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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1904
Page
4
Periodical low rates prove popular with travelers likely to use the Southern Pacific through period. Free reclining chair cars and Pullman tourist sleepers enhance comfort. Information available from local agents or by writing T. J. Anderson Houston or F. B. Batts New Orleans.
Advertisement collage lists 1 & G N travel savings to St Louis 1904 with distance and time claims. Includes Defiance Cold Water Starch promotion touting 16 oz packs and chemical free formula. Mentions Hunt's Lightning Oil and rail locomotive lifespans in Europe and America.
Central train company sells Colonist Tickets to California for 25 dollars from March 1 to April 20 with sleeper service and routes north south east and west. Local agents M L Robbins G P A and Wm Doherty A G P A Houston Texas handle rates and information. A stray street tale from Cork notes a man with a tame goose that drinks porter in busy streets.
An advertisement touts a hay press priced at 820.00 promising easy bale making for up to three tons daily for two boys. It urges sending a notice to John A Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin for a catalog of farm seeds and tools. A humorous aside compares walnut kernel convolutions to brain structure and labels a man off center as nutty.
An assemblage of medical remedy and consumer ads tout Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restor with claims of no fits or nervousness after one day of use. Other items cite teething syrup Winslow s and Putnam dyes among a parade of assorted products and notes on a murder trial in Town.
An old advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills as restoring kidney function and eliminating backache headaches and weakness. Mrs Sadie Moettles of Columbus Ohio credits the pills with lasting relief since 1895 after using a box. A free trial is offered by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY price 50 cents. Also a London cabman quips about a rival driver.
An odd fragment touts Sim mon's Sarsaparilla with health benefits and pricing. It then cites literacy rates by country, claiming Portugal leads illiteracy in Europe at 68 percent, Italy 53 percent, Russia 36 percent, with Spain unspecified and Britain at about 4 percent.
The notice highlights Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative option and criticizes nostrums claiming to be sarsaparillas or blood purifiers. It recommends Defiance Cold Water Starch for housewives and ends with a reflection on individual expression as a duty in literature.
An assortment of hospital and household ads across regions. Simmon's Liver Purifier promises full cure for liver issues in tin boxes at 25c in Ireland near Inchl geerath. Cat's Well waters touted as remedy for cats. Defiance Starch claims superiority. Rome tramways add postal boxes collected quarterly. Dr H H Green's Sons offer free dropsy treatment in Atlanta. Ambidextrous society promotes equal hand use. A quip about shopping tied to hair, and Piso's Cure praised for throat and lung issues. Endsley cites a 1900 testimonial. A closing line notes some men keep principles by never using them.
Poem contemplating a century hence the transient nature of today's triumphs and wealth. It ponders moral choices and urges compassion and unity among people while reflecting on the futility of greed. The speaker imagines removal after a hundred years and the erasure of present strife.
A chic woman in drizzling rain accepts a polite umbrella from a man in business attire as they walk to a store. She jokes about meeting her husband inside while pondering the idea of fate and possibly a hidden romance. The piece then shifts to a light verse about spring and an old bachelor.
A society column piece wryly comments on severe weather and fashionable protections. It notes a thermometer at twelve below zero and hints at evolving readings while musing on weather labels and social attitudes. It weaves in playful lines about frost bites, worms, love, and media stances toward Japan.
The Brazil population is 16,000,000 with 1,600,000 Italians 1,000,000 Portuguese 250,000 Germans 4,000 English 400 Americans and about 20,000 others. The average immigrant flow is about 3,000 annually with Italians predominating and German migration about 200 per year.
London insurer stops issuing policies for bull pups after high mortality. The firm doubled premiums as risks rose, yet bull puppies kept dying. No new business has been written in this line for years.
The article notes mosquitoes struggle on steam ships after a day or two from harbor while sailing vessels leaving tropical ports may harbor them for weeks or months due to stagnant rain water in boats and containers providing breeding sites.
Sullivan Arkansas April 11 Miss Fay Clover recovering after a long illness credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with her restoration to health. She describes severe backache dull head pain and kidney trouble followed by a quick improvement and permanent cure after using the remedy. The note ends with a language remark about South American languages.
News collects medical cures and curiosities from Hart’s Catarrh Cure to Yukon river trivia. Includes a claim for 100 dollars for catarrrh cured by Hart’s remedy, notes on ear disease from Eustachian tube inflammation, garlic medicine in Wales, and global electrical machinery output. Also mentions German canaries excelling in singing.
An Ohio soldier in the 17th Infantry who served in Cuba and the Philippines suffered chronic stomach and bowel disease deemed incurable by army doctors. After trying various treatments, he found relief and gained weight after using Grape-Nuts since 1902. He attributes his recovery to the cereal and credits medical limits with his turnaround.
A fragment from a period humor piece shows Mrs Literati being elected committee chair at a club meeting and quips about not opening her mouth. Her husband jokes about sanity and usefulness, reflecting light domestic wit in mid twentieth century magazine satire.
A humorous historical remark shows a speaker declaring a birthday in bold fashion, admitting intoxication intent with a comic hiccup. The line captures casual revelry and personal voice from a bygone era.
The piece mixes dialogue about a countersign on a bitterly cold night with a wry-captioned column. It also features snippets from humor sketches and social notices, including a married couple, a daughter listening to her suitor, a caution about encouraging drinking, and a quip about mapmaking during wartime.
A dialogue shows a father, described as a connoisseur, ready to pay a hundred for a small picture while his son endures poverty for a billy-goat and wagon. The exchange reveals social tension and parental prioritization amid hardship.
A witty dialog features a friend and a girl who chased a foreign count. The dialogue references shrinking lobster catches and asks about second marriages with a humorous twist on alimony.
A humorous exchange questions George Washington's business acumen. The speaker jokes that Washington "couldn't tell a le" as part of a longer quip comparing leadership to commerce, implying skepticism about practical business skill.
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