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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1926
Page
6
Salt Lake City Utah leads as the largest city with every home electrified. The country reports broad electrification with all houses in 64 cities and towns having electric light.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe bowel cleanser for children of all ages. It promises quick relief from constipation and fussiness, noting even feverish or colicky babies respond to its pleasant taste and urging mothers to demand the genuine product.
Soviet authorities ship 8 000 000 eggs as settlement for a large order of engineering materials with payment in kind. The move highlights a barter style settlement and potential disputes over contract terms and valuation.
The ad promotes Diamond Dyes with simple directions to tint or dye fabrics at home. It lists suitable materials such as lingerie silks ribbons skirts waists dresses coats stockings draperies and coverings and advises buyers to tell their druggist whether the material is wool silk linen cotton or mixed.
A fragmentary line hints at a conversation about a marriage proposal and approval from a mother. The text then references a returned ticket and personal security tied to the idea of looking ahead, followed by a remark on the pleasure from kind and charitable acts.
Ignace Jan Paderewski tops the Legion’s gift list with 28487.67 toward the 5 million endowment for disabled veterans and orphans. The pianist donated concert proceeds and covered all expenses, earning praise from John R. McQuigg and President Coolidge for his wartime service and dedication.
La Grange Illinois faced an unpoliced city when much of the police force walked out in sympathy with a resigned chief. The American Legion, led by Col. W. M. Curtis, deployed 25 volunteers to patrol streets until regular officers could be sworn in. Trustee W. M. Galvin praised the Legion’s swift response.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Frazier of South Dakota accepted a federal jury finding that their son Arthur was killed in World War I and buried in a Nebraska cemetery. After a long controversy they argued a man claiming to be Arthur was an impostor. They have applied for federal and state bonuses as beneficiaries of Arthur.
A benevolent old gentleman gives a boy a dime after the boy drops one into a grating. The boy wails that without losing the first dime he would have twenty cents, lamenting his misfortune in a humorous exchange from the American Legion Weekly.
In a humorous exchange a flapper tells a minister to cut the formalities, declaring she has a sheik. The scene unfolds as the minister, greeting a new congregant, offers to obtain her name and address for a follow up.
Edward W Pickard reports Mussolini survives a pistol attack in Rome by Violet Albina Gibson. The incident sparks Fascist triumphs and newspaper office torchings, while Mussolini departs Rome with the fleet for Tripoli. The premier vows to confront foreign foes as Italy shifts toward syndicalism.
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