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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
3
An old style advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe 10 cent remedy to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims relief from headache biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach and constipation and promises overnight effect without gripe or inconvenience.
Augustus Thomas comments at the Players' Club in New York about elevating the stage and the presence of a new Shakespeare club. A treasurer boasts the club’s great success, noting fines for nonattendance funded a box party for a musical comedy. A separate note recalls a fly's speed relative to a man.
Louisville reader says four years of female troubles headaches and nervousness left her weak. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered well and even had an eight pound baby, avoiding an operation doctors warned was necessary.
The House passed a Senate measure adding an ironclad ban on liquor imports into prohibition states by a 319 to 72 vote after uproarious debate. The rider also blocks liquor advertising in mails to states forbidding such ads. The measure, likely to be approved by President Wilson, would extend the dry zone across about one third of the United States.
The third court of civil appeals affirmed a lower court decision in State v Houston Oil Co of Texas et al. The case involved about 88 000 acres of school land in Jasper Newton Sabine Hardin and San Augustine counties and timber damages. The state sought recovery of the land claiming original sales were invalid and was defeated.
The Texas state board of education bought 37 400 of 62 400 bonds offered leaving 106 600 after purchases. New bonds went to Callahan county district 38 700 Cherokee county 41 3000 57 600 Comanche Eastland county 3 3000 Concho county 24 1000 Floyd county 17 3000 Frio county 14 4000 Gonzales county 38 1500 Grayson Fannin county 79 2000 Harris county 10 2500 Limestone county 79 1000 Madison county 29 1000 Shelby county 90 2000 Tom Green county 29 1000 San Augustine county 14 1500 28 3000.
In San Francisco California potato associations from Minnesota and California met before ICC examiner Robert Geary. O W Tong for Minnesota Northern Potato Traffic Association protested that California to Texas potato rates discriminate against Minnesota and Wisconsin growers.
The federal farm loan board announced the first officers and directors of the new federal land bank in Wichita Kansas. D F Callahan of Kingman Kan is president Miles Lassater of Oklahoma City is vice president T J Guilfoil of Albuquerque is secretary Ralph Voorhees of Denver is treasurer Thomas A Hubbard of Rome Kan is a director W P Z German of Muskogee Okla is register and attorney.
Ned Dawson, a carefree young man, pursues a year of travel and a quiet life. He falls for Edna Wardell, daughter of ailing Mr Wardell, after filling a prescription and meeting her in a London shop setting. The doctor and Mr Wardell praise Ned for a cure, and Ned soon joins the Wardell family as their prospective son in law.
A son rooms his elderly parents in an upscale New York hotel while they visit. The father admires the gilded surroundings and declines an offer to have his shoes shined outside the door, preferring to keep them in his room to avoid gilding them.
A Kansas City Journal snippet notes a woman challenging a doctor's dismissal of her health. The doctor allegedly labeled her illness a headache, prompting the witty exchange about money and credibility. The gag ends with formal acknowledgment of migraine.
Meeker recalls not understanding his wife before marriage and Bleeker jokes he finally does now as she never lets up until he does.
Mrs Minnie Starnes of Deepwater Texas describes severe monthly suffering from 1905 to 1908 and credits Cardus with stopping pain after starting Cardul. She urges expectant mothers to try Cardus to ease anxiety and fear and to obtain relief from common women's complaints.
An Omaha Nebraska advertisement urges mothers to feed Skinner’s Macaroni and Spaghetti to children. It claims the product builds bone and muscle, calms nerves, and is economical. The note offers a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg Co. address in Omaha.
An 1890s style advertisement promotes Tetterine as a cure for itching piles and skin diseases including tetter ringworm eczema and infant sore head. It claims testimonials from Jesse W. Scott of Milledgeville Georgia and notes a 50 cent price with mail delivery from J T Shuptrine in Savannah Georgia.
A Minnesota proposal urges creation of a state-owned paper mill highlighting public ownership. The discussion contrasts industrial strategy with private sector norms while noting potential regional economic benefits.
A fragmented clipping mixes dialogue about seers and financiers with an advertisement for Roman Eye Balsam an antiseptic external ointment and a sales pitch for a backache remedy from Dr V M. It notes tin production in the Malay Peninsula and contains stray market chatter. The text shows ad like claims and commodity mention without a clear cohesive story.
An old newspaper ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming quinine and iron purge malaria and build strength for 50 cents. It also notes electric sprinkler wagons watering streets of an English city and markets Dr Peery's Dead Shot as a genuine single dose worm and tapeworm cleanser.
The article notes Australia cutting and burning eucalyptus with scant scientific supervision while California and South America plant them. It praises Australian hardwoods for beauty, polish, strength, durability, and resistance to fungus and insects, comparing them to mahogany.
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