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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
2
A sweep of items reports customs reorganization in Philadelphia under Secretary McAdoo, Wilson’s in person congress address, suffrage and inheritance tax proposals, tariff revisions, and free sugar plans. It notes Carver joining Harvard and Buchanan elected to Congress, and various Texas and national notes on floods, crops, cyclone damage, and Carnegie endowment growth.
Hard rains and high winds sweep Texas while violence in Buffalo and San Antonio prompts security concerns. Texas irrigation bills pass, cotton gins report 141905 bales in March 1913.
Mexico pressuring Washington over recognition policy. Serbia halts Albania reinforcements signaling diplomatic pressure. Montenegro’s King Nicholas contemplates abdication if force is used. Balkan warfare and Greek Turkish clashes add to European unease as Canadian Pacific reveals a 16 mile Lackey Horse tunnel plan costing $14 million. Chenonceaux chancery sale nets $354 including buyer Castellane estate.
Washington D C proposes sweeping tariff reform reducing duties on essentials while lifting many food and clothing items to free status. Sugar becomes free in 1916 with staged reductions. raw wool on the free list at once. The plan lowers protection for farmers and steel makers and introduces a new income tax for higher earners.
A comparative table outlines major ad valorem cuts proposed by Democrats with extensive changes to items from textiles such as stockings and gloves to raw materials like flax, hemp, and wool. The plan emphasizes reducing living costs and shifting toward freer lists for unmanufactured goods while maintaining some protective duties on luxury items.
An 19th or early 20th century guidance piece stresses keeping the hidden pipe clean to avoid clogs and illness. It advises using a sink strainer, washing dishes to remove food particles, never pouring milk down the drain, and periodically flushing with hot water and washing soda to maintain the pipe.
A fragment notes a brief hearing about Mantell and a question about seeing him in a part of Sherlock in The Merchant of Ven. The clipped dialogue hints at a theater or performance discussion.
The Village church of Walton on the Hill holds the only leaden font in Surrey and a chained Bible. The font attracts visitors for its fine design and workmanship. The Bible dates from about a century ago, though the chain recalls the early practice of guarding scriptures in churches.
Miss Jess Marsh of Adrian Texas describes severe pains cramps chills sickness and hemorrhages over four years she weighed 96 pounds at start and 126 after treating with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she praises the treatment and invites letters for personal advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts a confidential women’s reply system
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