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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
6
Advertises Calotabs as a cold and influenza preventive. Claims a single bedtime dose purifies the system and speeds recovery, with no side effects. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents, with money back guarantee if not satisfied.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless method to lift off hard or soft corns and calluses by applying a few drops, claiming immediate relief and easy removal of the entire root with little cost and no soreness. It also includes a humorous line about buttermilk and health.
A Lady of Distinction is shown enjoying a refined beauty routine. She bathes with Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse pores, then dusts with Cuticura Powder for clear smooth skin, promoting a delicate fragrance.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a dispute over private discussion between two individuals identified as Hewlt and Fewett with a third party Car- Boone mentioned in the scant OCR text. The brief exchange suggests lack of consent for an in-person meeting and possible tension.
Bedfast every winter and stomach trouble gone after six bottles of Milks Emulsion. Testimonials from W G Mershon of Brazil Indiana claim long relief from stomach and bowel troubles and croup help for children. The ad promotes Milks Emulsion as a pleasant nutritive medicine restoring natural bowel action, appetite, and digestive strength with a money back guarantee and price one dollar and twelve cents per bottle. Terre Haute Indiana is listed as the seller.
A muddled excerpt frames a judge speaking on the parable of talents. The text contrasts the five and two talents with the one who hid his skill, noting a tax man’s arrival and a dramatic loss of wealth.
In April the combined oil production of Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Kansas reached 21 167 765 barrels, down from March 21 225 610 with April having one fewer day. North Texas Central West Texas and coastal fields contributed to Texas output while Oklahoma and Kansas also posted gains. The report notes Stephens County led West Texas in monthly production for the first time, Ranger declined, and coastal wells produced 2 458 500 barrels with 42 producers among 65 completions.
Wichita Falls Texas reports 170 producing wells in the Red River territory under federal receivership with a total daily output of 8 890 barrels. Wells once producing 1 000 barrels or more now largely yield under 100. Entities include Bass Petroleum Lone Star Oklahoma Producing and Refining and Cheneault Rowe among others.
General Pershing kissed more than twenty Balboa girls during a Panama Canal inspection and rewarded them with cups for their war work. The gesture followed the tour of Canal activities at Balboa.
Nellie Atkinson appointed by Secretary C D Mims to fill vacancy created by F H Hargon resignation from the Texas State Department. Hargon will enter private business.
Cotton farmers in Bay City Texas begin flooding fields from canals after extended dry spells, as rain finally arrives allowing irrigation and crop relief.
Texas boards approve bonds and funds for road, waterworks, and fire station projects. Dallam County seeds a new county library. Fire loss and insurance activity rise with 1919 data. Reclamation surveys in Wichita Falls and Oklahoma link with federal effort. Express rates and school bond reinvestment rules update education finance. Confederate home renovation continues as care improves. Tax and corporate guidance clarifies property taxation and interstate commerce rules.
An old advertisement urges avoiding influenza and colds by keeping the bowels and liver active. It touts Bond's Liver Pills as the best remedy, claiming they act on the liver and remove poisons from the bowels and should be taken at the first sign of a cold.
A striking proposal in Brazil suggests abandoning Rio de Janeiro as capital. The plan envisions a completely new capital with all accompanying institutions in Guazt state, to be established over five to six years.
An ad asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy, offering one hundred dollars for any cure not helped, with circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
Jones admires many clocks in a window marked five dollars each. Inside the shop he questions the price. The jeweler admits the profit comes from repairing the timepieces.
A commentator described as a most consistent critic is praised for steady judgments on fugitive poetry, with remarks highlighting his measured running commentary on short verse works. The passage underscores a steady, discerning voice in literary critique.
A taunting guarantee urges readers to ask their druggist for Dodson's Liver Tone and try a spoonful tonight. If it fails to start the liver and ease distress better than caromel without causing sickness, the user is invited to return it.
An elderly lady questions an ex artilleryman about the war’s worst sight. The veteran recalls locating a German machine gun nest and firing a shot into the middle of the gunners, only to learn the shell was a dud. The hoax anecdote ends with a wry note on luck and sentiment.
A wry note on foolish behavior emerges as men slip into the fatherly role only to reveal their folly in a humorous, observational line. The comment hints at social expectations and the irony of maturity.
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