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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
6
A sweep of international dining facts shows substitutes like grasshoppers lizards and sheep eyes prized in various cultures. From Shakespeare to St Matthew and Persian Eskimo uses the piece notes how eyes and unconventional meats appear in recipes and budgets. The piece ends with a quip about balancing the budget.
A 1947 1948 Navy Antarctic expedition collected sea spiders from Marguerite Bay and Peter Island offshore waters and transferred them to the U S National Museum for study. Joel W Hedgpeth identified a new species and taxonomic analysis covered South Georgia and the Falkland Islands specimens.
Forty two 10 year old Bronx streetcars retired a year ago are now among Vienna’s finest as war depletes Austrian trolleys. Another 25 newer Bronx cars were shipped to Bombay. Across Europe and Asia overaged cars remain common, with many South American cities buying U S built streetcars. Lima and Sao Paulo have purchased New York veterans since World War II, the latter known as shrimps for their red closed cars. They handle peak loads four times daily as workers dash home for lunch.
Weight loss comes from a balanced diet and patience. Nutritious meals include vegetables skim milk and fruit with little sugar while avoiding excess calories. Focus on total energy intake rather than blaming single foods.
Frank Hanacek and his son Frank Jr. of Moravia were in Moulton Saturday on business. They run a blacksmith shop and implement business in Moravia and had their name enrolled on The Eagle's subscription list while visiting.
The Tuscarora Indians of North Carolina were early bootleggers carrying forbidden rum to interior tribes and selling it by the mouthful. The buyer hired the tribesman with the largest mouth as his scale, the mouth man spitting rum into a bowl used as a receptacle.
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge increases the 1950 General Awards Program to 100000 dollars. The second annual program offers 416 cash awards 300 honor medals and 200 certificates of merit across 18 categories including general and specific civic and artistic fields. Entries must be postmarked by November 1 1950 and completed works judged by a 21 member jury at Valley Forge led by Dr Milton S Eisenhower.
Harvest of peanuts in the Yoakum area is expected to start around August 15 and run through fall. The sandy land crop withstood a long dry spell with little damage. A new seed variety Spantex, yielding more nuts per plant, was used by some growers and will be planted exclusively in 1951. Seed dealers act as government agents in buying the crop and storing it until sold to oil mills and shellers.
Reports indicate cattle recovering from anaplasmosis gain resistance to reinfection but remain capable of spreading the disease, sustaining transmission within herds and complicating control efforts.
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