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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
7
Richard Le Gallienne celebrates Pieces of Eight as a blend of love adventure and mystery. The prose and plot conjure pirate days the tropics and buried treasure with vivid imagery of gold gems and the sea.
In 1903 Nassau scenes unfold as I visit John Saunders, secretary to the treasury, and a merchant friend. The trio discuss shark fishing, duck shooting, and the plentiful legends of buried treasure around New Providence, hinting at hidden wealth and coastal lore.
Fragmentary lines claim a million and a half dollars buried on Dead Man's Shoes and a million on Short Shrift Island. The text hints at a continuation and includes a curious note about a "Masculine Touch" and a boy resisting a frilled waist.
Washington reports the War department proposes a three month universal military training for all 19 year olds. Aimed at an annual class of about 600,000. 21 divisions with peacetime 510,000 enlisted. reports required for two years post training with a $1 per report incentive. If war ensues these men would join regular divisions as replacements.
Governor Hobby selected twenty five Texas delegates for the Dixie Overland Highway Association meeting in Demopolis Alabama August fourteenth to sixteenth. The appointees include E. M. Bramlett Longview W H Strength Marshall Cecil R Simpson Dallas A P Dennis Avery W P Walker Fort Worth C Q O Lacey Dallas M M O Bannon Marshall B E Swifford Weatherford W F Smith Mineral Wells W C Veale Breckenridge Ross L Malone Austin E M Overshiner Abilene Richard Dyess Albany A S Mansey Sweetwater George H Sheppard Sweetwater A S Adamson Snyder Co H Cain Tohoko W W Price Brownfield E L Davis Longview R C Collins Midland M V Smith Palo Pinto L S Franklin Dallas Adrain Pool El Paso J F Hamer Sweetwater A K Phillips Weatherford
Washington President Wilson Wednesday nominated Ambrose B. Culbertson Athens Texas Ben I Conn er Brenham Eulala Smith Burk burnett Lillie Sanders Jewett Ada Rogers Miami Alta Perkins Asper mont Cora L. Baker Buffalo John Young Itasca for Texas postmasters Storm Damage in Ohio Cleveland Ohio Damage estimated at nearly 2 000 000 to crops and property from rain and electrical storms that swept Northern Ohio Tuesday and Tuesday night
Washington reports seven hundred fifty six American soldiers killed in action were victims of gas. The War Department released the figure this week detailing the gas related fatalities among military casualties.
Oil production in Texas during the quarter ending June 30 was valued at 31 million 255 thousand 192 dollars. The state received a tax of 468 thousand 827 dollars, an increase of about 40 thousand dollars from the prior quarter.
Brussels says the Belgian minister of food has purchased all American supplies valued at 100 million francs. The goods will be retailed under government control.
Chicago officials move to investigate profiteering landlords including hotel and boarding house keepers. An ordinance to compel retailers to clearly mark prices on all food items is to be drafted.
A brother, embarrassed by early marriage, stammers during discussions with the minister about the ceremony and then asks to marry a second girl at the house, a surprising and awkward moment recorded by the Chicago Tribune.
A concise aphorism from Madam de Stael praising innocence in genius and candor in power as noble qualities.
A Mitchell Indiana letter touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as greatly aiding pregnancy and postnatal recovery. The reviewer, Mrs. Pearl Monyhan, credits three bottles with relieving weakness and improving strength for housework and a seven month old baby weighing 19 pounds. The note highlights health during maternity as vital for mother and child and references continued reader letters to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
A boy describes his father’s habit of lying about mosquitoes to scare off summer boarders. If the man is pleased, the truth is told about no sheets in ten years. if not, the father conjures winged terrors to frighten visitors.
Old standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic promises malaria defense with quinine and iron. The label notes quinine fights malaria and iron strengthens the system, priced at 60 cents.
Wise George quips about Washington and the cherry tree with a joke linking to a coal shortage. The line blends historical myth with playful commentary.
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