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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
2
A compilation of short satirical items notes trends and curiosities across Moulton Texas Philadelphia New York and St Louis. It cites legal age dog custody divorce headlines fashions advertising crimes and social trends with pointed humor.
An expert notes geese raise profit best on small to medium flocks due to range needs and breeding habits. Geese require green pasturage and water, with soft feed. goslings need liberal vegetable food. Mongrel crosses from wild Canada and Toulouse or African geese command high prices and fatten in cool autumn weather.
Barbers in Paterson New Jersey demand wage increases and the abolition of tipping. The call reflects rising living costs and labor pressures in the local trades.
A Russian immigrant arrived in Philadelphia with an 11 foot long beard. The unusual feature is noted as likely to help him find work in sideshows or similar venues.
A New York manager eyes a slate of twenty five shows on the road next season as the behind the scenes troubles grow.
If you have been going fishing there summer days and some of the big ones have been getting away, remember the story will be as good next summer.
Coffee experts testified that Mocha’s last shipment occurred over 200 years ago, noting the extraordinary duration of the voyage and its lasting impact on trade lore.
A Boston woman physician argues for scientific marriages to address social needs. She cautions such unions might increase waiting lists in many clubs.
A married woman of thirteen years earns a high school diploma in Chicago, illustrating marriage as a liberal education for many women.
A Japanese statesman remarks that the country needs a new religion. He notes there are a few hundred varieties of religious cults and isms that can be offered to the public, signaling a push toward broad ideological experimentation.
The piece playfully contrasts fashion delays in Boston with weather notes from Medicine Hat and Battleford, where extreme cold challenges are recorded. A street car conductor quips Move forward, please amid the climate contrasts.
An Ohio man wishes to get cured of the gambling propensity by a suret cal operation on his brain. Most gambling places will be pleased to effect a reasonably sure cure by the usual operation on the pocketbook.
A city scene reports a mother sparrow attacking a painter to defend her nest, causing him to fall from scaffolding and break his arm. The incident highlights a brave bird protecting her babies under siege.
Improve ewe health and fattening before winter to lift lambing yield and milk. Flush ewes in fall then provide good pasture, shelter, and a secure yard. Use a tight wire fence with boards to protect the flock at night and reduce losses.
The article argues trucking yields high profits, distinguishing it from small scale market gardening. It notes trucking works over 30 to 100 acre farms and up to 100 miles from markets when railroad facilities allow overnight freight delivery to morning markets.
The article outlines grape vine propagation by cuttings and layering, detailing timing after dormancy, cutting length 8 to 20 inches, selection of young wood, and methods for heeling in, planting, and grafting. It covers stakes, soil cover, pruning, sucker removal, and bench grafts, plus a primer on vine parts and how they bear fruit.
Rhode Island state sanitorium annual report shows ex patients earned over 266000 in 1911, three times annual maintenance costs. 170 ex-patients earned 102752, weekly amounts ranged 2 to 31 dollars. Barnes notes many free treatments and limited family incomes among patients.
William Shaw of the Christian Endeavor society in Boston gives a witty after dinner address. He recalls a Back Bay girl asking how to spell devil during a letter to Yale, and her aunt learning she meant to mention “Christian and devil meetings.”
A teacher reports relief from persistent indigestion after switching to a morning meal of hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with cream. She credits better digestion and a ten pound weight gain to the simple diet, noting savings in nervous energy and a stronger day. The letter promotes Postum Co. and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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