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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy to replace calomel. It claims the product cleanses the liver, relieves headaches and dizziness, improves digestion, and avoids salivation, with a money back guarantee and broad usage.
The article advises rubbing off the sting rather than pulling it out, avoiding more venom. It recommends applying ammonia to the wound for immediate relief. A humorous exchange follows about a recommendation from a mistress, with the applicant then saying it wasn’t worth keeping.
Thousands suffer kidney trouble unknowingly and neglect worsens health. Swamp Root marketed as a kidney liver and bladder remedy claims to improve kidney function and help other organs. Includes coin sizes samples and request for readers to mail for information and product details.
A brief overheard conversation hints at personal enmity as one speaker claims to have “it in for Smith” while another notes rumors of an outing with him. The exchange suggests strained relations without detailing events or motive.
An advertisement promotes Laxative Quinidine Tablets as a remedy for head cold and La Grippe with severe headaches. The simple price is 25 cents and the note urges readers to remember the product.
A speaker addresses a mentor about avoiding harmful actions. The tone implies reflection on past mistakes and a request for guidance to prevent further twists. The exchange suggests a personal struggle and a seeking of constructive direction.
A playful note claims a pound-box of candy wins a girl quicker than a 100 line poem and that Roman Eye Balsam used at night helps prevent tired watery eyes and eye strain.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for cleansing and purifying skin. It advises hot water and light drying, then Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal, promising relief from itching pimples dandruff scalp irritation and rough hands. Free mail sample by postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
Dairymen should keep milk flow steady through winter by selecting high protein feeds such as clover alfalfa or cowpea hay with corn fodder and grain. Emphasizes shelter and management. recommends rations balancing protein and energy using locally grown feeds and occasional silage for best results.
The dairy farmer with clover or alfalfa can secure a stable dairy season by proper feeding. A daily ration of ten pounds alfalfa and ten pounds clover hay plus about 80 pounds silage and home milled cob and corn meal, fed in three daily meals, should suffice this winter.
A good seedbed is essential for proper bluegrass reception. Build a smooth onion-bed like ground, using harrow and disk to fill low spots and flatten ridges, even if time is short. Seed at the right season for best results.
R J Pearse of Iowa State College recommends drawing a scale plan of the farmstead before building. Measure existing structures, fences, drives, tanks, and silos, then cut and move scaled pasteboard building pieces to test locations. This method helps prevent mistakes and gives a bird's-eye view of the entire farm.
Veterinary advice from David Gray of Kansas State emphasizes immediate nail removal and thorough wound cleansing after a horse steps on a nail. He recommends a claw hammer or pliers, warm water syringes, and coal tar products like creolin to prevent infection and avoid lockjaw or lameness.
The device uses 1 by 4 inch slats bolted to a chain with bolts and a 16 foot log chain. A 5 by 6 foot carrier with 2 by 4 front slat holds a big load and dumps automatically when reversed by a horse. It folds compactly for storage and is ideal for wide doors and level floors.
Do not burn the leaves place them to rot in a waste corner for potting soil and outdoor beds. A layer of forest leaves protects soil from freezing in severe winters and lets access dirt year round. Tidy with a few old boards or brush to keep them in place.
A traditional tree coating recipe uses 30 pounds lime, five pounds salt, and four pounds tallow. Stir the hot lime with the tallow then add water to make a smooth wash. The mixture provides better sunburn and insect protection than lime alone.
Beaumont Texas report shows the 1916 U S rice crop at 9,747,188 bags surpassing 1911’s 6,888,446 by nearly 3 million. J R Leguenec Rice Millers Association secretary dates the December 8 estimate issued Wednesday. Texas produced 2,465,006 bags with Louisiana and Arkansas leading in overall production and per acre yield respectively.
The 1916 17 cotton crop is projected at 11 511 000 equivalent 500 pound bales by the Department of Agriculture. Last year yielded 11 191 820 bales, while the five year 1910 14 1914 average was 14 259 231. The record crop occurred in 1914 with 16 134 930 bales. state breakdown to follow.
The Texas State Board of Education apportioned 480000 of the 500000 1916 17 rural school fund, with 1436 districts in 174 counties sharing. Remaining 20000 includes about 8000 for salaries. funds release after tax collections. Also 6850 allotted for industrial and vocational work in listed high schools.
Dallas meeting of the Texas Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen discussed legislation to prohibit employers from blacklisting discharged workers and to require service letters to state the exact reason for dismissal. The issue heads to the next state legislature for action.
Plain cauliflower salad uses cold florets with French dressing. Beet salad bowls diced beets with capers olives and mayonnaise. Mish salad layers cold fish with hard boiled eggs and mayonnaise. Orange salad features orange slices with walnut halves and optional watercress and french dressing. Banana salad places banana halves on lettuce with peanuts and mayonnaise. Peach or apricot salad uses peaches with cream mayonnaise.
A kitchen box design aims to save steps and keep floors clean. It calls for an 8 feet square opening in the wall and a box 5 feet high by 8 feet long by 2 feet wide with a front door 18 inches wide and hinges. The exterior measures 20 inches by 3 feet with a 14 inch door and a 40 inch diagonal height, finished to match the woodwork with paint or varnish.
Standard kitchen ratios include half as much liquid as flour for muffins and batter cakes. For soft doughs liquid equals one third of flour as for biscuit, and one fourth for stiff doughs as for bread. Butter cakes use one third to one half as much butter as sugar. Batter doughs use 1 to 1.5 teaspoons baking powder per cup flour. Pastry uses one third shortening to flour. Use one teaspoon soda per pint sour milk.
Instructions describe preparing bananas by removing peel sections, mixing sugar cream milk and lemon juice, filling the fruit skins, and packing in salt and ice for 1.5 hours before serving.
A directions laden card-like recipe describes making Ginger Puff Pudding by creaming butter with sugar and eggs, adding milk and flour with baking powder, folding in ginger and ginger syrup, steaming the mold, and serving with whipped cream flavored with ginger syrup and salt.
A kitchen guidance fragment describes making ice cream by combining juice from three oranges lemons and bananas with apricots sugar and rich milk. The apricots and bananas are sieved and the other ingredients stirred until the sugar dissolves followed by chilling and freezing.
A writer shares a method to prevent cream spatter by placing stiff white paper over the bowl top. the center has no slot to accommodate the Dover bodier.
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