Quotations on Rectitude and Faith From Ancient to Modern Voices
A compact collection of two aphorisms stressing moral caution and faith. Pliny warns against acting on doubt while Royston notes trust flows from time-tested friends.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
8
A compact collection of two aphorisms stressing moral caution and faith. Pliny warns against acting on doubt while Royston notes trust flows from time-tested friends.
Advertising copy touts Oxidine as a superior summer tonic that strengthens the system and, when taken regularly, helps prevent malaria. Product marketed as regular or tasteless and available at druggists.
The Fox, the rescue ship used by Sir Leopold McClintock in the Franklin search, has been wrecked on the Greenland coast. In recent years she served with Danish Greenland authorities on coastal trips.
In a southern boarding house a guest pressures Mandy to accompany him to the country as a housekeeper. Mandy consents in speech then resists, declaring she will not take care of a bungalow and that she won’t go with him.
The buyer says the seller misrepresented a dog advertised as a full blooded setter. The remark questions if the dealer played a joke and suggests buyer dissatisfaction with the dog's breed claims. The note reflects a dispute over animal quality and assurances.
Dignitaries from Holland, Italy, France, Britain, Scotland and many U S colleges gather for the formal opening of Rice Institute in Houston Texas. Lectures luncheons and a garden party highlight a day of science and education led by Dr Edgar Odell Lovett.
The New York Nationals defeated the Boston Americans 2 to 1 in the third game of the world championship series. Nearly 35,000 fans watched as Rube Marquard faced Buck O'Brien in a pitching duel with Marquard earning the win.
Dallas was chosen to host the 1913 meeting of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Only Dallas and Mineral Wells were nominated with no discussion and the committee’s Dallas recommendation was adopted unanimously.
A massive German military airship exploded and was wrecked at Reinickendorf a Berlin suburb on Thursday causing a severe loss to Germanys aerial fleet and marking a major air disaster for the German military.
Two hundred six Greek volunteers left Philadelphia on Thursday for New York en route to Athens to join the war effort against Turkey. The group traveled by a special train and will sail from New York.
Fire at the Standard piers in Bayonne Thursday blew up a steamship carrying 90 000 barrels of benzine dissolving the vessel and severely burning another steamship and a large bark loaded with oils. Many heroic rescues were made as flames raged and oil spreads.
Postal savings banks ordered established at Sugarland Cross Plains and Palmer in Texas will open to the public on November 1 as new depositories under the Lavinca Postal system.
The article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative to keep children’s bowels regular. It warns against harsh purgatives and provides the Monticello Illinois address for a trial bottle, with pricing of 50 cents and one dollar for larger bottles.
The Cuticura Soap is praised for purity fragrance and gentle emollment helping with minor irritations and roughness. Used with Cuticura Ointment it aids in treating eczemas rashes and itching infantile eruptions. The soap lasts longer than ordinary soap, sold worldwide with free samples and a Skin Book from Cuticura Boston.
A Haverhill Massachusetts shoeman has patents to make vamips and tops from a vegetable fiber he invented for shoes. A few pairs have been made and the material is touted as a leather substitute. The woven fiber is said to be breathable for warm weather and the thin material is claimed waterproof.
A Kansas City Star item notes a mother asking her six year old Dorothy about school progress. Dorothy says she and Frances Smith are the smartest and best dressed girls in the school during a luncheon on Harrison boulevard.
The notice warns mothers to examine every Castoria bottle for the correct signature and states the product has been in use for over 30 years. It emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and mentions children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
Briggs notes the land on the cape has tides affecting it and questions arise from the coastal property purchase. Griggs confirms tides influence the land.
A public health notice urges residents in malarial regions to take one weekly dose of Oxidinf to prevent chills fever and other malaria related troubles. The advisory emphasizes prevention over cure and targets endemic areas.
The piece notes that beauty experts praise rest as a beautifier but reject using the tramp as a model. It contrasts professional advice with a harsh street example to question appearances and social judgments.
In a west bound ocean liner’s smoking room two days from England five men played poker. After a baldness joke the youngest hinted that Mr Blank wore a wig, causing the rival to leave. the rest of the journey he avoided the room, leaving only distance to his bald head.
In The Million a pickpocket is convicted and fined twenty five dollars. The lawyer protests the amount and asks where the prisoner will get two hundred fifty seven dollars. The judge remains silent while the defendant makes a brash plea to be released briefly.
Mr Borden relates a tale of two brother Scots who met in a dry district each with a portable bottle of whisky. A third party asks if Took Anderson ever got drunk, and the reply says he did, noting the last time he was with him Jock could not see him due to drunkenness.
An old patent medicine claim touts Oxidine as a simmer tonic that strengthens the system and prevents malaria when taken regularly. The ad notes a regular or tasteless formula available at druggists.
A couple’s romance unfolds on the water as a proposal in a canoe prompts questions about the bride’s response. The scene hints at a deeper consequence as the canoe capsize leads to unclear outcomes.
An ad from Gainesville Texas by Rev James Reevs promotes a medicine sold by A. B. Richards Medicine Co purportedly for gout fever and related illnesses. It claims the remedy cures when other treatments fail and is guaranteed by dealers.
The clipping recalls Sims as a steady ploughing figure rather than a big hitter and notes the harrowing life he led. The remarks frame his career with a focus on resilience and quiet endurance.
Fragmentary advertisement describes a tasteless formula labeled Simply Quinine and Ironia and promotes its use for adults and children. The text lacks clear product names, author, or dates but implies a health remedy tone and driving language.
A terse remark prompts a witty exchange on intellectual property with a sharp nod to petty larceny. The dialogue highlights tensions around originality and acknowledgment in creative work.
Practicing doctors recommend OXIDINE as a proven malaria remedy based on years of experience. Keep a bottle in the medicine chest and use at the first sign of chills and fever. Ad.
A garbled passage notes a wife tolerating gambling habits if the husband quits a winner, mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and includes stray phrases about pain and wind colic. It ends with a reflection that possible but unlikely things hinder happiness.
An advertisement touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion to relieve contagious itch in 30 minutes. It urges customers to ask druggists for Ady and claims the product satisfies human nature by meeting demand for fast relief.
Mrs. Stronghead hurled a paving stone through a drugstore window to prove she was entitled to vote. The judge remarks on the act as part of a heated reform debate. She is jailed for the vandalism, while the crowd debates suffrage strategy.
Returning traveler reports American athletes in Stockholm raised yells that “can be heard all over Sweden” as part of their public display. The account notes the vigor and reach of the shouting during the event.
Describes de ranged conditions in women nearing menopause and the rise of warning signs such as suffocation hot flashes headaches backaches dread of evil timidity ears ringing heart palpitations visual sparks irregularities constipation appetite changes weakness and anxiety. It says these are nature's calls for help and that nerves cry for timely assistance.
A traditional remedy claims to meet women's needs during trying life periods by invigorating and strengthening the female system and building up weakened nerves. It is said to have safely carried many women through such crises.
A woman describes relief from life changing female troubles after using a vegetable compound. She suffered displacement, bearing down pains, dizziness, numbness, swollen limbs, backache, headaches, kidney trouble, and fatigue. After two months she improved enough to do most housework and credits the remedy with saving her life. Stella Gillispie, St Anne Lilinais.
The new Chinese dollars of the republic attract curiosity among natives. Obverse bears English text while the reverse uses Chinese characters, and the note features Dr Sun Yat Sen, founder of the republic.
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