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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
2
An old friend speaks frankly about a new or altered pipe and Sir Walter Raleigh’s preferred blend. The ad boasts milder, fuller Burley flavor and invites listeners to tune in daily on WEAF from 10100 to 11:00 p m New York Time.
In Lerwick Scotland the Up-Helly-A festival drew twenty eight guisers with bands and a 23 strong lifeboat unit. Torches numbered eight hundred were lit as the Norse galley replica moved through the streets and a bonfire lit the ship amid Hardy Norseman sounds.
A historian cites Civil War grief after Lincolns death as the seed of Memorial Day while tracing early observances across states from 1861 to 1868. The movement accelerates with Union veterans led by Gen John A Logan issuing Order No 11 to honor fallen soldiers with flowers and garlands, culminating in Arlington ceremonies.
British authorities in New Guinea finally convinced natives to accept smallpox vaccination by invoking a chilling tale. Sir Herbert Murray pressured chiefs with a myth of a coming black devil, persuading thousands to seek government vaccination at clinics.
A San Antonio mother praises California Fig Syrup after a rough intestinal flu left her daughter weak and inactive. The product is described as a gentle vegetable laxative that regulates the stomach and bowels and strengthens internal tone, with over 50 years of physician endorsement and four million bottles sold annually.
Dornberg in Baden shares tax free status with Franconian town Ebern. Ebern residents pay no taxes and receive about 60 marks yearly from the city. Dornberg owns large forests generating revenue so no local taxes have been assessed for years. Each citizen gets 81 cubic meters of firewood and 100 wooden ties annually.
Repair experts urge use of 3 in One oil as the only superior choice for sewing machines and household appliances. They claim most repairs result from poor lubrication and promote 8 in One Oil as a close, affordable alternative, sold in 15 and 30 cent packages with a red 3 in One trademark.
Longfellow notes that Spanish people greatly admire emerald eyes and celebrate them in song, highlighting a cultural ideal of beauty.
Eight year old Robert A Mortenson and five year old sister from Warmley Saskatchewan chased off a lynx attacking their sister. The boy used a bow and arrow to strike the animal, which fled into the brush after the arrow hit home.
Mrs Henry of St Paul Minnesota says she was exhausted and had palpitations before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She took it three times daily and now feels like a young woman. Neighbors noticed improvement and she offers to write to any woman seeking help.
A concise witty saying contrasts social roles, presenting old bachelors as proponents of women's rights and widowers as defenders of women's lefts, in a compact, provocative phrasing.
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