablets for colds coughs la grippe and headaches claiming no effect on head or stomach and urging readers to buy a winter supply at 25 cents.
The exchange notes Ward’s quip on youth as “the bright Lexington of youth,” implying the moment after youthful boldness matures and learns to act, a period of tempered ambition rather than reckless impulse.
A concise proverb notes that a good tongue speaks no ill and a good brain thinks none, framing an ideal of restrained speech and thoughts. It emphasizes self-control as a moral guideline.
A playful exchange about a prima donna hints at fragile vanity before a punchy ad for Roman Eye Balsam. The blurb promises swift healing of eye infections or inflammations by nightly use.
A witty exchange questions whether the youth named Smith is truly the reliable type. The response jokes that his freshness makes him unsuited as the salt of the earth.
Breaking Even captures a witty dialogue where Mrs Newlywed admits, I might have done better, and the newlywed retorts I must suffer for your lack of prudence. The exchange hints at financial or emotional strain shaping their relationship.
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