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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
2
Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, as ambassador to Cuba, battles wobbling on Governor Zayas and reform efforts, while Coolidge and Hughes seek public opinion to curb graft and push reform without immediate intervention.
General Mason Patrick chief of the army air service earns the pilot’s wings at age sixty amid three distinctions. He is the only ranker to wear wings, the only service chief to qualify as aviator, and the only man known to have learned flying at that age. Maj. Herbert A. Dargue taught him to fly. Patrick also states the air service can sink naval craft when conditions allow.
Roy Chapman Andrews leads the Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History returning from Mongolia with nine tons of fossils dating 25 to 10 million years ago. The finds suggest Asia once joined to America by land and include 25 dinosaur eggs. Siwalik material from India adds four specimens about 1.5 million years old, possibly linking to early humans or apes.
T Gilbert Pearson of the National Association of Audubon societies leads a growing international effort to protect wild birds. Scientific and conservation groups in nine countries have formed to support bird protection, with Europe looking to the United States for leadership amid an active international body operating in the US, Canada, Australia, Norway, England, Holland, Luxemburg, France and Italy.
Washington plans send sixty to seventy topographical engineers to Texas for a three year program. Colonel General Smith will direct surveys of Trinity Red Brazos Nueces San Antonio Guadalupe and Colorado rivers to curb floods. Delicate instruments will be moved to Texas for site surveys.
Paris Premier Poincare outlined four points for the expert committee to study reparations, focusing on Germany’s ability to pay, a new payment method, financial reform, and a new monetary system. He said Germany’s wartime debts to the allies are fixed and cannot be altered, aligning with the American note to London.
Galveston Texas Mrs Carrie Sherman Menard widow of J M O Menard and eldest daughter of General Sidney Sherman who commanded the left wing of the Texas army at the battle of San Jacinto died at her home in Galveston on Monday Born February 5 1844 at Crescent Place the Sherman country home on San Jacinto bay Her mother Catherine Isabel Cox of Kentucky later married General Sherman after Texas won independence.
The first carload of turkeys will be sold cooperatively from San Angelo in early November. C. E. Clark, local manager of the Western Farm Bureau Poultry Exchange, reports 300 birds received thus far are being dressed and stored for sale.
The grand national assembly at Angora approves Ismet Pasha as premier and foreign minister with Ferid Bey as interior minister Kiazim Pasha overseeing national defense Marshal Fevzi Pasha as chief of general staff and Hassan Fehmi Bey as finance minister.
Major General Henry T. Allen, upon arrival from Washington, said on Thursday that plans are under way to feed 2,000,000 German children this winter through the American Friends Service Committee.
In Mexico City the army revision board announced that 118 generals from the First Reserve will be dropped from the rolls November 10 when its report is filed.
In Texas a historic first sees Supreme Court witnesses summoned to testify. A Travie County highway bond of 1.5 million was defeated 108 votes in a recent special election. State finances show a growing deficiency from warrants paid, reaching 4.1 to 4.3 million by November 1. Confederate pensioners will receive 30 for the next quarter starting December 1. Governor Neff is urged to appoint 50 to 100 delegates to the Anti Saloon League national meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, December 17–20.
An old style advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria for infants and children relieving constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea. It emphasizes fever reduction, stomach and bowel regulation, and natural sleep without opiates, claiming a long history and genuine signature.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a reliable scalp tonic for dandruff falling hair itching and dry thin hair. It claims immediate correction of scalp issues and revived hair with gloss color and vitality. The ad notes it is non greasy and available at drug stores.
Advertisement notes dyeing and tinting services for worn or faded clothing and drapery offered for 15 cents.
An advertisement claims Diamond Dyes guarantees perfect home dyeing even for novices. Druggists stock all colors with directions in each package. The piece also includes a proverb about fortunes from grafts and men seeking advice on hats.
Bryan Cotton receipts have already broken the record for several years past reaching 19 733 bales this season. Last year’s total was about 15 900 bales.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as the best bowel laxative with the slogan They Work While You Sleep. It claims quick relief from sickness dizziness dull heads upset stomach sourness and gas. Offered in 10¢ 25¢ and 50¢ boxes at drug stores for men women and children.
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a woman describing her marriage in the same church where three ceremonies had been held before. She remarks on the familiar setting and notes a tear in the altar carpet that has not been mended since her previous visit.
A vintage ad claims a cold clears in hours with Papes Cold Compound tablets. Gists advertise relief from grippe without side effects, urging readers to buy a box for a few cents and get rid of the cold now. A stray line notes profile photos as sideshows and warns of false fronts.
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