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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
4
The Atchison woman declares in court a notarized itemized list of her late husband’s first wife’s belongings. She sealed the items in the attic to forestall future stepchild disputes over "mother's things" and offers to turn the box over if needed.
Dialogue reveals a humorous exchange about controlling a husband’s smoking habit. Mrs Fat-So asks about will power while Mrs Thinne replies there is no recipe, only feeding well and trusting luck. The quip highlights domestic humor and gendered expectations.
A severe flood across northern and eastern Oklahoma leaves five dead and at least ten seriously injured. Thousands of crop acres inundated as streams surge and rail lines suffer washouts. A cloudburst at Kremlin dam damages homes and crops. a tornado at Morris destroys a church and residences.
Major George W. Littlefield of Austin sells his 1250 acre Stratton plantation in Brazoria County to Chicago buyers E. B. Havang C. G. Lumley John Rhodes and M. A. Garrett for 52000. They also purchase adjacent 1600 acres for a prospective modern sugar refinery.
Texas health data for 1908 shows 2000 births but the health officer estimates about 75000. In Williamson county heavy rains hinder cotton work with many farms replanting. Capt Alfonso Steele travels to Palestine for a final sitting on a San Jacinto painting. Cotton prices and sales loom as market quotes hold. A railroad charter is granted to Altus Lubbock Roswell and El Paso line with $500000 capital and HQ in Lubbock.
Uncle Si Eggmann explains to local store-cronies that western farms are vast with thousands of acres and huge herds, while New England farming is small, confining to about 20 acres and a few hens, a rooster, and a berry patch, highlighting a great regional disparity.
A retail merchant’s wife vents over delayed goods while a delivery lad defiantly boasts of attending to everything. The maid Kitty intercedes and the wife learns the true recipient of the call. A later quip speaks of a child’s prayers and a mother’s reassurance. An eye salve advert and a Paris magistrate incident conclude this miscellany.
An 19th century style ad asserts Hicks Capuchine as the best remedy for gripp and colds, claiming relief from ache and feverishness and indicating liquid form with 10 25 and 50c prices at drug stores. It also references G Washington and a Dickens quote to promote virtue.
Sour Lake Texas Drake Oil company transferred all holdings including wells leases machinery and tools to J B Barclay the receiver appointed for the company.
A railroad bridge over Duck Creek on the International and Great Northern line burned Monday night eleven miles north of Franklin stopping all trains for an indefinite period. In Austin, W. E. Fitzgerald was chosen by the railroad commission of Texas to succeed the late J. H. Bond as auditor.
Alvin Texas based Fruit and Truck association sent three carloads of cucumbers Monday evening to northern markets. The shipment underscores regional vegetable trade moving through Alvin.
A spectator in the balcony comments on Mrs de Koltay, and a companion answers with a witty retort about the American language. The exchange reveals linguistic elasticity and the narrator declines to elaborate further.
A collage of patent medicine ads offers one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure and touts various remedies. It includes declarations of trust in F J Cheney, marketing hints for Fall’s Catarrh Cure, Hicks Capucline, and other tonics, ending with a quip about a financier.
Includes guide for an accident box with plaster and boracic acid plus steps to treat cuts. Also contains ad copy for Rough on Rats and other pest powders, a monkey anecdote from Copenhagen, and a shoe powder advert. Ends with a reflection on some men failing due to effort disparities.
A collage of 19th century ads and quips featuring Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for teething and diarrhea, Marine Eye Remedy, WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT ties to digestion and breath, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and joke lines about poker nights and social mores, all in a domestic newspaper page.
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