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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
5
A compact assemblage of witty snippets and social quips from The Moulton Eagle supplement. It touches on finance, royal gossip, fashion, health, and culture with satirical asides about Rockefeller, the Dutch treasury, King Alfonso, and public curiosities.
Weber and Fields consider reuniting while Kid McCoy heads to vaudeville at 700 dollars weekly. The Breadwinners college for workers opens in Boston and its success hinges on the football team’s performance.
A young wife sues for divorce claiming her husband spends all his time on demonstrations of affection and neglects his work. The item contrasts with other notes on politics in Russia and a Chicago banker’s promise to repay debts.
A lyric meditation on work and nature celebrates harvest toil with rippling song and echoed responses. The speaker envisions man learning philosophy through labor, as sunlit fields and moonlit nights frame the rhythmic, playful toil of crib and stack.
Dave Browne recounts an incident involving Montana Senator W F Sanders on a train to the east through Dakota. Sanders slept in the upper berth while a stranger used his toilet items, prompting Sanders to wash his feet with the toothbrush, provoking surprise from the intruder. The man left the car and Sanders saw no further of him.
A Boston Herald story recalls Harvey Ransom of Kings ton who ran a Gurnet shanty as a lobster fisherman. Faced with retirement he sold his shanty and traps. He described a bar scheme that fizzled when a ten cent drink transaction between two fishermen led to both men getting tipsy all day.
During a Georgia colored church service a preacher spoke on creation with zeal. The crowd listened as he described God forming man from dust and standing him by a fence to dry. A deacon interrupting asked who made the fence, prompting a hasty expulsion.
A Brooklyn Eagle tale recounts a detective sent to a bakery to gather facts in a café setting. He reports to headquarters and, when asked who owns the bakery, slides a sign spelling "Charlotte Russe."
In a humorous aside cited by Judge, a exchange contrasts a woman's throw with a man's, debating whether a woman's throw would land ahead or behind, reflecting playful gender banter.
A London Express item reports a mysterious kleptomania plague in the House of Commons. Six cakes of Commons soap vanished from a coat pocket, followed by brushes stamped with the royal arms, table napkins, and even check books. Hats disappear as members go home bareheaded, prompting skull caps for protection.
A Cincinnati Enquirer writer recalls a late night farm talk about mowing five acres daily. The host admits a fair show was lacking and shares a joke about moving seven acres before a camp meeting, then losing the ability to lie after finding religion.
In a witty aside a New York social figure Mrs. Poultney Bigelow suggests Alcohol as a house name after being shown a photograph of a new home built by a millionaire whiskey dealer in Hertfordshire. She remarks Gore Hall Paget Hall and Stanley Hall are poor choices.
New York society youths balk at dancing at socials with girls frantically reacting. When invited to an event they inquire about the dancing portion and often decline saying goodbye if dancing is involved. They will perform other activities but refuse to dance with partners.
Dr Maurice Francis Egan professor of comparative philology at Catholic University in Washington was decorated by King Leopold of Belgium for distinguished literary merit. The award arrived while he was away and his wife mailed it to him calling it a trousers button from Europe in her letter.
The excerpt blends memories of Knowloon cherries and summer days with lush imagery of poppies and a quiet road. It notes a riddle about a missing man and his vehicle, followed by a discussion of sepia ink and large cuttlefish in seafaring lore and Norwegian tales of sea monsters mistaken for islands.
A descriptive piece on Japanese domestic life and markets contrasts thrift and practicality with playful artistry. It envisions a dollhouse display where rooms become booths for kitchens parlor nursery and sickroom, featuring doll figures in period roles and accoutrements for sale to visitors.
A old note describes passing a needle and thread under the apple rind to divide the fruit into parts without cutting. By threading through the same hole and pulling tight the apple supposedly splits, yet remains whole until peeled, when it falls apart.
In a humorous passage, the text notes how a Chinese boy’s growing queue is a notable event and describes a quirky use it has in geometry class. It contrasts this with American boys adjusting to trousers and hints at stereotype, prompting a humorous comparison of customs.
Police recount a difficult search as detectives work to locate a crucial witness in the investigation. The scene details remain unclear, with the effort focused on identifying a reliable contact who can corroborate events.
A writer observes Syrian child naming habits linking birth events to names such as Stuffed Cabbage or Hotel. Sickness is attributed to name discord, and anger targets ancestors rather than the rival himself, with insults going back generations.
A passage depicts blue buccaneers as voracious sea fish with swift strength and sharp teeth. They are called the wolves of the sea, showing unlimited appetites and a tendency to attack larger fish in large schools.
A reflective piece urges reducing everyday noise from loud doors to loud laughter. It imagines a town meeting where a signal is drowned by a sneeze and asks readers, especially youth, to try one day with no unnecessary noise to ease tired heads and bodies.
The article explains cuttlefish defenses beside their suckers and long arms. It notes a bag in the body containing a black ink like fluid that is released when frightened to cloud the water and aid escape.
A short guide explains making a Dancing Highlander by dressing a glove with cut finger socks and a pasted Scotch image. The activity uses bright plaid socks and cardboard cutouts to create a playful sock puppet. It invites readers to try the craft and see how many quirky characters they can fashion.
A new indoor game called drawing room blizzard uses a hall or long room with two end goals marked by wide tapes. Split players, place a large paper ball in the center, and blow it toward the opposing goal with a hand fan. Score goals to a prearranged count for a fun, competitive play.
A Victorian note recalls long foot journeys outperforming horses. It cites Harry Vaughan as having walked 140 miles in about 22 hours, and Littlewood in New York covering 623 miles in six days, illustrating exceptional endurance and speed on foot.
The text recalls fishermen through history and a famous book about fishing. It asks to name the author from a picture while noting children fish from shore and boats must be leak free. One man found a hole in his boat and used a wooden square with holes to mend it, then cut a smaller square from it.
A rustic brainteaser asks how the unlucky fisherman sourced wood for his boat and includes a puzzle about four Bible fishermen. It also asks for the great English writer on fishing and his book and ends with a question about a wary mountain stream fish not to be caught in September.
E B Pitts of 60 Hathaway Street Skowhegan Maine recounts years of illness including back pain night sweats fainting and dropsy before taking Deans Kidney Pills. He says the remedy improved his condition and he has been well three years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A critic notes Alexander Dumas the elder favored the French National Guard uniform with medals, perhaps for vanity. Others, including a rival, recall a literary figure riding behind his own carriage to show he kept a servant. Theophile Gautier wore a vivid waistcoat, Disraeli flashed rings and green trousers, and M. Paul Bourget allegedly wore green trousers in Paris during poverty.
Mineral Idaho October 16 Special. Resident D S Colson testifies Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his severe sciatic pain and enabled him to walk again. He credits the pills with stopping the pain entirely and promoting healthy kidneys to flush uric acid from the blood.
A summer golf match in the Shetland Islands started at five minutes to twelve midnight and ended at 2:30 AM after a full 18 holes. Visibility was excellent as balls lay clearly after drives and the lark sang loudly after midnight, with daylight already returning when the round finished. The experiment proved successful and was repeated on several occasions.
The Italian composer Donizetti favored long sessions in a private room with music sheets, ink, and multiple coffee pots. He drank enormous amounts of coffee for inspiration, leading to a yellow complexion, jet black lips, nervous breakdowns, and eventual decline in faculties.
The New Chum Railway mine at Bendigo Australia is the deepest in the world with its main shaft reaching 3 900 feet. This depth is only sixty feet short of three quarters of a mile illustrating the vast scale of the operation.
An advice piece urges housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch citing a 10 cent pack offers more content than rival 12 ounces while promising superior quality. The text also reflects on aging and human folly with provocative lines about manhood and life expectancy in India.
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