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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1924
Page
2
Poem-like reflection recalls soldiers in the trenches who died for victory while an unidentified body is reported. A speaker asserts neglected comrades envy the fallen and vows to answer when the After Roll is called, naming Charies Josiah Adama as author.
Samuel St. Drury reflects on Memorial Day 1924 as a national moment to honor Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans, feel gratitude for sacrifices, and renew resolve for peaceful service. He urges youth to engage in reflective gratitude, patriotic duty, and efforts toward peace through moral action and public virtue.
Poem by Cy Warman recalling Memorial Day rituals. It envisions snow white and red roses laid on graves, honoring soldiers who fought and fell. The piece notes perpetual remembrance as friends bring flowers, water garlands with tears, and walk amid perfumed air.
Texas plans parceling 57 840 acres of capitol syndicate lands in Dalham and Hartley counties into 200 acre tracts north of Amarillo. Auction planned for September with 40 year payoff, 5 percent interest on unpaid balance. Commissioner E S Robison says aim is to boost Panhandle settlement and curb large holdings.
Governor Neff rejects the University of Texas presidency after tender by the board of regents and resignations by two regents. He cites lack of clear path to duty and expresses gratitude to the regents for the honor and opportunity to help build a first class Texas university.
President Coolidge vetoed the soldiers bonus bill declaring it economically unsound and morally unjust He said the country cannot afford it and that veterans do not want it The veto marks the second time a bonus bill failed after Harding’s earlier veto The House passed the bill 355 to 54 and the Senate 67 to 16 in its passage.
The attorney general’s department on Saturday approved $35,000 in Southland independent school district bonds in Garza county. The bonds bear 6 percent interest and will mature serially.
A lightning strike during a windy storm Thursday ignited four Humble Oil tanks at Webster, each 55,000 barrels, destroying the storage and causing an estimated loss of 550000 dollars before the blaze burned out.
The article argues no substitute for linen, laments postwar price hikes, and promotes cultivating fiber flax in the United States. It notes Oregon and Michigan as early adopters, stresses market cooperation between farmers and manufacturers, and urges domestic linen production to reduce reliance on imports.
The article discusses linen origins in Egypt over 4 000 years ago and the preservation of linen cloths in Egyptian tombs. It notes high warp and weft thread counts, ancient weaving limits, biblical references to flax and linen, and linen’s symbolism of purity in Moses and priestly garb. It also compares ancient linen production to modern methods and Irish practices.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. It claims a tiny bottle costs a few cents and removes hard and soft corns and toe corn without soreness or irritation, with the corn lifting off easily by fingers.
An ad touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder remedy backed by druggists. It claims the medicine strengthens organs helps natural work and offers a sample for ten cents to test its merit.
An old advertisement claims a teaspoonful of genuine California Fig Syrup relieves constipation and biliousness in children, prompts bowel cleansing of poisons, gases, bile, and waste, and stresses that it contains no narcotics. It urges mothers to insist on the genuine product with full directions on the bottle.
Morphine is the premier alkaloid in opium and shares therapeutic uses with opium. It acts faster and more reliably, is readily absorbed, and suits hypodermic use. It tends to cause less gastric upset and constipation than opium.
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