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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
4
In Cleveland, two exhausted women stranded by a stalled car near the Colonial theater refuse help from passerby Charles A. Gager who offered assistance. The exchange shows the women asking him to mind his own business as he tried to lend a hand.
Eva questions pressed flowers and Jack jokes they recall a kiss through a telephone. He notes they have lost their sweetness. The dialogue ends with a simile from an explorer who compares the sun in the arctic to a magnified elusive gold dollar.
Bloomdale Ohio woman shares relief from chronic backache and neuralgia after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women to seek root-cause treatment and offers confidential, free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Col Robert C. Carter recalls campaign comrades at a Nashville banquet. He tells of Private Dash of Company A famed for a blunt tongue. Dash encounters a grande dame on a Tich estate who refuses him food, then quips her mind is made up.
Bondsonby stops smoking after years of habit. A stenographer he’s worked with for weeks allegedly praised not kissing a man who always smokes, prompting the quitting. The doctor’s order is not cited as the reason.
In Her Count a young wife claims she has lived with Philip for a year without quarrel. The counterpoint arrives when a friend reminds her they were married seven years ago, noting he is a traveling salesman.
In a lighthearted snippet from Success Magazine Miss A. wears a fawn skirt that attracts envy. A friend asks to inherit it claiming it matches a waist, but Miss A. dismisses it noting the garment is “on its last legs now.”
Memorial by Mission Texas growers asks Taft to abrogate the treaty to use Rio Grande waters for irrigation from Del Rio to Brownsville. It calls for joint U S Mexico water rights, international dams, high level canals, and large storage reservoirs to transform low value land into valuable irrigated acreage.
Washington reports the Puerto Perlas Banana Company near Bluefields Nicaragua has appealed to the state department for protection of its vessels and business. The state department telegraphed the U S consul at Bluefields for details.
Bastrop Texas tax assessor J H Jones reports 1910 valuation at 12,642,186, up from 12,420,150 in 1909 after completing the county tax rolls and presenting them to the tax commissioner.
The Texas department of insurance and banking on a Wednesday approved Lum bermans National Bank Houston Beeville Bank and Trust Company Beeville Mercury State Bank Mercury and First State Bank Clinton as reserve agents for state banks.
In a joint Cuero meeting with Goliad commissioners, De Witt officials declined to fund half of the cost to build a bridge over Fifteen Mile Creek, halting the project.
Denison Texas reports a general wage increase of 8 cents per hour for all switch men on the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad, effective May 1.
Dr. C. F. Seafers superintendent of Mary Gates Hospital fractured his right arm while cranking his auto in Port Arthur Texas. One bone near the wrist broke as a result of the mishap.
Hempstead Texas reports the first carloads of Waller County melons loaded and ready. The Alabama Sweet variety is noted for its fine size as harvesting starts.
Henry Palmer of Vale and Walnut streets Barnesville Ohio describes severe back pain swelling and dizziness from kidney trouble caused by army hardships. He reports relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills and urges others to remember the name with 50 cent boxes from Foster-Mibrn Co Buffalo NY.
A dialogue describes a hot environment with no visible fire escapes while a character named Flatdweller-No remarks on the heat and expresses no complaints about the setting.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as remedies for skin and scalp ailments and for cleansing and beautifying. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. of Boston offers a free 32 page Cuticura Book on skin and hair.
At a funeral Governor Marshall receives effusive praise from a longtime admirer. An elderly Irish woman, revering the Indiana governor, grasps his hand and declares admiration while honoring the occasion.
A Philadelphia Methodist recalls a Norristown preacher who, in a long Sunday night prayer, lists his misfortunes and ends with a plea to be tested again only with the burden of wealth, saying God has tried him with affliction bereavement and sorrow.
A drummer falls ill and visits a famed physician. After a tense exchange the doctor suspects appendicitis but the drummer insists the issue is merely cramps. The physician, irritated, demands five dollars.
A husband rushes in as a wife calmly delays fleeing a house fire saying she must tidy the room to look decent for the arriving firemen. The dialogue contrasts urgency with mundane priorities in a Modern Society moment.
The snippet urges mothers to use Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and teething. It advertises the product as the familiar trusted formula “the signature in use for years” and notes benefits for gums and colic while invoking quotes about helping others and making pleasures pleasant.
In Uganda Mr Roosevelt accepts the invitation to dedicate a new wing of the Mengo C M S hospital. He praises the local rulers culture and mission efforts and emphasizes practical aid and visible fruit from medical missionary work as proof of impact. He states pride in having his name on the project and declares it open.
Mrs. De Payste explains they fired William the chauffeur last week after discovering chronic laziness. He did many duties well but slept at midnight, sometimes leaving Mr. De Payste to drive home after late club outings, with William found sleeping in the car outside.
An amiable old lady chats with a stranger about the ceremony for laying the foundation stone of a new church. She points to the duke and duchess, the mayor and mayoress, the vicar, and a curious couple described as the er vixen, painting a vivid portrait of local dignitaries and visitors in attendance.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo as trustworthy. Walding Kinnan and Marvin pledge the firm’s honesty. The ad promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure taken internally, with testimonials and price. Also promotes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and includes a moral quote from Lord Lytton.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters claiming it cures indigestion dyspepsia constipation poor appetite biliousness cramps headaches diarrhea and malaria. It stresses buying only the genuine bottle with a private stamp over the neck.
A friend laments the situation as the restaurant proprietor explains he pays the pretty waitress extra so patrons endure tougher steaks. He notes her beauty ensures no one objects even if the steaks are so tough they could pull teeth.
The quote contrasts a political boss’s critic asking why the paper isn’t called the Appendix with a jab that the appendix is a useless organ. It underscores cynicism about media promotion and perfection in politics.
Neches Texas truck growers shipped two carloads of potatoes the first for the year with a poor yield. The first carload of peaches for the season also went out.
Hearne Texas Miss Lillian Killough of Wheelock and Miss Beatrice McCoy of Clinton were elected by the school trustees at their meeting this week as teachers in the Hearne public school.
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