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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Hicks reports relief from sour stomach after taking four Eatonic tablets. The ad promotes Eatonic as a remedy for sourness bloating indigestion and acid stomach claiming quick relief digestion support and prevention when taken after meals. A big box is sold for a small price with a druggist guarantee.
Congress met briefly to hear President Wilson’s annual message read by the clerk. He focused on domestic issues and urged a workable budget system, rigid economy, and specific appropriations to retire the floating debt. A loan to Armenia and autonomy for the Philippines were noted as limited foreign measures.
Texas reports show decline in prices but rising gin receipts in De Witt County likely to reach 50000 by season end. Zavala County forms a permanent anti tick organization. Gregg County approves 100000 road bonds and Capital Fire Insurance gains Texas license. Washington County 1500000 good roads bonds authorized. Sabine County Potato Growers organize with officers Avera Putnam Fowler Cousins. Post offices Avon dale Byspot San Jacinto Gaston Olive discontinued. Travis County cotton gin up 607? etc. (Note: The source lists multiple items including bond approvals, postal changes, agricultural groups, and tax reports.)
Austin reports the board trimmed the general revenue fund request for 1921 23 from about 40 million to 30 million, saving roughly 10 million. Senator S B Cowell said institutional budgets will be published in ten days, with final figures to follow after delays in submission.
The general immigration commission of Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi met in New Orleans to plan a vigorous fight against proposed congressional limits on immigration for the next few years. Resolutions urged the New Orleans Association of Commerce to oppose the Johnson bill which would stop all immigration for two years.
Washington reports the pink boll worm was found in Dona Ana County New Mexico near El Paso. The discovery may trigger a federal quarantine of the infested district per a U S Department of Agriculture statement issued Tuesday.
Weimar Texas reports 16 801 bales of cotton ginned in Colorado County this season, up from 6 000 bales in 1919.
Governor W. P. Hobson and his party arrived on the Texas side of the Rio Grande from a Mexican tour. Speechmaking on the Mexican side marked their farewell to the Southern republic. Mexican envoys Samuel G. Vasquez and Manuel J. Stamps accompanied the train from Mexico City and spoke at the border ceremony on the Mexican bank.
Washington reports Surgeon General Ireland’s annual World War casualty totals: 34 249 killed and 224 089 wounded. Mortality from gunshot wounds fell to 8.26 percent, while 70.7 percent of the wounded were returned to duty. Shell wounds proved most deadly with extensive limb losses and eye injuries among veterans.
In a fierce clash on the Kentucky Tennessee border a rift between 14 prohibition agents and 50 moonshiners led to heavy gunfire with over 1000 shots fired. Nine moonshiners surrendered and several were wounded in a mountain wilderness encounter.
Eight bodies from the lost barge W. J. Pirrie have washed ashore near Cape Johnson. Among the recovered is Mrs. Alfred Jensen, wife of the vessel master, with advices reporting the discovery from Clarkatlan Bay, Washington, on Thursday.
In Caldwell Texas a uniform 50 cent tax on the hundred dollar property valuation passed by more than seven to one in the recent school election.
Beaumont, Texas sees Will Johnson executed by hanging for the murder of Dot Vaudelot during an attempted holdup on October 12. Johnson died in the county jail after the sentence, upheld by the authorities.
Successful tests completed of a new poison gas shell of Japanese manufacture conducted in Tokio. The report notes the shell’s production origin and the completion of testing.
Druggists report falling calomel sales as Dodson’s Liver Tone gains favor. The remedy is advertised as safe for children and adults, with a money back guarantee if it fails to relieve liver sluggishness and constipation. Also notes a theater name change to boost audience interest in New York.
Dallas News notes merchandise eye appeal in shop windows. The column uses mock complaints about hair switches and mentions Roman Eye Balm as a tongue in cheek remedy delivered with nightly application. The piece reads as satire on beauty product advertising.
A cheeky note from the Boston Transcript quips about aging and marriage, contrasting youth’s vibrancy with the later years. The line about “sixty nine years of age” and “married for more than a century” frames a playful, ironic take on life stages.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh and related deafness. States it is a liquid taken internally and works through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal mucous membranes. Offers circulars free and lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A brief exchange shows Piute Pete admitting a loss at the card table while another party insists the speaker did waste the night. Pete counters that he won over forty dollars, framing the dispute as a matter of perception rather than outcome.
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