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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
7
A vintage ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims it cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping and urges mothers to use it for fevers and stomach issues while warning against counterfeits.
A Charleston Mail item recalls a child asking if policemen have wives after a woman, described as a policeman's wife, was seen. The child remarks she didn't know they had wives until spotting her. The anecdote underscores social curiosities about police families in Charleston.
An ad from Sherman Texas urges quick action against kidney weakness. It claims dull back pain dizziness scalding urine frequent urination and nervous weakness signal trouble. The ad promotes Richards' Kidney Pills priced 75 cents per box as the best treatment and warns against substitutes.
Secretary Houston affirmed that highway work must continue to support reconstruction era jobs. Texas officials Curtis Hancock and C. S. Fowler outlined the state’s ability to absorb surplus labor, fund projects via county bonds, and adapt to a $200 million federal program with simplified funding.
Juarez Mexico Martin Lopez Villa's second in command led a dawn attack on Moctezuma railway station. He drove forty federal troops into sand hills after burning the station and dynamiting bridges. The attack cut military wires and left the fate of the garrison unknown.
The attorney general’s department says the legislature may require English language ability for voters in primary elections but not in general elections. The constitution sets general election voter qualifications.
Paris reports France suffered nearly 20 billion dollars in war losses. Lord Dubois, deputy from the Seine, prepared the estimate for the budget committee of the chamber. Losses cover land and property damage, household effects, cattle deeds, raw materials, provisions, and revenue and trade losses.
About 200 enlisted men from Barron Flying Field gathered from across the United States and filed a 1000 word protest with Captain Pierce the commanding officer demanding they be discharged from service.
The senate stayed in session through Saturday night to pass the Victory Loan Bill, the keynote measure of the calendar, and adjourned shortly before 7 o'clock Sunday morning.
Francis P. Garvan of New York City is appointed by President Wilson to succeed A Mitchell Palmer as alien property custodian. Palmer becomes attorney general.
Milam county records favor reducing cotton acreage. Tyler County farmers vote to plant no more than two thirds of 1918 acreage. How many counties approve road bonds and school funds also noted. Oil prospecting grows in Leon and Brown counties with planned test wells on the Dashield ranch near Jewett.
In Austin more than 1,000 bills and joint resolutions have been introduced this session with hundreds likely to die on calendars. With adjournment near, a mad scramble to pass measures looms as Governor Hobby resists a special session and pay scales shift. Revenue and utility bills, minimum wage, and protections for women and children remain unsettled.
Washington reports that the 111th Trench Mortar Battery of the Thirty sixth Division with 4 officers and 175 men, plus headquarters detachment of the Sixty first Field Artillery Brigade and eight officers of the Eighty eighth Ammunition Train, sail from St Nazaire and arrive at Newport News on March 12 en route to Camp Bowie. The transport Lowan carries the 315th Trench Mortar Battery of the Ninetieth Division to various camps including Camp Bowie, Dix, and Travis. The Arcadia, sailing March 1, arrives Newport News March 17 with the 111th Ammunition Train of the Thirty sixth Division for Camp Bowie.
President Wilson appoints Herbert Hoover to head the European famine relief relief administration with full authority to direct purchase of foodstuffs and urgent supplies, arrange transportation and distribution from the relief fund for Europe.
A Windfall gallery scene features a visitor praising breadth of taste and declaring no discrimination in art. The speaker rejects prejudice by saying nationality or background does not matter if the price is right.
An old advertising note describes mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound with glycerine in water to darken gray hair. It promises gradual darkening without scalp staining, stickiness, or rub-off and claims full directions are in Barbo Compound boxes.
A exchange between Mrs Woppit and Mr Flibbit prompts a light jab about promises and rent. Mrs Woppit runs a lodging house while her husband claims to be a gentleman, sparking a humorous reflection on trust and payments.
About 1,700 nominations remained unconfirmed when Congress adjourned including A. Mitchell Palmer for attorney general and John Skelton Williams for controller of the currency. The list also contained roughly 1,000 postmasters plus 500 army officers and 200 naval officers.
The inaugural ball, postponed from January 21 due to influenza, was held Monday night in a local hotel and drew a large crowd. Governor and Mrs. Hobby hosted a large informal reception at the executive mansion beforehand for legislators and their spouses, with Austin citizens afterward filling the mansion from 7 to 9 30 p m.
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