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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
4
A historical advertisement warning about California Fig Syrup as a child's laxative, urging parents to look for the California name on packaging, praising taste, and including dosing directions and fear-based appeals. The piece also contains unrelated vintage ads for Cuticura products and a brief cartoonish exchange.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a long trusted household remedy for constipation and digestive issues. It claims wide praise, gentle laxative action, and urges readers to ask their druggists. The page also includes a light joke about marriage and money.
An ad explains catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and that only a constitutional remedy can restore hearing. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces and offers a $100 guarantee for incurable cases with 75 cent drug price. A Massachusetts man also claims a metal spike brush for bristling fish scaling.
An aviator style coat and cap in chinchilla or thick soft fabrics makes a fine boy’s gift. A round earflap cap and turned‑up collar provide warmth and pride. A reading glass helps aging eyes, and a paper flower bouquet for grandma hides sewing needs with spools, threads, tape, pins, and hooks.
General Felipe Angeles, Mexican revolutionary leader, was executed as a traitor by a firing squad at Chihuahua City at 6 35 a m. He was found guilty of rebellion by a court martial of four Carranza generals after a marathon session. Trillo, a 17 year old prisoner, was also part of the trial group. The case sits with appeals to Juarez and Mexico City and possible presidential clemency from Carranza.
A satin bonnet scarf and muff trimmed with imitation ermine fur delight young girls at Christmas. Mothers or aunts who sew can craft this set with little effort. Department stores offer muff beds and the scarf uses a snap at the throat while the muff hangs on a silk cord.
A dark brown willow basket lined with silk and ribbons pleases any recipient at Christmas. A silk and gold lace tray with glass fits a suitable foundation and serves as a dressing table accessory, its sizes matching a dinner plate or smaller.
A dark silk toilet bag with a printed figure and satin lining showcases a central pocketed compartment holding a powder box and various toilet items. It includes a cord closure, ceasing through slashes, and loops on the sides while a neck suspender carries a small money or jewel pouch for travel use.
The article describes two bonbon boxes among shop gifts. A round box is cretonne covered, tied with silk, and edged in gold lace containing a small glass dish. A square box is silk covered with chiffon fringe and a vine of narrow ribbon with roses, finished with gold lace.
The article describes two candle shades made from crepe paper to resemble flower petals. The left shade uses red and white or green and red contrasts, while the right shade features three tones of rose with curled petals and a pink paper base. A paper butterfly decorates the right shade.
Trinkets for the Tree feature birds and butterflies cut from crepe paper mounted on cardboard with wire backs for tree mounting. Candy becomes Santa Claus figures with cotton hair, whiskers, and painted facial features. A cone of colored paper is decorated with gauze ribbon bows, all shown in the illustration.
Middleboro Mass Mrs Tom Thumb Countess Primo Magic famed Liliputian dies at home after a long illness. She traveled the world with P T Barnum. Also reports note 50 155 mm Schneider howitzers added to Fort Bliss border ordnance valued at $45 000 each.
A British officer was murdered during a street riot in Cairo on Wednesday as other British soldiers were fired upon by demonstrators. Vanderbilt University in Nashville received 4,000,000 dollars from the General Education Board to reorganize its medical school, announced Thursday.
London report says General Dentkine's forces retreating in Southern Russia as Bolsheviks seize ten towns in three days per wireless dispatch to Moscow. The note highlights rapid gains by the Bolshevik side amid ongoing conflict.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil capsules as a remedy for aging by cleansing kidneys and digestion. It claims renewed vitality, extended life, and health improvement with regular use, urging readers to buy from their druggist and warning of a money refund if ineffective.
Boonville Mo. Republican notes Jeff Davis keeps a mid nineteenth century gold coin scales relic once used by his grandfather at Cole Neck. The device, paired with brass weights, adjusted for weight and slot size to accept or reject coins of 1 2 3 5 10 and 20 dollars amid gold dust sweating.
An old tale recalls Mr Scott the punctual traveler who lived to nearly eighty. A hungry guest asks for a meal at an inn famous for him but the landlord explains the fowl is reserved for Mr Scott who ordered it to be ready at two o’clock today and they await his arrival.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt portrays a welfare discussion where a rich lady asks if liquor could be supplied to enable an arrest. The exchange imagines writing about the experiences of the world’s unfortunates as a result.
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