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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1914
Page
4
President Wilson signed a proclamation urging national prayer for peace in Europe. He designates Sunday Oct 4 as a day of prayer, calling God for mercy, healing, and guidance to end war and restore concord among nations.
General Villa and General Obregon back an electoral program for Mexico with civilian provisional leadership and a convention to set dates for choosing a president and Congress. Carranza appears to assent. a general convention is set for Oct 1 to select a provisional president and ensure legal reforms. Carranza may resign to run if labeled non military.
The Houston ship channel, costing about 2.59 million dollars, is completed fourteen months ahead of contract. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Dredging Co. dredged about 36 million cubic yards to a 25 foot depth from Bolivar Roads to Long Beach turning basin under Harris County and Congressional funding.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis directs a September census of thousands across churches to prepare for Tuberculosis Day on the week of November 29. Ministers will report parish deaths, living cases, total deaths from all causes, and communicants. The data will fuel an educational campaign with free sermon outlines and literature. Last year 75,000 entities joined the observance, backed by church leaders and 1,200 anti tuberculosis societies nationwide.
A tramp tells of a brief trip to Mexico to work on a rubber plantation where he was bounced within a week, sharing a curious hard luck tale in a casual chat.
Mrs Lillie Owens of Baltimore describes a spell of severe head rash in her child with painful sores and hair loss. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for soothing the scalp and healing the skin after treatment.
Dilley Tex up to date 1400 bales of cotton have been ginned at the two gins with the crop not half picked yet. If gathering continues there will be slightly over 3000 bales ginned this season.
A compact old time ad block offers a prescription No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX for malaria or chills and fever claiming five or six doses break the illness and used as a tonic prevents recurrence. Also notes local color about Hampton-Dinwiddow and Rhodes among gossip items. Includes an ad for CHINESE NO-BOTTLE BLUEING promising rustless clothes in hard water and urging readers to send names for supply.
Henderson County voters carried the prohibition measure by a near 600 vote margin in the Tuesday election, Athens Texas reported. The result ends sale of alcohol in the county.
KE H Roberts found a Spanish coin in a red gully ten miles east of Nacogdoches while hunting cattle. The coin is about the size of a quarter and bears on one edge the inscription Hispaniarum Rex 1768 and on the reverse Ferdinandus BG.
A fragmentary cartoon caption and ad copy noting a debate about choosing a profession and a busy eye wash product. The text also references fish behavior and schooling in part time schools.
San Francisco millionaire Ogden argues in Washington that the present depression is purely psychological and born from fear. He likens it to a music hall situation where a performer refuses to continue after a local incident unsettled the stage manager and audience.
Readable parts reference Fletcher's Castoria with a 30 year usage claim and signature indication. Aphorism dialogue discusses a cushion of love letters and angles, plus a Kansas City Journal quotation about married shelter and money in New York.
Texas Department of Agriculture reports 184,337 bales ginned before Sept 1 1913 with round bales counted as half. The prior season total was 521,030 bales ginned before Sept 1 1913.
The attorney general's department approved several bond issues this week including Anderson County common school district No. 27% for 1000 dollars and Angelina County common school districts No. 19 for 500 dollars No. 24 for 1500 dollars.
A vintage ad touts Dr Portes Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for old sores and various ailments. It claims fast relief and healing with options priced at 25c 50c and $1.00 and adds a quip about prices and spirits.
The ad promises cure for itching, burning or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with PAZO OINTMENT. If not cured, the druggist refunds money. The first application provides relief with base and rest.
An advertisement explains FEBRILINE as a tasteless improved Quinine syrup. It claims it is easy on the stomach, suitable for children and adults unable to take ordinary Quinine, and free from nausea nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to ask for the original package priced five cents.
An excerpt recalls ostracization by a snobbish hotel crowd and asks if the hurt was painful. The dialogue exposes social tension and personal hurt within a refined setting.
The state banking board authorized Conroe State Bank of Conroe and Newton State Bank of Newton to do business, both adopting the guaranty fund plan. Conroe issued capital stock of 25 000 dollars and Newton 10 000 dollars.
Grove's Tasteless chill tonic combines quinine and iron for liver support and malaria protection. It purports to enrich blood build up the whole system and is marketed as a general tonic at 50 cents per bottle.
Voth Tex notes rice farmers are harvesting the crop under favorable weather with good yields and satisfactory prices, signaling robust market conditions for the season.
Goodyear president F A Sieberling states the company will maintain before war prices due to a rapid rubber purchase from London and a three shift Akron factory. He notes the New York market spike, cash purchases of 1 500 000 pounds of rubber, and continued production around the clock to serve customers.
The piece argues against early rising praising cold showers as a minor heroism and mocks the arrogance of early risers. Father Walter Dwight claims early risers lack intelligence and move on a higher ethical plane, labeling them notably arrogant and misjudged.
Gen John C Pemberton led the defense of Vicksburg for nine months during the Civil War, surrendering on July 4 1863 due to shortages. He later retired to Warrington Virginia, moved to Perth Amboy New Jersey in 1876, then Philadelphia where he died in 1881.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt presents a brief exchange where a speaker recalls being well off before the war, while a second person asks about the speaker’s former occupation as a lecturer for international peace.
An ad copy for CAPUCINE promotes headache and grip relief as a Liquid-Prompt pleasant remedy. It markets a “Cafe de Luxe” with playful dialogue about its nature. The piece notes the product is about ten percent cafe and ninety percent looks. It features Willie-Pa and Pa in a light life magazine tone.
A Springfield area reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing inflammation headaches and weakness from female troubles. A nurse from Poland New York endorses the medicine for change of life symptoms and recommends it to patients. Readers are urged to write for confidential advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
Quote from Puck features Parson Johnson asking Sam Shinn to attend church. Sam balks at suitable wear, noting the Lord won’t mind, while the Deacon and Bre’r Simpson are cited with their umbrellas in a humorous exchange.
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