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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1904
Page
1
Walking skirt designs feature nine gores with plain upper portions and box plaited lower sections. The pattern supports linen cheviot canvas and silk trim with corticelli silk, plus a box plaited blouse waist in white mercerized madras.
A Victorian menu piece presents a nine gored walking shirt with a box plaited waist and a lamb and rice casserole. It describes material quantities for sizes, a fig border mold dessert, and a decorative lace and puff sleeve fashion detail with lingerie and silk ruffles at the skirt bottom.
Simple frock for play wear features a big sailor collar and white shield. Made in blue linen chambray with white trim, box plaits run full length, under-arm plaits add fullness, sleeves tuck to form puffed cuffs, sizes 8 years require specific yardage and braid quantities.
A fashion writeup lauds the silken gown as indispensable for formal wear. It highlights bold lace accents, the glow of radium satin messaline, and a pale yellow mauve palette. The featured corsage and rich fabrics showcase the era’s luxury daytime to evening ensemble.
Milk stored in a shallow basin stays sweeter longer than in a deep jug. A tablespoon paraffin in hot water used for tile washing cleans and brightens. A waterproof shoe blacking is made by heating mixed tallow beeswax neatsfoot oil lamp black. Sewing a button over a crosswise pin reduces strain and secures it longer with frequent laundering. For a quick hot application remove lamp chimney and apply through a stocking. To wash a corset remove steels scrub with white soap on a board, rinse, pull straight and dry.
A historic recipe describes washing and boiling rice, lining a buttered mold with one third of the rice, mixing minced lamb with salt pepper onion juice parsley sweet herbs eggs and bread crumbs, moisten with gravy, encasing with the remaining rice, steaming for an hour, and serving with tomato sauce.
Panel effects noted in attire with puffings on sheer frocks. Whole lace dresses in high favor and velvet pastilles retain appeal. Lace coats in cream charm, rich embroidery in vogue. Boletos and etons remain desirable. Draped girdles, trim and snug, endure as ever.
A vivid notice praising the 1904 St Louis exposition for its grand plan and diverse pavilions. The writer lauds the Cascade Gardens, the Pike concessions, and Italian style dining while noting accessible prices and ample shade. Readings from Addison Steele and visitors confirm the fair as a cosmopolitan triumph.
A New York photographer notes that August Belmont is the most photographed American, with James R. Keene close behind. Belmont placed a large order after his wife’s death, adding a nearly thousand-image print from old negatives to his collection.
A column ponders why birds outlive mammals of similar size. It cites beaks vs teeth, noting beaks do not wear or break and birds grind with grit in the gizzard, aiding digestion. The piece contrasts carnivores and herbivores, suggesting dental wear limits many mammals and helps explain avian longevity.
Mother Katherine Drexel of Philadelphia pledges 500000 of her private fortune to build a church and school for the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Nebraska. The project hinges on consent from the Indians, a condition secured by Father Schell of Homer, Nebraska.
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee recalls a campaign newspaper printing fighting language. A big armed man demanded the editor, Brownlow lied he was not present and would search him out. He started upstairs to fetch the editor but disappeared after meeting another irate man seeking the editor.
The text traces how ancient names such as Picts and Barbary were misnamed through Greek and Latin filters and notes etymologies for terms like pehta and alt maen. It mentions Guy of Warwick’s legends cited against Danish settlement roots and highlights misrendered terms shaping geographic and ethnic labels.
A home made wind mill named the screw jumbo pumps water from a foot well using a screw like arrangement. The 8 foot long wheel and 10 foot diameter sail arms drive a pump plunger with duck sails on diagonally opposite arms. Costed ten dollars but later trees blocked it making it unused.
How to prevent ants from robbing bee honey and harming the colony. Ants are attracted by the warmth of the cluster and tend to disappear as the hive strengthens with warmer weather. To eradicate them early, locate ant hills, drill several holes, pour gasoline or kerosene into the holes, then seal. The ants die within a day or two.
A reader describes Hindweed Convolvulus arvensis spreading in an Oregon orchard. The weed is deep rooted and spreads by long twining stems. recommended control is thorough digging to remove all roots and heavy seeding with clover to choke out remaining plants.
The article explains milk weight varies with solids content. Specific gravity ranges 1.029 to 1.085 at 66 F, average about 1.032. A gallon of cream weighs less than milk. water weighs 10 pounds per gallon, milk roughly 1.082 pounds per gallon.
A reader advises clearing an overrun asparagus bed of twitch grass quack grass with salt at three hundred pounds per acre spread through rows. Cautious digging or hoeing of grass roots near crowns recommended to avoid harming plants.
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