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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
4
A previously published remedy claims to cure rheumatism and a lame back using one ounce syrup of sarsaparilla compound and one ounce Toris Compound mixed with half a pint of whiskey. A tablespoonful before meals and at bedtime is advised with shaking before use. Drug stores can supply the ingredients or obtain them from wholesalers.
A terse dialogue fragment centers on beauty passing with a bantering line about stopping beauty on its way. The exchange hints at irony and personal commentary without broader context or names.
Miss Jessie F. Buchanan from Hamilton Georgia describes a childhood scalp disease that caused hair loss. After a doctor recommended Cuticura Remedies she recovered in weeks and has used them for a hand breakout with great benefit. She reports no further scalp issues.
The renowned showman P T Barnum noted that Cuticura Remedies have appeared in his medicine chests with his circuses for three seasons and he testifies they were effective in every case that required their use.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader presents a brief dialogue exchange. Chappie items wrap by a bed and expresses introspection while Dollie asks about catching a cold, indicating a casual domestic moment.
Claims Hicks Capudine cures the cold and relieves feverish aches headaches and running noses. Advertises liquid formula with immediate effects and pricing at drug stores.
An 18 year old girl expresses two dominant fears about her future: becoming an old maid and the prospect of not going to heaven. The remark reflects pressures surrounding marriage and religious expectations in her community.
The ad copy touts Perry Davis Painkiller as a seventy year old remedy for lumbago sciatica and pleurisy with various side notes. It also promotes Pazo Gintment for piles with a 6 to 14 day cure guarantee and mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels. A crab eating monkey in Siam is noted as swimming like a fish.
A traveling man visits a major New York firm and is snubbed by the gatekeeper. After the boy says the manager tore up the card, the traveler sends a nickel as payment. He then offers two cards for five and leaves before the manager can catch him.
A classroom moment shows Freddie Brown wavering as he is asked to compare the adjective clean. He hesitates and mentions relatives, finally noting auntie but doubting her suitability for the illustration.
A reader describes improved health after giving up meat and other foods and starting a breakfast of fruit Grape-Nuts with cream crisp toast and Postum. The letter praises natural phosphate in Grape-Nuts and claims faster nervous strength from the cereal with a nudge to look for The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
Mrs Sarah J Gilliland of Siler City N C writes that after grip illness and womanly troubles Cardui improved her health and saved her life after other methods failed The ad claims Cardui has 50 years of success and urges women to ask their druggist and write to Chattanooga Medicine Co for instructions and a Home Treatment for Women book
A collage of humorous exchanges and regional dialogue. A family scene shows a toddler missing her sister and pondering the day while a mother and others chat about weather and neighborly life. The piece blends stories from The Woman's Home Companion and rustic gossip.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease taken internally acts on mucous surfaces and builds up the constitution. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any false claim and urge sending testimonials from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio with Druggists selling for 75 cents. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A pale vignette shows a comfortable citizen praising the automobile as life improves while noting speed and bicycle riding distracts police. The dialogue implies social ease from motor travel and hints at shifting urban enforcement concerns.
This notice urges mothers to examine every bottle of CASTORIA for the signature of Lit In Use For Over 30 Years and to choose the kind they have always bought, emphasizing safety for infants and children.
Rescue remedy claims to soothe contagious spring eye infections. It urges frequent application for reliable relief and minimal sting, presenting as a remedy for irritation and discharge. The ad-style copy emphasizes action and perseverance, ending with a motivational note.
Jeromé S McWade shared a Sunday school prize tale about a poor man who resists drunken temptation for love. He finds a bag of gold, marries the rich lady, and has twins, with the moral that virtue is its own reward. The anecdote is cited from the New York Times.
George Washington Henry Clay Lincol n Carter, a young Georgia darkey, is questioned at 1 a m for being found in a white neighbor’s henhouse. He claims he came to gather local color and insists he was not stealing chickens, pleading the lawyerly backstory.
The Sunday Magazine of the Cleveland Leader quotes Senator Beveridge at a Washington dinner replying to a sugar trust defender with a grim funeral coffin analogy. The tale likens the defender to a man at his brother’s funeral who admires a neatly fitted coffin and invites the undertaker for a drink.
An amusing note on a baya bird lighting its nest with fireflies, then a pivot to a home remedy ad. It touts Acme Home-Treatment as the sure path to end the drink habit and offers a free trial via E Fortin in Chicago.
Two young women slipped in a slushy crossing and rose wet and angry as onlookers condemned the insult added to injury. Resinol Ointment is extolled as a universal boon by a Brooklyn reader, while a proverb from George Washington urges self-reliance before helping others.
A vintage ad promotes laxative Broyo uitine tablets and Allen's Lung Balsam as cures. It touts LAXATIVE and cough relief with various bottle prices and claims a quick fix if other remedies fail. The piece includes quips about thinking and fault finding.
Letters claim long term use cured female troubles and neuralgia with the compound. Mrs George, Paterson New Jersey, says doctors warned against remedies but advises giving it a trial.
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