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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1916
Page
2
Mary and Nellie foil or feign mischief on a river when they attach a rival fisherman’s catch to a ribbon from Alice. Nelson Warren later discovers the ribbon belongs to Alice and declares his love, inviting a binding romance after a playful scene.
A glossary of glossomancy explains how tongue shapes indicate personality traits. Short broad tongues suggest reliability, long tongues imply frankness, while long narrow "snake tongues" signify cruelty and deceit, especially among women gossipers.
A professor demonstrates steam generation with a tin can and asks if it is animate. Children answer questions and a student named Rutherford earns the chance to reply with a surprising conclusion.
A caution about modern life stressing the nervous system and the dangers of living at a frantic pace. It warns that regular overexertion harms health and happiness, urging balance, rest, and offloading constant pressures for better efficiency and enjoyment.
Edgar A. Guest reflects in the Detroit Free Press on longing for youth and carefree days. He recalls childhood joys from playing base to swinging under an apple tree and laments that aging brings care, sorrow, and changing appetites, urging readers to cherish youth before it passes.
A distinguished English actress described as a favorite of Filmcom has become a movie star after appearing in a new photoplay by John Randolph and Lillian Chester.
Advice on keeping poultry healthy with clean coops and fresh water. Suggestions include feeding three times daily with varied grains and supplements, providing shade, shelter, and proper breeding to promote heavy laying. The note also mentions cleaning feed dishes, boiling water, and avoiding crowding as chicks grow.
The article notes how nations reveal identity through ship names. United States uses state names, Britain flaunts heroic titles like Indomitable and Invincible, Germany favors home places, France emphasizes liberty and happiness, Italy honors great men, and suggests mixing names would reveal contrasts.
A portly middle aged woman asks an usher if a safety net under trapeze artists would prevent harm. She intends to buy such a net for her nephew in aviation service to save him in case of an accident.
Samuel Harper, University of Chicago professor, says wartime strain on provisioning pushed bureaus to rely on provincial councils and zemstros, expanding local power as Russia leans toward greater democracy. He notes government favors American capital with Russian control to protect native workers from German manufacturer practices.
A Belgian aviator recounts a close air encounter when a Fokker armed with two machine guns charged him after he had descended with his clothes riddled by bullets. Unarmed, he turned the tables by photographing the pursuing aircraft.
A police court judge sentences a prisoner to ten days at the works after being charged with stealing a clock. The prisoner pleads for mercy noting it is only a clock and asks for eight days instead.
Julia rushes to her mother excitedly recounting a day of play as they delivered letters to every woman on the block. The letters were found in the trunk in the garret tied with blue ribbon.
A remark highlights Mr. Grabcom’s lack of recreation and his pleasure in foreclosing mortgages rather than leisure activities like golf. The exchange notes his satisfaction comes from financial control rather than personal leisure.
Mrs Jaggs and her husband discuss a quip about rum being produced from sugar refuse. He adds that men use the better sugar for bonbons for the fair sex and must settle for the leftovers.
In a heated argument an angry man asks if he is a liar and is met with a sharp retort. The rival notes a standing offer of twenty five dollars to anyone who will swear they believe his truthful claim.
A dialogue notes a belief that Philadelphia is a favorable place for money making because the government operates a mint there.
Howard Dean professor of chemistry told the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society that soon potatoes may taste like cantaloupe and grapefruits like cherries. He described reducing potato starch to sugar and feeding plants to produce nonnative compounds, aiming to convert sun energy into usable power and to bloom deserts with engineered crops.
In Indianapolis Mrs WM Green reports severe illness and low weight prior to using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After five months she gained weight and resumed housework. A testimonial notes widespread use and invites advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
An old advertisement touts Capudine as a liquid headache remedy aiding natural relief for back and limb pains. It promises easy administration and offers samples at 372 Pearl Street N. The text also references Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills and a proverb about a soft answer ending conflict.
Retiring lightly touch spots of dandruff itching and burning with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water to keep scalp clean and healthy and promote hair growth. Free sample by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A Chicago trial before Judge Carpenter with a federal jury found the American Medical Association guilty of libeling Cardui the woman's tonic denounced as nostruum. The verdict affirms the medicine's merit after a three month trial, with extensive testimony from doctors and chemists and nearly four million words in evidence.
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