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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
6
Mrs. J. M. Sprinkle of Sulphur Springs Virginia reports severe health decline after marriage. She credits Cardus with rapid relief after one bottle, saying pain vanished and strength returned. The advertisement urges others to try Cardus the woman’s tonic, sold by all druggists.
Boeton Evening Transcript notes a quiet afternoon with little to report as a routine update. The item frames a sense of inactivity and domestic reflection without major events or names cited.
Bond's Liver Pills are advertised as the best remedy for headaches biliousness constipation dizziness indigestion and torpid liver. One pill is the dose and the ad promotes their use for all ailments due to inactive liver or bowels.
A boarding house mistress asks for a motto to display in the dining room. A resident, soon to move, proposes Forgive us this day our daily bread as a possible choice.
A sensitive horse at the curb on Sixth and Spring streets reacted to cigarette smoke by biting Edgar Akers aged 25. Akers smoked a cigarette and was bitten on the right hand, with flesh torn from his fingers before he freed his hand. Los Angeles Times.
Lancashire woman Mrs. Podger talks with a neighbor about Saloniki and Thessalonians as she washes. She notes she sent two parcels to a son at the front months ago that have not arrived, sharing a wry, affectionate sympathy.
A mother profile extols Postum as a safe hot drink for children, recounting personal experience with coffee’s adverse effects. The testimonial covers improved nerves and kidney comfort after switching to Postum Cereal or Instant Postum, noting affordable pricing and easy preparation for meals.
A National City Bank compilation shows that in 1915 the United States produced 66 percent of world crude petroleum, with total world output at about 440 million barrels. California and Oklahoma led U S production in 1914, while imports rose to roughly 18 million barrels in 1914 and expected near 20 million in the next year, mainly from Mexico.
The senate on Wednesday approved the conference report on the army reorganization bill without a roll call. It sets a regular army of 211000 at peace strength and about 260000 at war strength, plus a federalized national guard of up to 457000.
Representative Burke introduces a plan to establish eighteen fish hatcheries, including two in Texas one on the gulf coast and one in the northwest, plus one in Oklahoma. Each hatchery would receive 50000 dollars.
Washington report says the government purchase idea for farm loan bonds up to 50 million dollars per year, proposed as an amendment to the rural credits bill by Representative Henry of Texas, was defeated Friday by 19 votes to 81.
Ruffin G. Pleasant was inaugurated governor of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Monday, succeeding Luther E. Hall. His inaugural address calls for ending the fee system for public offices and attracting settlers from other states and foreign countries to Louisiana.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed in a unanimous opinion the case against C. C. Quillin of Travis County. He was sentenced to seven years for misapplication of public funds tied to charges against a state tax collector.
An explosion at the Repauno plant of the Dupont Powder Company near Gibbstown New Jersey killed at least fourteen workers and injured about thirty. The blast shredded the building housing trinitrotoluol production and damaged three adjacent structures.
Clara Louise Kellogg faded after a year of illness in New Hartford Connecticut. The renowned American prima donna who found European success died Saturday at age 74.
F Bundanis last trooper of company A Fourteenth Cavalry was found Tuesday by Cham pIon Wood a mining man of Boquillas wandering in the woods 35 miles north of Boquillas half dead from thirst and exhaustion after a raid incident in Marathon Texas.
A natural gas well near Denison Texas came in Tuesday with an established production of 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 feet daily. The discovery adds a sizable new source for regional energy supply.
Sergeant Bergt Arthur James Brooke recalls a rain of shell fire and a bold escape after German patrol capture. He pulled a hidden hand bomb from his jacket, stunned a guard, and fled toward his scouts as machine-gun fire drove off pursuing troops. He earned promotion and the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
A soldier recalls close calls during shelling by German fire. He describes being buried in a shell hole, returning home safely with a damaged head and a lost watch taken and smashed by the enemy. He was commended by officers and promoted to sergeant for his conduct.
A German schoolteacher writes on the soldier’s inner life before, during, and after combat. He describes fear, thoughts of death and immortality, and a rise of patriotism that follows the dawn, ending in peace and dreamless sleep after the fight.
San Francisco marks ten years since its quake fire disaster and launches a drive to outpace other cities in Red Cross membership. The city has 11 000 members and seeks 25 000, inspired by gratitude for aid received after the disaster. Miss Mabel Boardman in Washington receives the news of the campaign opening.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood files for divorce from Peter Y. Sherwood of New York City alleging he wore mourning for another woman and refused to name the deceased.
James B. Yerkes a 69 year old invalid in Philadelphia perished when a lighted pipe ignited clothing while he sat in his chair in his home. The blaze left him unable to speak and unable to escape.
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