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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
3
An Australian survivor recounts a week operating a new tank on the western front in a diary style narrative. He details enemy fire, close encounters, explosive shocks, and the tank’s crushing impact on German troops and trench defenses.
Boston designer Ruth Carson presents the Penelope gown touted to storm New York. The adaptable fashion feature includes a dozen pockets and two underarm seams with detachable lower sleeves for versatile daytime to evening wear.
Gustave Gustafson a Swedish man lost his nose after peering at a turtle retreating into its shell. The eight pound turtle, bought from a Homestead fish dealer, snapped its head out as he looked inside.
A British front correspondent tours Fricourt and Mametz woods on the Somme, describing ruined landscape, dust, Dust-choked troops, shell heaps, and unexploded ordnance. He notes artillery exchanges, observation balloons, and the shift from rations to sustained fire as Britain and Germany renew bombardments.
Step by step beef stew with dumplings. Brown diced beef with onions carrots and turnip, then simmer in water until tender. Add potatoes, skim fat, then drop milk strong dumplings made with flour baking powder and milk. Do not crowd dumplings or leave too much liquid.
A traditional recipe details amounts for a one pound plum pudding with suet sugar currants raisins and peel and includes mixing steps seven to thirteen hour boiling in a floured napkin lined mold. A boiling sauce with brandy butter sugar is prepared separately and served hot.
Cook a large chicken in just enough water until tender. Return it to the water with a half can tomatoes minced parsley two red pepper cones two onions black pepper salt and simmer to a rich gravy. Stuff with mashed Irish potatoes moistened with gravy add raisins and bake. Serve with remaining tomato gravy.
Beat two egg yolks with two cups of sugar. Dissolve four tablespoons cornstarch in boiling water. Stir in lemon juice and rind, then add the mixture to the eggs and sugar. Bake twenty minutes in a buttered dish. Top with beaten whites and two tablespoons sugar, brown, and chill before serving.
Instructions describe boiling eggs half an hour and cooling, preparing beets in dice form, and covering with spiced vinegar. Shelled eggs are added to pickle jars for an ornamental pickle regarded as very good.
A simple corn custard made with one can corn one pint milk one tablespoon butter one tablespoon sugar half teaspoon salt and two eggs. Mix ingredients including corn milk salt butter and sugar. Fold in beaten yolks then whites. Bake in a buttered dish until firm in a moderate oven.
This guidance advises pressing silk by using a damp muslin barrier to avoid hardening and cracking. Start with a damp muslin and apply a moderately hot iron until the barrier dries, ensuring smooth fabric without shine or damage.
A practical tip suggests mixing equal parts margarine and fresh butter to create a butter substitute that tastes like real butter, offering notable savings for households and kitchens.
An advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel salivation. It claims quicker mornings, regular bowels, improved mood, and guaranteed results or money back, targeting bilious and constipated readers, including children.
A political sticker quotes Senator Sorghum saying he will not attempt to account for election results. He notes he will continue prophesying on the outcome until the official count is complete.
A neglected cold can lead to pneumonia. Take Laxative Quint ad e Tablets for prompt relief from coughs colds la grippe and headache. Price 25 cents. Adv.
Statistics show winter respiratory diseases cause nearly as many deaths as summer intestinal diseases. The claim challenges the belief that only summer brings illness to babies.
Advertising copy touts Femenina as a universal remedy for female disorders with a price of 91.00 and 5oc. The promotion emphasizes its effectiveness and widespread use.
Readers debate a writer whose prose is described as perfectly killing the style and as murdering the king's English. The exchange highlights tensions over modern usage and literary tone.
An old advertisement claims instant relief and permanent cure for eczema, ringworm, chafes, bites, and other skin troubles using Tetterine. It notes a 50 cent price and availability from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah, Georgia.
Dr. Benjamin B. Croft of Indianapolis urges parents to discipline without tears teaching children to control emotions and tolerate pain. He says nervousness is habit and should be suppressed in child-rearing.
A proverb-like note states the devil feels pride in a grumbler regardless of church membership, implying universal fault in complaining. The line contrasts religious belonging with secular attitude, suggesting a universal critique of grumbling.
Dr Pierch discusses water with meals and di gestion noting X ray findings and scientists Cannon Grutzner Pavlov Fowler Hawk as support. He recommends Anuric before meals for kidney issues back pain rheumatism and to drink plenty of pure water and take Anuric tablets periodically for long life.
A discussion on worker efficiency shifts to the engineer and employer, citing H. W. Thornton of the Great Eastern railway in England. It notes his talent for managing people as well as engines and his open door policy for staff seeking to speak.
An advertisement touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a remedy to improve liver function and digestion. The copy emphasizes gentle, steady action and urges readers to tone up the liver through the pill regimen.
German consul J T Scheidt comments on Somme losses and gains in Dobrudja. He compares war reports to two lights, praising and condemning outlooks. A philanthropist and a misogynist exchange quips about women clinging like ivy on ruined walls.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with Quinine and Iron. It claims quinine drives out malaria and iron builds up the system, priced at 50 cents.
In Farm Life a writer Scribbins sees his home entered last night and several manuscripts stolen. Scribbins jokes that if the thief has better luck than he did, he will gladly let him try again.
A witty aphorism contrasts Cupid with those who seek dominance while Cupid remains untamed and unbound to any master. the speaker urges letting others have their way as mere talk.
Houston Heights Texas Mrs Julia Stinson says her mother, in poor health and run down, found relief with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She recommends it as a strong tonic and notes it helped more than any other remedy tried. Trial tablet package offered for 10 cents.
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