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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
3
Prof Braun of the University of Strasburg attempts to heat four rooms in Munich by a flashlight from Nu remberg about 100 miles away using focused light. The stunt aims to demonstrate rapid heating through distant illumination.
This historical notice promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to cure fevers, teething disorders, bad stomach, and worm issues. It claims to move and regulate bowels and is sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free sample. Address A. K. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A vintage ad-line touts Defiance starch at 16 oz for 10 cents with a slogan promising quality. The accompanying remark critiques Justice for busying herself with her scales and not delivering rewards to certain people.
An advertisement notes Defiance Starch as the best starch for starching with extra yield for the price. It promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch for housekeepers and claims, A Cure for a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinize Tablets, with refund if ineffective. It also includes moral quips about effort and daily bread.
A vintage ad touts Defiance Starch claiming 16 oz for 10 cents to keep clothes white. It notes Sir Frederick Holder, first speaker of the Australian Commonwealth House of Representatives, began as a South Australian school master.
A hotel porter, sent to buy tin cups, carries a traveling salesman's sample case to a Washington Street store. He naps on the case, a tin cup slips, and he strangely collects 43 cents from passersby who think him a blind mendicant. The incident amuses the porter.
Report from the Waldorf City Federation notes humorous scenes as husbands wait in the ante room while wives attend. Leroy Sunderland Smith sits pondering as men seek their spouses and drift to the cafe where a critic blasts women’s clubs for raising children, then leaves for cocktails.
The text notes death at 68 per minute and birth at 70 per minute, totaling 35 740 800 deaths and 36 792 000 births yearly. It mentions Falbe receiving a German pension for poetry and Ekenberg's skim milk powder invention. It also cites Uncle Eben on wealth and happiness, Sir Oliver Mowatt’s long tenure, a Bible reference, Joseph before the king, a Riviera memorial hospital plan, and a civic advertising remark.
A report notes strong cotton growth in West Africa. It also mentions a farm horse consuming twelve pounds of crushed oats and thirty pounds of hay daily. A reflection suggests friends rarely mean everything they say while enemies often do.
Grocers avoid Defiance starch due to stock of 12 oz brands. Defiance provides 16 oz for the same money. Ad urges buyers to choose 16 oz and notes no cooking required. Also mentions Josiah E. Lynn dying in a Washington NJ alms house. Trade mark shown: The Klean Kool Kitchen Kind with smokeless stoves. Mentions czar rule expanding over twice contiguous territory.
Washington woman praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female trouble headaches backache irregular periods and nervous attacks. She asserts decades of experience and offers $5000 against any claim of greater authenticity.
As a child Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross Society, disliked dolls and preferred wooden soldiers, showing an early interest in toy figures of soldiers over animals.
Foot powder promises relief for tight shoes and burning feet with cures for swelled ankles corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample offer. Includes ad address and historical wartime note. A Kansas cattle tract bought by Indiana and Ohio capitalists is also mentioned.
An advertisement extols Defiance Starch as essential for every home, claiming it offers 4 oz more for 10 coute than any rival cold water starch. It also features various odd health and travel pitches and odd notes about Britain’s imports, a curing pitch, and a real estate metric.
An analysis of 3,237 eminent graduates finds the premier choice is a small non sectarian male only New England college in a town over 30,000. The Pope forms a permanent biblical studies commission of forty. The Spanish American War cost a day for over a year, while fighting lasted three months. An Irish land bill tenant faces sixty eight years of annual installments at reduced rent.
In a quip about finance, Senator Sorghum says he no longer worries about currency and conducts most business with checks. The line reflects a humorous take on money and modern commerce.
The piece notes Florida will not enforce a quarantine against Cuba this spring unless yellow fever cases are detected there, reversing prior precautionary practice.
Between January and September last year Vienna recorded 250 men and 98 women who killed themselves and 367 who made unsuccessful suicide attempts. The figures highlight a ongoing mental health crisis in the city and reflect broader social concerns.
A bachelor girl entertaining a caller says if he were a woman she would show her new frock but since he is a man she will reveal the slippers that accompany it. The line highlights light social banter from a period piece scene.
Food eaten without appetite causes gastric disturbance as the stomach glands fail to secrete digestive juices unless stimulated by a desire for food.
The report states that the global availability of gold will double over the next decade, signaling major shifts in mining, markets, and economic strategy worldwide.
A report notes Wurttemberg ships about 5 million harmonicas annually to various markets. The detail highlights the scale of regional manufacturing and international demand for the musical instruments.
An advertorial urging women with female weakness to use Peruna by Dr. Hartman of Columbus Ohio. It cites case letters from Eva Bartho and Maud Steinbach praising Peruna curing cervical and uterine troubles, easing fears of operation, and promising free advice from Dr. Hartman.
A vintage praise of Doan’s Kidney Pills and Dean’s Kidney Pills claims relief from aching backs hip and join pains swelling and dropsy signs. It touts removal of calculi and gravel and relief from heart palpitations sleeplessness headaches nervousness dizziness and urinary troubles with a free trial offer.
A 68 year old Indiana state bank president credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief from rheumatism and frequent nighttime urination. He says his backache vanished and he now sleeps through the night after taking two boxes.
A mixed fragment lists Hall's Catarrh Cure with a price of 75c, then shifts to assorted witticisms about finances, marriage, appearances, and honesty. It mentions Piso's Cure, MecCane's Detective Agency in Houston, a church remark on holy orders, and Carolina's real estate purchase, plus notes on New Zealand ivy and a careless hen.
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