25 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
1
The Mysore Standard notes that to perform a father's funeral ceremonies each year a son must inherit property. If no male child exists the father may adopt a boy so the adopted son can perform the rites after his death, ensuring the father attains heaven.
The Lancet notes six hours as proper sleep for men while seven for women and eight for fools. It argues strenuous living harms work quality and hints at evolution. The text recalls Worsted yarn first spun in Worsted, Norfolk, in 1240 with stockings worn by common people.
Bayfield County families echo praise for Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and kidney troubles. Mr T Wold, a well known Drummond resident, reports relief after one box and credits his wife’s use as well. The ad warns backache signals kidney disease and cites prevention of serious conditions.
A historic advertisement touts Cheatham's Chill Tonic as a proven remedy for chills. It claims twenty years of use and guarantees relief without being an experiment.
A strict tailor excuses assistants only by Scripture. A customer refuses cheap material, then buys a higher priced version after a different assistant shows it. The owner rebukes the assistant, who quips that it was according to Scripture because she was a stranger and he "took her in."
A fragment discusses the Greek word pirate from Peirates meaning one who attempts and links adventurer as a respectability less strong. It notes Pirata as Latin form and cites Cicero's use describing pirates as common enemies.
A boy carved G W 1776 on a turtle then claimed it aged over a century. Farmer Henry S Deacon laughed, noting the shell’s mark was misread. Also recounted are a Lost Fish episode and verses from a Boston Transcript poem about fathers and babies.
Governor Smith of Vermont asked Admiral Dewey's Chinese cook to recount Manila Bay battle. The cook described a chaotic scene with smoke, loud noise, ships firing, and the Spanish fleet retreating, ending with a final exclamation.
A collection of odd shop and street signs shows playful misreading and quirky phrases. Examples include a London sign offering plots for novels or short stories, a wood and coal dealer, a dentist promising teeth pulled while you wait, and a Brixton firm claiming to be the oldest established in 4,004 B. C. The signs reveal local humor and imperfect spelling across multiple towns.
A Welden DL woman recounts severe stomach trouble and headaches that left her bed-bound. After trying Grape-Nuts, she digested it easily, gained strength, and reduced symptoms, noting she now works daily and plans the future. The ad promotes Postum Co. and a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
In New Orleans a Monday fever bulletin shows new cases and deaths up slightly but with optimism that modern campaigns will stop spread before frost. A jailed Italian inmate tested positive. dock and court rooms were disinfected and the jail fumigated.
The disease is linked to West Indies and coasts of Africa and the Americas with spread by ships. A mosquito is blamed for transmission and survivors gain immunity. Symptoms include high fever 105 degrees, severe chills, back and head pain, vomiting, and yellow skin. Mortality ranges 10 to 80 percent depending on conditions. Preventive emphasis on mosquito control and rest and diet as treatment.
The court of inquiry's findings on the Bennington explosion blame excessive boiler steam pressure and a shut valve. Fireman D N Holland and Ensign Charles Wade are faulted, with Wade likely to face a court martial. Navy has not acted on the findings. Also note a fatal shotgun accident near Pittsburg Texas involving Clinton Dyke and a Japanese lecturer Motogo Akazawa in West Point Texas.
Herman Melin of Moline and Ben Brooks of Osco drowned after venturing into Rock River with two young women. Believing the water shallow they assisted the women to go overboard. the men then jumped to rescue them and drowned in 15 feet of water.
In Victoria yesterday afternoon Charles Lequehay shot John Carter in the hand with a shotgun. The injury required amputation of the hand. Both men are described as colored. Lequehay has been arrested and jailed.
Hearne public schools in Hearne Texas will open on September 4 for a nine months' session.
Roosevelt's last attempt to bridge irreconcilable differences between Russia and Japan may not yield a basis for compromise. M. Witte remains pessimistic. Tokyo seeks substantial compensation and Sakhalin cession, with potential total exchange around 250 million dollars. Baron De Rosen relayed the president's message to Tsarist officials as talks continue.
In a Birmingham letter to the Axe Herald Washington refutes reports he escorted a Wanamaker family member to a Saratoga hotel dining room. He says he dined with John Wanamaker and family at their request to discuss business and was a guest at a colored hotel. He notes different customs in the North and South and his past speaking visits to Saratoga.
London reports Japanese forces press in northern Korea while Russians retreat. Linevitch fortifies lines with 400 000 to 500 000 troops as trainloads arrive from Russia. In Saratoga Texas Mexican John Ross is killed resisting arrest during a Dearborn shooting incident.
The superior board of health officials say four cases exist in Vera Cruz and are isolated. They see no danger of spread and celebrate port city exemption as proof the yellow fever can be stamped out in the republic. They fully endorse the mosquito theory.
Yellow fever actions in Cairo include officers turning away a man entering Illinois from Birds Vomit Missouri with a health certificate and detaining a group of negroes from Tennessee bound for Zeigler Ill. The patient was refused, later rerouted, and escorted out of state. Dr John Guiteras predicts the final end of yellow fever with frost and campaigns to stamp it out in New Orleans Panama and other regions.
The Bonham grand jury reported to Judge Denton that Kenney Turner was justified in shooting Horace McDuffy Thursday night and Turner was released. The Morning Star Oil Company of Beaumont secured a temporary restraining order blocking Texas from collecting gross income tax and penalties under the Kennedy bill, raising the total to eighteen oil firms enjoined.
Butte Montana reports a Great Northern freight train struck a crowded Columbia Garden car on the crossing at the Butte Anaconda and Pacific depot. Fourteen are killed and many injured. Also notice of David Wark, oldest legislator in the world, dying in Fredericton. He served in the Canadian senate and lived to age years with a long record of public service.
Huntsville workers report sugar gone from supply houses and retailers near empty after a quarantine on freight from New Orleans. Merchants expect a two to three day stock.
Madrid reports a betrothal arrangement between Prince Fene of Bavaria and Infanta Maria Teresa sister of King Alfonso. Berlin dispatches warn German East Africa worsened with the emperor ordering two cruisers and reinforcements to East Africa. In Texas, Bryan sees cotton arrivals with nine spinners' buyers and cotton seed buyers active as wagons arrive.
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