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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
4
A mother recalls a severe scald incident where a baby spilled frying oil on her face. After days of treatment and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment the skin healed with no scar. Potent drug claims and household remedies appear in a dated 1908 notice.
The sale of the state railroad property proceeds with W T Eldridge purchasing the road from the Penal Farm for thirty two thousand dollars. The transaction marks a notable transfer of assets from state custody to a private buyer.
The state sold the seven and a half mile Anchor to Ramsey farm line for 32 000 to W T Eldridge a sugar planter linked to Cunningham and Imperial. The deal aims to extend a Sugarland railroad through the Ramsey farm convict labor will be used for two and a half miles of extension while the state grades the ground. The purchase could accelerate a Brazos county railroad system connecting sugar plantations and boosting cane shipments within six months.
Cotton picking is well underway across South Southwest and West Texas with some areas reporting light yields. Gins are operating full time and growers are offering higher wages to attract pickers. Most of the crop is expected to be harvested by September 15.
In Taylor Texas farmers face shorter cotton crops but receive good prices for cotton and seed. Ginners provide free bagging and ties, ginning and pressing, and pay a $7.50 bonus per bale for seed left at the gins. Cotton sells at 12.35 cents per pound middling and seed at $21 per ton.
Rockdale Texas shows cotton receipts through Sept 1, 1908 and 1909 with a drop from 1921 to 1128 bales caused by breuth and boll weevils. Karnes City reports record high cotton prices as arrivals surge. Cuero notes C G Smith and W R Boldt sold a car of young hogs averaging 200 pounds for 14 dollars each, with potential hog crop growth next year.
Livingston and Onalaska citizens raise 23000 to fund a crate factory project securing jobs and local industry. The move indicates solid local support and financial commitment to the new plant in the region.
A Washington official recalls a dinner for the capital’s newsboys where two youths argued over whose hands were dirtier. The first claimed greater grime, while the second reminded him he was two years older, implying experience.
Mrs John H Wright of Mitchell South Dakota says her decade long kidney problems and back pain vanished after using Deans Kidney Pills. She reports dizzy spells and irregular kidney secretions improved and credits the pills for her relief. Sold by all dealers for 500 a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A cartoonish exchange plays on age and marriage with a punchline about the wife. The joke contrasts a young person’s question with an older speaker’s quip blaming the wife for aggravation in married life.
A promotional pitch from National Lead Company asserts value from good painting. It claims well painted homes command higher selling and occupying value and offers free Houseowners' Painting Outfit No. 49 with color schemes specifications and a paint adulteration detector. Request via National Lead Company 1902 Trinity Building New York City.
A Detroit iron worker Thomas Simpson sits among friends as a smoker in a tale from the Saturday Evening Post. One guest struggles to keep a large cigar lit while another jokes about an umbrella catching fire as the cigar burns down.
An article extols Quaker Scotch Oats for purity under stringent laws and claims it as the ideal food for muscle and brain. It notes the oats are the only brand solving husk and speck removal, with packaging options for regular, family, and hermetically sealed tins.
A testimonial extols Resinol Salve as effective for human skin ailments and suitable for horses and dogs. Vet W. P. Schmitz of Hinsdale Mass endorses it as a universal remedy. The dialogue references fashion plates and illustrative figures.
Advertises Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and urges careful examination of every bottle to ensure safety. Emphasizes parental vigilance and product quality in the remedy market.
The White Steamer demonstrated kerosene as fuel over 2650 miles from Detroit to Denver to Kansas City under observer supervision. The kerosene fueled run proved cheaper per gallon, cleaner with no smoke, readily available across ten Middle West states, and at least 15 percent more efficient than gasoline. The car required only minor repairs and could switch fuels in minutes, boosting demand for the $2000 and $4000 models.
A major Brooklyn yard flag factory operates year round producing flags for the U S Navy. It uses 120000 yards of material annually and makes 418 different official flag varieties. The annual cost for flags runs to 90000 dollars.
Union Pacific announces Colonist Fares from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 1909 to all West and Northwest points. Prospective land buyers urged to visit the region, with liberal stopover plans and guidance from E. L. Lomax, G. P. A., Omaha.
Dialogue hints at tension as the daughter and father debate her staying home. The daughter contends a proposal may occur tonight, though the father questions the timing and intent.
An ad from Wells Chemist of Jersey City promotes Rough on Rats Rough on Hen Lice Nest Powder 25c Rough on Bedbugs and Fleas 25c Rough on Roaches powder 15c liquid 25c Rough on Moth and Ants powder 25c and Rough on Skeeters 25c. The piece ends with a quip about why men overlook primaries.
Headache relief with Hicks Capuchine liquid available in 10 25 and 50 cent sizes at drug stores. Hamlins Wizard Oil promises quick foot relief. Notes on fashion modistes and a caution about excess fruit causing stomach distress in summer. Dr Pierce's Pellets advertise gentle aid for stomach liver and bowels. St Pauls Cathedral London insured for 475000 dollars.
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