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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1926
Page
3
Gen W W Atterbury announces Pennsylvania railroad will grant four weeks off in September 1927 for former service men to join the American Legion trip to France. Chamber of Commerce of the United States and major unions endorse the plan, with a Couzens bill granting 60 days off for government employees signed by President Coolidge.
The national Back-to-France Essay Contest deadline is moved to November 15 due to field requests. Winners receive cash prizes of 350 150 and 100 dollars funded by Steamship companies aiding 30 000 Legionnaires bound for France in 1927.
Several insurers plan free trips to France for agents eligible to join the Pilgrimage with the American Legion. Prizes include three classes of lodging plus $100 spending money, contingent on business written from July 1, 1926, to July 31, 1927. Top prize requires $400,000 in written business, with tiered rewards for $300,000 and $200,000 benchmarks.
A playful exchange from American Legion Monthly features a flapper and a suspicious sheik offering a ride in a new car. The sheik questions plans with a string of practical checks before inviting the passenger aboard.
Sammy Butts, an American in London, fans a cricket ruse to win Lady Muriel. He replaces Langholme in a Gentlemen vs Players match and scores rapidly, prompting the earl to honor him with Lady Muriel as a prize.
When leather is dirty use castile soap and water wiped briskly with a damp cloth rubbed on a soap cake. Follow with a moist cloth and finish by rubbing dry with a clean soft cloth to restore gloss and preserve the furniture for years.
The Antiquarian Magazine notes a strong rural attachment to oak in English furniture. While courts favored walnut and later mahogany, country squires and prosperous yeomen preferred good old English oak for pieces like flap tables.
A Georgia farmer Bud Evans, long ill, picks up Dodson's Liver Tone after an egg buyer's tip. The ad asserts the product cleans sour bile, relieves bilious distress, and promises a refund if no improvement, claiming rapid, gentle results.
The New Bedford Standard quotes Aunt Matilda-Josiah noting he plans to have his house wired, claiming it as a way to keep that wife at home. The remark reflects local humor about domestic life.
An old newspaper ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a preferred laxative for sick children. It promises gentle, reliable relief with directions on the bottle and urges mothers to insist on the genuine product. The piece closes with a political-press slogan attributed to Garrison.
Be Free From Dizziness headaches biliousness constipation fevers and jaundice by keeping the liver active and bowels regulated with Bond's Liver Pills. They are made solely for the liver and they assist Nature in removing the poisonous waste. All druggists recommend Bond's Liver Pills. Cost only 25 cents.
Mr. L Dow Covington cleared out a ventilator shaft from the king's chamber and lowered interior temperatures. An Arab tradition says opening the other shaft could cool the interior further and produce harp like music from the circulating air.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment with Cuticura Talcum marketed as a daily skin care trio for clear complexion clean scalp and soft white hands. Advertisement touts the fragrance and benefits of the trio.
In the three prairie provinces about 80,000,000 acres remain cultivable and within 15 miles of railways. Manitoba shows 11.8 percent under field crops, Alberta 17.4 percent, and Saskatchewan 24.7 percent cultivated.
Mrs J F Gage of Brownwood Texas fell ill to illness keeping her bedridden Her husband cared for her and she read a letter about Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound She started taking the remedy and rapidly regained health after twelve bottles she sent word that she felt like a new woman and recommended it to others
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