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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1924
Page
3
Billie Brownie meets Spider Monkey who explains the family name and long limbs resemble a spider. He then visits White-Handed Gibbon, Fanny the elder chimp, and curious baboons, baboons making noise, mandrills with colorful faces. Billie reports a cordial reception in Monkey Zooland.
An inquisitive old lady leans over a wounded soldier in bed. She asks if he was wounded in the head. He replies softly that he was not. he was shot in the foot and the bandage has slipped up.
The essay warns that chasing Idlers Island leads to ruin as a man, once twenty five and idle, becomes forty five and destitute. He is shunned, ragged, hungry, and imprisoned by his own choices, a cautionary tale against forsaking work for elusive pleasures.
A McClure Syndicate column counsels Miss to value money sense in marriage, share duties, and nourish love with simple gestures. It warns against nagging and infidelity, noting affection thrives on small kindnesses like a kiss and a word of appreciation amid domestic routines.
A child’s view on rail travel complains of crying babies and dislocations as trains move from place to place. The poem questions the purpose of railroads and the sense of moving a child away from home on dusty days.
A young lady across the way reads in the paper that Germany has surpassed one trillion in bank note circulation, and she suspects their financial troubles may finally be ending.
The piece presents a reflective view on a mother’s duties to work support and be supported to learn empathy through hardship gain faith through doubt and seek truth through awe. It frames prosperity as living fully and appreciating the essence of life.
A cookbook style note describes butter sautéed bananas served with steak, baked bananas with sultana sauce using raisins simmered in water sugar cornstarch and lemon juice, vanilla. It also mentions a cream chicken sauce and a coconut marmalade jelly using gelatin milk orange marmalade canned coconut and honey.
A simple recipe describes mixing marmalade and honey with coconut then adding cold milk. The mixture is poured into a mold and chilled until set.
The column suggests a hardware clerk with claimed infinite patience clashes with a historic party figure who said he would rather be right than president, both poised to feature in a heated public discourse.
The Royal Geographical Society of England was founded in 1880 to collect register digest and print useful discoveries. It invites support and active participation from members to further its work in exploration and discovery.
J M Freeman of 807 Camden St San Antonio says his stomach digestion and energy improved after using Tanlac. He describes severe prior symptoms including constipation bilious spells dizziness and weight loss from 148 to 215 pounds after four bottles. He notes his liver headache and sleep improved and endorses Tanlac as a builder of health and strength. Tanlac sold by druggists with over 40 million bottles sold.
A Kansas City beauty parlor pledges 10 percent of its earnings from women customers to the church building fund. Pastor Rev. C A Finch urged customers to improve their appearance while also contributing, calling the effort a stream of golden rocks.
A sworn purity statement accompanies Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root bottled in two sizes. Not a stimulant, it is a vegetable herb compound for kidney liver and bladder troubles. Sample bottle available by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton NY with newspaper mention.
Betty, three and a half, overhears talk of a new roof across the way. Grandmother explains the material is asbestos, prompting the child to quip Bestos is too far away to ask.
An ironic quote from the Boston Transcript mocks how a family’s reading traits map to departments of literature. The line suggests a playful division by generations: history for the grandfather, buyography for the father, and fiction for the fiancée.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as essential daily toilet preparations for cleansing purifying soothing healing and perfuming the skin. The trio promises clear skin with regular use at home.
The dialogue plays on mistaken words with a punchline about men and liars. A humorous miscue reveals a character’s quick tongue and playful misdirection in a brief exchange.
The crew of a Scottish fishing boat believed they caught a sea serpent when they hauled aboard an eel weighing 8s8 pounds, seven feet long and 26 inches in girth. It was trapped in the North Sea about twenty miles from land.
John Corcoran snapped his right arm while pitching to a batter in Portland Maine. An X ray confirmed a fracture caused by muscles overpowering the bone guiding the play.
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