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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
3
Statistics tout alarming mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis. The ad claims a single remedy, Dr King’s New Life Pills, prevents and cures these diseases and other ailments. M Fimmery of Chicago testifies the pills have no equal for constipation and biliousness. 25 at all druggists.
The extract lists state officers Governor Lanham Lieut Governor Neal Attorney General Davidson Supt Public Instruction Cousins Controller Stephens Land Commissioner Terrel Railroad Commissioner Mayfield Representatives Burgess Paulus Stavinoha Brown Senators etc. District and county officers include District Attorney Adkinson Clerk Meitzen Bagby Sheriff Buchanan Tax Collector Bennett Supt of Schools Guenther and others. Precinct officials for Precincts 1 to 8 are shown with names and roles.
Community brief listing visits by F Biehunko and John Baur. Shiner business and social notes. church services and school events. Rural Free Delivery route to be established. local ads for goods and services. weather and agricultural updates. dynamo upgrade brings electric light back in Moulton.
Heavy rain last Friday night disrupts roads and farming with fears of potato crop damage. Miss Annie Geovert celebrated her birthday with friends. The Bolling families welcomed christenings, while St Joseph’s Day confirmations were postponed due to weather. Ten-year-old M Harris’s daughter Jennie dies from erysipelas. funeral held at Old Moulton Cemetery. An invitation offers one year free Eagle subscriptions to local couples married in 1905. A dance tale recalls a boy’s frightful encounter with a masked crowd and a roaming animal during a party.
San Antonio hosts a week of public fetes from April 24 to 29 to mark the San Jacinto anniversary and Alamo purchase. The program includes night pageants, parades, fireworks, flower battles, patriotic balls, animal acts, and free concerts across streets and Fort Sam Houston.
A letter from EF W Devor & Co. promotes Devoe paint, arguing clothing style mirrors paint use for beauty and waterproofing. It urges coats of waterproof paint to protect costly buildings, claiming Devoe lasts while disappointing paints cost more over time. P. S. Fehrenkamp supplies the paint.
Mr Henry Krause of Moulton lectured the Masonic lodge in Shiner last week. He is regarded as one of the best in this field and gave eminent satisfaction according to the Gazette.
Syracuse man Chas Lemberger recalls his son cut a deep eye gash. He used Bucklen's Arnica Salve which he credits with quick healing and saving the eye. Also advertised are burns ulcers treatment and a telegraphy course from McKinney Telegraph College in Texas.
In Honey Grove Texas Colonel John M Fuller reports near death from liver and kidney trouble. He praises Electric Bitters claiming they cured him after failure with his family doctor. The tonic is sold for 50 cents a bottle with a guarantee against dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease. A blacksmith shop on Ann Street is for rent. A carload of pipe material arrived for city water mains expansion improving fire protection in Shiner
An ad extols Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments. It cites J W McKinnon of Talladega Springs Alabama recovering from pneumonia after one bottle, and offers a free trial bottle along with sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds cure. A note mentions Zealous Mayberry’s subscription listing.
A. B. Devall, County Treasurer of Halletsville Texas, writes to Dr E W Hall of St Louis to endorse Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatism in 1896 and recommends it to others with respect.
A promotional notice for The Texas Wonder claims it cures kidney and bladder troubles diabetes rheumatism and irregularities in men and women and bladder issues in children. It offers mail order from Dr E W Hall in St Louis with a two month bottle costing $1 and says druggists can supply it.
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