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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1924
Page
2
An advertisement touts 35 cent Danderine as a tonic that revitalizes lifeless neglected hair. It claims rapid improvement in falling hair itching scalp and dandruff with immediate correction and renewed strength color and youthful beauty. Available at any drug store.
On a hot day a wealthy man criticizes charity while watching an ice cart. He offers a dime for the boy to buy lemonade, insisting the boy should not eat the ice. The boy admits he planned to drop the ice on Fav er’s back, revealing rough street life and flawed generosity.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to ease a constipated feverish child with a pleasant taste. It warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitation and notes directions printed on the bottle.
A novel band saw uses a linked chain with hard steel teeth for coarse tasks like felling trees and stove wood. The endless chain runs on four ball bearing sprockets in a light metal frame, powered by a five horsepower gasoline motor.
A self help style ad urges adults to overcome pimples rash eczema and skin troubles to gain confidence. It promotes Black and White Ointment as economical and widely available in 50c and 25c sizes, claiming large value and social benefits from clearer skin.
Get rid of worms with one dose using Dr. Peery's Dead Shot. Advertisement at 372 Pearl St. N. Those who avoid challenges seek a quiet world, the ad implies.
A harmless vegetable butter color named Dandelion has been used for 50 years and sold in drug stores and general stores for 85 cents per bottle as an everyday additive.
Washington politicians view Edward L. Doheny as a powerful force in the oil scandal and see William G. McAdoo as a weakened Democratic presidential hopeful. The piece notes shifts in party support, editorials, and the impact of oil fortunes on public opinion and candidate viability.
The piece argues electric use hinges on rubber insulation. It notes global rubber production with 76 percent British owned and 6.6 percent American owned, listing 55,000 cultivated and 40,000 undeveloped acres in Sumatra. It mentions Mindanao in the Philippines and cites the National Foreign Trade Council.
The New Poor John Corbin riffed at a New York banquet on a Greek professor who, when asked how he disposes of old clothes, replies he folds them, hangs them to dry, and puts them on again each morning. The quip targets the idle rich and the intelligentsia class.
A foreign visitor asks why Americans are hurried. Mr. Chuggins replies that a day’s business is busy and people are limited to forty five minutes of parking, explaining the anxious pace.
The Texas state game department, led by Commissioner W. W. Boyd, orders 2000 quail from Mexico for distribution to sportsmen clubs in regions where native quail are scarce. Clubs must cover shipping and crate return, and must protect birds for two years. Preference to areas with near extinction native stock and suitable habitat. Local wardens will assess applications. Previously, 200 wild turkeys were distributed across Texas to jumpstart turkeys in multiple regions.
Dr. A. H. Flickwir, president of the Texas Association Sanitariums, announces an advisory council with members from Houston Fort Worth Austin Waco and El Paso to guide health department surveys. Dr. W. S. Rankin of North Carolina will visit next month to survey city health offices. the effort costs nothing and aims to standardize methods.
The Texas state insurance commission announced a 12 percent reduction in Houston fire insurance rates for policies issued after May 1. Agents may not cancel or refund pre May 1 policies. Commissioner Allie Anderson credits the Houston fire department’s 192% record and expects about $175,000 in annual savings for Houston policyholders.
Captain Newton P Taylor commander of the Second Battalion Texas National Guard's One Hundred and Thirty first Field Artillery and Cliff Cates secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce oppose a proposed transfer of the unit from Decatur to another station. The adjutant general's department has cited Armory shortages, but Taylor says adequate facilities will be provided.
Washington Secretary Wallace of the Department of Agriculture opposes a 10 cent per 100 pounds rise in eastbound ocean freight rates announced by North Atlantic steamship lines, effective March 1. He says the increase would harm American farmers and general business.
The Philippine National Bank losses since its organization eight years ago are estimated at about 37 million dollars by insular auditor B F Wright, per his report released Saturday. Zavalla State Bank in Lufkin Texas closed by state banking department with 25 000 capital and 23 000 deposits, likely to be reorganized and reopen.
Over 100000 people nationwide attest to Tanlac, the World's Greatest Tonic, with a long list of personal experiences claiming weight gain, restored appetite, improved strength, and better health. Buyers urged to buy from druggists and avoid substitutes as over 40 million bottles have been sold.
A Chumley recounts: the audience praised his delivery with heartfelt remarks. One member told him after he sat down that it was the best thing he had ever done.
Demand Bayer aspirin only when the Bayer name appears on the package or tablets. The alert warns that dangers may follow if Bayer is not present and claims the product is proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years.
The remark compares using a strainer to eating soup with a mustache and suggests using a spoon. It reflects a humorous or mock philosophical musing found in the Boston Transcript. The line plays on practical wit about utensils and facial hair while hinting at constraints of everyday tasks.
An ad catalog lists Cascarets for liver and bowels at 10c a box and claims it cures billousness constipation and headaches while promoting Cuticura Soap and Ointment for complexion and Cuticura Talcum as a toilet trio. It ends with prunes praised as agreeable and a moral line about virtue.
A reader reports two years of illness after motherhood with loss of appetite and sleep, weight drop, and pale appearance. After trying Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery she recovered quickly, finishing four bottles and endorsing the remedy to friends. Obtainable at drug stores or by sending 10 cents.
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