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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1926
Page
5
A home expert warns that beauty and fine furnishings matter little if air does not circulate in every room. Poor ventilation can lead to dampness, stuffiness, and health issues for occupants.
A column offers recipes for summer squash with butter, pineapple rice with eggs and milk, cabbage with cream and vinegar, and French method peas. It ends with a meditation on military spending and preparedness by F A Walker, noting innovation and defense challenges.
A speaker prefers the underdog Smith over the upperdog Fitzroy MacPherson and recounts past habit of helping underdogs win. He now investigates causes before judging and admits times when the underdog was in the wrong, noting changes in judgment and experience.
This piece explains parchment origin from ancient times. It notes parchment first made from sheep or goat skin for utilitarian uses. It credits Eumenes II of Pergamum in the second century BC and links parchment naming to Pergamum through Latin and French forms.
The article portrays the traditional Texan gun use as purposeful and limited to a single weapon. It notes the rarity of second guns, the ritual of drawing with intent to shoot, and how popular culture exaggerates pistol use as a daily cowboy function.
Sapient Sally warns that recognizing two sides to every question creates trouble. She cautions against bragging about balanced views and emphasizes the friction this duality causes in discussions.
A memoir from a World War I airman, published in Liberty, laments small irritants. He notes the English traffic on the left and their odd alphabet pronunciations. The diary highlights how initials and strange names for letters stir confusion more than dangers of battle.
A box of garden flowers travels to a city woman who cherishes them and recalls her youth among ferns and cool garden corners. The arrival of tulips lilacs and creeping Charlie brings warmth, sentiment, and reminders of the garden season from spring to fall.
A historical note on a folk remedy for coughing involving placing steel scissors inside clothing. The piece claims scissors scare away choking spirits, combining iron’s feared property with sympathetic magic and spiritism. It cites widespread use in the U.S. and Europe and explains double potency through magic and spiritism.
A humorous column by Viola Brothers Shore uses old sayings about dating and behavior to comment on social mores. It playfully contrasts promises with actions and notes how temper and self knowledge shape relationships and parental views.
Rev. John Talbot Smith shared a story about a young woman who confessed she spent money foolishly. A fortune teller had told her lies about her past and future, predicting a long hard journey, prompting the priest to suggest she would perform the stations of the cross twelve times.
A hotel stenographer extols a mysterious visitor as supremely handsome, brave, and a perfect dancer. She boasts of his romantic prowess and vows to love him, claiming she will become the grandest spender in a life of affection and kisses. The house detective questions the tale as she describes their brief encounters and intent.
Holworthy Hall is the pen name of Harold E. Porter who recalls becoming a publisher at 21 while a Harvard senior. He explains his path to fiction, noting eight years as a publisher before focusing on writing, and mentions his status as a leading American fiction writer and magazine expert.
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