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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
2
A neighbor questions Betty about her new brother. Betty struggles to answer truthfully and playfully, hinting the baby will be a handsome boy, though she humorously admits she is not sure if he will be “pretty.”
Drug store promoted Swamp Root by Dr. Kilmer as a remedy for kidney trouble. The ad claims many people suffer undetected and invites a 10 cent sample offer by mail from Kilmer & Co. with instruction to mention the paper.
A milliner tells a customer she knew the hat would please her husband. The customer retorts that the discount was excessive, noting she paid $30 less than the price, signaling a dispute over the hat sale.
A fragment notes critics accuse Bene Mre of splitting attention between promises and excuses. The passage mentions greeters and stalled actions, suggesting a pattern of unkept commitments and distraction from core duties.
Two women on College avenue car discuss the morning paper headline Arbuckle Indicted for Manslaughter. One asks how arrest can occur for manslaughter when a woman was killed, reflecting public confusion and gendered reactions.
An advertisement extols a lady’s refined appearance aided by Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse pores followed by Cuticura Talcum powder for clear sweet healthy skin.
A subterranean river with several tributaries was discovered near Lubeck Germany and flows into the Baltic about twenty miles offshore. The find explains longstanding water supply difficulties and offers practical remedies for the city’s water system.
An advertisement urges readers to keep Vader Balm for burns boils cuts corns piles or soreness and to ask their druggist for the product avoiding imitations.
The American Museum adds an incomplete European bison skull and a complete urus skull and jaws from Cambridge Museum of Zoology. The urus is the extinct wild ox ancestral to domestic cattle, highlighting the collection’s antiquarian zoological breadth.
Washington report notes strong push by President Harding and Secretary Lasker for a merchant marine subsidy to back U S war needs. Veterans of Congress fear summer delay but supporters cite strategic value and need to sustain a national merchant fleet before potential conflicts.
A botany class discussion centers on pollen transfer with the teacher asking about wild ginger pollination. The student recalls a specific insect as the main pollinator, joking that the name is hard to remember. The instructor confirms the pun referencing ants.
A wife guesses the clock struck two as she entered last night. Her husband reveals it would have struck eleven times, but he stopped it to avoid waking her.
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes gummed paper dress forms to help rural women. Circular 207 The Piper Dress Form details materials and step by step instructions with illustrations for making an inexpensive home sewing aid.
The Department of Agriculture recommends coating grease stains on leather with a thick rubber solvent solution that dries and can be peeled off. For best results use unvulcanized rubber in carbon bisulphide or rubber cements, in a thick quick drying mix, with good ventilation. Milk stains may leave white residue. brown stains have no known removal method. Oil and grease spots should be addressed promptly, especially linseed and paint oils.
A practical tip notes that heating a knife helps cut raw meat more easily. Dip the blade in hot water at intervals to reduce resistance and improve the cutting action.
Zinc topped table is cleaned with soap and water then polished using a wool cloth dampened with kerosene or vinegar and dusting agents such as whiting, baking soda, or bath brick.
A 30 by 2 by 4 feet woodbox design hides a wood supply in a board box with a 144 foot deep insertion opening for fuel. A top water bucket wash basin and towel rack convert the box into a neatly painted or enameled kitchen furniture piece.
A collection of practical advice on daily chores from lamp stands of pottery to lemon juice for jelly that won’t set. Tips cover laundry with borax, staining linen color, saving buttons, browning gravy, cleaning glassware with a small brush, tightening sewing machine belts with soap, and crisp dry waffles with powdered sugar and cinnamon.
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