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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
3
A literary column by Laura Jean Libbey explores romantic legends and myths celebrating Cupid. The essay threads playful imagery with moral notes about love, fate, and passion in a breezy early magazine voice.
A 1916 poem on love and marriage argues that Cupid guides men to their future wives. It contrasts single life with married happiness, recounting how even reluctant bachelors meet their match and find life enriched by devotion. The piece ends with a hopeful line about love enduring.
The old Baltimore baseball team of 1894-95 is hailed as originators of the modern style. It featured a star-studded pitching corps and versatile players who shone as pitchers and fielders. Managers and players like J McGraw, Hugh Jennings, Joe Kelley, Wilbur Robinson and Ed Hanlon are highlighted for their enduring influence and pennants won.
The article extols striped porch cushions as fashionable and gay, noting their vivid rainbow hues suit swings, settees, rockers, and general use. It highlights khaki couch hammocks and awning stripe patterns in black or white as complementary backdrops for a lively, tasteful display.
The article recounts how the real Orphant Annie, now Mrs. Wesley Gray of Greenfield Indiana, remembers Jim Riley as the biggest tease and meanest boy at their farmhouse. She recalls his tricks with gun caps and a button cuff illusion that frightened and amused them on a raw day.
The article highlights charmuese gowns with flower trimmed hats, capelike collars in muslin, feather-sticking for children's frocks, straw sports hats with cords, and cross over blouses in heavy washing silk. It also mentions yellow organdie frocks, ogandie with velvet bows, linen gardening skirts with pockets, and silk basques with cavalier tabs for bridesmaids.
H L Kempster advises on chick housing and feeding to prevent disease and waste. Ensure roomy brooding space, avoid moldy food, use grit and oyster shell, provide shade, and employ wet mash for growth. Mark pullets for age, and use leg bands or hog rings to aid culling.
Luther Burbank urges childhood education through outdoors and exploration rather than heavy book work. He favors muddy play, animal pets, and real world learning, while eye doctors caution against small print and intense close reading for young children. Mothers largely agree, pushing girls toward activity over formal sums.
A collection of wry maxims on time money and behavior. Observations on shoplifters widows pensions temper matrimony bachelors and a mother's advice. The tone blends humor and caution with gendered reflections.
A newspaper advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy for liver issues, claiming it cures torpid liver without salivation. It attacks calomel as poison and urges readers to try a bottle with a money back guarantee.
A Washington Star joke notes a contractor who bought five million pairs of shoes at one dollar each and sold them to the army for six dollars, lamenting a loss once commissions are considered. The tale contrasts strict honesty in contracts with hidden profits and commissions.
A Houston Post quip notes love blinds husbands to a wife’s appearance as she serves fried chicken hotcake rous'Wears sliced tomatoes and sparrow grass, while observing that it is easier to touch people's sympathies than their pockets in reference to China Ta-Tsing-Kwo.
A tourist in Kinogland posted a 50 reward for his missing dog at a local newspaper office. He added No questions asked but found the office deserted with only a sulky boy who said staff were out looking for the dog, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
An out of town guest compliments the city while remarks from a banquet reveal two notable hills. The guest muses about living atop one hill, but the toastmaster jests that only two hills exist here the insane asylum and the sewage works.
A humorous exchange between a mother and daughter centers on age assumptions. The daughter resists being labeled as young while the mother defends her habit of introducing her as much younger than she is. The judge remains a looming figure in the conversation.
Towr Topics reports the sheriff arrested the boys who formed a lynching party. The sheriff says the law must be respected and notes the group used a tree on the corehouse grounds and trampled a sign warning keep off the grass.
A terse remark suggests a man believes his wife should attend to duties rather than him. The comment reflects gender role expectations and personal responsibility in domestic commentary.
A fashion note suggests elegance comes from poise and taste rather than price. It praises a woman who can look polished in inexpensive garments, emphasizing style over cost.
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