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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
4
A proposed canal linking the Taunton River with Boston harbor carries a projected cost of 58 million dollars. The figure reflects the scale of the planned waterway project and its potential economic impact on regional navigation and trade.
Railroads in Arkansas Texas Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory offer round trip tickets over the Southern Railway to Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida North Carolina and South Carolina for Christmas holidays. Tickets on sale December 13 17 21 22 23 and 26 1902 return within 30 days. Three routes via Memphis New Orleans or Shreveport. For maps schedules call or write C A De Saussure Memphis and M H Bone Houston.
A collection of quotes and anecdotes spans cynical moods to health fads. Includes a Cleveland Press critique of misery, medical patter from Dr. August Koenig, a joke about an Indian horse fear, a Michigan senator, an Iowa marriage tale, Gutenberg calendar fragment, Napoleon hair auction, and a Napoleon letter.
In Wellesley Massachusetts Solomon Flagg the town clerk and historian delivered a sharp putdown of a defender of the Poor Farm superintendent Robinson. He suggested a humorous test to prove laziness by noting paper taps on shoes would wear out leather patches on trousers. New York Times report.
Sir Robert Anderson argues criminals spring from blameless families and can be reformed. Max Nordau refutes this, asserting sins show on sons and that offspring of criminals are fated to crime. An MLS exhibit in London showed a bishop and a burglar, challenging Nordau to identify the criminal. he declined.
Fresh anecdotes from Chaptal memoirs portray Napoleon as self absorbed and heartless. He allegedly harmed a caressed child to hear it cry and claimed to spend twenty five thousand lives monthly, a stark view of the emperor's character.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease best treated with internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure purports to act on the blood and mucous surfaces and is backed by physician recommendation. The text promotes testimonials and lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors with a 75 cent price and suggests Hall's Fame Pills as another product.
About 15,000,000 acres in northwest Nebraska are so sandy they cannot be tilled. Scientists warn the desertlike surface adds to drought and wind erosion concerns, impacting farming prospects.
Honor Louis E Johnson son of Reverdy Johnson cites Peruna as a universal remedy for catarrh. Ad copy and medical claims describe catarrh as altering body secretions and branding gargles sprays and inhalants as ineffective. Promotes sending for Dr Hartman s book and free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
A telegram from the Kaiser urges Lord Kitchener to visit Germany before his Russia trip. The German army would value the chance to welcome such a distinguished soldier, the letter claims.
Jumbled ad fragment promotes Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething gums crying and wind colic with a 25 cent bottle price. In a separate note General Kitchener declines interview from a soldier-turned-journalist, smiling and shaking his head.
An ad from McCane's Detective Agency in Houston promises trained and reliable service. The text notes a southern desperado shot by a sheriff's posse, famed for carrying a Bible and rifle, and includes quips about fate and a bonnet price of five pounds in a dramatic, period voice.
A quarrel sparked by a hoodoo remark escalates into a deadly embrace between two men. Friends intervene as the dispute ends with both men placed in a padded apartment for safety.
The text notes that certain noises attract snakes, especially cobras, and that a mowing machine kills them by lopping off their heads. On a farm in India, as many as 120 cobras were slaughtered in six months.
A stranger seated herself at a protest of working women and claimed to be a traveling preacher's wife. Others welcomed her and made her the president of the meeting.
A concise aphorism asserts that only a woman who loves remains immune to temptation, framing love as the ultimate discipline and virtue.
In 1900 France exported 3900 more horses than imported while Germany faced a deficit. A housewife is urged to try Defiance Cold Water Starch for its extra ounces per package and guaranteed superiority. Canada has 100000 Indians and the US 270000, with a testimonial praising Piso's Cure for coughs and colds.
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