This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
3
A playful exchange from the Richmond Times Dispatch hints at a couple arguing over future hair color choices. One partner promises love as hair grays but rejects garish hues like mauve or Nile green.
Promote clearing pimples by applying Cuticura Ointment to the affected area for five minutes then washing with hot water and Cuticura Soap. Best on rising and retiring but effective anytime. Free sample offered by mail via Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
He accuses the other of living beyond means while she retorts that she has no means. The exchange centers on financial strain and accusations within a tense family confrontation.
Preparedness advice promotes taking bromos and quinine as a tonic and laxative to destroy germs and withstand colds and influenza. The box bears a Grove signature and five dollar price. A traveler seeks full hotel fare but agrees to half fare on railroads.
An old advertising snippet touts Tetterine as a cure for itch and skin diseases including tetter ringworm and eczema. A customer from Milledgeville sends a dollar for two boxes and praises its value, while related lines promote Hanford's Balsam for calks and a quip about love.
Washington report by George Clinton notes strong constituent interest in woman suffrage across parties. It says delegates to upcoming national conventions may back suffrage planks, while Congress debates a new resolution and rules committee actions signal shifting support. Public opinion on preparedness also discussed.
Certain bamboo species flower only every fifty five years and all trees in a locality bloom together. Burmese plants began flowering last year and now are in blossom. The previous bloom occurred in 1859 60. After flowering the plants die, and new seeds will grow to flowering again around 1970. The bamboo cannot self fertilize so flowering may not happen in between.
John D. Kesler, a popular city barber, is believed to be the first to employ squirrels to operate his shop sign. A pair of them sit before his shop and turn the cylindrical sign with a steady, motor-like motion, drawing attention with their irregular yet continuous movement.
Italy reported six month totals showing imports worth 325194650 dollars and exports valued at 246026660 dollars reflecting wartime trade levels in the period.
An advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready to use tonic that darkens gray hair to any shade and promises dandruff reduction and less hair loss. It urges purchase for 50 cents and describes application by dampening a sponge or brush and using small strands.
The long hair combing over a bald area fails to hide the thinning or absence of hair, exposing the attempt as obvious and ineffective.
Important to mothers examine every bottle of Castoria for the Zz Signature of Lox Jr. It has been in use for over 30 years and is promoted as a safe remedy for infants and children.
A prisoner admits possessing two pistols and jokes about parachutes at a social gathering. The magistrate questions the humor and sentences him to two years of hard labor. The tale stems from a London Tit-Bits item reporting a whimsical, risky quip involving firearms and a staged pun.
A wedding ring shortage grips Britain’s jewelers and wholesalers not due to gold scarcity. Three causes drive the famine: many wartime marriages, workers buying cheap gem rings because wages are high, and a serious lack of skilled jewelers' workers.
The Sort quotes a character asking about log watches aboard ships and answers with bark ships as the expected type. The exchange uses period voice and hints at naval terminology without further details.
An old advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable laxative to replace calomel. It claims quick morning relief, improved digestion, headache and dizziness vanish, and asserts a money back guarantee with no salivation. It urges purchase from druggists at 50 cents and notes calomel's decline.
A brief advertising notice touts Renovine a heart and nerve tonic described as a remedy for various jitters and heart concerns. The price is listed as 50 cents with a secondary note of 1.
The London Gazette marks its two hundredth year as the official organ of the British government. Its weekly Tuesday and Friday editions reach official circles and paying readers, with special war supplements issued at eight cents each due to wartime demand.
An article notes Japan intends to start a plant to manufacture carbolic acid from coal tar, a development discussed alongside a humorous regional tale about powder in a country store. The pair of items reflects varied topics in the issue.
The notice promotes a topical remedy claiming to cure itching bleeding and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with first application offering relief. It appears in a style echoing old patent remedy ads promising fast results and refunds.
A Chronicle Telegraph item relays a postwar scene at a Pittsburgh Press club table where two boys stage a rough war game with peers. One boy sports a bleeding nose and proclaims I am bleeding Belgium as they pretend allies Germans Austrians Japs Serbs and Russians in a playful skirmish.
A dialogue contrasts belief in temporary financial instruments with concerns about government or matrimonial matters, framing a philosophical choice about trust and timing. The exchange hints at uncertainty in economic or personal commitments.
A witty quip plays on role names as a chauffeur remarks that a butler is in fact the formal factotum while another voice calls theirs an automatum in a light exchange. The fragment hints at class and service roles with a humorous twist.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.