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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
4
Fragmentary line suggests a debate on whether culinary arts connect to price control. The readable text mentions Cordelia and a statement dismissing a link between gastronomy and regulatory measures. No dates or organizations are clearly identified.
Ad touts Hunt's Lightning Oil for burns bruises cuts and sprains with a guarantee. Mentions two price points 25 and 50 cents and labels the liniment as the most penetrating and healing option.
The phrase laments misnaming as a source of worldly ills, suggesting that redefining words leads to confusion and broader problems in society. It warns against renaming or redefining facts that shape decisions and ethics.
Corporations and individuals seek reliable detective services from McCaue’s Detective Agency in Houston Texas. The listing indicates availability for investigative work and claims of dependable results.
The remark jokes that an average woman upholds ridicule toward all but a hand mirror. The line uses sharp wit to comment on vanity and social judgment.
Free treatment for dropsy advocated by Dr H H Green s Bons of Atlanta Georgia described as offering the greatest dropsy statistics in the world. Readers directed to view advertisement in another column.
A compact reminder urges frugal coin use to avoid breaking a dollar for bus or streetcar rides. The message emphasizes saving small coins now to cover future transit costs.
Years ago Sir Ro'ger Hill and his son lay dying simultaneously. The son's wife, to secure the estate for herself, killed pigeons one by one to keep his father alive long enough for him to sign a will. She replaced each bird as it cooled, ensuring the patriarch died first and she became a widow, leaving the property to herself.
Remarkable salt formations extend for thirty miles along a Virginia river in Nevada. Crystalline, pure salt allows reading fine print through a foot of it. Nearby wells show a former great salt lake, including a 75 foot diameter well with water so saline a bather floats like a cork.
The study finds 77 percent of women and 62 percent of men taking the civil service exam pass. Officials note gender gaps in performance and plan to review preparation resources.
In Sabra Montana on Oct 19 residents report fewer back pains thanks to Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr Gottlieb Mill promoted the remedy after personal kidney trouble and renewed backache. he praises the medicine as the best on the market and plans to keep it at home.
A colored man entered an Atchison optician's office asking for the name of a curious device he saw. The optician explained it was an ophthalmometer, and the man retreated, quipping that he feared it was so.
The passage urges embracing flaws and seeking virtue, comparing life to waves and a river. It counsels not against the Infinite, but to align with a greater plan, adapting like water shaping a vessel, as Wheeler Wilcox expresses in Progressive.
In October St Nicholas notes Queen Emma, Wilhelmina’s mother and regent, supervised and taught the future queen during her girlhood with unceasing devotion. Emma’s hands on guidance and interest shaped the young monarch’s education, directing lessons and supervision.
A Georgia woman recalls being a delicate spoiled child who drank coffee despite illness. She credits Postum with restoring strength and weight, noting reduced nerves and better health after switching from coffee. She recommends Postum to friends and mentions The Road to Wellville booklet.
A farmer recounts a trifling grievance over summer boarders as Mrs Smith and Mandy cause extra chores. He recalls the Boy Inventor vandalizing his mower, leading to the swift departure of the boarders and his rising anger.
The account, cited from the New York Times, recalls Gen. Gobin, commander of the Pennsylvania National Guard, at Wilkes Barre during a coal strike. A Philadelphia poker game featured stacked hands including a straight flush. When a jokester called, Gobin reportedly exclaimed the caller knew little to call on a straight flush and ordered him removed.
A young man brings a poem to the editor and jokes about its rough draft. The editor offers payment with a check in rough form and omits date amount and signature, saying the writer can correct it. The man returns, asking to fill in missing details before payment.
A reflective meditation on quiet graves bathed in warm sun beneath a lime tree. The speaker ponders whether the sleepers dream or laugh, wondering about life’s return and the fate of the living who must one day join the green graves in time.
An English rent audit dinner tale has the squire noting a new tenant drinking nothing. Johnson explains he never drinks with meals. He adds a farmer’s saying about placing potatoes before water to show how to fit more water afterward.
Two Cornell students found that higher temperature and electrical currents in copper refining could reduce the current cost of five dollars per ton to half. The nation refines about eighty million dollars worth of copper annually with twelve million dollars in silver and four million dollars in gold recovered in the process.
The Boston Herald notes the revival of the Molly Maguires in northern Pennsylvania's anthracite fields will fuel bold dramatic works and provide writers with fresh plots while keeping detectives busy.
The standard milk must contain at least 3 percent milk fat and 8 percent solids not fat and have acidity not exceeding 2.10 percent lactic acid.
At a Murdoch sale a British Columbia 1862 dated $20 gold piece sold for 509 dollars and a $10 piece brought 200 dollars. It is believed no public sale specimens of these coins exist besides two in the British Museum.
A July exchange on a Georgia farm shows farmer J. H. Hale and a enslaved boy named Joe. Hale notes the heat while Joe quips that if he owed a man for a hot day he would not know where to find one to pay, revealing a harsh historical context.
In a classroom a burst of applause for Prof. Jebb's peroration disrupted the room below when plaster rained down. He quipped that their premises would not support the logic professor's conclusion, highlighting a witty clash of ideas.
The American public favors short fiction and magazines show growth in this field. The Popular Magazine from Street and Smith hits newsstands with November content by Morgan Robertson Gilbert Patten Charles Agnew McLean W Bert Foster and Henry Harrison Lewis. The publisher plans a larger December and January issue with strong stories already secured.
A bishop invited Lord Thurlow to hear him preach but the savage lord refused, saying he already hears enough nonsense in the House of Lords and will not listen in church. The exchange highlights Thurlow’s contempt for religious rhetoric.
Nurse in New York's Children's Home endorses Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for constipation feverishness teething disorders and worm destruction. Over 30 000 testimonials. 25 cents. Address A S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
Binche Marsy, once engaged to the late Max Lebaudy and famed Comedie Francaise actress, married in Paris to Count Louis de Vassart. Marsy had left the stage after Lebaudy’s death to pursue religion, and her new union with de Vassart marks a notable social pairing.
To the housewife not yet aware of new market items, try Defiance Cold Water Starch. It is guaranteed superior to other brands, offers 16 oz in a 10¢ package while competitors provide only 12 oz, and once used it persuades the user to switch. Quality and quantity win.
Today American dried fruits canned meats vegetables office furniture typewriters cash registers and many ironware items used in building are well established and in constant demand in European markets.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as a reliable remedy for itch ringworm eczema tetter and related skin ailments. The seller promises guaranteed results and lists a price of five 50 cents.
The London housing data show one room dwellings drop from 172 502 to 149 524 a 14 percent decline while two to four room tenements rise by 16 18 and 21 percent respectively reflecting shifting living space trends in the city.
A contortionist duped street car operators in New York and Philadelphia by simulating injuries after being struck by trolley cars and seeking damages as if the incidents were real accidents.
Philadelphia now leads the world in the number of Christian Endeavor mission study classes with fifty six total. Twenty of these have been organized in the last year, indicating rapid growth and expanding outreach.
An advertisement from McCane's Detective Agency of Houston Texas offers trained and reliable detective service.
It claims incandescent electric light wastes most energy as heat. Only six percent becomes light, while ninety four percent becomes heat. The ad suggests dyeing fabrics in half an hour using Putnam Faceless Dyes.
A Bashi-Bazouk shaves his head leaving a crown tuft to be used by an angel as a cue to jerk him to paradise if he is slain by his intended victim.
Miss Ethel Bailey of Crystal Springs Mississippi sister of Senator Bailey Texas announces candidacy for state librarian in Mississippi politics.
Advertisement proclaims Hunt's Light ning Oil as a cure all for rheumatism neuralgia sprains cats burns bruises and insect bites and stings with a guarantee and prices of 25 and 60 cents.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania rode a Cleveland to Toledo train where a con man claimed a newborn boy in immigrant cars would be named Quay Cobelski. Quay added $5 and others contributed. later it emerged no birth occurred and the swindler collected about $80 before alighting at a way station.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a hundred dollar reward for incurable cases. It lists F J Cheney & Co as proprietors and includes endorsements from West & Vax and Wallace, Kenyan & Marvin of Toledo. It claims the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and per bottle pricing.
In a West Philadelphia private school a teacher explains the petition We ask for our daily bread to teach contentment and reliance on providence. A boy answers when asked why not Give us this month our bread saying it would get stale and mouldy.
The Southern Pacific cuts round trip fares to San Francisco from Beaumont $52.50 Houston $50.00 Galveston $51.45 and San Antonio $50.00 in connection with the National Bankers Association convention. Tickets go on sale Oct 11 to 17 and return until Nov 30. General Passenger Agent T. J. Anderson expects a large Texas delegation and will provide more information.
David Daub of Burgoon visited Cedar Point Sunday and enjoyed his annual bath. A dusky damsel, misled by his rotund appearance, attempted to tie onto him thinking he was a life buoy.
A dubious pamphlet promotes Simmons' Liver Purifier in a tin box claiming it fixes constipation indigestion biliousness headaches and heart health. The tone imitates a advice booklet urging readers to trust the product for success.
Statistical expert Herr Keller estimates 1 544 516 million peopleWorldwide. He places Christians at 534 940 000 Confucians 300 006 000 Brahmans 173 290 000 and Buddhists 121 000 000. Jews total 10 860 000.
To California or Arizona, only 25 dollars via the Santa Fe. Tickets on sale September 15 to November 30, 1903. Tourist Sleeper Texas to Los Angeles without change. For stopover privileges and time cards, see Santa Fe agents or W S Keenan G P A Galveston Texas.
Scotland has 19 062 482 acres with 4 894 466 acres under cultivation. Fourteen— wait, 112 Pearson or 112 persons own half the area, and eighteen own a quarter. A fourth of tenants hold five acres or less, and about one third hold between five and twenty acres.
A Camden New Jersey reader praises Allen's Foot-Ease for curing burning itching feet and coins. The ad notes the product sells for 25 cents at all druggists and urges readers to ask their pharmacist. The item follows with a New York health board update on visiting nurses for contagious disease patients as part of public nursing services.
An advertisement touts Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tablets as a ready dose liquid tonic with no cure no pay policy. The piece then shifts to immigration figures noting naturalization rates among German English Russian Italian and Japanese born populations in the United States.
Advertisement claims no cheap premiums and no chrome, but promises higher quality with one third more Defiance Starch for the same price as other starches. The copy emphasizes value and product superiority to attract buyers.
The article notes several peculiar street names in England including Cheap Side in London Bootham in York Botchergate in Carlisle Dogpole in Shrewsbury Dogleap Stairs in Pud ding Chare in Newcastle.
An old advertising claim promises curing a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The note states druggists will refund money if the remedy fails to cure the cold.
The fragment notes that cheerfulness costs no more than sadness and adds that happiness yields a much greater return, describing a cheerful mindset as valuable beyond expense.
Fulham in London profits from its municipal electric lighting plant by burning garbage, earning 3442 dollars annually for the borough.
London now has 313 parks and open spaces up from 103 in 1884. The total cost of these spaces is estimated at $10,995,000.
Aching backs eased with claims of relief from hip and loin pains while swelling and dropsy signs vanish. Urine issues like dribbling and frequency improve with Doan's Pills. A testimonial from Taylorville Mississippi claims the pills remove back weakness after many ineffective remedies.
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