Short-Comings and Long Goings Quip
A witty exchange notes the speaker’s flaws, especially his habit of long goings. The banter highlights a humorous contrast between shortcomings and drawn-out departures.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
2
Cascarets Promote Gentle Overnight Bodily Cleansing
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle overnight cleanser for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to remove sour food and foul gases reduce bile and expel waste while you sleep with no griping and little cost.
Love’s Elusive Quest Makes Pleading Stand In For Search
A reflective line about love suggests that pursuit fails to uncover affection and that genuine connection endures only when not begged for, implying patience and inner readiness over active seeking. The piece frames love as a patient, often mysterious force beyond constant striving.
Danderine Promises Hair Restorative Benefits
An advertisement extols Danderine as a cheap scalp treatment that stops hair loss, removes dandruff, and promotes stronger thicker longer hair. It urges readers to apply a small bottle to the scalp and claims noticeable results after several uses. The ad ends with a religious reflection about how seeing God changes perception.
Diamond Dye Promise for All Fabrics and Colors
An advertisement touts Dont worry about perfect results Useiamond Dyes promising rich fadeless colors on wool silk linen cotton and blends. Each package includes a direction book and a color card to match any material for dresses blouses stockings skirts coats feathers draperies and more.
Window Washing Weather Sparked Bernice’s Rain Joke
Three year old Dorothy overhears Bernice worrying about washing windows as rain looms. The mother plans to wash them anyway and Dorothy quips that they can hang them if it rains, capturing a domestic moment of childlike wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Bernce
Dorothy
Grim Mexican Deeds Alleged Before Senate Committee
San Antonio reports the Fall committee heard sworn testimony detailing killings and property theft in Mexico by Carranzistas. Witnesses described mutilated Texas victims, deportation orders, and Mexican inaction, with survivors vowing to resist if the U S government backs them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
United States Senate
Mexico
American Legion
Carranza
Okla
F. M. McBee
del Rio
Texas
Fruit Juices and Ciders Banned If Over Half Percent Alcohol
Prohibition Commissioner Kremer rules fruit juices and ciders fall under the dry ban if they exceed 0.5 percent alcohol. The memo charges prohibition directors and inspectors to test contents, effective January 16. Violations carry penalties equal to those for stronger liquors. enforcement aims to curb stored beverages and natural fermentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kremer
Bureau of Internal Revenue
American Warship Anchors Off Pola Adriatic
An American warship has anchored off Pola the former Austrian naval base in the Adriatic according to advices received in Paris Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pola
Paris
Adriatic
Government Plans 2500 Guards for Bonded Liquor Warehouses
Internal Revenue Bureau proposes a force of 2500 watchmen to guard 69 million gallons of government bonded liquor. Prohibition Commissioner Kremer told the House Appropriations Committee that Congress should provide 2 million dollars immediately to fund the guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition
Kremer
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Texas News Highlights From Statewide Roundup
Resignation of J. D. Neill from the 108th district. Sale of a state built box factory in Rusk. A six thousand dollar per mile road project from Junction to the Kerr County line. Bonds approved for Gillespie and Walker County road districts. Highway contract north of Hemphill let to open Sabine farming area. Empire Pipe Line gets permit in Burkburnett field. Truck crops from Sana Benito surge with cabbage and lettuce at sixty dollars per ton. Wharton County Housewives League formed with L G Borden as temporary chair. Liquor movement legalized for express shipments under 1920 Dean law. State depository law upheld by Judge Ireland Graves. Cooperative life insurers apply for permits in Dallas and Athens. Military highway proposal San Antonio to Brownsville via Corpus Christi. General Pershing salute planned at Fort Sam Houston. Pink boll worm losses to be paid when legislative funds allow. Judge salary act upheld in Texas Court of Civil Appeals. Voters must pay city poll tax to vote in primaries, per AG opinion.
Germany and Allies At Peace With Most Powers
Paris reports that ratifications of the Versailles treaty make peace effective at 4 16 p m with Germany and most allied powers. The United States remains at war with Germany. Baron von Lersner voiced relief but lamented U S nonpeace status.
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Paris
Germany
France
Great Britain
United States
Baron von Lersner
Prussia
Belgium
Italy
Japan
Bolivia
Brazil
Guatemala
Peru
Poland
Siam
Czecho- Slovakia
Uruguay
U S Troops Recalled From Siberia
The United States will withdraw its troops from Siberia after the repatriation of the Czecho Slovak forces next month. The move ends American aid to the Czechs and protection of the Siberian Railroad under the wartime agreement with Japan and the Entente powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Siberia
Washington
United States
Japan
Siberian
Humble Oil to Build 60 Mile Pipeline in Texas
The Humble Oil and Refining Company plans a sixty mile crude oil pipeline from Houston into Liberty County Texas. The project cost is about 1 500 000 dollars and will begin immediately. It completes an agreement delivering all crude oil production from the Houston Oil Company territory with a August completion deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
Houston
Houston Oil Company
Liberty County
Texas
Humble Company
Houston Company
Indictments Against Senator Newberry Upheld in Michigan
Federal Judge Sessions rejected a demurrer and maintained the indictments against Senator Newberry and 134 co defendants for alleged violations of the 1918 election laws. The ruling came in Grand Rapids Michigan on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Newberry
Sessions
Panama Assembly Ratifies Versailles Peace Treaty
The Panama assembly on Friday unanimously ratified the peace treaty of Versailles, marking official approval of the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Versailles
Russia Reports 35 Million Casualties in War
Warsaw dispatch cites Kolchak government statistics claiming Russia suffered 35 million killed and wounded in the war. The figure aggregates battlefield deaths and injuries, reflecting the wartime toll amid ongoing hostilities.
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Russia
Warsaw
Kolchak
Anti Japanese Rising Reported in Korea
London dispatch claims a Bolshevik wireless message from Moscow reports an anti Japanese uprising breaking out in Korea amid Soviet communications received today in the city.
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London
Korea
Moscow
Prisoners to Be Repatriated Daily
Paris reports that between 6000 and 7000 German prisoners will be repatriated daily as soon as railway cars arrive from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Johnson named prison commissioner by Gov Hobby
Houston man R. M. Johnson was named prison commissioner by Governor Hobby, filed his bond and qualified on Monday in Austin.
Truest Sympathy Expressed in Real Help
A brief quote on sympathy notes that true power lies in actual aid rather than words or tears, emphasizing the nobility of helping others through concrete action. It reflects a sentiment that compassion should translate into tangible support.
Siam musical scale and its division into seven parts
The Siamese musical scale is described as an equal octave division into seven parts, with music written though learned through a one handed down tradition.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Safe Use and Brand Marks
An old advertisement touts genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer name and the safety Bayer Cross. It claims nineteen years of physician prescription, lists ailments like colds headaches toothaches and neuralgia, notes box sizes and affordable pricing from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Speechless crowds forge durable writers from silence
The quotation notes that failing to engage audiences often spurs individuals to write, turning their inability to command attention into a lasting literary vocation.
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