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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
4
A United States senator from South Carolina endorses the Peruna remedy. The ad claims dyspepsia results from stomach catarrh and Peruna relieves it, presenting the product as a cure.
A Washington letter quotes former South Carolina senator M. C. Butler endorsing Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. He praises its relief and tonic effects while noting a revised formula with a mild laxative addition. S. B. Hartman, M. D., confirms the internal catarrh cure and Peruna meeting indications.
Gary Gulch legislator Lem boasts about making the speaker notice him after his first session. He quips that if he failed to catch the speaker’s eye he would catch his nose on sight, a boast captured in a Chicago Tribune remark.
The Turkish government plans to withdraw over a million Thessalian stamps of all colors from circulation and offers them for sale for 8000 dollars through its minister in Vienna.
South Georgia resident Jack Walters arrived with seven dogs and said he could not bring his family but would come later. The Lavonia Times notes the remark and adds a moral quote about failure.
The German steamship Schonfels sailed from Calcutta January 29 and endured a brutal voyage via Colombo Suez and Algiers. A sandstorm in the Red Sea coated decks with powdery grit while later gales from the west and north battered the ship near New York, yet all 63 crew including 34 Lascars stayed unhurt and repairs were quickly made.
Official report for year ending June 30 1905 shows North German Lloyd ships Kaiser Wilhelm II Kronprinz Wilhelm and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse averaging 149.5 150.9 and 152.5 hours for New York London trips. Deutschland averaged 150.6 hours with 147.2 as best. Cunard fastest 167.4 hours Campania. Oceanic tied fastest time with Cunard. Philadelphia fastest American line at 177.6 hours. Legal note says Texas restricts married women's property rights and one case of a deserting husband seizing wife savings via bank check.
J Lightner of 703 So Cedar St Abilene Kansas describes years of back pain and kidney trouble from daily work. He says after using Deans Kidney Pills the pain lessened and attacks stopped with no return. Sold by all dealers 650 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
George Van derbilt, then 35, took a Mutual 20-payment life policy with a $1,000,000 face. He pays $35,000 annually for 20 years, then gains a paid-up $1,000,000 policy plus a cash dividend. If begun 20 years earlier at the same age, premiums would total $700,000, growing to about $1,085,000 at 4 percent.
Mrs Gertie McFarland of King's Mountain North Carolina describes torture from periodical pain and weakness. She reports relief after using Wine of Cardus, with three bottles restoring her strength and ability to work. Available at druggists for $1.00.
A discourse on ambition and character cites Beecher as a model of grand aims driving a world changing career. The passage asserts only extraordinary ambition explains his prominence among top preachers. An endorsement notes Hunt's Cure as instantly effective for severe itching from Geo Gilliland of Manitou, Oklahoma Territory.
A two and a half horsepower motor device recently drew surprise by its ability to shear six dogs per hour along the Seine. Observers see potential for wide adoption of this clipping method in the near future.
A 15 year old Brussels girl patents a portable turntable fixed on a car chassis with dual drivings wheels and electric motor to reverse a motor car. McKinley optimism quoted. Alaska papoose cradle described and baby left outside in summer.
A humorous clash at a rural Missouri christening ends with the minister misreading the date as the 27th while the mother corrects it to the ninth, highlighting a lighthearted timing mix up from Chicago Daily News.
An advertorial piece argues brain work depletes phosphate of potash and recommends replenishment via food. It claims the mineral must come from nature and promotes Grape-Nuts as the solution, produced by Postum Co at Battle Creek Michigan and sold by grocers nationwide.
The Chicago power station will be the world’s largest electric plant. It will use steam turbines and automatic stokers eliminating manual coal handling. An electric kitchen will cook meals for workers, plus an ice plant, refrigeration, bedrooms, locker rooms, baths and other conveniences.
A New South Wales farmer returned to find his small dog missing and a large carpet snake tied to the dog leash, suggesting the snake may have dragged the dog away or caused its disappearance.
Swiftwater Dill Gates seals a fourth entente cordiale with fortune in the Klondike. Reported cleanup for the season is put at $500,000 as expectations rise for a banner year in mining circles.
Mrs Isaac W Austil of Chestnut Ridge North Carolina recounts long illness with absent menses until after taking part of a bottle of Wine of Cardus relief came. She urges suffering women to use Cardus a remedy for women's ills priced one dollar at druggists.
The article notes that the millimeter scale is minute for the unaided eye, with interference bands revealing movement as small as 1-100,000 millimeter. It then praises Hunt's Lightning Oil as superior among liniments, curing sprains bruises cuts burns and pains, backed by a testimonial from T. J. Brownlow of Livingston Tennessee.
California now produces 100000 tons of salt in Alameda county from sea water. The state shifted from import reliance to self sufficiency driven by fisheries and packing houses, with significant exports as well.
A Popular Science Monthly article notes in rural England the average life expectancy at birth is 51.48 for males and 54.04 for females, while in Manchester it drops to 28.78 for males and 32.67 for females. It concludes urban birth shortens life by about 10.48 years for men and 9.82 for women, representing 39 and 34 percent of life respectively.
Mrs Maggie B Hill of Stevens Mason County West Virginia reports eczema lasting two years affecting all but head and hands. After home remedies and two doctors with no relief they tried Cuticura Receives $1 set soap ointment pills and claims a cure noting brown scars on two children. The excerpt also mentions a divorce request and a lease misunderstanding from Philadelphia Ledger.
The riddle describes a man who unexpectedly receives two dollars and spends five dollars in celebration, a figure seen both in your neighborhood and your neighbor's, suggesting a common social or economic pattern across small communities.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease, taken internally and said to destroy the disease's foundation. The makers offer $100 if it fails, with testimonials available. Garfield Tea praised for blood purification and health, alongside a Confucius quote.
Dr John Fyfe of The Edgerio Mivican Ravinwsa extols Unicorn root Helonias as a key ingredient in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. He lists backache with leucorrhea, weak reproductive organs, heat in the kidneys, and menstrual disorders as conditions it helps. Other experts praise Golden Seal root as a tonic for womb disorders and general debility.
London papers argue over how many statues wear top hats. One statue of the late President Kruger never reached Pretoria and instead sits in a Durban yard. Mrs Kruger insisted the hat top stay open to collect rainwater for birds.
Read: Ridley's children feud over his estate as they dispute inheritance and the fate of his valuable art collection. a Detroit Free Press quip notes the twist is who will not receive the items rather than who will.
Lady Violet Greville notes in London Graphice that discussions of women polarize critics into extremes of hostility or excessive praise.
The Bristol home for lost and starving dogs provides an ambulance on cycle wheels to convey injured dogs to the institution.
Mary Bagguley of Syracuse writes of her sister’s 24 years of side ache from female trouble and says Wine of Cardui made her well. She calls Cardui a Godsend and recommends it as a safe reliable remedy sold at druggists for $1.00.
The United States export trade in South America amounts to a dollar per person annually, highlighting the slim financial footprint for the continent’s inhabitants.
A man and librarian discuss the headless and armless Winged Victory statue placed last summer in the Rochester library. The anecdote frames art’s appeal to the illiterate and includes unrelated product notices and brief anecdotes about medicine and health claims.
An old style ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful smarting feet and ingrown nails. It claims comfort for sweating feet and shoe ease, with a 25 cent price and free trial package. It lists A 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY and includes a fragment about gendered social advice and a Burke quote.
Artificial ice is manufactured in Athens using machinery shipped from western Pennsylvania. Greek facility adopts American machinery to boost output and efficiency.
McCane's Detective Agency in Houston Texas claims the largest force of competent detectives in the South. They render written opinions in cases not handled by them and offer reasonable rates.
A series of old promotional lines and moral quotes. Advertisements tout Garfield Tea for constipation liver trouble and a free sample offer. Quoted sayings from Franklin and Coleridge mix with notes on decorum and personal duty.
The ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for backache irregular and painful periods and other female disorders. It cites many testimonials from Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts and describes Mrs Pinkham’s free advice service for women seeking recovery guidance.
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