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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
2
A health ad urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush poisons from stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion, reduced toxins, and refreshed nerves and muscles, promising a purer inside start to the day.
A Florida woman recalls an 18 year health decline following childbirth and credits Cardus, a vegetable tonic, with restoring her strength. The advertisement extols Cardus as a long used remedy for womanly ills and urges purchase from all druggists.
He asks for permission in a staged exchange about etiquette and courtship. The dialogue tone questions traditional manners and upbringing while probing social proprieties.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapep sin as the fastest, gentlest cure for indigestion and sour stomachs. It claims dramatic relief within minutes, promises value bigger than cost, and urges keeping a case at home for day or night upset stomachs. Aending line hints at a hat styling aside.
General resignation follows opposition to Army reorganization and the Philippine bill.
President Wilson accepts the resignations of Breckinridge and Garrison and gives Major General Hugh N. Scott an interim appointment as secretary of war. The move follows deep policy splits over a continental army and Philippine independence, with Garrison leaving after publicized disagreements and communications detailing their clash over military plans and executive direction.
Reports from Arkansas flood areas show waters slowly receding and levees holding from Helena to Lake Village. Relief efforts continue in Clarendon and Gould Varne, with no new deaths and about sixteen total. The article also notes high timber waste in the U S logging industry and discusses potential uses for sawdust and wood by products.
Fire destroyed a large dancing pavilion housing animals at the Sand Springs zoo on Saturday. The privately owned facility, valued at $20,000, was the largest in the Southwest and owned by oil millionaire Charles Page.
Fred W. Turner and associates struck oil about three and a half miles southeast of Santa Anna on John T. Pope’s farm at a depth of 1,550 feet. The gusher came from under a cap rock about two feet thick.
Elizabeth F Mohr was acquitted Saturday by a Providence superior court jury in the murder case of her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr. C Victor Brown and Henry H Spellman were found guilty of the actual killing.
Two thousand non union miners at the Cambria Steel Company were notified Saturday that wages would be raised 10 percent on March 1.
Nearly a thousand men fought a blazing oil fire in the Humble field. Driller De Witt Hancock and helper J B Watts were severely burned during the early stages when an electric light globe burst. The flames reached Stevenson No 25, a large producing well of the Producers Oil Company.
G W St Clair husband of Mrs G W St Clair was arrested at Lipan by Palo Pinto county sheriff Abernathy after a double death at the St Clair home early last Saturday involves Mrs Will Wilkins in Mingus Texas murder case.
The federal government settles its suit against the American Sugar Refining Company over unpaid duties on sugar at New Orleans for 52 185, announced by the Department of Justice on Thursday.
Colonel Hipolito Villa, brother of General Francisco Villa, was arrested Monday in Havana at the request of American minister William E. Gonzales. He faces charges of damaging the railroad near El Paso.
Washington report states the annual Indian appropriation bill passed the House on Tuesday. It includes a provision to pay Choctaw and Chickasaw besmen seven million five hundred thousand dollars in accrued profits from their lands and carries total appropriations of about ten million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Washington officials deem Germany's tentative communication on the Lusitania issue acceptable. They say Germany has conceded to the principal principles in submarine warfare and that the United States recognizes the concessions and agreements outlined.
Austin Texas Mrs John G McKay wife of Secretary of State McKay died after a ten day illness from pneumonia Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
Opera singer Geraldine Farrar and actor Lou Tellegen faced trial on Tuesday at the home of Farrar’s parents. The case drew public attention as the two prominent performers appeared together in a high profile proceeding.
The house authorized immediate use of 500000 dollars to equip Mare Island navy yard for beginning a dreadnought or battle cruiser. It would be the first such ship constructed on the Pacific coast in a government yard.
Sinton Texas votes to become an incorporated town under a commission form. 103 for and 79 against, the Saturday election formalizes the change for the community.
A historical overview describes uric acid as a toxic blood and tissue poison linked to gout rheumatism and neuralgia. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Anuric as a potent remedy said to eradicate uric acid, with a pamphlet offer and a 10 cent trial package advertised from Buffalo New York. The ad cites Dr Pierce's fame and compares Anuric to his other products.
An ad copy touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as a defense against grip influenza by acting as a tonic and germ killer. The note claims only one product named BROMO QUININE and includes a signature from E. W. Grove. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and digestion.
A dialect exchange centers on teaching morals as two men debate a fish story from a millpond. One claims a large fish escaped, while the other questions the size and truth of the tale, highlighting a dispute over honesty and memory.
An advertisement claims Femenina will end female troubles and promises prices of 50c and $1.00. A separate moral note urges kindness to beggars, suggesting we may borrow from them someday.
An ad states Ec Zene kills eczema and urges readers to accept no substitute with contact details for the E Zene Co in St Paul Minnesota. A separate Philadelphia Ledger item recounts a Postmaster General Burleson story about a veteran narrator and a new listener who reveals he is an actor rather than a soldier.
A Boston Post reader notes a wild pigeon near the old City club that has begun nightly street visits for supper. The caller finds it unusual for pigeons to forage at such hours and questions their roosting behavior.
A club talk notes a member asks how others cover gaps in funds and learns the answer is spare time earnings from bridge whist games. The exchange highlights social gaming as a makeshift income source.
A clergyman argues the proper course in life is not always the obvious one, saying the right path is frequently found on the less traveled side and requires reflection and courage.
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