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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest relief for a severe cold with two hour dosing. It claims to clear nostrils stop runny nose and headache and costs only a few cents. Also notes London jazz dance scene faces softer attendance but may endure five years.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder troubles and may not realize it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is advertised as restoring kidney health, with sample bottles offered for ten cents by mail from Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY. available in larger sizes at drug stores.
Above the frame of a new gas light fixture is a turbine that is whirled by the heated air stopping and shutting off the flow of gas should the lime be blown on it. Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills advertised promise relief from acid stomach heartburn and nausea with a trial box offer. The stoneless prune from a Burbank production is described as a new popular fruit with a soft kernel replaceable for cooking and eating.
An advertisement touts "Diamond Dyes" as guaranteed to give a new rich fadeless color to wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. It promises a direction book and a color card to match any material and suggests dyeing dresses blouses skirts coats stockings feathers and more.
A fragmentary dialogue features a sharp exchange where a woman teases a self important man and he responds with coy insistence, capturing a tense flirtation moment.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a safe candy cathartic for children. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels without calomel or harmful drugs and says it moves sour bile gases and indigestible waste from the bowels without causing cramps or inconvenience.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines how rough handling, field diseases like black rot stem rot and storage rot hinder sweet potato profitability. It advocates careful harvesting late fall drying crates for air flow and timely storage to protect winter supply and prices.
An agriculture note asserts that one tenth of an acre, with planning and care, can yield as much as a full acre of field crops. It recommends staggered plantings of beans peas lettuce and corn to ensure year round fresh vegetables and space for fall and winter crops.
The article urges hauling away brush and straw piles that block fields next spring to stop soil wash. Straw can be used as bedding or spread on fields, but mixing straw with brush damns dirt better. For gullies over a foot deep, brush with straw helps hold soil. stake down if necessary. Use winter to plan field work and plant across slopes to reduce run-off.
Nearly all of the farmer's produce is sold by weight and buyers may shortchange sellers. Keep a personal scale at home to verify you receive the full amount you are entitled to.
A brief note states chickens are undervalued compared with other fowl. It argues chickens offer greater returns and cheaper upkeep for families than other livestock, highlighting the benefit of keeping poultry on the farm.
With demand for mahogany rising, woods like Carlania and Colombian imahoogany are marketed as true mahogany substitutes. They mimic color and grain, resist warping when seasoned, and accept polishing well, though not true mahogany.
A quartermaster official seeks approval to buy a six million dollar ice book for two thousand pounds of ice. The first clerk hesitates questioning authority and directs the buyer to search the building while staff offer shifting directions and odd remarks. The passage ends with a quip about perspective.
In a clipped dialogue, Mrs. Torkins defends restraint as Charley protests a near outburst over an umpire’s decision. The exchange highlights tempers flaring over a disputed call and the urge to react physically.
A disjointed exchange between unnamed speakers includes sighs and playful rebukes about generosity and expectations, suggesting a domestic scene with characters named Helen and a spoiled individual.
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