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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
2
Washington reports a looming clash as California voters consider five measures restricting Japanese land ownership and guardianship rights. Officials warn such measures may breach the 1907 Gentlemen’s Agreement and strain U.S.-Japan relations.
The report states 10,992,235 Bell telephones in use across 70,000 cities with 23,281,150 miles of wire, an amount more than eighty times the distance to the moon.
Governor James M. Cox accepts the Democratic nomination in Dayton with Franklin D. Roosevelt at his side. A crowd estimated up to 75,000 at Fair Grounds hears a pro league covenant, woman suffrage, and tax cuts platform as Cox criticizes the Republican platform and praises Wilson. Parade with about 20,000 marchers precedes the address.
Texas registration of motor vehicles totals 382674 this year. Port Arthur shipped 3073226 barrels of refinery products by water. Panola County population 21755 with gain 1331. Asherton post office raised to third class. Katy shop layoffs in Smithville mostly rehired. Beaumont Port Arthur Jefferson County populations listed. San Antonio bans under 16 driving autos. State health boards rat campaign progress blanks sent. County populations by 1920 census listed. Fidelity Fire Insurance licensed in Dallas. Texas Gulf Sulphur buys cows for Gulf dairy. Dallas County taxes at 1.37 ad valorem, state 0.62, county 0.75. Texas National Guard encampment at Camp Mabry with 1500 to 2000 officers and men. I G N Railway rate order 17c per 100 lb from San Antonio to Laredo. Hearings set August 13 for various rate applications. Farmers Institute session set Sept 8 in Austin. Houston spends 10000 on rat extermination. Martial law cost in Galveston at 150000 to Aug 1. Cotton crop expected 3479000 bales. July conditions improve in many districts, with regional variations.
First Lieutenant Harry L. Weddington, in charge of instruction at Kelly Field air service mechanics' school, piloted a De Havilland 4-B to 19 070 feet through three layers of fleecy clouds, setting a world passenger carrying altitude record.
The North and West Texas weekly production report shows a gain of several thousand barrels. Total for the week reaches 207000 after 197000 the prior week, covering Ranger Stephens County Desdemona Burkburnett and Iowa Park.
Washington report shows 151 convictions in the profiteering drive. Since kickoff, 7,854 arrests and 1,499 indictments have been recorded by the department of justice.
Royal assent was given to the Irish coercion bill on Monday after the House of Lords passed the second reading without a division. The action marks formal approval of the measure in London.
The War Department announced that 2,891 American soldiers have had their bodies returned from overseas and 1,838 more are en route to the United States.
Hythe England. The Hythe conference ended with Lloyd George and Millerand agreeing to reimpose the blockade on Russia and furnish munitions and technical aid to Poland. Millerand yielded on immediate aid, awaiting Minsk results to shape policy, with no allied troops to Poland and a defensive line seen as a cordon sanitaire if realized.
Francisco Villa entered San Pedro with 3,000 supporters after surrendering to the De La Huerta government under Sabinas terms. He urged unity to avoid U.S. intervention, vowed to return to the plow, and said he would help stop internal warfare. He denied wealth in U.S. banks and recalled Pershing’s expedition passing near his hideout.
Nashville Tennessee lawmakers held an extraordinary session to vote on ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment. The move frames a key state action in the national suffrage effort with legislators debating the measure on the floor.
Mexican police seized a 1200 pound opium shipment valued at 200000 pesos from Manzanillo Colima. The drug was concealed in candy boxes labeled as 4 and 8 candy to hide its contents.
Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root praised for kidney support by druggists and doctors. An insurer reports many applicants are rejected due to undiagnosed kidney trouble. Available at drug stores in medium and large bottles. Send ten cents for a sample to Kilmer Co in Binghamton NY with paper reference.
A humorous exchange references getting lost in a motion picture studio property room, noting the quirky maze of back lots and storerooms as a light moment in Film Fun.
An advertisement from BE. W. Vacher, Inc. of New Orleans Louisiana touts a summer remedy claiming relief for colds hurts and itching and invites agents to join where supply is lacking.
A humorous scene in which a customer asks what constitutes scientific salesman ship as a seller tries to close a sale. The gag centers on a dress suit offered to a man who came in to buy a celluloid collar.
An advertisement touts Bayer as the genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with trusted safety claimed by millions. It notes aspirin prescribed for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pains and mentions 12 tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
A witty exchange quotes an editor challenging a poet about the value of poetry after a Liberty bond piece. The poet retorts that his work is worth more than the paper it is written on, reflecting postwar sentiment.
A healthful lemon based beauty lotion is advertised made from juice of two lemons and three ounces of Orchard White. The mixture is shaken and used daily on the face neck arms and hands to achieve a lighter rosy white complexion as promoted by stage beauties.
A witty riff suggests the raven would interpret Nevermore as a joke if it sat on a bust and realized it could never go on. The quip frames the poem’s refrain as a playful, imaginary discovery of constraints in a comical scenario.
A lone widower hopes to meet the woman in mourning who cried through a Charley Chaplin picture. He asks for readers to help locate her, describing his desire for companionship after loss.
Ad praises Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills as a traditional medicine for regulating the stomach liver and bowels. An unrelated line notes a June bride puzzled by where divorce courts get their business from.
Police records indicate many slips occur after an officer has visited the IP. The sequence suggests procedural lapses or follow up gaps affecting case handling and public safety outcomes.
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