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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
4
Small and large country homes may be lit by acetylene gas. It is easier on the eyes, cheaper than kerosene, as convenient as city gas, brighter than electricity, and safer than any. No smoky lamps to clean, no chimneys to break. Useful for light cooking, acetylene is made in the basement and piped to all rooms and outbuildings. Complete plant costs no more than a hot air furnace.
Fragmentary lines recall childhood play and meadow scenes with games and nature imagery. The voice mourns lost youth as time passes and memories linger, invoking past friends and carefree days despite sorrow.
Ophir Corelle refuses to buy a new bonnet for his wife, who then secretly earns money by begging. After she reveals her plan, he stops her and later changes course, deciding to invest in new furniture and a better home, while she gets the bonnet.
A Chicago youth traveling to New York to find work as a waiter stole a roll of cloth from a tailor shop after pawning his overcoat and selling gold teeth he pulled from his mouth. He admitted guilt and was paroled by Recorder Goff, sent home to Chicago.
The piece recounts Daniel Webster’s reputed carelessness with business matters. A creditor once presented a bill that Webster found familiar and asked if it was large. The maker insisted it was not, and Webster paid, remarking that each payment made the bill seem larger than before.
Dr Melvin M Page of Erie Pa recounts severe kidney trouble after drinking iced drinks in New York in 1895. He says he lost 72 pounds, nearly died, then used Deans Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo and recovered to 188 pounds by 1896. Sold by all druggists for 50 cents a box.
In Holland a betrothal custom places a china money box on the hall table for callers to drop coins to furnish the couple’s home. If a large sum is given a paper bears the giver’s name. This sensible practice replaces accumulating useless presents for a bride.
An advertisement promotes Cheatham's Chill Tonic as a fast, thorough remedy for malaria and chills. It claims the tonic can cure any kind of chills with one bottle or less.
A discussion of chronic rheumatism as a life affecting illness leads to folklore about a stolen potato worn as a charm in England. The piece promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming it does not stick to irons and offers 16 oz packets for 10 cents while warning grocers against smaller 12 oz packs. It also notes a Yorkshire man’s affidavit about a pike biting his foot by the River Seven.
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot relief and to treat swelling soreness heat and ingrown nails. Amethyst described as a Greek remedy against drunkenness. Defiance Starch promoted as 16 ounce packs at same price as 12 ounce rivals. A traveler claims he killed four tigers in India with five shots in under six minutes.
An eclectic promotional fragment from a Houston Texas agency extols McCane's Detective Agency as the largest south force with written opinions offered. It also markets Red Cross Bag Blue laundry starch and Defiance Starch with slogans and remarks on elections and personal.
A barber magisterially bars the daughter’s fiancé with a dowry fine for every cut he makes while shaving. Each offense cuts his pay, boosting the barber’s profits and drawing more customers until the daughter’s marriage.
An advertisement style note praises Hunts Lightning Off as an emergency remedy for cuts burns sprains and pains. A report mentions European codlin moths released in Parajo California orchards reducing orchard pests. Also cited are claims that Deance Starch outpaces competitors and a Georgia poet quotes financial confidence in a new poetry book.
Nurse Mother Gray of New York touts Australian-Leaf as a monthly regulator for female ills including weakness backache kidney and urinary troubles. Sold by druggists or mail order with free sample offered from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy NY. A Marienburg tradesman Halbstadt aged 80 commits suicide citing tired of life in his bedroom amid diamond wedding celebrations.
A collage of oddities and ads from a bygone era touts formal schooling, shorthand systems, and bagpipe lore while promoting Defiance Starch and Red Crees products. It notes small town routines, a railroad sleeper service, and a maxim about timely work ethics from Somerville Journal.
Mrs Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin reports her husband suffered agony from salt rheum on his hands and required constant bandaging until Cuticura soap ointment and pills cured him completely. She hopes the letter helps other sufferers though the writer notes others praise themselves.
In Rutherford Tennessee W M Christian claims Hunt's Cure cures eczema ringworm and other itching troubles in his family. He states they always use it and it never fails.
A collage of travel and trivia items mentions Haddon Hall near Bakewell England. Other snippets describe gravel illness remedies by a doctor named David Kennedy and a Petersburg N Carolina Mrs. C W Brown. Tangential lines discuss beliefs about character and bantam chickens from Bantam Java.
The article emphasizes the change of life as a crucial period for women and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to strengthen the nervous system and relieve symptoms. It cites testimonials from Mrs Hyland and Mrs Hinkle claiming relief from womb issues, dizziness, and headaches after using the medicine and seeking Mrs Pinkham's advice.
In Italy the deceiving beggar Tori, dead years, amassed vast riches from doles. After his death his rented rooms revealed treasure worth 2,000,000 francs, divided to two impoverished nephews who received the spoils while the old man had refused them a crust in life.
The guinea coin was coined in Charles II’s reign alongside five and two guineas and half guineas. It earned its name from gold imported from Guinea by the Royal Adventurers of England trading into Africa. A royal mint order required the coins to bear a small elephant as a mark of distinction to encourage the company’s imports.
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