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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
3
A collage of brief items covers home remedies from coffee substitutes to Postum, admonitions on gentleness with children, eczema cures via Cuticura, kidney health claims, courtesy in business, and light humor. It weaves medical ads, personal testimonials, and social vignettes in a single page.
Article discusses Walter Kitchener brother of Lord Kitchener, stationed in Bermuda, passed over for a post to avoid favoritism accusations. It recounts an incident at Cape Town station with a misunderstanding about Lord Kitchener’s arrival and an Eskimo note on happiness and raw diet.
An advertisement asserts Hall’s Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy, claiming it cures catarrh at all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises $100 if it fails, urges sending testimonials, and lists Toledo, Ohio as the source.
A 14 year old girl known as a long-panter is found sobbing by her sister after three boys ask her to the dance. She had promised the first but said the last was a long-panter, prompting concern.
An advertiser touts Resinol as a quick remedy for skin ailments and injuries, cites a Philadelphia testimonial, and notes its use in their family. Also includes brief sketches on a snakebite tale, starch improvements, and a couple humorous exchanges from Puck.
A collage of old product pitches and wry remarks: Castoria badge promising safe use for 30 years, jokes about Willie Holt and speeding, boasts about Noah on Ararat, brief tips for headaches with Hicks Capudine, a Macdonald quote on books and friends, a jab at life preservers versus rheumatism, Hamlin’s Wizard pain remedy, and a note on an office seeker’s patriotic sentiment versus foreign tastes.
The tale recalls Frank I Cobb of the New York World vacationing in Maine when Joseph Pulitzer sent a cipher. A country operator delivered the garbled line about simplicity and publicity with a $1 reward for delivery, prompting a wry anti climax between editors and their field theorems.
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