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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
4
A French reservist received forty five days in prison as punishment for addressing his regiment’s adjutant by a civilian title. The case highlights strict military discipline and adherence to rank in the service.
An advertisement proclaims Defiance Starch keeps clothes white in a 16 ounce package priced at ten cents. It targets households with laundry needs and emphasizes whitening effect.
Lieut. de Clairmont of the Philippine commission reports evidence of an old white race living on Minoro Island. The finding suggests historical contacts and raises questions about the island’s early inhabitants and trade routes.
Grocers report stock of other brands with 12 oz sizes. They say Des flance Starch is not kept. Defiance Starch provides 16 oz for the same price and requires no cooking.
A grain of Tripoli powder is described as containing 187000 transparent finity skeletons of dead animelculae.
Nonspecific historical ad-style listing highlighting Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children cures feverishness and stomach issues. Britain's Skerryvore lighthouse data. Laxative Bromo Quinine claim for cold. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. multiple product prices and testimonials. Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
France dominates the pictorial postcard trend with an estimated 8,006,000 dollars in annual postal service handling. The figure underscores a thriving mail art market and cultural interest in illustrated cards across the country.
David M. Bye of Midland Michigan reports three months of hip back and leg pain from sciatic rheumatism. After a hospital period with no relief he used Doan's Kidney Pills and quickly regained ability to work without a cane. He credits the remedy for eradicating the cause and offers to answer inquiries. Free trials by mail. price 50 cents per box.
Six employes of a Barrow engineering firm win prizes from $5 to $50 for ideas aimed at more economical production of work.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsements from West & Truax Walding Kinnan Main Toledo. Claims cure by internal use and direct blood mucous action. Also a brief note on an experimental psychologist prodding sleeping people as cited by Nature.
Fourteen consecutive issues of a first class magazine including a Christmas issue sell for 25 cents each. The offer includes a three sheet lithographed Art Calendar with a college girl figure, seal, and yell, available to readers who subscribe for 1.00. An Italian expert links bats and their parasites to plague transmission in some cases.
A promotional sermon warns that substitution is fraud in consumer purchases and stresses that advertising proves merit. It argues advertisers back durable goods, cites Pearson's Magazine, and notes Dr August Koenig Hamburg Drops claim to health benefits. The piece ends with a note on cemetery proximity laws in Italy Austria and France.
The article highlights the vitality of Minnesota with numerous new banks organized this year. It also reports that 63,950 units of unjust weights and measures were seized in London over the last 12 months.
The note claims Defiance starch yields longer lasting results than any brand and offers one third more for the same money. It cites a 1902 cranberry crop estimate of 725 000 bushels versus 1 040 000 in 1901. It also notes a full cigars contains up to two grains of nicotine while a pipeful of tobacco is typically no more than two thirds of a grain.
Winter offer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims relief for uncomfortable nervous feet. Cites 25 cent price, sample free, and distribution through druggists and shoe stores. Includes address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York and notes upstanding march of civilization brings dishonest opportunities.
Ancient coins and relics dating to the Augustan epoch were found at Aquileia near Trieste, the old Roman town destroyed by Attila.
An ad offers Defience starch with a one third bonus if returned to the dealer and promises satisfaction with no sticking to iron. An official report notes 1844 strikes in Italy from 1901 to 1902 affecting 438000 workers, with two thirds led by Socialists achieving favorable outcomes for the workers. A testimonial from N W Samugl praises Pisa’s Cure for Consumption dated 1900. The New South Wales government sunk 82 artesian wells with eight total failures.
An advertisement offers a headache remedy by mail from Adolph Dreiss at 119 Alamo Plaza San Antonio Texas. The claim reads it powers-secure relief for all headaches with a “Joe Wand 25e” note and payment upon receipt of price.
Rates to the North East and South via the Southern Pacific Sunset Route offer round trip travel at one fare plus 2.00 with a 30 day return limit. December 13 17 31 22 23 and 26 dates available with double daily service Pullman buffet and excursion sleeping cars free chair cars and day coaches. Contacts in Houston Texas for quotes and schedules.
Miss Maggie Welch secretary of the Betsey Ross Educational and Benevolent Society writes from Chicago Illinois praising Peruna after a severe cold with persistent cough and lung soreness. She details enduring symptoms and suggests Peruna provided relief.
Japan begins a year to date census counting all people who have had influenza since January. The notice mentions the McCANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY in Houston offering trained, reliable detective services.
A historical note states that Australia contains more unexplored land relative to its area than any other continent, highlighting vast remote regions and potential for future discovery.
The note suggests dairy producers color butter using UNE tint to match common industry practice. It implies adopting UNE tint butter color widely used by creameries.
Three manuscript poems in the handwriting of Charles Lamb fetched 370 dollars at a London sale. The works were offered by a dealer and drew interest from collectors of literary manuscripts.
A historical note on the quagga, a horse family animal resembling a zebra, hunted to extinction in Cape Colony by the Boers around 1865 with the last known survivor dying in the London Zoo in 1872. The article cites R Lydekker on its limited distribution and close kinship with the white tailed gnu, and mentions its meat was valued by the Hottentots but difficult for Europeans due to fat and flavor.
Rev Dr Parkin told two stories at the Ministerial Union meeting at Witherspoon hall. A coal region preacher with a speech impediment cured by coming to Philadelphia for a speaking career. A biusiness naïve minister with a $15 check indorsed it with I heartily indorse this check.
Poem compares the sea and wind as twin forces with opposing moods. The sea joyful and gleeful, the wind sad and restless, each expressing pain and mirth in nature. The contrast highlights their voices as complementary expressions of the same human feeling. Bayard Taylor.
Mary Stuart Boyd recounts Bret Harte avoiding personal ego and fearing readers valuing him for his work alone. A society hostess’s note from a dinner guest reveals the tension between celebrity and character, prompting Harte's defense of being seen as more than an author.
The Indianapolis News notes how visitors from abroad marvel at our luxury. It claims clothing, palatial homes, lavish feasts, superb carriages, and extravagant entertainments mark our civilization, now so commonplace that outsiders remark with astonishment.
Miss Etta H. Bolton of Mobile Alabama is one of six women letter carriers in the United States. At 19 she covers a 23 mile daily route except Sundays, trained by her father who previously held the post. She uses a wagon, handles stamps and blanks, and can issue money orders register letters and perform rural postmaster duties.
A young boy asks his mother to read by gas light and suggests the den would be brighter with twice as much light, noting the smaller room would need stronger illumination. The scene reflects cautious ingenuity in a dim, rainy setting.
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