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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
7
The San Francisco exposition, built only two years ago, is being demolished despite admirers. The temporary structures fell to the ground as dynamite charges blew up monuments like the Arch of the Rising Sun and the Nations of the East group.
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A humorous fragment notes Neurasthenia Hobbs is married and praises her restless temperament. It adds her husband as a brave man and calls him a composer, reflecting light social banter from the Boston Evening Transcript.
The dialogue notes doubt about the play’s timing. Beulah questions if it is up to date while Belle comments that all actresses wore long skirts.
Atlantic City dispatch reports General Carranza pledging a vigorous campaign against Villa and deploying all available troops. The Mexican claim seeks border stability with US troops staying only if Mexican forces show capability to govern the interior. Troop movements were clarified as relief for other fronts rather than direct Villa pursuit.
Washington officials authorized sixteen leading universities and colleges to train students in military science. Aimed at forming a reserve corps of about 60,000 officers, the plan follows the army reorganization law with a committee to draft detailed plans. Institutions include Princeton Harvard Yale Michigan Alabama VMI Stevens IT Catholic U Lehigh Ohio State Tennessee Clemson Minnesota Illinois CCNY and Vermont.
After the national election the Federal Farm Loan Board will visit Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas to hear city requests for farm loan banks and to assess regional needs. The tour runs October 23 from Richmond to Memphis November 1 with Texas hearing dates to be announced after the trip.
Dario Resta drove his Peugenot to the winner’s share of $15,000 in the 250-mile Grand American event, boosting him to the lead in the 1916 American championship purse of $13,500. His time was 2 hours 24 minutes 16.68 seconds at an average speed of 103.9 mph, narrowly short of the world record of 104 mph set at the Astor cup in New York.
President Wilson writes Governor Whitman on October 9 saying the emergency that sent militia to the Mexican border still exists though conditions in Northern Mexico are improving. He believes it may soon be possible to do more to relieve the embarrassments suffered by organized militia regiments.
V Everit Macy, capitalist and philanthropist, named to succeed the late Seth Low as president of the National Civic Federation until its annual meeting on January 23.
Carloads of valuable mahogany burned in a Saturday blaze that swept the dry kiln of a Chicago furniture maker. Investigators pegged the loss at about $100,000.
Franz Hugo Krebs reports from New York that Germany's border and border-closure procedures grow stricter as the war continues. Passengers endure thorough luggage inspections, bag by bag, including unfolded handkerchiefs and opened clothing. Women travelers are examined by female inspectors and warned of possible cipher-dispatch findings, signaling a harsh departure exit.
The Navy Department starts an active enlistment campaign to reach 2500 new sailors and Marines per month to achieve the 20 000 man personnel increase. It will use educational outreach, films, and rural campaigns to highlight life at sea and future pension and bonus incentives to attract young men.
Petersburg Indiana story of Strother Ingler who stops at a well to water a bucket and forgets to call his dog. The dog sits by the old road well all night waiting, barking for its master until the farmer returns the afternoon of the next day.
A Monroe county gathering of twenty Octogenarian Association members at Echo Lake luncheon reported a combined age of 1607 years. The event highlighted longevity among attendees in the county.
The article analyzes how wartime conditions at the port of New York reduced immigration from major European sources while still allowing some influx from Italy Greece and Scandinavia. It discusses possible postwar scenarios including regional labor needs wage levels and potential emigration shifts and notes that large scale repatriation or new peasant land reforms could curb or reverse immigration for years.
The Chicago Journal notes doctors promotePublicizing the dangers of diphtheria puerperal fever typhoid and tuberculosis while praising vaccines antitoxin and medical research. It argues improvements in housing nutrition and awareness can reduce child death and mortality from these illnesses.
A Milwaukee Journal quip asserts that a man who dodges his tires has no right to seek banking after fame, implying a sharp rebuke of evasive behavior and public accountability.
A brief exchange notes humor over nickel plating as a measure of domestic satisfaction. The remark implies a playful balance between money and happiness in a marriage.
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