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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
4
Patent dated item notes a price tag of two dollars and twenty five cents for the One Minute Post Hole Digger. The terse notice cites a patented tool likely advertised for quick garden or fence post installation.
The piece extols physicians as superior to the average educated man noting their restraint and thoughtfulness. It highlights the demanding nature of healing, the exposure to humanity at its worst, and the constant drain on nervous energy, with a nod to the brevity of a doctor’s life due to such toil.
A light exchange over marriage vows frames a domestic quarrel. An American letter from H. H. Meyers of Stuttgart Arkansas praises Hunt's Lightning Oil for curing the Bloody Flux and Cholera Morbus in swift fashion. The conch shell’s value in India rises from temple use to a rare auction that fetched $20,000 for a right-handed spiral specimen.
Capudine offers quick relief for headaches from colds heat stomach or nervous upset. The liquid medicine is easy to take and gives immediate effects priced 10 0 and 0c at drug stores.
PAX OINTMENT promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. The ad blends a literary quote and Harper's Weekly style to promote a hemorrhoid remedy.
A party from Mendon and Ursa Illinois recounts exploring a dark Mammoth Spring cave. They describe a six foot deep water filled chamber and a second cavern where a large animal with a long neck and horse head surfaced roaring like an enraged bull before charges and gunfire drove it off.
A tramp asks a second hand furniture dealer where to find 15 cents to buy a bed. The dealer agrees to buy the bed if it is valued at 15 cents, instructing the tramp to bring the bed to him for assessment. The exchange ends with a judge presiding over the dialogue.
A barber tests a new shaving soap and asks the customer for feedback. The customer jokes about the product being used externally, reflecting a lighthearted exchange in a barbershop.
A health notice extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a quick fix for chronic kidney complaints and related backache and urinary issues. Mrs. John H. Wreht credits the remedy with relief after ten years of suffering, while the ad promotes Fos ter Milburn Co products at 60c a box. Also includes brief local items and a testimonial about Hunt's Cure for skin itch.
A fragment shows a postman overheard saying a woman in a private home will switch carriers if not served earlier. The text includes ad-like lines about Castoria and laxatives with signatures and historical quotes.
An advertised cold cure promises rapid relief with whiskey and syrups. A joke about a highly recommended maid follows, then a cartoonish quip about the telephone breaking privacy, noting how calls interrupt intimate moments.
An 19th century advertisement describes deafness as caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes and offers Hali's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any unsolved case. It also promotes Prince Rupert's Drops and Simmons' Cough Syrup as cold remedies, claiming effectiveness against bronchitis pleurisy pneumonia and consumption.
A jumbled fragment shows a ventriloquy of small town life with a closing factory, pay worries for Timmy, chatter about a horseman Emil Kiang and Spohn's temper compound praised in European stables, plus a humorous butcher joke and a stray line about meat without bone.
Mrs Annie Vaughan of Raleigh North Carolina writes she found relief for weakness and fatigue after trying Wine of Cardui. The testimonial touts the tonic as a remedy for tired limbs and low energy, claiming it restores strength and vitality for women and the sick.
A dated advertisement collage touts Hunt's Cure for skin diseases and itch relief, Garfield Tea for liver and digestion, Capudine for colds, Hicks' Capuchine, Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen feet, and a quip about a world conference in Edinburgh, mixed with sales pitches and moral sayings.
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