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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
3
A Utica New York woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with a 30 pound gain and renewed health after six months of post partum illness. She describes dizziness headaches swollen feet and pale weakness before relief from the tonic. The ad claims the pills improve appetite renew blood and strengthen all organs.
A short children's note describes Mary who routinely gets a piece of candy each day. After she is naughty she does not receive candy and at bedtime prays to God for her daily candy. The vignette frames a sweet moral about behavior and daily rewards.
An article discusses deafness as incurable with local applications and asserts only constitutional remedies work. It notes inflammation of the Eustachian tube and prone lasting effects, while advertising circulars from Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. It ends with a salacious aside about marriage.
The article outlines practical traditional remedies. Hot cloth poultices soothe pain and retain heat, raw potato poultices heal burns with cooling moisture, flaxseed poultices should be soft moist not soggy, and small mustard can strengthen poultices.
When children wake dull in the morning and spring fever hits, switch to lighter foods. Skip yesterday’s heavy meals and start fresh with grapefruit or rhubarb sauce, thin toast, pop overs, and a touch of very thinly sliced bacon. Include radishes, young greens, and lettuce sandwiches with coffee to boost appetite.
A housewife can transform dried bread into a pudding by mixing with beat yolks two eggs a little salt vanilla and raisins. Bake in a greased tin mold set in a water bath for about 20 minutes then unmold and serve with whipped cream.
A homey recipe describes four large pork tenderloins stuffed with a pork and cracker crumb mixture, larded and baked for 45 minutes. Serve with sugarless baked apple quarters as garnish, noting the inexpensive yet hearty meat option for winter meals.
Do not roll the paste too thin or it will be dry and tasteless when baked. For pies with preserves use a lattice crust. Flour the board and rolling pin before rolling. Unripe fruit should be cooked and sweetened first. Bake to avoid a tough crust. Use cold water for dough. Butter enriches crust but lard gives the best texture.
The article offers simple methods such as boiling water to whiten dresses, using salt in alcohol to remove grease, potatoes in water to wash delicate fabrics, rubbing piano keys with alcohol on muslin, and thinning cold starch on windows for shine. It emphasizes quick, inexpensive fixes.
Two beaten eggs are blended with milk and melted butter then thickened with flour baking powder sugar and salt. Fold in grated pineapple and bake in greased muffin rings until done about half an hour.
A Missouri woman from Columbia reports two years of dropsy and heart related pain eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She says two boxes stopped the trouble and recommends the remedy sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
A Germantown housekeeper recalls a German dairyman near Philadelphia who boasted that his hens never lay anything but fresh eggs. He pressured her to switch suppliers claiming no trouble would arise if she did. The tale highlights his aggressive sales pitch and confidence in product freshness.
An article advises that kidneys weaken in this season and blood becomes sour, causing eruptions and rheumatic, nervous, and stomach troubles. It prescribes a home mixture with Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, taken after meals and at bedtime.
A writer in Outing describes Geronimo riding 500 miles in one day while changing horses, exhausting a pursuing column until three sets of officers finished the chase. His fierce, crafty visage remains, but the legend of the agile prisoner endures alongside Gen. Miles’s praise of his sharp eye and resolve.
A Brest court martial sentenced six ordinary seamen who robbed to feed opium and other drug habits. The defendants, all narcotics users, were recorded as daily bemuddling themselves to support the addiction, with offenses linked to their habit.
A New Hampshire girl suffered severe constipation and indigestion from starch heavy meals leading to appendicitis. After thirteen weeks on milk she found relief and weight gain by using Grape-Nuts, which she credits with restoring health and appetite.
Old sofas and chair backs can be dyed with Putnam Faceless Dyes offering fast bright durable colors. A grim preacher struggles to keep his flock while Garfield Tea is advertised as a natural laxative made from herbs and guaranteed. Hunt’s Cure promises relief for itching piles with one application and a box guaranteed to cure.
Australia arranges repatriation for 1000 Australians in South Africa. Campaign promises relief for suffering with Hunt's Cure claiming a guaranteed cure for itching piles after a single application, urging belief in its merits.
Dinizulu, the renowned Zulu chief, entertains guests with a graphophone and an organ built in England. He uses the devices to provide music and amusement during visits and gatherings.
An advertisement offers Dr. W. O. Coffee's free book detailing a new method to cure deafness head noises sore eyes and failing light at home. Readers are urged to write to 360 Century Building Des Moines Iowa for the complimentary publication.
The executive board refers to the general convention to be held in October 1907 and notes resolutions from the Brotherhood of St. Paul seeking a committee to confer with a St. Paul Brotherhood committee on unifying Methodist brotherhoods. Also includes a testimonial for Hunt's Cure from W. M. Christian of Rutherford, Tenn.
The British admiralty offers 36 cents a month to sailors who forego rum, but sailors can still draw rations and sell them to others for 80 cents or more, undermining the temperance program and reducing its effectiveness.
Advertising copy describes the Change of Life as a critical period for women and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Fred Certin of South Bend Indiana and Mrs. Henry Lee of New Haven Connecticut praising relief from hot flashes nervousness headaches and sleep loss. It invites readers to write for free advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Barry's Tricopherous nourishes the scalp to stimulate hair roots. Marketed by ordinary businessmen and claimed to be trusted by thousands worldwide. Price 50 cents at druggists or by mail from ROLY & CO. 45 Stone St. N.
One hundred years ago the West Indies supplied about half the world sugar but the industry is declining. The present world beet sugar crop stands at about 6,800,000 tons.
A 19th century column touts Hunt's Lightning Oil as the ultimate remedy for aches, pains, and skin issues. It also promotes Garfield Tea for headaches and ill health, and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain. An anecdote about a husband teaching solitaire adds tone.
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