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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
4
Albert W. Paine of Bangor Maine marks sixty seven years in active law since his May 23 1825 admission to the Penobscot county bar. He is noted as the oldest New England lawyer in continuous service.
An old advertisement touts Tetterine as the sole remedy for eczema and tetter, claiming rapid relief from a Savannah mail order. A note mentions Korea celebrating fruit trees from an American nursery, Chicago reporting 15,000 Masons, and a Lynn Mass firm manufacturing a shoe in thirteen minutes.
The Southern Pacific sunset Route offers round trip summer tickets at reduced rates to Alabama Arkansas Colorado Georgia Iowa Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin. Also notes a female Los Angeles detective who exposes unlicensed doctors by getting them to prescribe for pretend ailments.
The piece notes Defiance Starch as superior and cost effective, claiming one cent for an extra one third. It contrasts this with Major Clenfield, ex superintendent of West Point, who was disliked by cadets and officers, with an Irish janitor recalling that many eyes followed him to the wharf.
Mrs J R Faver of Atlanta reports six doctors failed to help her and an operation was advised. After one month on Smith's Sure Kidney Cure she recovered and the last doctor now pronounces her well. The notice ends with an ad price and a note on Russian influence at Port Arthur with Chinese merchants adopting Russian names and dress.
A Boston lawyer Albert C. Burrage rose from meagre income to wealth and copper leadership in eight years. His rise began after reading about gas battles in Brookline and involvement with Amalgamated Copper. His steam yacht Aztec, built for Henry Clay Pierce, was bought for Burrage and cost about $340000, ready by August 1.
A narrative traces Burrage's role in shifting Brookline Gas to Standard Oil, undermining Addicks' Boston gas monopoly, and securing a mayoral-aligned outcome. It covers Burrage's lavish wealth, marriages, and family, with later anecdotes of a rural lawyer and two teaching methods for parrots.
Medical Examiner Miss Blanch Grey of Memphis and Mrs X Schneider of Chicago praise Peruna on catarrh and systemic weakness. They claim renewed strength and health after using the remedy, which the Hartman company promotes as a cure for catarrh and systemic disease. Dr Hartman and R Llewellyn Jordan endorse Peruna with testimonials and free literature offer.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The line notes a proverb about a busy man, "A man's business is a curse when he is too busy to stop to do good."
A grocer reject for Defiance Starch hints at stock and pricing in a light promotional quip. The piece asserts Defiance is superior to other starches and highlights a 16 oz to the package claim, alongside a nod to grandfatherly aging in a humorous aside.
A flood of endorsements tout Defiance Starch as superior to all competitors with dealers noting higher quantity and quality. Claims include a 16 ounce package for 10 cents and widespread substitution by retailers. Public notices warn on unrelated medical quips and historical housing data from Sussex England.
An old page item notes Dreiss' Specif ic Headache Powders priced at 0 and 25c from Adolph Dreiss of San Antonio Texas. It mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with 25c per bottle. Also reports two New York undertakers saving a man from drowning and a record aurora borealis lasting a week in August 1859.
The stock exchange floor uses a finger and hand signal system to convey buy and sell orders to brokers. Operators raise or bend fingers to indicate fractions and prices, with some brokers using private signs to keep orders hidden from others.
Rev Dr Swallow, lately in the world’s eye over the McKinley trial, recounts a tale about George Alfred Townsend who writes as Gath. He explains the name equals the author’s initials G A Townsend to a curious parishioner.
The article notes the term doctor was created in the twelfth century and first given to Inerius of Bologna. Gulielmo Gordino was the first doctor of medicine, named by the College of Aosta in 1220 in Italy, per Metaphysical Magazine.
The exchange centers on what the initial H in a name stands for. Dr Swal low reassures the questioner that the H represents Heaven, downplaying the idea of the man as especially bad. The Times notes the moment as a reflection on meaning.
Col Wintersmith met Gen Custer and a party of friends. Custer showed a watch of curious mechanism then drew it back saying he feared to trust it in an old rebel’s hands. Wintersmith replied you are afraid I might recognize it. The poet notes a moment to decide for every man and nation. As for woman the more of them the merrier.
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