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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
6
A newspaper feature urges drinking a glass of very hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this internal bath removes waste toxins, prevents headaches and bilious attacks, and improves overall health though it warns readers to obtain limestone phosphate from druggists or storekeepers.
A sharp claim surfaces criticizing a longtime official, noting thirty five years in the same post and urging self reflection. The remark underscores ongoing questions about tenure and accountability in local governance.
Advertises Cuticura Soap and Ointment as best for eczema rashes pimples and sore hands. Claims pure saper-creamy emollients and offers a free sample by mail with a book. Includes a quip about smoking at the table and a critic of talkers.
President Wilson warned Germany in a joint session address and a Berlin note that the United States will sever diplomatic relations unless Germany abandons its submarine warfare against neutral and civilian shipping. He cited the Sussex incident and demanded immediate compliance within days.
The Senate passed a substitute for the Hay bill creating a regular army and reserve forces totaling about 1,000,000. It provides a 250,000 peacetime regular army, a 261,000-strong federal volunteer reserve, and a 280,000 federalized National Guard, plus a youth reserve corps of 200,000 to 400,000.
Grace Marshall a Talbot county girl held for over ten years by her father in a dingy room was moved from Johns Hopkins hospital where she has regained speech weight and mobility. At 28 she will testify against her father and mother who face trial this month for inhuman treatment.
Edward Glennorris, prison inmate in Cranston, claims a confession and details a burial in a West Point cellar for Dorothy Arnold, a New York heiress who vanished over five years ago. He says she died in the house outside West Point, N Y.
The Panama Canal reopened to traffic Sunday with sixteen ships passing through in both directions, including the United States Army transport Buford.
Ten aeroplanes have been bought in the United States for the Chinese aviation school at Nanyuan and are expected to reach Pekin before month’s end.
The Strawn field in Strawn Texas saw its largest oil well brought in on the Stuart ranch, section 94, just west of town. The well tests at more than 300 barrels per day, marking a major production milestone for the area.
Fifteen business houses in Graceton twelve miles east of Gilmer were destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The blaze swept through the town damaging main street property and disrupting local commerce. Firefighters from nearby areas fought the flames but the conflagration left extensive loss in the downtown district.
The Gulf Pipe Line Company on Friday struck a 1,000 barrel oil well on the Kinz tract northwest of the Millhome tract near Batson Texas. The well lies about 1,900 to 2,000 feet deep, extending the proven field.
The county let a road building contract on Tuesday to a Galveston firm for 170442.28 dollars. The project covers good roads in Bryan Texas and the bid amount is 170442.28.
In Juarez on Monday night two Carranza officers fought a duel near the border city. One officer was killed and the other escaped unharmed.
A gusher oil well was brought in at Hoskins Mound this week near Liverpool Texas and flowed about two hundred barrels per hour.
The Northwest Texas Medical Association ended a two day session in Seymour on Thursday with officials noting concluded business and plans for future meetings.
In Richmond County the vote to issue a $25,000 bond for building a bridge over Big Creek carried by a small majority at the county election.
The federal reserve board elected H. O. Wooten of Abilene Texas as class C director for the Dallas bank to succeed the late Felix Martinez of El Paso.
Russian troops arrived in Marseilles on a large flotilla and landed to reinforce the western front amid cheers. French General Joffre hailed the Russians as brave and well commanded. Concurrently Germans withdraw forces from Russia Serbia and Macedonia to reinforce Verdun, with fighting reported near Le Mort Homme and in Cassette Wood. British and Turkish fronts show continued pressure and heavy bombardments as Trebizond falls to Russian forces.
In a London Tit-Bits tale a traveling peddler offers a patent fly killer with a free bottle after dinner. He demonstrates by instructing the innkeeper to crush a fly between fingers and drop poison into its mouth, then departs with a wry remark.
A woman shares to her child that she is the baby's aunt and the father is the baby's uncle, making the child the baby's cousin. Marjorie remarks it was arranged quickly, in a light humor tone from a Boston Transcript item.
Aeronautics estimates from data from the Z4 descent at Luneville in 1913 put the modern Zeppelin’s explosive capacity near one percent to one and a half tons. They say five tons claimed are impossible, and a 300 mile flight to England would consume about a ton and a half of fuel. With such load, equilibrium is reached mid voyage, leaving lifting power to the planes. Explosive bombs weigh 185 pounds and incendiaries about twenty pounds each.
At a dance Percival Claude guides a belle from a neighboring town for ice cream and cake. She asks if he will marry, and he says he will only marry a woman who is his direct opposite. She suggests such women exist in town, sparking a wry exchange.
The toastmaster asked De Boore to speak at the banquet, but he remained silent and took almost an hour to utter a brief remark.
A brisk aphorism urging action while vigor remains. It emphasizes the stakes of inactivity and the urgency to seize opportunity before decline sets in.
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