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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
4
Harvard University is identified as the largest English speaking university with an enrollment of 5576 students. The claim anchors on Harvard's size among English language institutions.
Charles Green the balloonist completed 600 ascents and Eugene Godard surpassed 2000. Both escaped fatal accidents during their daring flights, avoiding tragedy in multiple perilous ventures.
The Catholic Woman's Union of France appeals to capable young women to obtain certificates and take the places of nuns recently expelled, urging qualified individuals to step into convent roles.
The advertisement claims top starching results are achievable only with Defiance Starch and mentions earning four or more for some money on ice cooking needs.
Defiance Starch is advertised as the biggest and best option, with no rival in quality or quantity. The ad emphasizes widespread availability and asserts superior value compared to all competitors.
Advertisement touts Dr Wood’s Norway Pine and Cup as a universal cure for any cough before it develops into consumption. It emphasizes expectorant properties and broad health benefits without scientific backing.
Report notes that brick fills are set alight with petroleum and that 100 pounds of oil can burn a ton of brick, highlighting dangerous combustion risk and material vulnerability observed in the era.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children are promoted by a nurse at the Children's Home in New York. Claims cure feverishness stomach teething disorders bowel regulation and worm destruction with over 30,000 testimonials. Available at druggists for 25 cents. Address Alien 5 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
Report indicates nightly theatergoing in London averages about 54 thousand attendees, reflecting strong demand for stage productions across the capital. The figure encapsulates multiple venues and may influence staffing, programming, and venue operations in coming seasons.
Historic ad style claims hundreds saved yearly with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil in time of need. It asserts cures for croup and heals burns cuts and wounds. Contrasting line notes over a century earthquake deaths exceeding a million.
A testimonial from Miss Kate Boltman of New York City praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for backache and kidney trouble. The letter urges other women with similar symptoms to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for help, claiming the remedy strengthens the back and restores energy.
In Paris Hill Maine the Parris family preserves a flintlock musket used in the American Revolution and fired every July 4 since independence. Now in Mme Columbia Parris’s home the relic dated to over 125 years, once fired at dawn to salute the nation. The weapon, tied to a fence last year and fired with a red-hot poker, has a storied past from Bunker Hill to present day.
Col Asa Bird Gardiner wandered the east wing of City Hall with paintings of famed generals. He recalled Jacksonville Florida when the army issued a new uniform order for brigadier generals and Gen Triggs tore apart the section detailing uniforms, noting the order described everything except the trousers and venting his frustration.
The poem lauds Kansas cabin homes and frontier dwellings across hillsides and woods. It speaks of modest sodhouses and budding mansions as emblems of patient toil, praising Braver pioneers and the growth from rough shelters to prosperous homes across the state.
Pretty Verona New Jersey girls attended a Congregational church entertainment at pastor Rev. Shelton Bissell’s home. Young men trimmed hats and baked cake for a prize, modeling hats for judges. the task of eating the cake proved a playful challenge for all.
The article explains Chinese writing conveys ideas rather than words and notes about 40 000 marks exist though 3 000 suffice for commerce. It claims Chinese is easier to learn than foreign languages and that Russian is harder for Americans. It states learning spoken Russian takes longer due to many dialects while reading can be taught in months and perfected by a linguist in a year. It adds exact instruction in Chinese languages must be given by a Chinese person.
A summer guest asks if the lake holds fish after five hours without a bite. The landlord recalls draining and restocking last spring with a single fish whose fate remains uncertain. If alive, it may be caught with persistence. if dead, guests are advised to relax on the veranda and complain about beds and table while noting rates of $2.50 per day plus scenery.
A testimonial from Walter McLanchlin of Wheeling West Virginia credits Deans Kidney Pills with curing a severe back and urinary ailment after doctors and other medicines failed. He reports dramatic improvement after using the pills, states a free trial is available by mail from Foster Milburn Co, and notes the product costs 60 cents per box via local druggists.
When M. Loubet the French president visited St. Petersburg he left 25 000 rubles for the city’s poor. It was decided not to distribute the money but to construct a house where poor families can reside rent free.
The municipal council of La Cour tine proposes a tax on every dress owned by women beyond a daily wear allowance and another for Sunday and fete days to raise money for the French treasury.
A vintage medical ad offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure failure. It lists Fr J Cheney Co as owners and includes endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo wholesalers. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. price per bottle. sold by all druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills as best.
The empress intends to found a girls school in the Pekin palace with ten daughters of princes as pupils. The move follows her interest in interpreters while hosting wives of foreign ministers.
A college professor caused considerable merriment in class by noting that a pre position is a bad word to end a sentence with. The moment highlighted a playful take on grammar during a lesson on parts of speech.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent FRER Address Allen Sutaberetch LeRoy bt
A London to Ireland leg costs more per ton than London to Japan, while moving cattle from Chicago to Liverpool about 4000 miles is cheaper than shipping from Northumberland to Liverpool, highlighting surprising freight cost patterns.
J. H. Stoddart, recalling a seventy year career on the stage, stands as the Nestor of American acting, predating Joseph Jefferson by several years in enduring contribution to the profession.
Putnam faceless dyes claim to yield the brightest and fastest colors in the market. The firm touts rapid tinting and durable hues, targeting manufacturers and designers seeking vivid results and quick turnarounds.
Malaria is not directly contagious between people but infected individuals should be separated from the healthy to prevent mosquitoes from becoming carriers. The bitten insects then pass the parasite to other humans, spreading illness.
Of the 47,332,840 acres within Manitoba 6,329,000 are taken up by lakes and 25,000,000 are cultivable.
An extraordinary stage novelty announced in Vienna features Stagard as the Pied Piper of Hamelin with a thousand tame rats following him on stage as he plays.
An old advertisement fragment touts Darmes and sure cures for headaches with price details, plus Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething and burdock blood bitters for general health. It also mentions McCane's Detective Agency in Houston offering loans and detective services.
A fragmented notice notes Defiance Starch sold 16 ounces for 10 cents with more starch per price and mentions the 1901 Belgian population figure. It also references remedies and thoughts on bread, tires, and a Flemish composer Peter Benoit with Antwerp ties.
Comedian Thomas Q Seabrooke tells New York reporters the Q stands for Qurika an Indian name meaning pretty boy. He recalls childhood in Fort Thomas Arizona where Apache neighbors nicknamed him Quico later shortened to QQ, shaping his middle name to harmonize.
A lyrical piece from the New York Tribune styled as a speaker who proclaims himself the mighty shepherd of the sea. He describes guiding readers through rock and foam, with a pine crook and a vast fold that shifts with day and night as waves become his flock. The poem links sailors’ graves to grazing grounds and fame to the sea’s vastness.
Capt. Peter Miller reveals a slender straw mouthpiece cigarette said to be a new weapon of crime. He explains ten inhalations could knock a man into a coma and notes a Chicago gangster sent the device, with an Illinois chemist allegedly producing and selling them.
The text notes Japanese resistance to modern band styles, with minimal support for brass bands. It cites a regiment under Marcones marching to bugle calls, avoiding drums. During the 1894 95 war era there was only one army corps band, attached to headquarters, whose music few heard or liked, with troops singing as inspiration on the march led by a sergeant.
The unique form of carbon bort called black diamond is sourced only in Bahia, South America. It is mined for stone drill points and saws and ground into powder to polish diamonds and other precious stones as demand expands.
A young gardener in training overheard the cordwainer swear after a hammer blow. The boy ran inside and exclaimed to his mother that John now knows God as well, delight filling his voice.
Hannibal lamented failing to draw Fabius into combat. A general suggested sending him to arbitrate. Soon after Cannz was fought, the Roman forces were destroyed.
Kuala Lumpur, capital of the Federated Malay States, opens a medical and scientific research institute open to workers of any nationality, signaling progress in science and industry.
Thrifty town officials estimate annual revenue of £490 sourced from a headwater, a cart head, and shingle operations, reflecting steady income streams for local governance.
A quip from Philadelphia Bulletin notes a pun on fishing. The line suggests a character obsessed with fishing, described as having “fishing on the brain” and a brain that reels.
The census data show thirteen out of every thousand Russians are nobles, nine are clergy, and fifty three are soldiers. The figures highlight the social and economic stratification of the era and indicate the military and religious classes' prominence within society.
Peruna claims dramatic cures for kidney catarrh with testimonials from T H Mars J Vance and J Brake. The ad asserts Peruna and Manalin restore kidney function, relieve stagnation then improve heart and digestion, urging readers to write to Dr Hartman for guidance.
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