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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
2
Miss K Raleigh of the British Women’s Freedom League claims St Paul’s remarks on women were mistranslated noting that removing punctuation could change meaning such as forbidding preaching and obeying husbands. The Chicago Journal is cited as supporting a rehabilitated view of St Paul.
The legislature discusses a bill barring one man crews on electric street cars and assigns a three member subcommittee to probe scholastic census padding. W W Boyd unveils three revenue bills likely to raise about 350000 first year, including a game law amendment expected to yield 200000. Governor Neff urges budget discipline, vocational education support, highway funding, and reforms following a pink bollworm threat to cotton.
Senator Bledsoe introduces a senatorial redistricting bill aligning with the house measure not given a favorable committee report. Senator Burkett plans to urge repeal of the unexpended university land money about 850000. Windrow and three highway commissioners press highway budget for two years. action expected later.
Carl Phinney, 18 of Brownwood, elected chief clerk of the Texas House without opposition. The UT sophomore is the youngest chief clerk in the history, succeeding N. K. Brown whose resignation was accepted. Phinney, minors ruling required, plans to study law while working through college.
A Tuesday session saw the house committee back the governor bill to repeal the suspended sentence law by an 8 to 7 vote. Other actions include favoring a bill to consolidate markets and warehouses with agriculture, noting adjournment motions and notices of adverse minority reports. A resolution urging Governor Neff to substantiate graft charges moved through the senate state affairs committee.
Dr. Guy O. Shirey commander of the Texas division of the American Legion meets in Austin and asks the governor to propose legislation for a special session. He supports a recreational bill with boxing features removed and seeks creation of a commissioner of indoor recreation with offices in the capitol.
Farmers' Bulletin 1153 from the USDA highlights cowpeas as highly adaptable for livestock feed and soil improvement. It notes seed value, hay and silage considerations, and best practices for growing and harvesting to maximize humus, nitrogen content, and profitability in southern regions.
A wry Boston Transcript quip notes that some men never postpone even the bill collector, highlighting strict punctuality in paying debts.
A brief reflective line notes that true happiness comes from changing one’s disposition not external circumstances. It argues that those who seek joy by altering others or events waste life and amplify grief.
The text explains scars fade with time or can be improved using electrical methods. It advises regular steaming and massaging with a good cold cream to help the scar reduce in appearance.
Guidance from the Exchange urges students to correct course by returning to the starting point of a misstep. It argues that fixing the mistake with patchwork won’t alter its nature and stresses that proper redirection saves time and heartache for the class.
A reflective piece urges setting lofty ideals as a perpetual invitation to pursue worthy faithfulness. It argues that aiming high stirs steadfast behavior and elevates conduct toward higher regions of character.
Sawdust once treated as waste now serves multiple commercial uses. The American Forestry Magazine notes it blends with clay to form tiles and bricks, and when combined with concrete yields strong flooring material.
Dream interpretation notes that seeing a king on a throne signals vanity and deception. Seeing a king alone implies clemency from superiors, while a prisoner who speaks to a king predicts a speedy pardon and honor and wealth may follow.
The firefly, a well known elaterid beetle, emits strong phosphorescent light in dark conditions. Illumination is intermittent and controlled by the insect's nervous system. Both sexes and larvae glow, with luminous eggs present even before hatching.
A first visit to husband’s family ends with a kitchen mishap. The sister-in-law saves leftovers by letting the narrator try fluffy scrambled eggs but too much flour makes them hard and knife-cuttable. The anecdote appears in the Chicago American.
The Rosicrucians were a mystic secret society publicized in the seventeenth century. They were linked to Christian Rosenkreuz, said to be a German noble who died at 106. Alleged powers included transmuting metals and prolonging life, with the secret never revealed. The society supposedly died out in the eighteenth century.
A light exchange in Louisville prompts a joke about dreams and work. The Courier-Journal notes John’s sleep talk leads to a quip about business.
An advertising note promotes Vacher Balm from W. Vacher, Inc. of New Orleans, claiming immediate relief for corn pain and suggesting keeping it on hand for any other pain while urging local purchase.
A concise dialogue from 1921 in Houston explaining that theoretical instruction means guidance that is not practical. The exchange features a recruit and a sergeant illustrating the concept as taught at the time. The piece reflects military training language and era language from W. N. U. Houston.
Mrs Amy Peterson of Lakeville Massachusetts says she weighed 103 pounds before taking Tanlac and now weighs 122 pounds with no indigestion. She suffered cramps gas and weight loss during illness but reports a restored appetite and energy. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.
A brief, playful exchange frames a joke about naming a car Regula tor with the punchline that all other cars go by it. The fragment suggests light humor in a casual conversation about vehicles.
The notice promotes Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross, urging use only genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and following physician tested dosage. It claims safety proven by millions and lists uses for colds headache neuralgia rheumatism toothache lumbago and other pains. It notes handy tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
A job inquiry at a restaurant unfolds as Fresh applies to the proprietor asking for a waiter position. The proprietor questions prior experience while Fresh notes long familiarity as a customer since starting school.
Advertises Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a treatment for kidney and bladder issues in women. Claims back pain headaches and nervousness signal kidney trouble and urges immediate use or sampling by sending ten cents to Dr Elmer Co. for a sample from Binghamton New York.
Uncle Eben recalls a tale of a boastful mouse who claims to whip cats and bull terriers yet hides when faced with any four legged creature. He praises the mouse for mercy that saves cats and bull pups from extinction and notes even a mouse can be a conversation hero by knowing when to run.
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