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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
2
Agricultural guidance urges transferring pullets from pasture to winter quarters in early fall to ensure they adapt before laying begins. Emphasizes proper space, level roosts, thorough disinfection, and minimal diet changes, citing USDA Beltsville research on corn oats rations.
The United States Department of Agriculture will wind down the current grain dust fire prevention program but the United States Grain Corporation assumes control on June 30. Experts from the bureau of chemistry will be loaned to the grain corporation to continue education and supervision, as fires from grain dust had been a frequent danger. The director of the grain corporation calls the work essential to prevent fire losses, especially for large stored grain, and seeks funding to sustain the program.
Isolate diseased birds and disinfect drinking water with sodium sulfite or potassium permanganate. For chicken pox apply iodine and carbolated vaseline. gapes need cultivation. diarrhea uses low grade wheat flour or middlings plus castor oil with turpentine. bumblefoot requires draining pus and wound care. limberneck may respond to cod liver oil. scaly legs use vaseline with ereolin and warm soapy soaking. see USDA bulletin 957 for details.
Never market small or dirty eggs. Painting the inside of nest boxes with kerosene is hard on mites and lice. Ashes scattered under roosts are good absorbent and also help to keep down lice.
General J W McAndrew urged a peacetime army of 300 000 with divisions stationed at the Panama Canal Hawaii the Mexican border and the Philippines to guard Pacific frontiers He called for six months universal training a skeleton field army of 21 divisions and a 1 250 000 man wartime force with most units skeletonized to six or seven thousand men to preserve island positions and coast defense.
Austin executives urge all current and former national guard and allied officers who served in the late war to report by letter their full names and present addresses to the Texas adjutant general so the association can distribute literature and support future military policy. The request targets Texas residents with service in the national guard army reserve and other related officers.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable liver cleanser that replaces calomel. It claims the product cleans sluggish livers, prevents sickness, and offers a money back guarantee with improved mornings and regular bowels.
Harvey D. Gibson recalls a Dijon hospital hut scene where a wounded soldier shows his cretonne Red Cross bag containing keepsakes. A young man laughs at war’s irony, joking about having a wristwatch and a bracelet ID while clutching his bag and disk.
States Oil Corporation reported a gas flow of sixty million cubic feet from the Sumrall tract seven miles north of Hastland in Rastland Texas this week. The well reached a depth of seventeen hundred forty feet.
Miss May Pershing sister of General Pershing named sponsor for the 500 ton steamer Capitol of Nebraska to be launched by Mobile Shipbuilding Company late in October in Mobile Alabama.
A fragmentary exchange references a summer visit to an aunt and a controlling figure named Robert. The dialogue hints at coercive constraints and a warning that helpfulness without sympathy can cause harm. The tone resembles a newspaper column quote or literary snippet.
A village group at Laymouth town gathers on the steps of the general store to mock ministers conventions in session at the state capital. Squire Lane, taxed for Rev Lamb's expenses, quips that five days are spent poorly and cheaper. Joe Rollins wonders why conventions exist as the Squire says they meet to swap sermons.
A humorous exchange describes a stenographer reacting to a push-button code with actions like breaking off a conversation with the bookkeeper and adjusting her hair before noting a plan. The judge quips that a weak point should be conquered rather than conquering you.
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