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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
2
A Chicago woman reports two years of illness from a female trouble. After trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she experienced rapid relief, regaining strength and weight. The ad promotes the remedy as a standard treatment for female maladies including displacements and backache.
An item from the Kansas City Star notes a medicinal tonic Renovine advertised for heart and nerve support amid a noisy scene in a front area. It also mentions a ketchup bottle incident sparked by a dining dispute and odd restaurant chatter about Chiudine's supposed improvements.
Learn to make a cheap lemon skin lotion by mixing juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. Strain to remove pulp and store in a bottle for regular facial use. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands for softening whitening and beautifying effects.
An Irish worker skips a day without leave and claims illness but is spotted riding past the factory on a bicycle. He explains to the foreman that he was on his way to fetch the doctor, creating a humorous inconsist ent alibi in this Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item.
An old Grove's tonic advertisement touts QUININE and IRON as key ingredients. It claims liver effects, malaria drive, blood enrichment, and system build up, priced at 60 cents. It ends with a motivational line about success being doing the right thing at the right time.
Washington launches seed program under the food production act with 26 000 bushels of seed corn bought for Northern and Northeastern Texas to be sold at cost plus handling to farmers in counties where crops failed. Seed will be gathered at Waco, graded, and excess sold. an A and M extension official will supervise. The plan aims to assure home grown seed and demonstrate care in seed selection.
Colonel John A. Hull took charge of the general court martial proceedings to try the Houston rioters of Aug. 24. Prisoners of the Third Battalion, Twenty-fourth Infantry, are guarded in the stockade behind double wire fences with high voltage electric current.
Members of the American Association of Progressive Medicine in session Wednesday favored legalizing easy death for hopelessly incurable patients. The proposal was presented by Dr. W. A. Guild of Des Moines during the convention.
San Antonio Texas witnesses Camp Travis take on a martial aspect as thousands of young Texans and Oklahomans, members of the projected Ninetieth Division, undergo strenuous drill in formations.
Churchill Bartlett secretary of state under James E Ferguson's Texas administration submitted his resignation on Wednesday Bartlett stated a new governor should choose his own officials and an appointee of the prior administration should not remain in office do to bad taste under the transition.
Washington officials disclosed the Shipping Board statement showing nearly 1,200 merchant vessels totaling about 6,000,000 tons will be completed in a little over a year. The figure highlights the scale of the United States wartime industrial program.
The Texas nurserymen elected officers at the annual convention in Waco. W. C. Griffing of Port Arthur was elected president, J. M. Ramsay of Austin as vice president, and John S. Kerr of Sherman as secretary-treasurer.
A mob of 150 Arkansas rice farmers whipped tarred and feathered four white men alleged to be I W W agents in Stuttgart on Wednesday, reflecting postwar tensions and union suppression in the region.
Testimony in the Farmers' and Laborers' Protective Association trial links Ezra Cloud to a plan to derail rail traffic by dynamite and to abduct the president. Hawley Lodge members described rifle purchases and anti presidential statements leading to record-strike actions by Judge Jack.
Austin Texas reports a railroad commission statement showing seven months ending July 3 total operating revenue of 19 289 396 up 6 711 834 or 63 36 percent from last year. Expenses rose 5 563 959 to 57 121 950. Freight revenue climbed 9 161 842 to 55 763 162 and passenger revenue rose 2 926 105 to 20 829 410. Other revenue gained 187 847 to 1 818 773.
Houston court martial into mutiny and killings will convene at El Paso in about two weeks. It requires in person testimony from many Houston witnesses. Officials say testimony from citizens board of inquiry and officers may be used, but Colonel John A. Hill states personal sworn testimony will also be required.
Eight year old Alice Cope land, reputed heir to a one million dollar Sour Lake Texas estate, was found in Biloxi by her mother Mrs. M A Copeland. Copeland says grandmother left the fortune, though she never lived in Texas. The girl said she came to get the money.
Dallas County will become dry after October 20 as the commissioners court denied unanimously a six months delay in publication of the official notice. Saloon owners had sought more time to close down their establishments.
The central span of the Quebec cantilever bridge was successfully bolted into place on Thursday linking the arms of the world’s largest bridge of its kind.
County commissioners in Waco Texas set October 20 for a public election after a petition from thousands of citizens led by the prohibition committee. The action follows a local initiative drive seeking voter input onThe post outlines the countywide vote and its civic context.
The U S department of agriculture will lift the quarantine on sheep scabies in 107 Texas counties starting October 16. The listed counties include Andrews Archer Armstrong Bailey Baylor and many others. Systematic eradication began May 1 by the Bureau of Animal Industry and will continue to release more areas as clean. Sheep scabies is caused by a mite that irritates the skin and reduces wool. control methods include dipping animals in a weak nicotine solution or lime and sulphur.
Londoners endured a night of air raid attack as German aircraft bombed suburbs and central areas. Guns fired after eight o clock, anti aircraft fire rang out, searchlights swept the sky, and rocket bursts illuminated the city. Casualties were reported as few.
International Institute of Agriculture reports from Rome show the 1917 world wheat crop at 1,665,489,000 bushels up 3.3 percent from 1916. Barley, rye, oats, and corn also rise, with oats at 1,995,304,000 bushels up 19.9 percent and corn at 3,273,996,000 bushels up 25.3 percent.
Burke Smith, a Black cook for oil contractor Robert Lyons, was taken from Goose Creek jail by local citizens Friday around 1:30 PM and died near a tree in a nearby woods. He had been arrested earlier that day by Deputy Veale after an alleged assault on a woman the previous night.
Austin Texas Commissioner of Pensions J C Jones announces the quarterly Confederate pension will be paid November 30 1917 and February 28 1918 with a payment of $18 per quarter.
More than one thousand people were added to Camp Logan Texas on Friday with the arrival of the Third Illinois Field Artillery from its home station in Illinois.
Washington officials report two million farmers urged President Wilson to adjust draft exemptions for farm labor. The memorandum from the Federal Board of Farm Organizations and the National Grange calls for sustaining productive farm labor, arguing current exemptions risk food production and war effort.
Harris county draft board issues third call for 306 men to appear for examination Sunday September 30. The notice directs selectees to report to local examination centers for the required indictments and processing.
The famed French military figure nicknamed The Tiger comments on an active general's upcoming marriage. He quips that the general "hasn't enough front to defend," highlighting sharp wit despite age.
An old newspaper fragment notes a 50 cent to 1 dollar price for a product or service labeled Femenina marketed to women with female disorders. The ad references a “who wants to be a Spartan” phrase and credits Adyv.
A dialogue shows Mary quitting a household after ten days away, upset that no picture postal card was sent. She accuses being treated as a guest rather than family, signaling strained ties and a decision to depart.
Cuticura offers a treatment for skin and scalp troubles using Cuticura Soup with hot water, followed by Cuticura Ointment. Daily use as a toilet preparation aims to prevent recurrence. Free sample by mail with Book via address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A reform commission in the former imperial theaters abolishes the ban that confined ballet pupils to dance. Girls as young as nine trained in the ballet school will now be recognized as having six-class schooling and may pursue universities and careers as doctors lawyers engineers and technicians.
Lord Pirie, chairman of the Belfast shipbuilder Harland & Wolff, is famed for his persuasive business sway. A Liverpool shipowner reportedly faced a puzzled crew as Pirie’s influence prompted a decision to buy a 10,000 ton ship, leaving the owner to ponder its use.
Report notes several men attempted a main tent stunt linked to a sideshow trick sparking widespread protest. The incident centers on soft coal used in the act provoking strong public wrath and demands for safer exhibition practices.
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