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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1928
Page
7
A dated advertisement touts Joint-Ease for relief of sciatica, lumbago, sore muscles and back, chest colds and burning feet. It claims rapid absorption and invites readers to purchase at druggists for 60 cents, with a mailing address for Pope Laboratories in Des Moines.
National Association of Retail Druggists promotes First Aid Home Remedy Week from March 18 to 24. Sterling Products backs the seven year old campaign with the slogan Fill That Medicine Chest Now and aims to reduce unpreparedness and suffering through Little Johnny Advertising backing a national merchandising drive.
A remark notes that many polished epigrams from classic masters now seem hokey to contemporary readers, reflecting shifting tastes in wit and literary style.
Modern mothers discover Castoria as a pure vegetable remedy for colic constipation and diarrhea in babies. The ad touts Fletcher's Castoria as harmless sweet tasting with gentle effects and notes a doctor’s approval and a free care book with purchase.
San Francisco astronomers prepare for the planetoid Eros which will pass 13.5 million miles from Earth in 1930. R H Tucker notes Eros will help calibrate Earth sun distance as 402 stars will form a background for observations after 77 nights at Lick Observatory with 2100 measurements. The study marks one of Lick’s best seasons in 30 years. Eros’ first close approach since its 1898 discovery is anticipated.
Agatha Brown leaves Great Rock after revealing she must choose duty over romance with Robin McKimber. He pursues her, learns only that a conspiracy may entangle his family, and seeks help from De Guillain while Miss Brown’s future remains uncertain.
Don C. Seitz profiles George Francis Train known as Champion Crank. He circled the globe in 80 days, led the 1893 Chicago Columbian exposition march, built a 40 ship fleet during the California gold boom, visited Australia, introduced street railways in Europe, backed the Union in the Civil War era, and founded Omaha while facing litigation and insanity findings before dying in New York at seventy six.
The first university library in Oxford was founded in 1820 by Thomas Cobham, bishop of Worcester. In 1598 Sir Thomas Bodley undertook the project to make the library fit and handsome with seats shelves and all needed provisions, convinced he could not better use himself.
A mongrel dog bravely tried to rescue five year old Frankie Smith after he fell through an eel hole on a frozen inlet near Marion. Despite the dog’s barking and pulling the child’s clothes from the water, Frankie was drowned before doctors arriving from Greenport could help.
Berkeley researchers report three of four men dislike their given names after surveying thousands of Christian names from 1870 to present. Profess or George R Steward Jr notes many would choose a different first name, with William and John remaining common. Since 1890 Mary has declined while Elizabeth now leads, followed by Helen Dorothy Marie Katherine Louise Ruth Eleanor and Evelyn.
Washington. Remington Kellogg of the Carnegie Institution explains that a whale's spout is formed by blowing air, not exhaled water. The nasal passage connects to the windpipe, disproving the old idea that the whale expels water through its mouth.
In Schoolfield Virginia Mars J C ery Box 249 recalls how her wife benefited from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes improved strength after years of trouble and now can perform housework sew feed chickens milk the cow and tend the pigs following five bottles.
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