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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1920
Page
2
Doctors report colds and flu respond best when the liver is active. Calotabs are a nausea free calomel tablet given at bedtime to stimulate the liver, with no salts or eating disruption. Next morning the cold fades and appetite returns. Calotabs sold in sealed packages for 35 cents with a money back guarantee.
C W Burton praises Katonic as wonderful after suffering stomach trouble for twenty years. The ad claims Katonic relieves sourness belching indigestion and other stomach troubles by addressing acidity and gases. Eatonic tablets are recommended after each meal with a big box priced as a trifling cost backed by a druggist guarantee.
Athens reports King Alexander of Greece died at 5 20 p m from wounds after a pet monkey attacked him in October His death prompts questions of succession with Constantine and regency discussed Swiss dispatches claim Constantine may return while Venizelos suggests Prince Paul may inherit The Premier denies foreign candidates and mentions possible Greek heirs Prince Arthur of Connaught and Prince Charles of Belgium are named as possible successors but Venizelos rules out foreign candidates.
Austin reports September total 2606 inmates versus 2664 on September 1. Thirty six pardoned and 68 new convicts admitted. Harris County led with 12, Grayson seven, Dallas six, Tarrant six, Jefferson four. Bexar none. During month 21 recaptured, 59 discharged, 33 escaped, five died. Sixteen paroled and four delivered to sheriffs.
The Texas Fourth Court of Civil Appeals upholds compulsory school vaccination to guard against smallpox. The case ends a multi year fight over constitutionality and damages totaling $10,000 claimed for school exclusion. The ruling drew wide statewide attention from both sides.
Four army airplanes ended a long round trip from New York to Alaska and arrived in Washington after a two and a half hour flight from Mineola New York. The squadron was welcomed by a large fleet led by the airship Zodiac No. 1 from Langley Field Virginia. The ceremony was directed by Major General Mencher and Brigadier General Mitchell.
The car service division of the American Railway Association reports a US weekly freight car load total of 1 009 787 cars for the week ending October 9. This compares with 982 171 cars in the same week in 1919 and 959 722 cars in 1918.
Chicago a council of boards of benevolences of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted two and one half million dollars to assist former service men to resume their education interrupted by the war. Dr David D Forsythe announced the grant as secretary of the board of home missions and church extension.
Terence MacSwiney lord Mayor of Cork died in Brixton prison London early Monday from a long hunger strike. The death follows weeks of voluntary fasting as part of Irish independence protest.
Houston reports Texas production for the year ending September 30, 1920 rose above 106 million barrels for the first time, totaling 100,595,112 barrels, up from 79,843,198 barrels the prior year.
Receipts show 4620 bales of cotton at Calvert. Road-building active in Timpson and Kimble County. Cameron County approves $70,000 road bonds. Coryell County to receive $25,000 state aid for rural schools. Hopkins County levee district bond issue approved at $63,000. Texas Social Welfare to convene in San Antonio, November 19 28. Gilespie County population 10,015, up 568 from ten years ago. Pecan crop failures reported in Gonzales and Washington counties. State highway board considers $100,000 aid for Stephens County and $12,000 for Woods County. Dallas chosen for Texas State Homeopathic Medical Association meeting 1921. Hamon district road bonds of $54,000 sold for Gonzales County highway. Guaranty State Bank of Killeen and Maxwell State Bank of Maxwell authorized to operate. Oil lease on McCowan ranch acreage near Atascosa County approved. Wichita Falls water bonds $800,000 and Midland CountyRoad bonds $125,000 approved. DOJ launches inquiry into alleged mistreatment of Mexicans shipped from San Antonio to Alaska canneries. possible peonage charges against Chinese contractors. Federal ruling on migratory waterfowl permits clarified. New Texas industry: pearl hunting and mussel shell gathering on Llano, San Saba and Concho rivers. shells valued $50–$170 per ton. State owns mussels. $10 permit tax. limited mussel supply noted.
The War Department delays publishing draft deserters names to allow corrections and state record comparisons. Wisconsin urged careful cross checks with state records. 498043 total deserters. after adjustments 237649 net desertions. 173911 outstanding as of July 15, 1919.
Texas lumber mills reporting to the census cut 509 604 000 board feet in 1918 and 509 746 000 in 1919. Across the country seven hundred eighty seven mills produced 12 865 825 000 feet in 1919, up about 37 600 000 from 1918.
In federal court Judge J C Hutcheson fined druggist James Radford 15000 after he pleaded guilty to 61 counts of an indictment. The original 127 count indictment was pared by the district attorney’s office, with 66 counts dropped.
Mrs. Mary Manning of Paint Rock Alabama praises Thedford's Black-Draught as the best medicine for cold laxative sour stomach headache and indigestion. She attributes illness to an inactive liver from overeating and urges taking Black-Draught made of vegetable ingredients and labeled Thedford's.
Dye advertisement touts Diamond Dyes with simple directions for dyeing worn garments in rich fade resistant colors. Claims work on wool silk linen cotton and blends and urges readers to ask druggist for the Diamond Dyes Color Card. Also includes a pithy proverb about a friend who can no longer work him.
The ad promotes Vacher-Balm as a fast effective remedy for head cold and body soreness. It urges readers to ask a druggist or request a free sample from E W Vacher Inc New Orleans and warns against imitations. It notes Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a quicker lamb for vermin and ends with a waiting slogan about productive waiting.
A car carrying six people plunged off the Lynchburg ferry into the ship channel Sunday in Houston Texas. Ruth Roberts aged years old was drowned and five others narrowly escaped.
Governor Parker of Louisiana urged cotton ginners in the South to shut down for at least 30 days to allow producers to receive a living price. The appeal was telegraphed to the governors of other cotton growing states.
Ten minutes after entering the jury room the panel found Will Johnson guilty of the killing of Miss Dot Vaudelet in Beaumont. The death penalty was imposed.
Fourteen Japanese soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a clash with bandits at Chein Tao Manchuria. The outlaws were routed, according to dispatches received in Tokio on Monday.
A report from Lemberg Galicia states Bolsheviks have concluded an armistice with General Petlura leader of Ukrainian forces. The agreement signals a pause in hostilities and potential reshaping of the Eastern Front as negotiations proceed.
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