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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
4
A collage of old items touts Brandreth's Pills as a universal cure and cites ethnic mask lore. It mentions Hunt's Cure for itching, Lord Rothschild's influence, Italian and Spanish ambassadors, railroad progress in Texas, a fatal rail yard accident, a college project, and local obituaries and legal updates.
Miss Annie Marks of Dallas fatally burned while attempting to kindle a fire with coal oil. The list also notes Isthmian canal contracts opening in Washington on December 17 with American Dredging Co. among bidders, and Dr. G B Ferguson dying during a surgical operation in Cheltenham. Further items mention a Harlem lodging house gift, Roosevelt’s political aims, wage changes, and various local incidents.
A 25 year old custom of New Year calls is fading as alcohol use declines. The piece cites improved habits and suggests switching from coffee or spirits to Postum, highlighting a Staten Island doctor and his daughter promoting Postum to guests and patients. It ends by urging reading The Road to Wellville and noting there’s a reason for Postum’s appeal.
The article reviews The Door Unbolted, a Postum Cereal Co booklet narrating the rise from a small white barn in 1895 to the big Postumville complex in Battle Creek Michigan. It highlights corporate offices modeled on Shakespeare’s Stratford home and employee welfare efforts. copies available on request.
An 1906 testimonial from J B Holcomb of Sherman Texas touts Ward's Kidney Pills for stone and bladder troubles. The notice promises a 50 cent box with a druggist's name, and claims the pills cure diabetes, back pain, rheumatism, and urinary inflammation, sold by J L Ward Medicine Co in Big Springs Texas.
The education committee of the London County Council recommends opening Irish language and literature classes in public elementary schools across Finsbury Islington St Pancras and Stepney. The plan aims to integrate Irish studies into standard curriculums.
Mrs. H. Aaron of Benton Texas recounts a one week cure of a newborn’s skin disease using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after a doctor visit failed. She claims the condition faded within seven days and never returned. A closing joke notes family disputes vary in size.
The article extols cocoa's dietetic value with praise from Baron von Liebig and endorses Walter Baker & Co Breakfast Cocoa as a quality, long‑standing product. It notes the genuine goods carry the Chocolate Girl trademark and mark of manufacture Dorchester Mass. A brief dialogue follows about a talkative person and Miss Kayenne comments.
An old medical advert states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and explains the Eustachian tube condition. It offers a hundred dollar reward for catarrh deafness cured by constitutional remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Fesholders Puffs for constipation.
The empress, adored by her people, funds women’s schools and universities from her private purse. She visited hospitals during the Russo-Japanese War and worked daily on bandages. Her sterilized bandages impressed medical men for aiding wounded soldiers.
Fragments mention a nerve restorer, a Garfield reward, and a stenographer joke. Ads push Simmons’ Cough Syrup and Castor oil for infants, while a Philadelphia reference and stray lines hint at varied 19th century health quackery and street humor.
The statement notes the difficulty of recouping money from debtors and describes the persistent challenge of enforcing repayment, reflecting common tensions between creditors and borrowers.
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