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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
4
A collage of quotes and wry observations on marriage in youth art and fame. A locust crop warning, jokes about Vesuvius and radium, plus trivia about baseball feats and salaries. It notes Oyama’s season prep in Vladivostok and New York legislators’ pay amid rumors of graft.
A collection of quips and curiosities notes Sullivan’s vanity, a Kansas laborer’s widow leaving a $40 legacy, women’s secrets, Atkinson’s fashion, a Scotch scientist chasing striped horses, Edinboro pubs, failing Italian orange crops, olive oil yields, and a New York author buying Adirondack land from novel royalties.
A grasping employee sues Uncle Russell Sage for $800 in unpaid wages claiming he earned the sum. The man accuses Sage of disrespect to the elderly and voices controversy over treatment. The piece also mocks Russian naval morale with sharp rhetoric about sailors and their battle cries.
The Detroit man wins two thousand dollars from a secret order after injuries during a strange initiation while a Cincinnati man agrees to stay sober for three years for fifty thousand dollars. King Edward to get an American typewriter. Jeffries hints at retirement. Mrs. Crowther of New York divorces her eighth husband as comic cynicism runs wild.
An inmate at the Philadelphia asylum declares he could write an editorial for any New York newspaper. He believes this will aid his release, but authorities show no mercy and remain firm in keeping him confined.
The Chickamauga Park military post near the historic battlefield now features sixty-five acetylene street lamps along six and a half miles of mains. The War Department began with Fort Meyer tests in 1903, and by 1904 a contract funded extensive lighting at the Chickamauga site, with plans to expand to Indian schools and other government buildings. Acetylene is presented as safe, simple to produce, and suitable for farms, villages, towns, churches, and public halls, delivering a pure white light.
The Delineator urges a cooperative parenting model where mothers study children and share duties with fathers. It urges fathers to seek involvement and advice, while mothers maintain ideals of righteousness and noble character. Shared observation strengthens child training and progress.
Literary notes review The June Century issue features Dumond’s frontispiece Isabel McKinney on The Tanager Jules Guerin illustrations for The Chateaux of Touraine Violet Oakley panels for Pennsylvania governor reception room Harrison Morris on the work This issue also carries poems by Marie Van Vorst Charles Wharton Stork Margaret Root Garvin Emma Belle Miles and others highlighting a month of poets.
The June review by Everybody's Publishers highlights growth from 96 to 160 pages of content per month and advertising from 73 pages earning 9 742.64 to about 120 pages earning 45 000. Circulation climbs from 150 000 copies monthly to about 750 000, nearly fivefold.
In New York, Charley Mitchell faced a threat from Mitch ell after a quarrel over John L. Sullivan. Mitchell drew a pistol, pointed it at the English boxer, and warned him that any blow would lead to news reports, then explained it was a joke and the incident ended.
Noted astronomer Professor Simon Newcomb recalls a dinner anecdote in Washington about a glass globe showing a warm shaded half. The gardener explains the sunlit half cools because the bowl was turned around to prevent cracking in heat, resolving the puzzle with plain practical reasoning.
The New Orleans Picayune explains that banks do not create money but pool small sums from individuals to form a larger fund. This aggregate enables significant business activity, allowing towns to conduct far more business than the raw cash would permit, without increasing total money.
A poetic vignette describes a child wearing a golden halo like headband as she plays. The speaker notes the child’s "glory on my head" and contrasts the baby’s innocent radiance with the adult’s weariness, ending with a reflection on past reverence and current tenderness.
London correspondent profiles William Abraham M P tracing a life starting at age ten and questions whether his early start merits the burden of parliament. The piece critiques the pace of his ascent and comments on public expectations. A separate quip recalls a Pennsylvania banker’s motive to kill a newspaper editor over an abbreviation in a society issue.
Albany resident Mr. James H. Watkins credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his locomotor ataxia after four years of progressive symptoms. He details initial knee stiffness, unsteady walk, loss of balance, pains, and weight loss, noting improvement after six boxes and full recovery in seven to eight months.
A magistrate with steely eyes declares the culprit must pay fifty before release as the man trembles and begs for mercy. The judge orders payment first and then the option to depart on horseback, per the New York Herald.
Mr. M. C. Moss of Gainesville Texas reports thirty years of painful ulcers and an eruption from knees to feet, then rapid relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. He says the treatment helped at once and cured him in six months, hoping others may be saved from misery.
A czarist palace room near St. Petersburg features lapis lazuli walls with ebony and mother of pearl inlay. A second room shows carved amber walls, while a third is richly clad in beaten gold.
Ad claims Vernal Pal mettona from San Palmetto Berries cures all stomach liver kidneys and bladder diseases. It promises restored health and offers a trial bottle with free sample from Vernal Remedy Co Le Roy New York, sold by druggists to thousands of satisfied customers.
The article notes Iceland’s large tree count today contrasts with historic forest coverage. It states climate and soil favor growth and that evidence indicates Iceland was once heavily wooded.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as they do not reach the disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on the blood and mucous surfaces and is a prescribed remedy. Sent for testimonials. price 75 cents. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Charitable sentiment aside, an ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for painful smarting nervous feet and ingrown nails. It claims shoes feel new, cures sweating feet and offers a trial package free from A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A vintage promotional passage touts Defiance Starch as a top household product offering four or more for ten cents, alongside moral maxims about kindness, maternal care, and practical health advice recommending Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for sick children and general well being.
In Seattle a King County court halted as H. R. McTavish, on trial for forging a $16 check, ate the exhibit on the table. Prosecutors sought a stomach pump while the defense argued the swallowed paper could not serve as evidence. The case remained in statu quo awaiting legal guidance.
An editorial piece argues sorrow shapes character by testing strength and virtue. It asserts misfortune reveals inner depth, fosters discipline, and can forge poets and leaders, while shallow happiness only coats outward brightness.
Congressman Morrell tells a Delaware river spending tale about a mean but rich man who agrees to be godfather to a poor couple's newborn son. The gift proves unexpectedly small as the godfather sends a Cochin China chicken cup won at a poultry show.
A New York Times item recalls oil boom era Texas when John W. Gates stayed at a Beaumont hotel and teased a waitress about her husband. The man’s quip on her husband’s condition leads to the punchline exclamatory rheumatism.
A Chicagoan recalls meeting the late Jimmy Michael abroad last autumn and discussing a young Welsh preacher whose stirring sermons provoke deep emotion among the Welsh. He notes hearing such passion in charity addresses and recalls a humorous anecdote about an old lady borrowing five dollars to aid a collection, then forgetting to repay.
A reflective poem notes travelers fading into the west along a shining plain. The speaker imagines a future journey down the valley to join a passing love beyond the sunset glow.
Sunday markets in England date from before the conquest with St Germans Cornwall and spread to Bradford Worcester Battle Launceston and parts of Durham Lancashire and Lincolnshire. Licenses shifted market days from Sunday to Thursday, acts of 1449 attempted abolition, but fairs persisted until 1806. Cumberland Wigton traders roared near churches while worshippers carried joints to church and pews.
D S Hilton of Piney Flats Tennessee credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing two years of rheumatism in two days. He reports pain in back, hip and legs vanishing after the first dose and never returning. The ad notes rheumatism stems from uric acid and promotes kidney health as the remedy.
After eight months of inquiry the Garfield Beef Investigation was attacked but critics fail to refute its figures. A magazine claim that forty Iowa banks failed in 1903-04 due to the Beef Trust is denied by Chief Clerk Cox, who attributes bank failures to speculative and reckless methods. Mare Marcus Aurelius quotes end with a reflective note on purpose.
A discussion compares freight rate setting to chess with railroads balancing gains for communities and producers. It notes U S rates are lower than Europe and Australia due to mutual concessions. It then dates the Jewish Passover to 513 B C, marking its ancient temple origins.
Mrs. J. I. Hightower of Palmetto La. says Hunt's Cure is the surest remedy for itching skin troubles including eczema and ringworm. The piece adds a quip on conscience and righteousness versus respectability.
A reflection on Horace Greeley's rural roots in New Hampshire, noting his early labor on a poor farm and how his boyhood experiences shaped his lifelong farmer temperament. The passage quotes his 1868 remark about farming and oxen and contrasts it with his turn to printing.
The article recalls the boot torture used from the seventeenth century in Scotland Spain Germany and France to coerce confessions. It notes iron and wooden versions and describes how wedges between the case and leg produced excruciating agony.
The text notes Queen Teie, wife of Amenhotep II, whose royal tomb was hidden from aristocratic opposition and found undisturbed by Theodore Davis. It also includes an old ad claiming Defiance Cold Water Starch provides 16 oz per package and saves money, plus miscellaneous items about child theater restrictions and a testimonial for Dr. David Kennedy's Remedy.
A writer promotes a cold cure claiming repeated tests prove effectiveness for colds and bronchitis. The method involves inhaling fumes from alcohol and chloroform on cotton, a practice presented as opening lung cells instantly, with pneumonia cure claimed if used early.
An advertisement extols Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula blood and skin diseases. It claims to purify the blood and improve skin health with sample letters and prepaid mail orders offering 1 2 3 and 6 bottle bundles and discounts for 12 bottles. It urges avoiding debt and promises free medical advice.
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