This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1940
Page
3
The article notes cottonseed mills in the South using coarse hair from Chinese women to weave hair mats for oil separation, with Memphis mills buying 2,000 heads monthly. It mentions Japanese Buddhist ceremonies for objects like ships and dolls, hogs’ hair used as fertilizer, and a claim that more fish is used in manufacturing than eaten.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York maintains a small army of live beetles whose task is to clean bones before mounting. Collier's reports these beetles remove flesh efficiently, aiding the preparation of skeletal displays.
A humorous exchange features Senator Dumm and Representative Dummer debating a proposed name change for mothers-in-law to kin-mother. The banter includes jab at other suggested terms and a reluctant verdict that nothing will come of the change. The column also contains brief asides on public figures and cultural notes.
The senate foreign relations committee stalled an arms embargo on Japan as debates over neutrality acts and trade treaties continued. House talks focused on Hull's reciprocal trade program amid GOP opposition and Taft's defense of the program on the senate floor. Additional items covered RFC loans, silver purchases, Export-Import Bank funding, unemployment insurance, and a probe into census privacy questions.
Finnish troops retreat on the Karelian isthmus as Russian forces pour into the area. Koivisto and Viipuri are cited as key targets. Britain ships munitions via Norway and Sweden while Denmark stays aloof. Norway protests the Altmark raid and Sweden fears Soviet victory. Turkey threatens Balkan neutrality. Romania mobilizes one million. Japan passes a record budget with about 70 percent for military spend and an arms rebuilding plan.
The design is a slim waisted flare-skirted princess frock with wide gathered shoulders. It offers two necklines a round tailored collar or a square collarless neck. Suitable for misses and women, adaptable for street materials and day cottons like gingham and percale.
Quoted remarks by U S Representative John W Gwynne emphasize country newspapers as essential to national life. He calls them the typical American institution and a defender of government and individual liberty.
Exaggerated losses in the Empress of Ireland disaster led insurers to salvage the purser's safe. When opened the safe held less than five percent of the claimed loss, a finding noted by Collier's. The 1914 sinking occurred in the St Lawrence River on May 29.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.