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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
General Foch argues in The Field that decisive attack is the sole path to victory, requiring massed reserves and surprise. He warns against purely defensive battles and urges continuous heavy action to overthrow the enemy’s forces and end their resistance.
In Seymour, superintendent Thomas A. Mott recalls a girl who believed in miracles. After a tough exam she prayed to make Boston the capital of Maine, explaining she wrote it that way on her paper and wants it corrected.
A cablegram reports the Belgian queen soothing wounded soldiers at the front and organizing a symphony orchestra for them. Paul Ginisty of Petit Parisian visited a front school housing 600 war child victims, with gas masks on each dormitory bed and care adjusted to the children's ages.
An expert from the Department of Agriculture shares methods for harvesting rhubarb and preserving it. Recipes include rhubarb jam and conserve, rhubarb sauce with corn syrup, rhubarb tapioca, and rhubarb scallop. The article also suggests breadless meals using wheat substitutes and a variety of vegetables to balance starch.
Butter a baking dish and layer crumbs with cinnamon or nutmeg, then rhubarb and corn syrup, dot with butter. Repeat to fill, top with buttered crumbs, bake 20 minutes until brown. Serve hot with or without sauce.
A USDA food specialist who promotes rhubarb in department kitchens also grows it at home and prepares rhubarb dishes for her family. She shares several excellent uses she finds for the fruit and explains its good qualities for women.
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims quick relief from feverish irritability, biliousness, and constipation, urging mothers to use the genuine product and beware of counterfeits.
Congressman J Hampton Moore cites a classroom joke about Reginald recalling a phoenix tale. A teacher asks Reginald what was discussed yesterday and he answers Phoenixville rising up and carrying out their ashes.
Advice to bathe with Cuticura Soap in hot water, dry, then apply Cuticura Ointment for relief. Promotes rapid relief and healing with directions for free samples to Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
A transient staggers into a boardinghouse dining room and, after tossing his water glass out the window, declares he will never drink water again. He quips that water rots the soles of shoes and would rot the stomach, prompting questions from a neighbor.
A description touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general strengthening tonic with quinine and iron. It claims noticeable blood effects after initial doses and emphasizes its value for health.
A dramatic quote describes a man who imprisoned his wife in a room filled with gowns bon nets and no mirror. The exchange questions the cruelty and seeks to understand the motive behind the confinement and humiliation.
A playful exchange references hanging small pictures and asking about thumb tacks or fingernails as methods to mount them. The gag centers on a domestic quip about home decoration.
A historical figure states there were 5,516,613 illite ates in the United States in 1910. The line preserves the era's statistical phrasing and assigns a precise count to a long-defunct demographic term.
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