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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1924
Page
6
Mrs. Burton pressingly urges her niece Alice to rent garage space to a visiting engineer, George Weston. Alice secretly funds the arrangement, then longs to end the ruse as Weston declares love and proposes to stay.
Dust and its owner threaten watch mechanisms as miniaturization increases risk. Regular cleaning and adjustment by a watchmaker are advised. Wind in the morning, avoid night tension, and protect from temperature changes. Oil bearings occasionally to keep timepieces reliable.
A Washington dinner recounts Joseph Conrad sharing a cockney dialect story about a London tenement. A lady asks a boy which is Block 17, the boy corrects her, saying Block I is not first but “Oy” in cockney, then the girl struggles with the letters.
A Southport clergyman posed a parable to a colored convert asking what he would do if a low branch bore a fat chicken. The convert pleaded not to be asked, then admitted he was "only an infant in the kingdom."
Sam on board the transport receives hobnail shoes and fears Ab will fall overboard. His worry about Ab’s safety rises with the idea that disaster would follow at tenshun.
A London Mall story from The Hague notes that Dutch children are kept indoors by a paternal government and fed large amounts of milk. The narrator observes no children in restaurants or theaters and describes a strict evening regime with early bedtimes and a high milk intake as the key to their health.
The USDA tested imported red clover seed varieties and found many unsuitable for U.S. conditions. Italian, German, and Bohemian strains showed disease injury. French and Chilean beds had winter kill in some areas. With expected large imports for 1924, importers and farmers are advised to choose strains proven to perform well here.
A commercial traveler bets he can pick out married men among Glasgow warehouse workers. He watches them return from dinner and names those he believes are married. He is correct most occasions, prompting the manager to ask how he does it. The traveler replies married men wipe their feet on the mat, single men do not.
A teacher in a lesson on the crocodile urges students to fix their eyes on him to grasp the creature’s true idea. The dramatic instruction emphasizes attention as key to understanding.
A wry remark from the Boston Transcript questions a deserted husband and a wife’s motive about a new going away gown. The quote hints at social fashion and marital tension in a light, satirical tone.
Aunt praises geometry prize then niece jokes to jump in a roadster and dodge the cops as the New York Sun and Globe quotes a witty travel quip.
A prisoner responds to a magistrate warning he will serve a month in jail, asking if his wife may still come to dinner, in a London reporting style exchange.
A French aviatrix reportedly loops the loop 98 times, marking a remarkable aviation feat while others doubt life’s value amid daily traffic accidents showing drivers lose their heads regularly.
A Washington Geographical Society bulletin explains Britain will end the 25 year lease of Wei-hai-wei in Shantung, returning the naval base to China. The area, strategic for ships entering the Yellow Sea, is noted for pongee silk and ground nuts, with gains in roads reforestation and a milder climate during British occupancy.
Captain John Karr of Five Fathom Bank lightship near Cape May says lightships will cooperate with the coast guard in fighting liquor smuggling. New stations planned early next year will carry powerful radio sets to signal whisky runners and may mount guns for defense within the 12 mile limit.
Dr. Berthold Laufer reports from China that the modernizing trend drives demand for foreign goods and styles. He toured elite circles, collected 284 medieval pottery pieces, rare court costumes, a carved lacquer bed, a dragon boat, and 25 paintings for the Field Museum, highlighting a shaken ancient structure but faith in the Chinese people.
William Taylor of San Antonio was released after nine months in jail for forgery when Judge McCrory, at Taylor's request, conducted an investigation that proved his innocence.
An Olympia railroad camp worker suffered a dislocated jaw from yawning at 5:30 am while on Houser Brothers construction property near Castle Rock. The state industrial division denied the claim for time lost and medical aid, ruling the injury occurred outside working hours and off premises and that the trauma described did not meet criteria for compensation.
Convalescents should avoid eye strain from excessive reading and friends should not send too many books to recuperating individuals. The national committee for the prevention of blindness warns that extreme reading can permanently weaken sight.
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