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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
4
A letter from F W Davis of Woodbine endorses the A M College of Texas summer school for farmers to run June 14 to July 24 in College Station. The note praises vocational training linking college to practical rural life and cites the need to extend education to rural areas to boost prosperity and resource use.
Taylor Texas reports a major rise in Irish potato acreage this season with Triumph seed potatoes sold to multiple planters. Local dealers sold two carloads in two days, signaling strong demand for spud production and renewed farming activity in Williamson County.
This winter in Lampasas County has been exceptionally dry with minimal freezes. Grain crops are nearly a total loss and rainfall in 1909 totals less than an inch, with December alone recording about one inch. The ground grows drier and rain is urgently needed.
Coal miners at Newcastle in Graham County have walked out after a wage dispute over tonnage scale halted pay at 3.03 dollars per day. About 100 workers are affected by the stoppage.
Taylor Texas reporting that the fruit crop shows little damage from the late freeze, contrary to orchardists expectations. Budding and blooming indicate resilience, with growers hopeful for a fruitful season ahead.
From Corpus Christi Texas three cars carried cabbage and two cars carried mixed vegetables Saturday. Absent rain soon the late crop may fail. That girl’s all right in a dressing room joke follows about overshoes. Scare One for Mr Henpeck notes bachelors’ crabbed humor.
Dialogue shows Fat Man testing polished items with a confident Boy replying to inspect the results. The exchange implies verification of work performed by the Boy under the Fat Man's supervision.
In a small congregation a rumor swirls around Deacon G as the pastor suspects him of stinginess. A sociable leads to a playful idea when Deacon G proposes a game using a button, after his daughter suggests borrowing the button for Sunday’s offering.
A collage of early 20th century ads and quotes promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure, Dr Michell Eye Salve, Marine Eye Remedy, Capudine, Pettit's Eye Salve, Wrigley’s Spearmint, Garfield Tea, Brown's Bronchial Traches, Woolford's Lotion, and other tonics. The page also features quips on education, invention, and honesty, with brief literary quotes.
In an eastern city a wife, proud of her husband's bank, orders conductors to stop at his bank. A tramp-like man later mocks the line by calling for a stop at his old woman's peanut stand, sparking laughter and the renewed jab at the bank phrase.
An illustrated fragment shows a satirical line about a tiger taxidermy mishap and a Mother's Advice section. It features a Castoria bottle warning and a Dorothy dialogue about sunset and postcards, plus Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims for teething.
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