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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1937
Page
6
A North Carolina tribute marks the 350th anniversary of the Roanoke settlement. The note carved “Croatoan” on a post and the vanished colonists prompted five failed Raleigh rescue attempts, with widespread speculation about their fate.
The article recounts the 1587 Roanoke settlement founded by 100 men 12 women and 9 children and its disappearance after Governor John White left for supplies. Upon return four years later he found only marks and the carved word Croatoan, sparking enduring theories about what happened to Virginia Dare and the settlers.
Austrian doctors set a yearly fruit goal of 200 pounds per person while the average is about 80 pounds. Austria imports about 3 million dollars of fruit annually, mostly from Italy, despite about 20 million fruit trees. The Austrian Fruit Growers' association seeks to boost trees, importing healthy varieties from California and Florida.
In a Sydney suburb the Rev. A Norris, a Methodist minister, promises a prize to any congregation member who can sleep through his service. He says sermons are too stereotyped and stolid and he aims to add humor by addressing life topics.
In Stevens Point Wisconsin barber Eric Kedrowicz built a four by fourteen foot display of a tiny logging camp. The setup includes a home built steam powered sawmill with a two foot carriage and a scrap steel railroad using a babbit driven engine. Twenty figurines perform tasks as woodcutters, a fisherman and loggers in a four year project.
William C. Bailey eighty four pedaled from Chicago back to his Vermont farm after a 1,028 mile journey to visit relatives. He rode the distance himself in eighteen days with planned stops along the route but no helper.
A Fort Worth man sues over two trees creaking together in a neighbor’s yard disturbing his rest. Attorneys conclude the city cannot enforce the laws of nature, as no ordinance can curb natural sounds.
Police in Salinas California trace a burglary to a crew believed to be responsible for stealing a 700 pound steel I-beam. Officers say the suspects left the scene with a heavy beam and are pursuing leads.
Delano California declares it has the only purely Japanese Epworth League chapter in the United States in this city. The brief notice highlights cultural church activities and local Japanese community involvement.
A guide to cooking and serving nutritious foods highlighting why some items must be cooked, with practical recipes for potatoes, fruit gratin, fish stuffing, potato salad, refrigerator pudding, plum preserves, chocolate filling, and salmon patties. Includes temperature cues and preparation steps.
The short article promotes fall fashions with basque dresses yoke style frocks and jabot designs aimed at women seeking a youthful look. It lists Patterns 1257 1380 and 1373 with sizes yardage and trim details and provides order instructions to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois.
The voice muses on whether all men truly share equality, the private rebuke vs public praise, and the drift toward wealth. It muses that common ownership would demand perfection, questions human choice, and warns that future warfare could become dig in style tools.
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