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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1922
Page
7
United States Department of Agriculture urges home gardeners to choose high quality seeds from reliable firms and plan early purchases. It advises using standard varieties, checking orders upon arrival, storing seeds properly, and starting early plants indoors or in hotbeds or cold frames to achieve healthy, quick-start crops.
Many homes have basements with sun exposure ideal for an indoor garden. A miniature greenhouse can be created with a long tray system to grow radishes onions and lettuce. Tomatoes peppers and cabbage can be started indoors and later transplanted outdoors.
Pruning improves fruit trees vines and flowering shrubs with fall or early spring timing debated. The task requires proper technique to avoid damage and ensure crops thrive under varying weather and soil conditions.
Small spikelike plants emerging in basement flats need occasional hoeing. Gentle loosening of the soil without root damage promotes healthier growth and prevents crowding as the plants establish.
Washington reports large oil reserves remain underground after well abandonment with estimates of 60 to 80 percent of original reservoirs unrecovered due to exhausted subterranean gas flow. Experiments at the bureau of mines show gas as an expulsive medium recovering 15 to 25 percent of oil, with minimal drainage after gas pressure is released.
D K Martin of the state highway commission reports the 1921 Texas highway outlay exceeded 25 million dollars, more than double the prior four years. Including county expenditures, total highway spending neared 50 million, with 8.46 million from state and federal aid and others not yet drawn.
The state department announced that effective February 1 Americans will no longer need passports or similar documents to enter Mexico after an executive order signed January 18. A parallel order by President Hanging will grant Mexicans entering the United States from Mexico similar privileges.
Nellie Bly, famed newspaper writer who circled the globe in record time for the New York World, has died Friday. The global voyage showcased speed and perseverance and fulfilled Jules Verne’s fiction in a real world achievement.
General Pershing declined to accept a distinguished service cross voted by the army awards board. Secretary Weeks planned to present it at a surprise party in the war secretary’s office.
President Harding nominated Captain John V. Chase US Navy for rear admiral. Chase is a Louisiana native and served in the fleet.
Confucius born 551 B C in Lu Shantung founded a moral life based religion and educated rulers. He wandered courts seeking princes to teach virtue and wisdom while a circle of followers formed around him. He died 478 B C and his works with Mencius and descendants make the Chinese classics guiding public life for eighteen centuries.
A precise schoolteacher berates poor English while a young newspaper reporter experiments with language usage. He asks about securing theater seats and she corrects him, noting the term’s overuse. The exchange highlights language precision versus casual phrasing.
Life notes a wry remark on marriage and privacy. The quote implies wives would worry less if they could hear stenographers' thoughts about their husbands.
A farmer emphasizes self reliance as many tasks are completed by the farmer personally. The piece highlights independence and hands on effort in agricultural work.
A soldier finally receives a hometown post marked letter after weeks of waiting. When opened, the envelope contains only blank sheets. His companion teases him that it is not a real letter, but he insists it is a letter from his wife, although they are not speaking to each other.
Mrs. B describes a humiliating incident when new neighbors asked to borrow her drawing room rug and, after using it, returned to request money to buy a more handsome replacement. Her husband asks what happened as she relays the tale.
A 1910s rule notes travelers may go north of Smith in the Canadian Northwest only with Royal Canadian Mounted Police approval. They must justify the purpose for going, show arrangements for transport into and out, and prove sufficient food for the return. If able to travel the wilds and confirm legitimate business, permission is granted.
Ordnance engineers in the United States have developed a new 16 inch 50 caliber naval gun claimed to surpass any existing naval gun. The weapon runs 69 feet long and weighs 340000 pounds, needing 850 pounds of smokeless powder to fire a 2400 pound shell to an approximate range of 22 miles.
A reflective line compares personal troubles to rain on a tin roof, suggesting the issues feel heavier up close but seem minor when observed from a distance. The image conveys a resigned, philosophical mood about daily worries.
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