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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
2
A young bride, in wartime spirit, sends six blue and rose pillows stuffed from her own geese to soldiers at Fort Harrison. She hopes they offer comfort in rough times while her husband serves overseas, expressing resolve to aid those in uniform.
Dialogue fragments reveal confusion over an escape and an impending marriage in Yonkers. Characters discuss Patience and Matrice, with concern about a delayed confrontation and unclear status of a relationship.
Texas court of criminal appeals overruled a rehearing in the statewide prohibition case. Attorney General Looney said the decision affects only the liquor sale ban, while provisions on transport and manufacture remain in force. The comptroller will not issue new licenses, and injunctions against railroad liquor shipments were upheld. The next step is mandamus to compel license issuance.
The bishop recalls urging liberal spending while noting a past letter to a paper. He cites a printer’s title joke that read We brag too loud, and work too little, and he admits agreeing with the punchline and never correcting it.
Experiments in two Scottish mills tested wheat and oat straw for pulp yield and utility. Puff pulp yields reached 35 percent of bone-dry straw weight, with fairly satisfactory results reported. Scotland faces a surplus straw production of 420000 tons.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes that a man difficult to like rarely earns a second chance, highlighting the clash between charm and disagreeableness in social judgment.
A study finds sugar beets grow better when planted in rows east to west rather than north to south, with plants nearer the ground thriving more in the east-west orientation.
Mrs. David I. Houston led volunteers from the Department of Agriculture to convert surplus Arlington farm fruits and vegetables into canned goods for Walter Reed Hospital. Cooks and girl workers prepared home style preserves and jellies, with War Relief aid and donated supplies helping feed wounded soldiers at a cost-saving, homey diet.
The article recalls a wartime plan showing broad scope and forethought. It notes representation from many states and honors the women who prepared delicacies for Walter Reed hospital visitors. Arlington farm, long owned by the US, provided knowledge through experiments and now direct returns benefit injured soldiers who fought abroad.
Washington announces hastened demobilization of the American expeditionary forces. Eight divisions from National Guard and National Army, eight coast artillery regiments, and two field artillery brigades to return after sick and wounded are moved home. Names of divisions and related units are listed. total casualties up to armistice are shown as 236 117.
The admiralty announced that British naval casualties from the outbreak of the war to November 11 totaled 29,766. Of these 2,466 officers and 30,895 men were killed or died of wounds while 1,042 officers and 5,363 men were wounded missing or prisoners. Additionally 14,661 officers and men of British merchant vessels and fishing boats died in enemy action and 3,295 were taken prisoner.
London. Winston Spencer Churchill, minister of munitions, told a Dundee audience he would pursue a practical powerful league of nations but warned it could not substitute for British naval supremacy. He stated that German colonies would not be restored to Germany and Turkish territories would not be returned to Turkey.
A German U boat surrendered at Harwich on Friday and claimed to have operated off the American coast. The sublieutenant in command says the vessel sank 120 000 tons of American shipping, carried forty two mines and twenty one torpedoes.
Figures from the department of commerce Bureau of Navigation show 145 American passenger and merchant vessels sunk by enemy actions from World War I start to Armistice. The vessels totaled 254,449 tons and 775 lives were lost. The data were released Saturday.
The visible supply of American and bonded grain shows Wheat up 8,714,000 bushels, Corn down 208,000 bushels, Oats up 1,047,000 bushels, Rye up 2,742,000 bushels, and Barley up 351,000 bushels.
Dallas observed the season's first snow on Monday but the flurry melted quickly after landing, leaving little trace of the winter event.
Canton Ohio report recounts Mrs Maris Boyd who faced female trouble and an operation fear. Her mother advised Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which relieved symptoms, allowing her to perform housework. The ad urges others to try the remedy before surgery and offers medical advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
Mrs William K Vanderbilt of New York is described as the official godmother of the Allan Alpine soldiers in a baptismal or ceremonial role.
A Tennessee woman recalls her son James recovering from measles after an illness with diarrhea. She attributes his recovery to Thedford's Black-Draught, used three times daily for a month, calling it her family's doctor. The ad touts Black-Draught as a vegetable liver medicine and urges readers to buy it from druggists.
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