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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
2
Simple home hints cover flavoring boiled old potatoes with sugar, limiting dirt in vacuum cleaner bags, salting washwater for curtains, invisible lace mends with a sewing machine, candle decor guidelines, and washing delicate items inside a tied pillowcase to protect them in the machine.
In Chicago Marion Fronczak’s car failed on the way to the hospital but his wife then gave birth to triplets, all girls, after returning home. The report notes the car’s 100 percent failure contrasted with the stork delivering at an average of 300 percent.
Chicago story about Pete Kallas running a Berwyn Avenue grocery with a White Leghorn rooster named Pat as business partner. Pat allegedly shows sales savvy, crows at customers and the phone, and even behaves like a shopkeeper, though the tale ends with Pat’s brothers meeting a grim fate.
Leonard Murton, a 71 year old pensioner from Cleveland, retired from steel mill work after decades as a heater and water boy. He learned crochet from his wife and sister and now specializes in bedspreads with intricate designs. He earned a gold medal for fifty years of continuous employment before his mill closed.
In Colorado near Pueblo an eagle attacked three fast planes at 275 mph. Lieutenant C. E. Putnam reported the bird struck his aircraft causing a hole in the wing as the eagle fell. The battle ended with the eagle dead and the planes undamaged beyond the hole.
New Orleans obituary notes Marie Alice Lazende who vowed never to remarry if her Civil War sweetheart did not return. For 78 years she drank to him on his birthday saying Bientot mon bon aime. She died at age 102 and was buried recently.
A breezy young man enters a doctor’s surgery claiming to benefit from treatment he never received. The doctor, sizing him up, questions recognition while the visitor asserts he is his uncle’s heir and not a former patient. The exchange blends humor with small town dynamics.
A bird welfare note suggests placing a wire barrier over Bird-1 to deter biting behavior. Authorities consider safety and enclosure design before any final action.
No. 1717 offers a front button dress with slim hip line and high waist for sizes 34 to 48 in flat crepe silk print or sheer fabrics. No. 1685 provides a three in one outfit with kimono sleeve frock bolero and apron skirt in multiple fabrics. Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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