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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a cheap remedy to restore hair fullness and luster after neglect or damage. It promises visible improvements within moments and urges readers to buy at drug stores or toilet counters. The piece blends product promotion with wartime air power notes from a separate item about Allied victory plans.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for baths and Cuticura Ointment with promises of gentle healing. It offers free samples by sending to Cuticura Dept. X in Boston and notes the products are sold by druggists with pricing hints.
A nurse was found ringing the officers quarters doorbell during a morning visit. She claimed the nurses were not allowed to speak to enlisted men, even after a fire in the villa housing the nurses was extinguished.
Boost immune care against influenza with Wudher-Baim nasal antiseptic. Claims to kill germs and relieve distressing symptoms. Available in tubes and jets for 25 cents each. Avoid imitations Advy.
A domestic worker quits rather than accept low wages and a employer ends up taking the job herself to earn wages and money. The exchange centers on hawking higher pay as the maid leaves.
The readable text shows garbled phrases about teeth stomach bowe and harm along with a note to see directions on a bottle. The fragment lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to form a full news item.
A patient man explains that his garden aid benefited neighbors by producing some of the finest chickens he has seen. The exchange highlights communal acts and shared improvement through simple gardening labor.
State Land Commissioner J T Robinson reports 38 457 acres of unsold public free school land, largely in west Texas mountains and canyon country. The two year activity includes mineral exploration in Reeves and Sierra Minta, with 436 847 total receipts and 2 246 mineral applications for 625 548 acres.
Major H. W. Duffy of the British American gas service declared in a lecture to the Society of Chemical Industry that American gas shells are more deadly than any German made gas. He said battlefield tours in France showed hundreds of Germans wearing masks of the latest design killed by American gas.
Captain Edward Rieckenbacher of the American flying forces confirms his twenty second enemy airplane destroyed in the Sunday combat as the American Army presses northwest of Verdun. The tally marks another triumph in ongoing intensive air fighting.
Snow fell Sunday night in Vernon Texas despite a driving north wind and hard rain, melting as it fell.
In Juneau Alaska the bodies of 177 victims from the steamer Princess Sophia, sunk Friday night in a Lynn Canal storm north of Juneau, have been brought to the city. Local crews recovered the dead and identified some victims. The tragedy drew widespread tributes and sparked inquiries into maritime safety.
The United States government asks canneries, driers, stores, and households to save fruit pits and nut shells for carbon to manufacture gas masks. About 200 peach pits or seven pounds of shells yield one mask worth protecting front line troops. Red Cross centers will forward collected stones and shells.
Instructions describe canning grape juice and similar fruit juices. Use clean ripe grapes or other fruits. Heat to boiling, seal in sterilized bottles, and store cool. Red juice requires heating to 200 degrees F before straining.
Step by step method to wind wool using two flatirons set apart on a table to stretch the thread, simulating a person holding the skein. The guide emphasizes keeping tension tight and even as the wool is wound over the irons.
No waiting when meals disagree and you belch gas acids and undigested food cause distress in the stomach. Instant relief offered for indigestion pain heartburn and headaches.
Advert says after taking a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin all dyspepsia and stomach distress ends. The tablets are pleasant harmless and make sick stomachs feel fine at once, costing little at drug stores.
A British and an American soldier meet in the Strand. They discuss artillery, contrasting Fritz’s big gun shelling Paris with a Chicago gun that could surpass it. The Americans boast of a weapon that could outdo Paris and mock the recoil.
An old advertisement notes that children with worms show dull color and stomach issues. It claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, taken 2 to 3 weeks, will enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the system, helping nature expel worms and restore health. Priced 6c per bottle.
An American soldier in a French hospital raised on his pillow and surveyed his neighbor. He asked about the other’s outfit, remarking his familiar mug. The neighbor identified as Company T infantry and claimed to be the captain, though confusion lingered about ranks and identities.
Constipation signals stomach bowels disorder. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills restore regularity without griping. Adv.
American foresters working in England and Scotland for a year say forestry will be a major reconstruction task. They are aided by young women using two handed saws to clear underbrush. The piece mentions Roman Eye Balsam as a nighttime aid for tired eyes.
A quip about a miser’s legacy as a character is traded in a brief exchange. The dialogue hints at what a stingy man might leave behind after death.
An advertisement touts Capudine as fast relief for headaches and nervous strain. It claims the remedy is pleasant to take and reduces stress on the nervous system.
Veteran instructors at the British American airdrome in England tell pupils that flying training casualties in the air force are no higher than in any other branch of combatant service.
In the later months of the Ladysmith siege tobacco drew bustling trade with sales reported at 380 dollars per pound, reflecting wartime scarcity and high local demand.
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