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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
6
A fanfare in a Pullman becomes a staged robbery staged as a moving picture, ending with the flashily dressed ringleader revealing the prank. Passengers at Bad Water see a mock hold up turned real by a shot and a scream, then the crew departs as the operator continues filming.
The report cites rural teacher salaries often below 300 dollars yearly with many districts under 400, while urban pay reaches up to 2000. It urges greater funding for rural schools, arguing education is an investment and contrasts current outlays on war tobacco and alcohol with school expenditures.
A passerby asks for a newspaper as a mystery unfolds with a claim of fifty victims. The newsboy reveals the riddle by stating he is the fifty-first victim in a cryptic exchange, referencing a Missouri Oven.
The article urges using simple heatless brooders with runs to rear chicks. It describes a 3x6 foot frame with netting, a movable setup, and a door for easy access. It stresses minimal but proper feeding starting with oats and water, then gradual switch to chick feed, plus grit, bran, and occasional milk or beef-scrap for growth.
Plant spraying should start when potatoes are eight to ten inches high and continue every ten to fourteen days to keep foliage covered with Bordeaux. If blight appears, spray four to six times. Bordeaux mix should have six pounds copper sulphate per 50 gallons and Paris green or arsenate of soda added for heavy bug pressure. Start spraying before blight shows and use Bordeaux with poison for best results. multiple light applications outperform few heavy ones.
A veteran limped into a drugstore asking for medicine. When asked where the trouble sits he replies it is in his wooden leg and that it is getting worm-eaten, prompting the pharmacist to seek a recommendation.
Caution urged to mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria and ensure the signature is present, as the product has been trusted for over 30 years. The ad notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria, reinforcing brand recognition.
The article notes yearly alcoholic intake near 23 gallons with 21 gallons in beer. It also offers a home remedy ad for bunions recommending Hanford's Balsam and thorough nightly rubbing for several nights.
A concise muse on Prudence and time as a millionaire reflects on age and memory. The speaker notes sixty nine years as a measure of a life lived, hinting at the cost and grace of long years.
An old advertisement promotes a prescription labeled No Sixty Six as a cure and tonic for malaria and chills and fever. It claims five or six doses will break the illness and a continued tonic use prevents a return of the fever.
In a short dialogue a critic asks what is thought of labor theory and a responder dismisses it stating it won’t work. The exchange highlights skepticism about the theory's practicality.
An old advertisement references Grove's Astin Eld tonic as strengthening and blood enriching for all ages and includes mentions of a suffragette as a woman who will stand for rights anywhere. It also promotes Hanford's Balsam for thrush and a remark by a bill collector about locating people.
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