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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
3
Judge Horace Flanigan of Duluth lauds hunger strikers while recalling his own family’s hardship. He recounts a bedtime scene where he privately tested his son Bill with honey in the comb to ease a minor punishment. The anecdote underscores empathy amid breadline struggles.
A San Francisco Chronicle quip explains a padded cell as a defensive remark about family members in a cautionary tone. The line frames padded cells as a metaphorical insult rather than a clinical reference.
A reflective note argues marriage spans happiness and misery, exploring how union can bring joy or strain. It weighs contrasts and considers personal experience, social expectations, and the complexities of lifelong commitment.
Barbara, four, disappeared while playing near home. Her father, a professor, searched the streets by motorcar until he spotted her near a woods walking swiftly with a tiny basket. She explained she had an idea and chose to carry it out.
Cuticura Soap daily and Cuticura Ointment as needed for a clear complexion. Scalp clean and hands soft and white with the fragrant Cuticura Talcum completing the trio. Advertisement.
Smith quits his London clerkship for a new job in Australia. On the Liverpool leg to the docks a Manchester friend offers to walk part of the journey with him, praising the voyage to the land of kangaroos.
For summer colds use Vacher Balm, it relieves at once. If no agent where you live, write to BE. W. Vacher, Inc., New Orleans, La.
Phonograph records are used in Catholic colleges seminaries convents and churches to teach Gregorian chants. The talking machine offers a solution to the difficult oral method of teaching this style of music.
A Nashville Tennessean fragment frames love as a torch carried into life’s mammoth cave. It notes a modern couple reaching the Star Chamber where torches are extinguished in a brief, stylized aphorism.
A local column parodies a man’s fishing fever as he declares limits on indulgence with a humorous quip about pennies and care. The piece blends rustic wit with a moral about frugality.
Avetin Texas. The second Called session of the thirty seventh legislature adjourned at 12 30 after turning back the clock to enroll the educational appropriation bill. Most fights centered on education. Only one of six house bills passed. a redistricting measure by John R. Davis of Dallas. Several bills died on the calendar including cuts to the Kerrville tubercular soldiers hospital and land acquisition cuts for the university campus.
Treasury officials forecast more than 540 million dollars from income and profits taxes due September 15 as the third quarterly installment. About 540 million in maturities and 75 million in interest on the public debt also come due that day. No financing on September 1, but an offering on September 15 may combine treasury certificates with short term bonds under Secretary Mellon’s refunding policy.
Managua report notes heavy fighting between government forces and revolutionists at El Sauce, about 50 miles north of Leon. Government now deploys a large under arms force in the area.
Berlin reports President Ebert authorized the government to offer 100000 marks for information leading to the arrest of the assassin of Mathias Erzberger. The announcement signals heightened pursuit and a national response to the crime.
Federal prohibition officers raided Austin on Saturday under Prohibition Director David H. Morris seizing more than 400 gallons of wine and a large quantity of flavoring extract.
In Japan a prized natural wonder is the black beetle called susumushi meaning insect bell. Its sound resembles a tiny silver bell and captivates observers with its delicate chime.
A terse lament notes the transformation from the legendary bad man of the plains to contemporary criminals and fraudsters. The piece contrasts mythic era outlaws with present embezzlers and swindlers, calling the newer menace a diminished shadow of the old desperado.
The article explains drainage options to prevent overly wet fields, detailing open ditches and tile systems, the need for careful surveys, and proper outlet placement. It notes slower warming, delayed planting, uneven maturity, and reduced yields when drainage is inadequate, with emphasis on professional surveying and proper installation.
Farmers note hens and chicks thrive when allowed to peck at summer weeds. Pulling up weeds and feeding them to yarded birds provides seeds and leaves for the flock.
Delicacies that do not travel include soft shelled turtles from large streams and lakes. These reach markets rarely as they ship poorly and local demand uses up the supply. They rival the diamond back terrapin and are home consumption delicacies like honey banana and emerald gem muskmelon.
A Kentish dialect term Zyxt meaning seest is identified as the probable final entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. After zymology and zymurgy, Zyxt may hold the last spot, tracing back to the Fourteenth Century and likely to endure as the language’s final word.
The White Hart at Scole Norfolk housed an elaborate signboard described by Sir Thomas Browne in 1663 as England’s noblest signpost. Erected in 1655, it reportedly cost over £1000 and displayed numerous carved tales including Charlton Cerberus Actaeon and Diana, lasting until the late eighteenth century with possible remnants elsewhere.
The tale recalls a man on a clock tower who slipped and dangled from the long hand as townspeople gathered below. He shouted for residents to go home for supper and warned it would be about half an hour before he could drop down, a story shared by a steep lejack and told as true and thrilling.
In parts of Japan the old ritual remains. When a theft happens in a household all servants must write a fixed word with the same brush. The act requires intense concentration and reveals the guilty party as the conscience guides the ink across the ideographs.
The friction match, attributed to English druggist John Walker, appeared in 1827. His design used a wooden splint coated with sulphur and a chlorate and antimony sulfide paste, ignited by striking on rough paper.
A visitor tours a half finished house with an author who is told that his books promise grand castles. The author replies that words are cheaper than stones, explaining the smaller project mirrors his craft.
The text notes that a suit of chain mail weighed about thirty pounds and full plate around fifty, with heavy tournament gear reaching 100 pounds or more. Horse armor could add another hundred pounds. Despite the heft, well-made armor worn over padded undergarments allowed surprising mobility.
Before modern watchmen each parish had a bell man who roamed streets all night. He rang his bell at intervals and shouted warnings to urge care for fires and candles, charity to the poor, and prayers for the dead. If he encountered a criminal he would ring until neighbors were alerted.
A. Z Gillen of a large Maxey department store reports a bedbound woman for three years recovered after one bottle of Tanlac and, by the second, began keeping house. by the third she did all cooking and housework for eight. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
A playful dialogue turns on accept versus except as Miss Grabbeigh and Mr. Cashin discuss eligibility. The banter reveals a humorous miscommunication about marriage and inclusion in a list of eligibles.
Drugstore testimonials claim Kilmer’s Swamp Root cures many kidney related ailments. An insurance interviewer notes many declined applicants unknowingly suffer kidney trouble. The ad urges trial bottles by sending ten cents to Kilmer & Co. and mentions publication in the paper.
A North Carolina reader recounts lasting menstrual troubles eased by seven months of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills after doctors warned of surgery. The letter urges other women to try the age old remedy, noting restored health and ability to work.
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