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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
7
In a Boston Evening Transcript excerpt Helen defends her handling of Mr Burleigh in the rain. She insists the umbrella gesture was deliberate to prompt another visit, while her mother calls it thoughtlessness.
A proverb-like note emphasizes self help through aiding others and then aiding oneself, linking virtue with practical action for personal and communal improvement.
The Senate passed the Lenroot-Anderson farm credits bill by a unanimous 69 to 0 vote after Senator Norbeck withdrew a lone negative remark. The measure creates twelve agricultural credit departments in land bank districts with up to 1.32 billion dollars in loans and up to 60 million dollars in government capital, plus 1.2 billion in tax free debentures. Interest rates are capped and the bill rejects Brookhart’s cooperative bank plan.
The call off of the rail strike by German authorities and railway workers resumes service on nonarmed lines, signaling a stronger French position in the Ruhr and Rheinland. France operates key Ruhr lines, ferries coal to Cologne area, and oversees feeding civilian populations while coal exports to Germany are restricted.
The 1922 fiscal year saw Texas and 150 counties spend under 495000 on cattle dipping. Over 27000000 dippings freed about 800000 cattle from ticks, with dipping cost about 16 cents per head. Officials note herd quality gains from tick eradication and expect quarantine release soon.
Austin Texas State Treasurer Terrell announced Saturday that $256 595 remains available in the general revenue fund and all warrants issued against that fund up to No 21 600 will be paid by the treasury department when presented.
The Victoria Chautauqua festival dates for this year are set from April 8 to 14 inclusive with events planned across the week. Local organizers announced a lineup of speakers and performances to engage residents and visitors.
After years of testing thousands of adults and children, psychological experts state there is little mental growth after age fifteen. The Los Angeles Times questions this view, noting brain development requires exercise and growth continues beyond adolescence.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine combines a local ointment with an internal tonic to relieve catarrh and improve general health. B. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio have marketed it for over 50 years through druggists.
In a Petunia courtroom, Squire Ramsbottom taunts the accused as the colored culprit responds with wary defiance. The suspect contends he is not guilty beyond ten dollars or two weeks in jail, insisting he may not be guilty at all.
A reflective line about aging highlights that beauty in gray hair belongs to others and cautions against judging a woman by her spoken words.
Washington reports the American debt funding commission completed a plan with Sir Auckland Geddes to extinguish Britain's wartime debt to the United States in 62 years. The plan sets 3 percent interest, annual amortization, and staged payments starting at 23 million dollars, with possible adjustments and interest deferral for five years.
Washington reports January 31 marked the final hunting day for wild ducks and geese from Long Island to Florida along the Atlantic coast and from Florida to Texas along the gulf coast, plus Tennessee Georgia DC Arkansas Oklahoma and Arizona. The biological survey warns that possessing carcasses of migratory game birds more than ten days after the federal season ends risks prosecution.
After years of effort Representative Mansfield obtained a Civil War pension of 50 dollars per month for Joseph Boyd, an aged black resident of West Point Texas. The case was complex due to another veteran with the same name from a different state already receiving a pension.
A father tells his son to look up acqu intance in a dictionary after a spelling mix up. The boy is reminded that the entry starts with Ak not Aq, a playful linguistic quip from a London Tit-Bits style anecdote. The joke underscores how mis-spellings can mislead even with guidance.
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a cure for constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful relieves bowel issues within hours without cramps and urges mothers to buy genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions on the bottle.
The text defines boycott as a tool of excommunication used by the Irish Land League in 1880 and notes Captain Boycott as an early victim. It then shifts to a quaint quip about umbrellas, kittens, and human differences, ending with a child’s joke about a flannel umbrella to keep its ribs warm.
A discussion notes that though oven weight strategies promise results, the sole missing element is stopping eating. The remark frames the approach as impractical by contradicting fundamental weight-loss causes.
San Benito Texas reports a new graded road from Los Fresnos to Point Isabel will shorten travel from upper Valley points by about 20 miles and, when finished, will be among the best dirt highways in the county.
The Amecetepe area on the Nicaraguan lake is rocked as the volcano becomes active. Banks of ash and lava damage plantations around the island, with Managua located to the southeast in the country.
Texas postmasters nominated include Ethel Milligan of Pittsburg Larry S Boles of Thorndale and Edna Qvershiner of Valleyview in Washington nominations records.
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