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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
2
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for liver and digestive woes with a 10 cent box promising relief from constipation indigestion and headaches. It urges nightly use to cleanse bile gases and toxics and notes wide store availability including for children.
Wright notes the newspaper job grows tougher while Penman mentions a new patent. The inventor from Ohio is credited with ball-bearing scissors, a detail implying advances in tooling or cutting devices.
A fragmentary piece extols Calumet as the ultimate economy aid in baking, touting its reliability and world awards. It notes Chambered claims of Chinese school books and Chavannes reconstructing life of Chinese garrisons to illustrate both practical and scholarly value of preserved texts.
A young girl, weary of a long sermon, tells her mother she wants to go home. The mother delays permission, and the child, with a clear voice, notes the minister keeps "blowing himself up again" by restarting his speech despite three prior pauses.
A Kansas girl finds relief from eczema by changing her diet to Grape-Nuts after a physician links eruptions to indigestion. She reports improved digestion and a fading rash, noting the food’s taste and perceived magical effect on her condition.
A 1911 1913 study by the Dairy Division and Office of Farm Management found prickly pear palatable and non detrimental to cows when fed judiciously. Optimal daily pear intake ranged from 60 to 100 pounds per cow with dry protein-rich feed. Pear is low in protein but high in minerals and water, and can reduce milk fat and solids not fat when replacing portions of dry roughage. Field yields in Brownsville reached 85 tons per acre yearly, with higher growth from old stumps. irrigation was minimal and cultivation mainly weed control.
Winona Lake Indiana Rev Billy Sunday rests after a strenuous Johnstown campaign when word arrives that a new biography The Spectacular Career of Rev Billy Sunday by T T Frankenberg is off the press. The evangelist calls it a truthful account of his life.
A commission report to federal Judge Aldrich concludes Harry Kendall Thaw is not a public menace and is not suffering the mental diseases noted at the time of the Stanford White killing. The panel says Thaw shows no current mental illness that would prevent bail.
Representative Gregg of Texas, on the merchant marine and fisheries committee, reintroduced a bill Monday to establish a gulf fish hatchery at Galveston.
An oil well west of Petrolia brought in Saturday is estimated at 400 barrels daily. It ranks as the second largest well in the lease within sixty days, marking a significant production gain for the Petrolia area.
Close watch and proper care on poultry operations boost profits. Systematic management, clean premises, proper housing, and attentive labor prevent disease and improve quality. Success hinges on careful effort, not luck, with zeal and method guiding every flock.
Professor J G Moore of Wisconsin College of Agriculture urges careful handling of strawberry plants upon arrival. Open packages, heel in by trenching and firming soil, keep crowns above ground, label varieties, and protect plants from sun and wind to prevent poor stands.
A brief says adding coals from wood fires into houses where hogs roam helps them grind charcoal and stay healthy. The note underscores simple farm practices to support hog welfare.
The article lists four key needs for wintering breeding ewes: a clean dry well lit warm but not overheated shed, ample pure water at all times, and proper feeding. It advises feeding hay and clover mixture with daily corn fodder, plus a bran rich mix six weeks before lambing. It notes snow water leads to poorer health and parasites are more common without water access.
The real test in selecting dairy cattle is performance on the scales and the Bab cock tester. Cows must have a large middle, strong constitution, large udders, milk wells, veins and teats, with a clean angular head and prominent eyes. Mature sires from high testing lines are preferred and a good dairy bull may be kept 12 to 15 years if a reliable sire. Breeders should secure yearly tests for every cow.
The sole profitable breeder is a large scale operator who also races and discards so called culls at public sales, a strategy proven unprofitable for smaller breeders by recent auctions.
Instructions advise preventing scaly leg in chickens by cleaning affected feet, applying a disinfectant, and rubbing in grease to protect and treat birds.
Reports from Mitoyoshi and Tokio describe Sakura Jima erupting violently, wiping out villages and likely killing thousands. The island’s population around 25,000 to 15,000 residents faced ash, lava flows, and fires, with nearby Kagoshima and Nagasaki markets and foreigners affected.
Beaumont Texas decree in the fifty eighth district court finds General Film Company guilty of violating the anti trust law in buying the assets of the J D Wheelan Film Exchange of Dallas. A fine of 25000 dollars is imposed and all other complaints against remaining defendants are dismissed.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and related stomach troubles. It claims rapid relief from sour gas and discomfort with a fifty cent case available from dealers and urges keeping it handy at home.
Dr BE F Bashford, head of research at Imperial Cancer Research Fund, reports twelve claimed cancer cures in the past year were investigated and found lacking. He notes women have higher cancer risk than men, with 1910 death rates of 856 per million for men and 1,070 for women in England and Wales. The Times editorial emphasizes early surgical removal as the only reasonable hope of cure.
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Dandeline claiming immediate hair health benefits. It asserts dandruff removal, itch relief, and new hair growth with a 25 cent bottle, plus a cloth test to show luster and fullness.
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