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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
6
A German U boat visits U S ports and after departure leaves a wide wake of wrecked ships. The fleet of steamers in U S waters suffers heavy destruction from submarine activity.
European battle lines show little shift while German U53 visits Newport harbor uneventfully. Romanian retreat in Transylvania continues with Kronstadt area clashes. French gains near Somme press German lines, capturing Bovent and Chaulnes wood as Roumanians fall back in Galicia.
Washington reports massive gains in U S exports for eight months surpassing entire 1914 year with a trade balance near 1 73 billion dollars. Britain and France are top buyers. Germany and Austria see sharp declines. Austin Texas negotiates suspending new Texas rail tariffs to clarify ICC order and challenge regional discrimination.
A Chicago poultryman predicting from the National Poultry Butter and Egg Association convention says turkey prices will rise about 10 cents per pound, with turkeys likely to retail around 35 cents a pound due to a shortage of poultry.
The Gallia steamship carrying 2000 Serbian and French troops was torpedoed by a submarine on October 4 and sunk. Of the crew, 1362 were saved. A French cruiser rescued 1300 and landed them by boats on Sardinia's southern coast.
Belmont Spring Country Club hosted the final match as Miss Alexia Sterling of Atlanta defeated Miss Mildred Caverly of Philadelphia two up and one in to win the women’s national golf championship.
Bee County sheriff says the Bee County jail is empty of prisoners for the second time in fourteen years. Sheriff Joe Thornton has resided at the jail since 1902 and this marks his second period without inmates during his residence.
Orange Texas observers report the fortieth semi annual meeting of the South Texas Medical Association adjourned Friday after a full agenda of medical talks and committee reports.
Lake Charles voters reject buying the water works plant from the Lake Charles Railway Light and Water Works Co for 241082. The measure fails by 389 to 132 in a Tuesday election.
Austin Texas The Texas Industrial Traffic League wired the Interstate Commerce Commission protesting the rates set by Texas carriers under the Shreveport rate case order They asked that the rates be suspended and a hearing be granted
Texas gins produced 1,115,603 bales in September 1916, up from 764,986 in September 1915, an increase of 350,617 bales per the Texas Department of Agriculture report issued Wednesday.
The Southern Pine Association reports week end figures for Southern yellow pine mills. New business booked totaled 82,327,833 feet with shipments of 69,648,012 feet and orders on hand at 493,623,207 feet.
At Pennsylvania State College in State College Pennsylvania gardeners showcase a single plant bearing eleven fully mature tomatoes and an equal number of potatoes amid their vegetable garden trials.
The first new pecans of the season appeared on Luling streets in Texas this week and sold readily at 12 1/2 cents per pound.
Octavia Paz publicly presented credentials as Emiliano Zapata’s representative in San Antonio, declaring a plan de Ayala driven program for land distribution. He rejects alliances with Carranza and others, urging unity among true Mexicans, and traces the movement’s spread from Morelos to Oaxaca, Chiapas, Vera Cruz, Hidalgo and beyond.
The Boston Americans defeated the Brooklyn Nationals 4 to 1 in the fifth game of the 1916 World Series. A crowd of 42,620 witnessed the victory, confirming Boston as the leading baseball team of the era.
A US report to the secretary of agriculture details meat marketing economics. It shows gross profits of 8 to 33 percent on centralized market meats and 15 to 38 percent on farm prepared meats. Farmers’ shares range 54 to 85 percent for centralized meats and 62 to 84 percent for locally prepared meats.
Corpus Christi Tex Coincident with the selection of San Antonio as the convention city for 1917 the Texas Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Thursday elected Mrs Mabel Lee Eldridge of San Antonio grand worthy matron succeeding Miss Cora Posey of Indian Creek who becomes past grand matron W A Christian of Amarillo was chosen grand worthy patron succeeding G W Hester of Devine
Acting on orders from Secretary of War Baker army commanders at San Antonio and along the border are to notify civil authorities that unless illegal liquor sales to soldiers stop the troops will be withdrawn.
Washington freight tariff proposing a 30c per hundred pounds rise on cabbage from Macon and Columbus Georgia and 36c from Albany Georgia to Oklahoma City and other western destinations was suspended Friday until February 10.
Mexico ends the quarantine rule for children under 15 entering from the United States in relation to infantile paralysis.
An advertisement claims Q-Ban restores natural dark hair color by shampooing the scalp. It promises gray hair appears healthy thick and evenly dark with no root dye and offers a 50 cent bottle by parcel post from Memphis Tennessee or via druggists.
A witty exchange between a young and an old lawyer questions whether truth exists at the bottom of a well. The elder notes truth surfaces only after much digging, likening it to constant pumping to extract a small amount.
An advertisement urges immediate purchase of Mansfield Cough Balm to treat hacking coughing fits. It promotes a bottle for 25 and 60 cents, suggesting relief without a doctor's bill on the first of the month.
A burglar entered a residence last night and stole a diamond ring and a freshly baked pie. Police monitor pawnshops but have no trace of the suspect. A reader questions morgue visits as part of the inquiry.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touted as a general tonic with quinine and iron, claimed to enrich the blood and strengthen the system. A Parisian inventor unveils a noiseless bowling alley, silencing the falling pins. December wheat harvest noted in New South Wales.
A humorous excerpt notes a government health service discovering a new cheap disinfectant from pine oil. A hotel clerk boasts modern improvements that guests cannot beat, highlighting the novel antiseptic in a light tone.
Three readers from Harrisburg Pennsylvania Albert Lea Minnesota and Pittsburg Pennsylvania credit Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with stopping female troubles easing back pains headaches and irregularities leading to improved strength and fertility One writes of passing a surgical growth after three months of use and another now has two healthy children All women are invited to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
Druggists in Pilgrim Texas and Bridgeport Texas report long term success with Kilmer’s Swamp Root. Frank Jenkins notes back pain relief after six and a half years selling the medicine. N E McCune of Bridgeport cites gall stones bladder inflammation and rheumatism relief with fourteen years of handling the remedy.
Claimant advertises a sample size bottle of Swamp Root from Dr Kilme Co of Binghamton New York for ten cents and promises a booklet about kidneys and bladder. The ad notes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles available at all drug stores and requests mention of this paper.
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