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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
7
At Palm Beach a speaker asks about fiction reading while the other notes heavy listening. The dialogue hints at a literary focus and the habit of consuming stories through audio rather than print in a leisure setting.
An advertisement claims Bond's Liver Pills are best for headaches biliousness constipation dizziness indigestion and torpid liver. It states one pill is the dose and emphasizes liver and bowel health without detailing ingredients or warnings.
Subbubs The last diver reported it fine.
A nostalgic ad promises chills and fever relief with Plantation Chill Tonic, guaranteeing money back if not effective after a proper trial. The 50 cent price is noted and dealers offer refunds. A separate exchange jokes about Wally weighing 110 pounds and smoking.
An advertisement touts the Magic Washing Stick as a simple harmless aid that eliminates labor and time in washing. No machine needed it cleans delicate fabrics colored or white woolens blankets lace curtains with no acids or alkalis and lasts for 15 washings. Available for 25 cents from Druggists and Grocers or via mail order from A B Rickards Co Sherman Texas.
A whimsical note suggests never using a knife to eat pie and endorses cheese with pie while claiming knives should be eaten alone, reflecting playful language on table manners.
A celebrated physician Dr. B F Jackson promotes a famous female remedy named Femenina priced at 50 cents and one dollar. An old wag remark about realizing value only when selling your whistle accompanies the ad.
Catalog ad urging a bottle of Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial for long term use with prices 25c and 50c. Includes unrelated quip about wealth and gasoline and a line on hair bleaching for fairness.
Washington officials and embassies face long hours and fatigue as diplomats and staff support war efforts abroad. Birds delight lawmakers with cedar waxwings and flickers drawing attention from daily duties at the Capitol.
Local plans show a new sanatorium in Marlin costing about 35000. Rio Vista bonds of 16500 for a new school building. Texarkana Farmers Oil and Fertilizer installs peanut crushing machinery to handle this year’s crop. Abilene post office now in first loss rating with 50000 gain in 12 years. Williamson County science building at Southwestern University Georgetown to begin. three stories of steel and concrete. Woodlawn Country Club to build a 30000 concrete brick and tile clubhouse between Sherman and Denison. River and harbor items totaling 2683000 retained after House debate. Brig. Gen. Cecil A. Lyon dies in Sherman after illness and surgery. born 1869 in Boston Georgia. Denton reports 256000 worth of building, including 100000 repairs at the College of Industrial Arts and 85000 in new school buildings. Hillsboro Democratic state committee endorses a U.S. Senate candidate for the July primary. run-off if no majority. Dallas utility assets valued at about 13785500, water plants estimated to total 21000000. San Angelo’s shirt factory hires twelve girls as it opens. Weatherford mass meeting targets 25000 Chicago Weatherford Gulf railway subscription. Big Springs district approves 40000 for a new school building sold at a premium. St Jerneborg torpedoed off Sardinia. crew saved. Gainesville to anchor a second large country club with a 10000 clubhouse at Sarles Lake.
Karl Kellams, dying of tuberculosis, asked his wife to wear black mourning dress and veil so he could see her at the funeral. Mrs Kellams wore mourning at his bedside after he returned from Phoenix, Arizona seeking a climate that might help him.
A historical ad fragment offers Renovine heart and nerve tonic priced at 50 cand and $1. It mentions three products Weak Fainty Heart and Hystsrice and states they can be rectified by taking Renovine.
W L Mason a Humboldt Tennessee druggist notes over twenty years of selling Kilmer Swamp Root with all customers praising its effects for kidney liver and bladder troubles. He strongly recommends it to anyone in need in a January 1916 testimonial.
A vintage advertisement offers a sample bottle of Swamp Root from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. It promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and instructs readers to mention the paper. Regular bottles available for sale at drug stores with prices shown.
Ad copy mixed with a courtroom quip about a magistrate and six cops who arrested a dynamite suspect. The fragment shows a misread medicine advert and a punchline line about a man charged with dynamite. Named individuals or organizations are not clearly identifiable from the readable text.
A humorous quip contrasts two roles on a streetcar system. A student bragging about the “brightest man” becoming a motorman is followed by a joke that the “stupidest man” is the conductor, with the speaker presuming the president of the road holds the opposite position.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and boost the whole system. The price is listed as zero cents.
A chaotic exchange reveals a couple recounting burglars in their home. The wife seized a rolling pin and moved quietly through the hall, with the husband following, highlighting safety measures and humor in danger.
Letters from Marinette Wisconsin Detroit Michigan and Bellevue Pennsylvania tout Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments and avoidance of operations. The testimonials claim relief from pain and weakness enabling daily work with readers urged to seek advice from a company representative.
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