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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
4
This profile traces Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts through her work with herbal remedies and the creation of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It explains how the 1873 Panic spurred a family driven venture to market the medicine and sustain the Pinkham estate.
The Canton dialect explains tea names Pekoe Congon Bohea Soo chong and Hyson. Pekoe refers to the youngest leaves with white down, Congon denotes laborious preparation at Amboy, Bohea names a Fokien hills range, Soo chong means the small kind, and Hyson signifies flourishing spring.
At Rug near Bala a knife, fork and dagger once owned by Owen Glendower are kept alongside a two handed sword once worn by Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester. The Earl of Pembroke praises a russet and gilt armor once worn by William Earl of Pembroke at St Quentin.
An advertorial sample promotes Garfield Tea as a wholly herbal laxative curing constipation and related ailments. It cites a Brooklyn New York company address and invites customers to send their pharmacist’s name. A short tale recounts siege famine in Paris with a dog roast anecdote.
A short letter from P Cassidy of Montevallo Alabama laments the absence of a product named Lightning Oil. The writer recalls various injuries of family members and the repeated plea Where's the Lightning Oil. The note presents a plea framed as a consumer call for the balm.
In Clay County Missouri a comic tale recalls Philander Lucas, a circuit court judge. An Irishman in his case proposes to hire another lawyer but prefers the judge himself to receive payment for prayers, claiming the judge’s legal knowledge would guide the outcome.
Internal treatment claimed to cure catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure described as a prescribed tonic with blood purifiers, offered by CHENEY & CO of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A British merchant vessel saluted the royal yacht Victoria and Albert as they passed. The royal yacht did not return the salute, prompting the merchant skipper to complain to the admiralty. The royal captain then sent an apology.
Free sample offer for Botanic Blood Balm claims to cure rheumatism and catarrh by purifying blood. Advertises that many patients were cured after doctors and medicines failed, with $1 bottles and free medical advice from Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
A goose and a turkey ran a 100 yard race in London watched by hundreds. After a false start the goose sprinted ahead and won easily with cheers. The goose wore a box on its back and collected donations for a local hospital before and after the race.
A vintage ad promises a quick cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It mentions a refund if the product fails and features a signature line for E. W. Rove and a six-per-box claim.
Reports for the year show North Dakota leading states with 525 miles of new railway construction while Minnesota ranks fifth with 201 miles.
A German consulate officer reports to his government on Brazil's vast forests and notes an American firm with 5 million dollars beginning to exploit top regions, highlighting potential for large-scale lumber operations.
An advertisement-like piece touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for grip lingering weakness and wasting diseases. It features Amelia Hall of Norwich Conn recounting recovery after trying the pills, plus a health claim about building red blood and strength and a Gertrude Atherton quote on personal resilience.
The article argues Dr Pierce of Buffalo publishes full ingredient lists for his medicines, claims no alcohol or narcotics, uses vegetable roots such as Stone root and Black Cherrybark in Golden Medical Discovery, and cites medical authorities to support the formula and efficacy in bronchial and throat illnesses.
A testimonial from Mrs. J. J. Hightower of Palmetto Louisiana praises Hunts Cure as the surest remedy for itchy skin troubles including eczema and ringworm. The note also mentions a special examination for female barbers in Australian cities and advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming relief for teething and wind colic at 2c a bottle.
Athletes of the West show a high representation in the Yale Harvard Princeton and Pennsylvania football rosters. Western students make up 27 percent of Yale’s population yet contribute 46 percent of its star athletes. Harvard lists 6576 westerners among 4228 men. westerners supply 17 percent of its athletes. The piece ponders whether westerners have superior muscles or better training.
An amusing reflection on women and their bonnets. The piece notes how husbands are loved while bonnets are worshipped less. It contrasts the worn, termed old with the push for new, a perpetual dethronement by the next fashionable headpiece.
Former Governor Odell, speaking at the Albany County fair, argues that highway development benefits rural communities directly while cities gain indirectly, noting broad support for the plan.
Quote from Leo Trevor in C B Fry's Magazine argues motor masks and large goggles should aid weather and speed but need not resemble battle ship searchlights.
A collage of 19th century advertisement lines touting Hunt's Cure and Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen as universal cures. The text also notes a moral exhortation about spiritual progress and a civic remark that Swiss men aged twenty to sixty-five are required to vote.
Mrs. Addie Harding of 121 W Bright Ave Syracuse New York reports twelve years of Peruna use as a preventive for colds and other illnesses. She says throat rawness turning to bronchitis troubles her two to three times yearly but notes a two year ago spell where Peruna stopped the choking feeling and has kept her from it since.
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