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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
4
Dazed with pain recounts six years of back suffering after a wetting incident. L. Gorman says after using Dean's Kidney Pills he saw his urine normalize within a week and the back pain lessen, completing six boxes to ensure a cure. Sold by dealers 60 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co.
This claim asserts Hunt's Cure has saved more people from the Old Scratch than any agent. It promises one application relieves any form of itching skin disease and guarantees to cure any one case with one box.
In Garden City Texas January 1906 J L Ward Medicine Co of Big Springs Texas advertises kidney pills while noting rare John Argent paintings sold at Christie’s and private sales. Notable prices include a girl with red shawl at 750 dollars a Ellen Terry portrait at 6000 dollars later resold for 15000 dollars and a half length portrait in 1903 at 685 dollars.
The German government plans to widen the Kiel canal from 60 to 130 feet and surface width from 130 to 359 feet. The proposed improvements are estimated to cost nearly 50 million dollars as warship dimensions rise.
A Cincinnati resident describes dramatic relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes pain relief nervousness and headaches followed by full recovery after five bottles. The testimonial emphasizes the remedy's merit and urges others to try it for weakness digestion bloating and related symptoms.
A selection of proverbs spans multiple origins. Quotes emphasize caution, conscience, self-improvement, humility, and personal comparison. Notable lines include dangers of fear, self-guarding virtue, and learning beyond comfort.
The steam yacht Rose Marine, which left England in October 1903 to seek pirates treasure on Cocos Island, has returned to Southampton. Capt Mathews is reticent on results but says his belief in the project has strengthened. The island search work remains very difficult.
A six month old with widespread eczema suffered severe sores and itching. After trying multiple doctors, a friend advised Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within ten days notable improvement and in ten weeks the child was entirely well with smooth skin. Endorsed by F Hohrath of South Bethlehem Penna dated June 5 1905.
A collection of aphorisms and social jests on life and manners followed by a 1905 India cotton report. India planted about 20 million acres yielding roughly 3.5 million bales with exports over 2.125 million bales valued around 81 million dollars. Major buyers were Japan Germany Belgium and Italy.
A reader from Illinois says switching from coffee to Postum cured lifelong stomach and nerve irritation. After thirty years of coffee use the writer experienced misery, hunger cycles, and indigestion until advised to quit coffee. Since starting Postum the writer reports immediate improvement and overall wellness.
The piece guides women on waist size and silhouette, praising moderate waists and discouraging extreme corsetry. It warns against visible belts, heavy ornamentation, or tight fits, and advises careful tailoring to maintain a flattering, natural line from waist to hips. It stresses balanced posture and appropriate skirt drape to avoid rear sagging and fashion disasters.
In July garden care focuses on staking dahlias and tall top heavy plants to prevent wind damage. Chrysanthemums should be staked and tied, with pinching of branches to encourage more blooming points. Promote side shoots on single stalk plants, fertilize if soil is lean, and prune winter window plants for compact growth. Sow pansy seeds and perennials for next year, with seed beds prepared for transplanting later.
A teacher asks pupils to define catamaran after a reading on the Merrimac sinking. Responses include misread meanings such as a mounting lion and a savage officer, and correct ones note it as a boat type or war ram.
A reflective note contrasts humans and primates to probe judgment and virtue. It suggests that attempting goodness requires exploring bad behavior to discover authentic motives, and it questions naturalness versus learned restraint in moral choice. The piece closes on the tension between intention and outcome.
A Wilkesbarre suitor asks a wealthy father for a daughter's hand and offers to convert from Presbyterian if needed. Hunt's Cure is praised for skin disease relief. A Roumanian hitchhiking on an Orient Express dining car survives 53 hours from Paris. New York hosts the world’s largest diamond cross with 480 gems in Maiden Lane and Nassau Street.
Mrs. E. E. Smith of Santa Barbara California asks for Hunt's Lightning Oil promising it the best rheumatic medicine used and says if they stay in California two more years they will order in bulk.
The article traces Dion Boucicault’s lineage from a French refugee father who settled in Ireland and married an Irish woman. It notes Boucicault’s given name recalling his father’s friend Dr Dionysius Lardner, a noted Irilish writer on physical science. Ina Pinch uses ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE for painful feet and ingrown nails, sold by druggists for 25c with a free trial package. a Carmen Sylva quote closes.
The article notes that scenery was first used in theaters by the famous Inigo Jones in January 1605 marking a milestone in stage design.
A collection of curious facts on women around the world, noting roles, habits, and stereotypes. Highlights include Ellen Terry liking cats, Sarah Bernhardt’s long bed, brides in Australia with rose leaves, Eskimo women as the shortest, and notes on photography, aging, and hairpin trade. Also references Fanny Davenport’s stage debut in 1857 and the operetta version of Uncle Tom's Cabin first staged in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1886.
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