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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1947
Page
7
A dense page of Moulton Texas want-ads lists offerings including sewing machines repairs, barbecues every Saturday, barber services, gasoline for irons, and Magnolia Service battery charging. It promotes homes, farms, livestock, and farm equipment for sale or rent, with notices posting posted land, hunting restrictions, and local services by Hanslik Eugen Hruska and others. The ads also cover jobs, lost items, and daily newspaper renewals.
The sturdy cotton fabric from flour and feed bags offers a thrifty solution amid textile shortages and rising prices. Thrifty housewives use the material for house dresses, children's clothing, dish towels, luncheon cloths and many other articles.
Instructions describe replacing pockets by using satin twill tailored for this purpose. Material comes in 30 inch widths and can yield two side pockets from one length. Pocket lengths vary, so measure before buying cloth.
Chemists estimate that one kilogram of matter fully converted to energy equals the U S electric output for about two months as noted in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Natural gas for homes to be produced in Colombia will be delivered in 100 pound cylinders for stoves water heaters and refrigerators.
The article notes the common guava thrives in the Hawaiian islands and is high in vitamin C and pectin, used in jams jellies and pastes. It also states that fifty five cents of every dollar spent on food buys plain tap water, with foods containing water ranging up to 95 percent.
A mixed local notice lists multiple sales items and inquiries including young male for sale, a home on Main Street in Moulton with two corner lots, Otto Zimmermann at Sunny Side Tavern Fredericksburg, Texas, a Dr Fred Berckenhoff optometrist office in Shiner Texas, dry wood for sale in Moulton with price per wagon load, and contact phone numbers for J. L. Meyer in Moulton Texas.
A brief card expresses thanks to customers for patronage during business in Moulton. It notes calls for a 1948 calendar at Jaroszeweski's Filling Station and includes classified sale offers from Haase Auto Supply and Allen Seifert for farm implements, mules, horses, and wood. Local listings mention J W Hildebrandt offering cordwood for sale in Routell, Moulton, Texas.
The ad lists holiday greetings from Joe's Chevrolet Sales in Moulton Texas and Jennings Cook H Thulemeyer Flatonia. It notes office closures December 24 to 26 and January 1 1948. It also seeks room and board for a bookkeeper and advertises two heating devices for sale.
Lawrence Novak of The Eagle reports a posted notice in Gonzales County prohibiting hunting as required by law. The notice invites school officials and class officials to view the commencement related materials and calling cards for 1948.
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