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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
2
A humorous collection of brief clippings shows a grocer smoothing over a customer's ruffled mood about egg prices, a child defending her father’s rank as lieutenant, and a golfer turning loss into philosophical amusement, noting the joy of a good game over sympathy.
A humorous exchange about salad dressing and a waiter returning the dish. The brief joke hinges on wordplay about undressing the salad.
A summer cold is hard to shake. Rest in bed if possible with Boschee's Syrup for quiet sleep and easy breathing. If staying in bed is not possible, avoid drafts, changes, and heavy meals, and take Boschee's Syrup in moderate doses. It has been made in America for over fifty years and is sold at medicine stores.
Andrew Carnegie a famed ironmaster and philanthropist died Monday at his Lenox mansion after weeks of illness. He had begun giving away his fortune in 1901, distributing over 300 million dollars by the time of his death, a pace of more than 50 thousand dollars daily.
The senate foreign relations committee won unanimous approval to probe Mexican outrages on Americans and property. A subcommittee led by Senator Fall will collect information, with possible policy recommendations to prevent further incidents. The group may spend months uncovering abuses and form a remedial program.
United States Department of Agriculture reports from Beltsville experiments crossing standard bred males with mongrel hens. First generation weights rise from 4.33 to 5.68 pounds, second to 5.98, third to 6.49. Barred Plymouth Rock tests show similar gains totaling about 2.1 pounds over three generations, boosting market weight and profitability for farmers.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture explains choosing a site with natural drainage away from the house. It recommends a dry porous soil, a south facing orientation for sunlight, about three square feet of floor space per bird, and emphasizes proper ventilation and sunlight for a dry, healthy poultry house.
The text lists Asiatic breeds Brahma Cochin and Langshan and English breeds Sussex Cornish Dorking Orpington Redcap. It notes head lice and mites afflict baby chicks and poultry, stresses removing roosters to produce infertile eggs, and highlights clean fresh water as crucial for growing young chicks.
Governor Hobby vetoed the German language teaching item in the University of Texas appropriation and cut 25000 for a blind school hospital and 15000 for a Deaf and Dumb Institute laundry addition while approving the judiciary and a printing board bill. He called German elimination conducive to Americanism and said the hospital and laundry sums were inadequate for their purposes.
In Austin the Texas Farmers Institute approved resolutions praising farmers and backing the state agriculture department on 1919 cost of production and minimum price. The group named an executive committee including T N Jones and B L Shirley and formed a cotton mill site committee with J H Cargill as chair. A separat e El Paso note reports a plot to have the Chihuahua City Garrison revolt against Carranza and join Villa, with federal officers imprisoned for inciting mutiny.
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