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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
4
GOLD DUST is made solely from cotton seed oil and has served the South for thirty-nine years by distributing products globally. It cleans paint and woodwork, washes dishes, dissolves grease, softens hard water, scrubs, washes clothes, and purifies ice boxes and drain pipes. It also cleans glass, mops, brooms, and brushes.
Founders of The American Cotton Oil Company built a network from Augusta to Shreveport listing cities in multiple states. They transformed cotton seed into oil and byproducts, creating a new wealth source for the South estimated at over five hundred million dollars annually today.
An old advertisement fragment markets Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as restoring vitality by purifying and enriching the blood with a quoted price of 60 cents. The text includes stray quotations about engagement announcements and a separate antiseptic ointment named Roman Eye Balsam for external use.
WOUNDED IN ACTION Pvt. Herman A. Papke Kenney Capt. Jackson S. Cooper Abilene Pvt. Joseph Swanner Thornton Pvt. John R. Shanks Bedias Corp. Alexander W. Hail San Antonio Pvt. Theodore F. Schrartz Pyron
New Orleans reports the Southern cotton convention formed the American Cotton Association and launched a $100,000,000 Cotton Export Corporation to finance foreign spinners and Southern buyers. J. S. Wannamaker of St. Matthews S C was elected first president with John T. Scott of Houston as first vice president and W. C. Barrickman of Dallas as secretary.
In Los Angeles the heirs of Colonel Robert F. Hunter contest the will to oust Virginia I. Hunter as executrix. The estate covers about 20,000,000 acres valued at $200,000,000 stretching from Maricopa County Arizona to El Paso Texas.
Beaumont unit loses headquarters status as New Orleans becomes permanent center for the Rice Millers' Association of America. The move follows an executive committee announcement after years of Beau mont Texas as the base. In Laredo Texas shipments continue as Bermuda ion line totals reach a thousand cars with about three hundred left.
In the fighting following the Greek landing at Syria on Friday, 300 Turks and 100 Greeks were killed. The clashes erupted as forces engaged across the area around Constantinople.
A special meteorological station to aid in detecting West Indian hurricanes is being established by the weather bureau at Fort Myers Florida for the benefit of Gulf coast states and will be operating about June 1. In Chicago five men labeled as dude bandits robbed the First National Bank of Dalton of sixty four thousand five hundred dollars and fled.
After a 60 mile gale and heavy seas the NC-3 seaplane entered Ponta Delgada harbor under its own power nearly sixty hours after fog forced it down near the Azores. Naval officials and searching ships had lost hope, but the craft and five crew members survived.
London officials deny receiving wireless from Castletown as Hawker and navigator Mackenzie Grieve embark on an Atlantic crossing. The mystery unfolds amid London’s tense anticipation while St Johns reports the Sopwith biplane left harbor at 5 55 p m Greenwich time headed for the open sea.
In New Orleans Louisiana Texas cotton seed crushers led by P S Grogan of Houston faced defeat in a move to incorporate the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association under Louisiana law. R E Montgomery urged leveraging the 1914 Louisiana act allowing non trading firms to incorporate, but J H Dubose elected president postponed the question to a member referendum across states. The referendum will run January 1 to 5 and results to be announced at the next convention.
A transmitted wireless order reportedly directed Bela Kun to hold out at all costs. Leon Trotzky allegedly arranged a new air plane coded system a week ago so the allies would not intercept the messages. The instruction urged presenting a fair face to the allies while preparing to seize Roumania.
Neuville Texas voters approved a $100,000 good roads bond by a two to one margin. The election was held in the precinct and confirmed the funding for road improvements.
Washington reports the house of representatives adopted the Susan B Anthony amendment resolution by 304 to 89 marking a second endorsement. Supporters plan to press the measure in the senate where they aim for the required two thirds vote after previous defeats.
An advertisement touts GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a half century remedy for constipation dyspepsia and liver trouble claiming it calms indigestion nervous symptoms and headaches with a few doses and notes its gentle laxative action.
A conversation about three theater tickets leads to a plan to share one ticket with a man who is usually met between acts so the companions avoid stepping out during the performance. The exchange hints at social dynamics and last minute arrangements in a theatergoing context.
In a private exchange the couple discuss keeping their engagement secret for now. A remark about Miss Oldum prompts a quick retort revealing the betrothal.
A distraught man stands amid a blaze holding a portrait of a beautiful woman. His face is worn, and his lips tremble as he ponders whether the image is of a departed wife or a dead daughter. In a sudden recollection the same figure earlier struck him, leaving a lump on his head.
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