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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
15
An old advertisement from Houston Texas promotes Vitalitas products with prices 1 per bottle and 50¢ per jar plus options to ship by express or parcel post. The ad mentions Vital Resmedies Co. and includes a humorous exchange about a gown ripping.
Washington promises stronger Rio Grande patrols to curb neutral ity violations amid Mexican revolutions. Telegrams from Laredo and San Antonio warn of arms smuggling and unpatrolled river areas as Huerta consents to a provisional Lascurain presidency to end the Madero crisis.
President Wilson informally indicated the United States would withhold recognition from Mexico until elections and a stable government are established. He said China will be recognized April 8, and noted plans to advance Philippine independence with a governor general and new Philippine commission while considering the scope of the local governance.
German military airship Zeppelin IV landed on French parade grounds in Luneville and was seized by authorities. Officers aboard said they were lost and unaware they crossed the frontier. Eastern France reports intensified sightings of German airships hovering near forts recently.
The world's largest passenger ship, 5,000 tons bigger than the Imperator and of the Hamburg American line, was launched Friday in Hamburg. Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria christened the Vaterland. The ship carries eighty three lifeboats, seventy usable even with a heavy list or in a storm, launchable from either side.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports eight years of progress. It helped form 300 state and local anti tuberculosis societies, established 500 hospitals and sanatoria with 30 000 beds, built 400 dispensaries and 150 outdoor schools, and saw laws passed in 45 states with ordinances in 200 cities. An education drive in 40 states distributed over 190 million pamphlets.
Mrs J L Johnson of Duffield Virginia describes a fall over a cuspidor that caused severe back pains and weakness. She credits Cardui the women’s tonic with relief and urges other women to try it, offering to send metd presses and a 64 page book.
A report from Oregon recalls a gubernatorial era overheard exchange about voting for Woodrow Wilson and a jab at Italian ancestry. The piece also shares a springtime anecdote about a neighbor couple and a new rug with a playful domestic twist.
The method advises sprinkling a rain damaged feather with common salt and shaking it before a bright fire until dry to restore it to new.
An old advertisement promotes a spray or mop for throat relief with a claimed one day cure. It includes full directions on the tile and lists pricing at 250, 80c, and 1.00.
A pronouncement to Cordelia states that egg coal is unnecessary for making an omelet. The remark clarifies kitchen practice and parries any belief that egg coal is required.
A United Shoe Machinery Co advertisement from Bowton Mass argues that big shoe manufacturers oppose fair terms, urging readers that all manufacturers deserve equal treatment to spur competition and prosperity in small towns.
In a Houston Post quip a neighbor jokes about a cornetist living nearby. The remark notes a young man’s talent while a sharper line imagines taking drastic action. The exchange reflects streetwise humor and commentary on parental duties.
Railroad surgeon declares Porter’s antiseptic baling oil the best cure for wounds burns old sores and skin diseases. Farmers and stockmen praise it with widely advertised uses for barbed wire cuts galls scratches and mange in dogs. Available through druggists with a money back guarantee. mail orders accepted from Paris Medicine Co. St. Louis Missouri.
A vintage Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic advertisement touts quinine and iron as the most effective general tonic for malaria fevers weakness debility and loss of appetite. It promises liver stimulation blood purification and nervous uplift with a pale sickly invigoration. Also promotes Laxative Brom Quin ine as a distinct product with a one day cold cure and druggist guarantee.
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