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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1922
Page
2
An old advertisement warns that calomel salivates and weakens teeth, urging readers to avoid it and instead use Dodson's Liver Tone a harmless vegetable remedy. The copy claims calomel causes sickness and lost work while touting Liver Tone as a safe liver stimulant for adults and children.
A new fire suppression method uses boxes of fine rock dust hung across tunnel roofs. If an explosion rattles them, the dust falls into the passage to hinder flames. A London poster at the Gaiety advertises Madame Marin Kousneze, World Famous Operation Dien. A countryman mocks the poster asking how a woman can sing with her mouth full of water.
Mrs Newliwed claims she wrote a fifty dollar check to National Savings to save expenses. Her husband doubts the bank but believes the ad stating Our Resources Are One Million Dollars will cover it. The exchange hints at financial worries in a light domestic moment.
A fragmented quotation attributed to Montherlinck speaks of listening to experience as a guide. The line notes that what we learn from experience surpasses what alarms or interrupts us, urging attentive receptivity.
A talkative native asks a crusty traveler about waiting for a train. The traveler dismisses the idea of hanging around the station and explains he plans to ride a camel from here to San Francisco with two suitcases.
The Rock of Refuge is a large flat rack in Mawali where a criminal is safe if he reaches it before capture. His family may supply him with food while he remains there, but he may not return to his tribe.
Mr. Peckton recalls reading a magazine article claiming women's place is in the home. He answers that he does not always read aloud and, to illustrate, quotes an old joke from memory after Mrs. Peckton asks what was good.
Mothers are urged to give California Fig Syrup to constipated children. A teaspoonful supposedly opens bowels within hours, restoring a well playful child. The ad claims millions keep it on hand and warns to request genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
Arita in western Kyushu is famed for porcelain made from kaolin white clay found nearby. Pottery works have existed since the sixteenth century, with Arita about 58 miles north of Nagasaki and connected by railway.
The text traces divorce from primitive repudiation to for cause separations. It notes causes heard by courts, evolution of laws, and a specialized divorce code with a dedicated court. It cites the first real divorce court in England established by parliamentary act in 1857.
The U S Geological Survey reports oil drilling in Texas has discovered further potash in salt samples, expanding the known rich area thirty miles north and fifty miles east. Boundary lines stretch from Loving County near the New Mexico border through Barstow to Glasscock and Dawson counties, with indications also in the Panhandle. core drilling is needed to determine thickness and extend of beds due to limited data on wells.
Washington. Texas fiscal year ending Aug 31 1920 shows total cost of government at 35 919 760 and revenue receipts of 40 462 759. Per capita cost was 7 68 while property and special taxes comprised 61 9 percent of revenue. Net indebtedness stood at 1 per capita.
Paris honors Marie Curie as she becomes the first woman elected to any French academy, specifically the Academy of Medicine, marking a historic milestone for women in science.
James B. Pinker, a prominent literary and dramatic agent based in London, died on Friday. He represented a large body of well known British and American writers.
A Diamond Dyes advertisement claims simple directions allow women to dye or tint faded wardrobes and home textiles. It assures no streaking or running and guides choosing wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics with their druggist.
A New York Sun quip notes a butcher at his counter joking about turkey weights and shopper indecision as prices soar. He jokes customers demand ever heavier birds, then mutter and leave, calling prices stag-gering and hard to read.
Mrs New rich seeks a magnificent grand plano and a salesman responds that a grand instrument is needed. The exchange highlights ambition and desire for superior piano furniture in a brisk salesroom moment.
The family moves from gas to electric lighting and baby Frank, tall enough to reach two room switches, keeps turning lights on. After darkness returns, he asks his mother if she is there and if she is afraid, then frets that she might be afraid and asks for the light. Florence runs upstairs as Frank seeks the light again.
Dialogue jokes about describing an atom by contrasting a man nicknamed Henpeck with a wife who roasts him. The scene features Jack and Bill discussing accuracy and humor for a professor. The exchange centers on a comic analogy rather than a factual event.
A child recalls adapting to noon meals while a friend invites the family to dine in the evening causing embarrassment. The anecdote recounts the mix up when three brothers and a mother realize dinner was scheduled for evening instead of noon.
A young doctor tells a troubled woman with insomnia to “sleep it off” as a remedy. The scene portrays his careless bedside manner and doubt about his own practice prospects as he answers the patient.
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