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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
6
Mrs M R Scott recounts severe illness and weakness then credits Cardus with restoring appetite and health after five bottles. The ad promotes Cardus as a plant based tonic improving vitality and nerves for women. Also touts Grove's tasteless chill tonic as a blood purifier and system builder for summer strength.
An ad touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic aches muscle soreness and joint stiffness claiming quick relief for neuritis lame backs sciatica and headaches with prices 35c 70c and 1 40.
An advertisement from A. B. Richards Medicine Co. Sherman Texas promotes Rich-Tone a tonic said to increase red blood cells purify blood and restore energy appetite sleep and vitality. Available at drug stores for 1.00 per bottle.
Fuller reports show the storm's death toll rising with Corpus Christi as its focal point. Early estimates say property damage will exceed 20 million dollars as communication lines reopen. Dragging Nueces Bay for wreckage bodies is discussed amid grim casualty tallies: 68 buried at Corpus Christi, 189 at north shore Nueces Bay, 9 at Rockport, 5 at Port Aransas, 3 at Aransas Pass, total 274.
Governor Hobby appoints relief fund committees to disburse storm aid in Austin and Corpus Christi. The Austin panel includes State Treasurer John W. Baker as chairman and bankers W. H. Folts Eldred McKinnon A. Wroe and Walter Bremond. The Corpus Christi group is led by Col. W. D. Cope with Gen. J. F. Welters Roy Miller Mayor Gordon Boone and local representatives from affected towns. Supplies will move from Austin to Corpus Christi to reach stricken areas after inspection and at-cost purchases with sworn affidavits.
Washington reports retail food prices jumped 1 percent in August from July reaching a historic high. Eggs rice potatoes milk pork chops butter cheese coffee dry beans sugar and bread led the increase while sirloin round steak ribs onions bacon flour cabbage and canned peas corn beans and tomatoes fell.
The Washington report states the pact includes a 2 billion pound loan at 7 percent redeemable in 20 years. The loan takes precedence over other Persian debts except for a 1.26 million pound loan from May 1911. Customs receipts pledge security for the new loan.
Relief funds forwarded to Governor Hob have swelled the total to over 30 600. The committee led by State Treasurer Baker now has money to buy supplies and rapidly distribute them to the affected district.
United States consul general at Lima Willam W. Hendley was stricken with apoplexy Friday and remains in critical condition.
The Kerr Line steamship Jason arrived from Hamburg carrying 350 tons of toys glassware and sugar beet seed marking the first cargo from Germany since the war.
President Wilson told a Salt Lake City crowd that inserting reservations into the peace treaty would “cut the heart” of the league of nations He warned such a move would be an absolute withdrawal from Article 10 and urged the Senate to reconsider The tour included remarks in Reno and Los Angeles praising international cooperation and the Monroe Doctrine.
Reports note fine oil indications near Steep Creek San Augustine and a nearly finished Katy freight depot at Smithville to open Oct. 1. Surveys start for a standard gauge line from Stephenville to Desdemona as Anderson County breeders plan a Palestine hog show Sept 29 30.
In Texas on October 9 1919 Governor W P Hobby proclaims Fire Prevention Day urging officials schools and public bodies to inspect heating appliances examine chimneys and lock buildings to reduce fire waste Planning drills and civic cooperation is urged with school boards and fire departments to promote safety and prevention nationwide observance.
The Organization of Lee Highway Association in Houston completed a permanent national body for the Robert E. Lee Transcontinental Highway. D. R. Beatty of Houston was elected president, H. B. Rule secretary, with the national board to appoint remaining officers from state boards. Texas representatives listed include B. S. Woodhead and others across numerous counties.
Theodore R. Fitzgerald a hotel night watchman pleaded guilty to strangling six year old Janet Wilson on July 22 and was sentenced by Judge Crowe in criminal court Tuesday to die on the gallows for the crime.
Versailles reports Baron Kurt von Kerner head of the German mission signed the protocol annulling Article 61 of the German constitution. The article formerly provided for Austrian representation in the German parliament.
Nine indictments for murder and 103 on lesser charges were returned following the recent race riots in Chicago.
Misery years in Iowa are linked to female ailments with a testimonial from Mrs Courant of Oskaloosa praising relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women with displacements irregularities inflammation or menopause to try the remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An ad promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, noting the Bayer Cross on genuine packs and proper directions for headache toothache and other pains. It mentions handy tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger sizes at drug stores and explains Aspirin as Bayer’s trade mark. The text includes unrelated quips about thinking and indigestion and a reference to Indian Vegetable Pills.
Green's August Flower promotes relief for indigestion sour stomach and constipation during summer feasts and picnics. It claims to stimulate the liver cleanse the intestines and improve overall digestion. Sold everywhere. The inventor quip notes effort deserves completion.
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