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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
4
A man returns after twenty years to his homeland at Christmas finds his childhood village changed and his parents gone. He wanders lonely until Annie and her family invite him to share their Christmas, transforming isolation into a hopeful plan to build a future with them.
The article notes rapid depletion of forests used for Christmas trees across states. Maine spends about two million dollars annually on saplings, Vermont adds more stock, and Colorado sacrifices 700 000 evergreens yearly. Michigan hosts firms cultivating trees for shipment to New York and Boston. Trees range from three to twenty feet, priced 50 cents to four dollars, with large dealers buying by acre or tract. Cleveland consumes about 50 000 trees per season. Pine decoration shipments are also described.
Of Interest to Stockholders notes a joke that Santa Claus has stopped his rounds to take a fixed position on the Salaries Committees of major companies. The quip reflects stockholders’ chatter about corporate pay.
A holiday reflection notes a humorous analogy. A Christmas tree is a good deal like a wife. the trimmings cost, illustrating a wry take on domestic expense. The exchange uses a political era newspaper voice.
Miss Frances Gardner of Chicago reports spending over 100 on ineffective remedies for kidney trouble. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her in weeks, noting improved health, appetite, digestion, and sleep. Sold by dealers, 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Boston manufacturer recalls selling 350000 dozen shovels in 1905 to railroads and mines and projects nearly 400000 dozen this year, signaling broad prosperity through industrial demand and output.
Sensational Hamburg court case reveals alleged corpse traffic at a hospital. An official accused the institution of delivering coffins with ashes or a wooden image, while bodies were altered in front of relatives and organs sold by hospital staff for personal gain.
Maud Loggins of Sylvia Tennessee reports long lasting skin breakout relief after months of physician care from Cuticura Soap. She endorses it as the best complexion soap creating soft white velvety skin and continuing use.
Construction progresses on a suspension bridge over the Arkansas River in Colorado. The span rises 267 feet above water, aiming to be the world’s highest, with flat steel girders, glass floor, and strong side railings as part of an electric railway scheme.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications and requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and claims to purify blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions testimonials and 75 cent price. includes notes on Druggists. New Hobby for Collectors posits forged art as a pastime. Rest and Sleep praises Simmon’s Cough Syrup for winter colds. A humorous dialogue about marriage ends the snippet.
Suffering reader endorses Ward's Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder troubles claiming relief after two boxes. Advertisement invites readers to mail ten cents for a 60 cent box and lists ailments it supposedly treats including diabetes back pain and gravel in the bladder with a guaranteed cure. Sold by J I Ward Medicine Co. in Big Springs Texas.
A Milan woman awoke at three and claimed her son John told her Leopold, her other son, was dead. At dawn Leopold Lazzaroni, a dairy owner, was found murdered at three oclock. Doctors say the death occurred then. suspects were arrested the next day amid heated discussion of the mothers vision.
Fisk Goodyear of Burchtown trains about fifty gray squirrels to collect nuts and present them during Thanksgiving dinner. Guests watch as squirrels follow a numbered knock sequence to place chestnuts walnuts and shells in a bowl. A separate ad promotes Hunt's Cure claiming rapid relief. A satirical note about lawyers in Colobar West Africa claims they invite litigation and folly.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every Castoria bottle, presenting it as an 8 safe and sure remedy for infants and children and warning to ensure it lies in proper condition.
Serial No. 384 and a government guarantee appear on every Garfield Company preparation confirming full compliance with the National Pure Food and Drugs Act requirements.
The weather forecasts that appear in Britain’s morning papers cost the country 30000 dollars annually.
From Paris comes a notice that the Bureau des Longitudes will send a Samarakand scientific expedition to observe the sun eclipse visible in central Asia on January 18 1997. Led by astronomer Stefnik from Mendon, the party will carry a cinematograph to film French and Russian scientists during their observations.
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