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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1924
Page
2
A Virginia reader lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming twenty years of relief from nervous symptoms and mood swings. The letter urges others to try the product, noting its safety and availability through druggists.
The piece states the mosquito is the most dangerous animal to humans due to bite fatalities, surpassing all others. It notes the cobra ranks second, attributing its danger partly to local superstitions among Tad in natives who fear snakes.
Indian chiefs in dealings with the United States government now rely on the finger and thumb print instead of a witnessed mark. This applies only to Indians who cannot read or write.
Ad promotes Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest remedy for indigestion stomach upset gas acidity and heartburn. A few tablets provide near immediate relief and correct digestion for a few cents as druggists sell millions of packages.
In a witty exchange a student deflects with a quip about egotism while the professor asks about the most common eye problem. The humor hinges on misdirection and the playful drill of classroom banter.
A piece on itinerant preachers called circuit riders who rode settlements and faced perils to spread faith. It cites Peter Cartwright’s lean earnings in 1885 and recounts a preacher who dispatched disturbances by leaping from a pulpit and subduing rowdies with force, illustrating rugged frontier piety.
The article recalls a December 1836 event in the Mississippi valley when mild weather gave way to a rapid cold snap. A sharp temperature drop, ice forming on rivers, and widespread livestock and wildlife mass deaths followed. Stories describe frozen boots, a rider seeking refuge in a dead horse, and the drastic impact on settlers and their livestock along the Mississippi region.
Washington dispatch surveys Republican nerves as Coolidge favored by Massachusetts voters clashes with Johnson platform on World Court and bonus. It notes editors and committees in Massachusetts New England states backing Coolidge while Johnson and party factions push contrasting lines.
A whistling buoy lost from the St. Lawrence river a year ago washed ashore on a Seilly island off southwest England. The only damage reported is a torn gaslight case from the buoy top.
The chief forester of the Department of Agriculture says the U S timber supply could be exhausted in forty to fifty years under current conditions. Pine timber is being cut eight and a half times faster than it is replaced while hardwood is cut three and a half times faster.
A puzzled tourist lost near a Blackfoot reserve encounters an approaching Indian. The tourist grunts and asks How. The native replies in his tongue and the exchange ends with the tourist admitting the conversation is too complex for him to follow.
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