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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1915
Page
7
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium receives the degree of doctor of medicine in a formal ceremony. The event marks a significant milestone in her royal and medical affiliations, highlighting ongoing ties between monarchy and public health efforts.
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a natural way to cover gray hair for $1.00. The Right of Way notes a college student dispute last year, joking it happened on the gridiron.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touted as a general tonic with quinine. It claims to act on the liver drive malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Sold for 50 cents.
In a dawn scare Mrs Johanes wakes her husband John to a possible intruder in their home. He dismisses danger and jokes that he would rather take the intruder’s lead than go downstairs to confront the thief.
An umpire in a National League game at the Polo Grounds halted Boson players from taunting Chief Meyers, the Indian catcher for New York, and warned “Cut out them personalities.” A spectator retorted “Cut out them grammar.”
A grandmother touts Postum as a health aid after nervous dyspepsia. She recalls her grandson's growth after switching from coffee to Postum and credits improved health to three years of use. The ad promotes Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with prices and a slogan There’s a Reason.
The Texas roundup covers Terrell street system upgrades Mexia plans a new $10000 passenger station at the railroad yard and a 500000 bank charter conversion in San Antonio. Greenville buys a $10000 auto fire truck while Denison reports a busy sidewalk month. Wichita Falls Motor Co moves toward Dallas as labor shifts. Casualties at Ojo de Agua trigger border reinforcement. troops ordered to Brownsville and Dallas fair event workers returning to the border. Austin to get a $300000 ten story hotel on Congress Avenue with New York financing. Farmers ship sweet potatoes from Franklin County and Sherman contemplates a $150000 sewer and street upgrade bond. Postex mills add a 20 room boarding house while Garza County builds more houses and a new oil well near Strawn. Attorney General warns against independent steel company consolidation and Marlin Durango Temple plan an interurban line.
A compact guide listing kitchen tips. Add grape juice to lemonade for a healthful drink. boil bacon rinds with cabbage or peas. bake prunes overnight for richness. air can spoil bread sponge. boil eggs in salted water for easy peeling. salt in flour helps avoid lumps. roast fowl with sweet potatoes for added flavor. remove stray yolk with a warm cloth. boil vegetables in boiling water or steam for best results.
Install two extension brackets six feet apart high on a plastered wall. Attach downward hooks under each bracket. Cut two six foot slats from a carpenter shop. Thread slats through curtain frills and hems, hang one pair at a time on the hooks, and fluff to dry in neat folds. Slats prevent stretching and require no ironing.
The article notes a shift from sun and rain to strong mineral gases for bleaching linen in days. It advises buying linens not yet bleached to save laundry costs and avoid fiber damage from overbleaching, which can cause spots and rotting fibers.
Four pounds sifted flour and four pounds butter beaten to cream. Add two pounds of powdered sugar and six eggs per pound of flour with mace or nutmeg and lemon or orange flower water. Cut heart shapes for each guest and frost initials. Present in pink gilt-edged boxes or wrapped in tissue with pink ribbon.
A recipe describes a delicate dish using one third cupful rice two cupfuls grapes half cupful water and two spoonfuls sugar. Rice and sugar are sprinkled among grapes in a deep dish then water poured over and the mixture simmered two hours in oven. Serve warm as sauce or cold as pudding.
A breakfast ham technique suggests soaking sliced ham overnight in water with a tablespoon of sugar to soften the meat and reduce the saltiness, yielding a milder flavor for morning meals.
A wry dialogue questions the profitability of being a chauffeur. The speaker notes the job is a business where one can raise the dust, hinting at challenges and modest gains in the trade.
Sufferers are promised relief from eczema and skin eruptions using resinol ointment and resinol soap. The copy asserts itching and burning stop after first use and that severe cases improve, noting doctors have prescribed resinol for twenty years.
The novelist and wife share a breakfast moment discussing cereal portions and literary pacing. The wife asks for cereal while the author replies in a distracted way, offering about two chapters instead.
An advertisement touts Bond's Liver Pills as a safe inexpensive cure for biliousness dizziness headaches bad breath and pimples with a nightly dose and a 25 cent price to order from Bond's Pharmacy Co Little Rock Arkansas.
A witty aside about surveillance and a stylish stenographer sparks newsroom chatter. The remark hints at heightened oversight and the value of skilled staff in keeping operations efficient.
A captain boasts his soldiers are fighters not trench diggers, while a general replies he has no objection to them taking entrenchment to pass the winter, framing a strategic exchange about war readiness.
A promotional ad touts the Magic Washing Stick as a labor saving device for heavy washing. It claims no machine needed and safe for all fabrics, offering 15 washings for 25 cents and urging buyers to contact A B Richards Co of Sherman Texas or local druggists and grocers.
A Baltimore rumor about an actress fainting is dismissed as a feint by a cautious elder, tracing the gossip through local chatter and newspaper curiosity.
An old classified style ad warns that delays in treating heart symptoms can be fatal and promotes Renovine as a heart remedy sold for 1.50 dollars, urging timely purchase for cure potential.
A terse exchange cites belief and marriage as the punchline. The speaker jokes that he married “her” as if answering a metaphysical query. The fragment hints at a humorous misdirection about faith and matrimony.
This brief urges readers to use Murine eyedrops to keep eyes looking young and lively, dismissing age as a concern. It promotes eye care as a way to appear younger and suggests avoiding revealing one’s age.
A brief reflection suggests that the true secret of success remains hidden from women who rarely disclose it. The phrase hints at gendered perceptions of ambition and advice in society.
A traditional ginger snap recipe is shared using simple pantry items. It calls for one cup each of shortening sugar and molasses, a generous spoonful of ginger, plus soda dissolved in warm water, with flour added sparingly to form dough.
A reader suggests substituting rice for macaroni in macaroni and cheese. Boil the rice until fairly firm for a distinct and pleasant change from the traditional dish.
A simple ginger puffs mix uses sugar molasses butter ginger egg soda water and flour. Mix and bake in gem pans until lightly browned for a quick treat.
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