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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1901
Page
4
Paris cabbies rent by the day from major companies and rely on fixed fares with tips. The article notes their livery, hats, and feisty behavior toward Americans, with Paris journeys costing a franc per course and fifty cents per hour. It contrasts Paris and Vienna habits, then sketches London, St. Petersburg, and their taxi customs.
In Japan and along the Chinese coast the jinrikisha replaces the cabby as both horse and cart. The proprietor pulls the light two wheel vehicle through narrow streets at a comfortable pace. Hiring costs a few cents per hour, vary with the driver’s familiarity with local ways.
The piece surveys spider cunning and mimicry from side stepping to blending with flora. It notes nephila strategy to vanish when danger approaches, cellar spiders spinning fast to vanish, orb weavers masking debris, and flowers and scents used to lure prey. It cites Harvey Sutherland in Ainslee's for the anecdote.
The excerpt notes three earth products—coal, gold, and iron—as pivotal to national fortunes. Coal drives industry and naval power, gold offers varied benefits, and iron touches all life, with power to cut off supplies threatening global paralysis until substitutes appear.
A brief moral remark compares lofty ambitions to stomach needs, noting luck cannot be ordered and that even bold birds or fools eventually face pragmatic pullback to ground realities.
A novel chair hammock hybrid offers adjustable configurations for porch or lawn use without hooks or attachments. It converts from a reclining hammock to a tilting chair by tightening end braces and drawing fabric, providing a comfortable seated position as the device pivots.
A Chicago gambler, owner of a saloon and gambling house, returns home with an injunction barring police interference and even limits on his wife, workers, and child’s noise. He boasts the judge is his friend and plans more orders if needed.
Fashion notes describe silk stockinet petticoats from waist to knee that fit like a skin. Detachable pinked frills button on to create a frilly look from knee to ankle. Two models shown: evening white glace silk with pinked frills and ecru point d esprit net, and morning glace silk with a deep godet flounce for tailoring gowns.
An American citizen and Roman Catholic offered to donate a telescope larger than the Paris exposition’s great telescope for installation at the Vatican Observatory. The observatory, founded before 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII in calendar reform, was revived by the current pope since 1888.
Central Kansas farmers fear a horse famine as overactive sales to English army buyers deplete stock. Prices soar from 75 to 125 140 dollars for animals that previously had little demand, leaving farmers paying steeply for replacements.
A report describes a household mourning a deceased wife while a troublesome guest remains present at the doorway. The scene conveys strained domestic tension and somber atmosphere as the dwelling settles into quiet after loss.
The article explores how Western women pair stockings with outfits this year. It highlights sheer fabrics, light footwear, and a range of designs from lace and embroidery to openwork, medallions, and floral motifs. Blues, grays, tans, and reds appear with matching shoes and gowns.
The Department of Agriculture reports promising experiments in growing oranges in Maryland and Virginia. Starting five years ago with the Japanese orange for hedges, the grafted sweet orange on the stock is flourishing in Washington. If yields meet expectations, broad planting will follow in Virginia and Maryland.
A new bank director proposes shifting funds from detective expenses to raise clerk salaries to reduce defalcations. The old directors mock the idea, arguing higher wages could be fatal for many clerks, leaving the bank in a bind.
A washerwoman of color bursts in with a peculiar query about sparatualism. She claims her daughter Sarah recently moved to a supposed spiritualist's house, and asserts Sarah will know if anything is taken, prompting fear of departure.
The note recalls a gentler treat that pleases the palate but misses the sharp sting once linked to the era. It contrasts the modern soda's mild sweetness with the elder practice that produced a stronger nose buzz.
A young newsboy on High street teased an ice man weighing ice after chipping it. The boy puffed a cigarette and proposed lowering the price, asking to sit on it to make it thirty cents worth, while the ice man counted it at fifty cents.
A fragment from Chicago records describes fear of night travel on cars and curious tales of night riders. It mentions nervousness about sightings of bold women and social patterns in trolley life, then shifts to a poet’s reflection on winter and summer days and a woman named Doris.
The article notes private artesian wells and eleven public ones in Mexico city with plans to add more as property owners bore wells in yards. It also ponders why sea waves are described as sad possibly due to their blue color and reports over 7000 people work in the Mississippi fishing industry and its tributaries.
The phrase E Pluribus Unum was never authorized by law. Its first known use appeared on a New Jersey cent struck in 1776.
The article urges careful attention to stomach disorders and likens them to broader health issues. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the reliable remedy for digestion and related ailments, urging readers to try it.
The text cites about one million and a half men in world coal mines with Great Britain 535 000 United States 300 000 Germany 285 000 Belgium 100 000 Russia 44 000. It also notes four million miners of metal globally.
A brief drugstore promo warns against rushed use of OXIDINE and counsels consulting a pharmacist. It notes haste leads to problems in domestic matters and emphasizes safe, informed care.
An ad promotes Allen's Foot Base a powder shaken into shoes to cure swollen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It lists 25c at druggists and shoe stores and offers a free sample with Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy Ms. %
A remark extols a man who cherishes the company of virtuous women as a model to follow, highlighting social virtue and admiration for good conduct.
Garfield Headache Powders win favor with conservatives for being harmless and soothing. The German Empire counts 3,000,000 Polish speakers among its population.
The text notes faith as the substance of things hoped for and cites tobacco farming on 2,250,000 acres globally, yielding about 850,000 tons annually. It emphasizes the scale of tobacco cultivation and its substantial yearly production.
The town recalls a major who allegedly predicted a frost for the Fourth of July and an earthquake last June. The community scoffs at the frost claim, but widespread fear followed as buildings shook and collapsed, leaving residents unsure if an earthquake occurred.
Wintergreen tells Tenterhook that young Dingle, fond of Walter Scott’s poetry, keeps chickens and has named his best egg producer The Last Minstrel. The pair react to the odd naming choice.
The sultan's treasure in Constantinople reportedly contains gold cradles inlaid with precious stones, divans with gold cloth and pearl embroidery, and suits of mail encrusted with emeralds and diamonds, among other Ottoman relics.
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