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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1904
Page
4
Census returns show that five out of every 1 000 married men quit. The article notes no figure for lockouts and mentions a mab salary would be large if not for expenses.
An exchange frames the camel hump as essential value the showman insists the animal must have. The seeker questions its purpose and value, while the showman argues the hump makes the camel worthwhile and worth paying to see.
A collage of snappy dialogue and light humor. The passages feature exchanges about debts, land disputes, smoking habits, and family conversations. Characters include a real estate agent a physician and a mother offering guidance through everyday quirks.
Conversations and quick jests unfold as Briggs and Griggs riff on elopement mishaps with Fid dleback and Miss Red bond. The scene shifts to a farmer and a fisherman with the question Cittin enny bites suggesting a rustic trust in wit over pace.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for female health issues tied to blood and periods. It recounts a Kansas woman's recovery after four months of cessation, praising the pills and offering a free health booklet from the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
An old belief ties bee swarming to bell ringing since Alfred the Great ordered owners to ring a bell when bees swarmed to settle disputes. Country Life in America notes the tradition persists as wives rush out with ringing bells to calm swarms.
The article argues taste and smell are underdeveloped, noting women often stigmatize appetite yet taste guides health and digestion. It cites refined connoisseurs like the Marechal Duc de Richelieu and wine tasters. It also mentions Cheatham's Laxative Tablets and a road oiling trial in Bombay, India to reduce mud.
An ad touts Defiance Starch as more flexible and lasting than rivals, offering up to one third more product for the money. It also notes a variety of unrelated statements about Russian military surgeons, a detective agency in Houston, a quip about Prof Thinkard, and a fact about giraffes being unable to swim due to their long necks.
A period advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy. It cites endorsements from F J Cheney Co Toledo and pharmacists, claims blood and mucous system action, and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An assorted clipping highlights Defiance Starch touting 16 oz for 10 cents as superior to 12 oz brands, a South African officer’s humorous donkey note, a testimonial about Piso’s Cure, a Norwich address, and various social musings on interviews, parenting, dress reform, public health, postage stamps, and juries.
A clergyman recounts months of kidney pain and illness kept him housebound. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with general health improvement and relief from pain and kidney secretion issues. Sold by dealers for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. It notes husbands and wives rarely know what the other thinks.
Local grocers report they do not sell Defiance Starch in 16 oz packages to customers once used, citing a remaining stock of 12 boxes. An ancient Phoenician quips that politicians may write letters to topple rivals, while Russia and Japan reportedly agree that facts are contraband of war.
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