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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
4
A sharp aphorism notes that collectors value objects only after years pass, as time erodes novelty and reveals deeper meaning. The line suggests patience shapes appreciation and utility in objects once dismissed.
The text asserts a near certain outcome for a prominent society's decision, noting the exact day is undecided. It also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and liver and kidney troubles urging a fair trial to prove its value.
United Hebrew charities report show retention drops for 1894 applicants. Seventy percent did not return by 1895, eighty percent by 1896, eighty five by 1897, and ninety three by 1899, leaving seven percent still seeking aid from the 1894 pool.
Daily baths in warm water with Ivory Soap keep a baby's skin healthy. Ensure the nursery is well aired and cleaned and all clothing washed with Ivory Soap, rinsed well and dried in the sun. Eliza R. Parker.
Julian Ralph of the London Daily Mail, invalided home, says his injuries should not be permanent and plans to return to America in the fall for lectures. An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a cure for headaches constipation and liver disorders. A humorous note notes many fathers would offer their homes as court houses for marriageable daughters. Live lady agent sought to advertise Russ Bleaching Blue with good wages from the Russ Co in South Bend Indiana. An old bachelor quips that a marriage certificate is a noose-paper.
Observers are guided through February skies locating Auriga Perseus Andromeda and Cassiopeia toward the north, then shifting to the south to outline Taurus Leo Canis Major and Orion. The article notes key stars, asterisms, and a few celestial curiosities, with mention of Uranus once named Georgium Sidus by Herschel. It also references Procyon and Proesepe, plus Gemin i.
The piece observes a sartorial craze for great coats and light furs marking the new century. It recalls Ellen Terry’s dramatic silver fox lined cloak and highlights a standout black cloth demi fox ulster with chinchilla faced revers and collar.
A collection of reflections on self reliance and effort quoting Emerson and various readers about ambition resting on toil. The passages discuss envy as ignorance imitation as death and the need to test one’s own powers to learn what can be done. It notes reactions to a court decision and requests for critical airing.
A Philadelphia gang, seen near Jersey's Turkish bath on Walnut Street, used chisels hammers and wrenches to remove bronze ornaments and railing from the building around 5 AM. Several bystanders mistook the work for legitimate repairs and paid little attention as the thieves walked off with their plunder.
The New York Evening Sun notes lawyers private cursing of court decisions often appears via law reports. Editors published excerpts show one attorney calling a case a legal curiosity decided by main force. Another lawyer, defeated in a highway case, voices similar disdain.
In Edinburgh a woman petitioned to enter the legal profession as a law agent. The board of examiners hesitated to decide, and the appeal went to the court of sessions. Public opinion backs the change, and approval seems likely despite Edinburgh’s prior resistance to women in medicine and law.
Prof O F Cook reports a camphor secreting animal from moist forest humus. The creature resembles a worm or small slug and emits camphor odor when handled. It also ejects a milky fluid with camphor scent and taste, suggesting camphor secretion as its defense instead of prussic acid.
General Sir Henry Daubeney G C B of the British army marks his 90th birthday in good health. He served with distinction in the Crimea and would have earned the Victoria Cross under then current regulations. He was recommended by Gen Pennefather but ineligible due to being a regimental field officer, a rank barred from the honor at that time.
A misheard remark in a New York drug store led to fear of smallpox after a woman claimed a girl who died had a pox like mark. A panic spread among workers as a phan was summoned and declared the girl well.
The Beagle hosted airborn travelers from tiny red spiders to butterflies. Darwin noted spider and insect flights at sea, their silk threads spanning feet, and their thirst and behavior aboard. Some insects wash out to sea, others drift with currents or winds. A grasshopper boarded far from land, and a shipboard fire sometimes travels yet later vanishes.
A vivid critique describes Moscow as a colossal village with vast, loud spaces. Public squares are unpaved and bordered by meadows, arcades loom large, and colors blaze without moderation. The piece contrasts red and blue hues and notes the clash of massive architecture with primitive street scenes.
Belva Lockwood and other women endorse Peruna in letters praising its use for catarrh and general health. Testimonials from Mrs. Hannah Bennett and Julia C. Brown credit Peruna with relief and vitality, urging others to seek Dr. Hartman’s guidance for unsatisfactory results.
In Everybody's Magazine a photographer strips Iron Tail of his war regalia for a portrait. The Sioux veteran endures silent coercion as feathers symbolize acts of bravery. The act shatters him until a later sitting in full dress restores his composure and pride.
Exports of coal and coke rise monthly and in ten months this year total nearly two hundred thousand dollars in overseas shipments.
The British and Foreign Bible Society will supply all Boer prisoners with Dutch printed Bibles within weeks, a move thought to save money. The Dutch Bible is widely known among Boers, with Dom Paul among those who know much by heart. Six large turtles, 400 to 450 pounds each and about 258 years old, were sent to Walter Rothschild for his London private zoological garden from the Albemarle Islands. Rothschild, owner of eighty four tortoises, has collected specimens worldwide. Tortoises received a cabbage daily as they traveled.
S. Lehman of Memphis Tennessee reports a radical cure after seventeen years of bleeding piles following a brief treatment. The medicine priced 50 cents is sold by all druggists.
The text notes ancient Chinese pottery dating to Emperors Huanen around 2698 BCE. It states porcelain appeared under the Han dynasty roughly 1600 years before it reached Western nations.
In China the old system persists with private letter carrying. Letter shops exist in every town. Senders bargain with shopkeepers and pay two thirds of the cost, leaving the recipient to pay the balance on delivery.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease best treated with internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a nonquack, physician recommended preparation that acts on the blood and mucous membranes to produce results.
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