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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
2
A U.S. Department of Agriculture survey reports 15 percent of farm homes have electricity, reducing drudgery and labor costs. It highlights power sources from small lighting plants to windmills and hydro projects, plus 110 volt standard home use and 30 to 32 volt wind systems.
The article explains drying currants gooseberries and strawberries and other produce at home using the oven. It details tray construction air flow and safety, plus the option to suspend a drying frame from the ceiling and references Farmers Bulletin 984 for full instructions.
Fruit popovers are nice served with sauce a5 dessert. Cauliflower is deliicious served with mayonnaise dressing. Clean brass beds with flannel dipped in kerosene, polish with chamois or flannel. Linen insertion, with a shell crocheted to it with linen thread makes a handsome lace for buffet or bureau scarfs.
Government farm at Beltsville Maryland fed test cows substantially more alfalfa grain and corn silage than standard rations. Cows produced 15000 to 20000 pounds of milk per year, about three to four times that of the general herd, with yield linked to better breeding and higher feed intake. Experts seek to apportion the gains between nutrition and genetics.
Washington reports the War Finance Corporation will advance 60 percent on 300 000 bales of Texas cotton valued around 10 million dollars. Walton Peteet of the Texas Farm Bureau says the plan is sound and financing is expanding. Banks in Texas plan a 2 54 million loan and New York banks expect a 5 million loan to cover the crop.
Treasury reports 1921 internal revenue at 4.595 billion, down 812.6 million from 1920. Texas shows 1921 totals of 76.5 million after district split, with income and profit taxes at 62.15 million and miscellaneous taxes at 24.40 million.
Specialists from the Bureau of Markets in the United States Department of Agriculture urge farmers to adopt solid business practices and proper accounting. They offer help to cooperative grain companies cotton warehouses country creameries fruit shipping groups egg circles cheese makers and grain elevators. Short market accounting courses are available nationwide at colleges and field points with correspondence guidance and targeted bulletins.
Dodson warns calomel is dangerous and can ruin a day, promoting its liver tonic as a vegetable, safe substitute that won’t salivate. The ad urges readers to avoid calomel, especially for bilious or sluggish feeling, and to use Liver Tone for adults and children.
Backwoodsmen travel seven to eight miles to Portland for vocational classes as Maine expands programs. Twenty six schools offer vocational agriculture, eighty seven home economics and sixty five industrial training along with seventy evening and Americanization schools. Vocational education grows from small crafts to building houses and machines. Dexter High School boys built a new shop for vocational work as state extension centers for industrial teachers double soon.
An old advertisement emphasizes Bayer aspirin as the genuine aspirin product with the Bayer cross on tablets. It urges following physician directions for 21 years of safe use and lists ailments including colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. It notes small tin boxes of twelve cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
London reports Prime Minister David Lloyd George sent a firm note to Ea monn de Valera president of the Irish republic reaffirming Britain will not concede Ireland's withdrawal. The government insists on a free equal and loyal partnership within the British commonwealth under one sovereign.
American farmers undervalue liquid manure and its simple weekly use can revive weak plants. It supplies readily assimilated nutrition, restoring growth and vigor in gardens, and should be provided for every garden.
San Francisco reports a sharp cut in west bound freight rates by major rail carriers. Reductions reach as high as 45 percent and apply to hundreds of manufactured goods including all types of furniture.
Walter L. Brown who arranged American famine relief in Russia at Riga has been authorized by the state department to attend the international conference on Russian relief in Paris.
Governor Arthur M. Hyde announced after a meeting with John F. Williams that no assignment of a bonus claim by an ex service man in Missouri will be legal. The statement follows a conference with the Missouri American Legion commander.
Lime may be applied in fall or spring and the proper method affects economy. Spreading with a shovel is wasteful and uneven. A practical technique uses a manure spreader beater crossed over the drive chains with the apron covered by canvas to retain fine stone for uniform distribution.
In Bagdad the courtyard of government buildings hosted a large crowd as Prince Emir Feisal ascended to the throne at 6 o'clock on Wednesday. The ceremony drew a significant assembly of witnesses and officials.
In Snagtown a horse collapse tangled in its harness provides a striking spectacle next to Harriet Beecher Stowe's moral drama. The scene serves as the town's attention grabber and local curiosity, drawing crowds and headlines.
A light exchange from the Boston Transcript shows a hobo offering to return for meals if the housewoman is pleased with the cooking. The woman agrees to provide meals but asks for reciprocity in return.
An office boy mailed two letters with incorrect stamps, one to Italy with 2 cents and one to Seattle with 5 cents. He noticed the mix up and rushed back to the post office to alter the addresses, fixing the error before delivery.
An advertisement claims CATARRHAL DEAFNESS stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining. It states ALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is a constitutional treatment that reduces inflammation by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces, restoring normal function. Free circulator offered.
Jack shares a quaint observation about a new neighbor mother who is both petty and kindly. He explains she fondly pets her son and uses affectionate pet names, prompting questions from his family about the contrast between petty behavior and niceness.
A concise adage notes fortune can come once while misfortune may arrive repeatedly, framing luck and hardship as contrasting life patterns.
A diplomat is defined as a person who does not mean what he implies others should think he means. The statement frames diplomacy as a practice of ambiguity and calculated messaging rather than straightforward intention.
An East side Italian mother of three, to protect them from street danger, leads her children daily to their tenement front and uses a rope tied to an iron railing with a padlock to keep them playing safely inside.
The article notes Scott Fitzgerald as the clever student at Princeton and recalls a Salvation Army meeting where a young woman spoke fervently about turning the other cheek if struck. The vignette paints a vivid image of campus life and religious revival in a social setting.
Experiments in Florida claim conclusive proof that sugar cane can be cultivated successfully on muck lands of the Everglades. Researchers say the findings open new prospects for cane production in the region.
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