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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
6
British officer guides a night patrol through a wheat field near the front in France. The party moves by ear, watches for German patrols, and uses flares and barbed wire as cover. The narrator notes the constant danger, paired scouting, and the eerie glow of red flares as they creep toward potential enemy positions.
A wartime night in France shows soldiers keeping silent as distant artillery flares and crackling gunfire mark the front. A young English officer and his men relate the tension of trench life, wary of German patrols and the deadly calm before a burst of violence.
In Savannah the hog shark pulled a molar from P. F. Gleason of the Gamnia bank while he fished from a launch in Warsaw sound. The line, held between Gleason’s teeth, was seized by the shark causing the upper front tooth to be torn out.
Dolly, a Kane grocery delivery horse in Alton, served 32 years until her death. Renowned for knowing the route and customers, she could be guided without directions. The horse, a pet of Kane who died years ago, was led behind the hearse in the funeral procession.
Bertha Eccles of Ogden Utah legal wife of David Eccles testified in the suit by Mrs Margaret Geddes for a share of the millionaire’s estate for her son claimed to be fathered by Eccles. The court ruled in Geddes’s favor affecting about 5000 people born in plural marriage in Utah.
The piece extols recycling in France and Canada where old sardine boxes shoes boots and saws are repurposed into tin soldiers footwear leather pressed into new shoes surgical instruments sawdust to paper and lead pencil oil, creating employment and usefulness from waste.
New York celebrated the 250th anniversary of its municipal government led by a mayor and five aldermen. The event noted Thomas Willett’s swearing in on June 24, 1665, and a brief Dutch interruption in 1673 before control returned to England.
The New York Independent notes progress in summer drink production as harmful ingredients have been eliminated. It warns that the main risk is dispenser cleanliness and glass rinsing, urging careful selection from fountain mirrors amid body and stomach temperaments.
A Bologna civil preparation committee received nearly 500 dollars for war relief through Italy. The fund traces to 1866 during the independence war, when 80 dollars remained after the conflict. Deposited under Count Salina’s name, the sum has grown more than fivefold in 49 years.
A brief dialogue features a man claiming a reliable liar detector. The other person counters with humor, noting she married one. The exchange highlights skepticism about truth sensing devices and marriage as a witty rebuttal.
The article argues dairy cows thrive under proper raising, not quick sales. It stresses selecting purebreds, keeping calves thrifty, and ample pasture. Two years of consistent care yields a healthy, high producing cow capable of strong milking and maternity resilience.
Alfalfa is difficult to establish and requires soil preparation and protection. Apply 20 to 30 loads of manure per acre, weed control with frequent disking or harrowing, and lime if soil is acidic. Inoculate with bacteria from old alfalfa or sweet clover and sow last July or early August.
Water for stock becomes crucial in summer and forage crops help maintain milk flow. Keep pigs in clean pens, avoid stalling horses in hot nights, wash and dry horse limbs after work, feed in open air, and turn out to pasture. Fly control and screen windows aid dairy operations during hot days.
Warning against forage poisoning from moldy straw or corn. Switch to good hay and sound oats and bran to prevent losses. Keep horses out of pastures and give a full dose of physic at onset, though prevention remains essential.
By B van Benthuysen discusses grape bagging as a refined fruit growing technique. It weighs market demand, bird damage, cost of bags, timing after blooming, and the method to pin bags to protect clusters. It notes bagging preserves ripeness, can extend storage, and contrasts skin types and bird predation among red white and black varieties.
New York experiment station tests show lime-sulphur spray reduces potato yield by about 25 bushels per acre, while bordeaux mixture increases yield by about 20 bushels per acre as a remedy for potato blight.
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