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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
2
A Wagoner reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving a long lingering Change of Life crisis after two operations. The letter asserts relief from suffocation headaches backaches and other menopausal symptoms and praises the product for enabling daily tasks and gardening. The notice promotes use of theCompound for middle aged women facing similar symptoms.
A short, unclear text notes a person struggling to persuade a mother of a clever plan. The voice questions the wisdom of one individual and implies a dispute over judgment. No clear dates or proper nouns are present.
The ad promotes Renovine a heart and nerve tonic claimed to restore weakness and fainting. Price appears as sec and $1. Atv. The copy asserts Batts has no swollen lead and includes a banter line about self conceit.
Advertises a corn and callus removal product for women with simple application instructions. Claims painless removal by applying a few drops then lifting with fingers. Includes guidance for easy at home use.
A Cincinnati man developed freezone a compound sold by druggists in small bottles. A few drops on a corn or callus instantly relieve soreness and loosen the growth without irritating surrounding skin. It claims to remove hard or soft corns and parafacial calluses without pain.
Two businessmen discuss memory courses over a meal. One boasts of learning presidents and soup varieties, saying memory training vastly boosts business efficiency. The other asks who originated the system, and the speaker admits he cannot recall the origin.
Ad touts Plantation Chill Tonie as guaranteed to work in a week with a money refund if not satisfied. Mentions trial, price 50e, and a promise of cheerful refund by Leniers. Includes other gimmicks and lines about marriage, eye remedies, and a boastful line about intelligence.
Army orders assign majors and lieutenants to various Texas camps including Camp Logan Camp Bowie Camp MacArthur Camp Travis Fort Sam Houston and Camp Kelly for inspector adjutant signal and ordnance duties. Additional officers relocate to Fort Sill Fort Clark Leon Springs and Sill for aviation and quartermaster roles with transfers through Camp Travis San Antonio and Fort Sill.
Secretary Lansing released a 1916 letter from Von Eckhardt showing Swedish chargé d affaires Polke Cronholm in Mexico supplied information to the German side and relayed messages to Berlin. The note mentions a Secret Kaiser reward and the Order of the Crown of the second class. The document illuminates German intrigue in neutral nations.
Reports from Petrograd say Korniloffs march on the capital has been halted and his retreat cut off while the provisional government gains optimism about Kerenskys leadership amid the counter revolution efforts.
A Dallas meeting is called for September 21 to address the fall in cotton prices. Signers include Hen Fk. Chapman acting agriculture commissioner and D. J Uyday president of the Texas State Farmers' Union. The conference aims to educate the public and form plans to restore fair cotton prices amid a large revenue loss across the South.
The city council inquiry board filed its report with Mayor J. Hutcheson detailing provocations leading to the riot on August 23, criticizing camp discipline and Police Superintendent Brock, praising the Illinois National Guard for its actions, and stating no innocent negro suffered for the riot.
Dallas reports the twenty first convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the sixth convention of its national auxiliary adjourned after approving officers and several reports. Richard F. Quinn of Philadelphia was elected chairman of the national executive board.
The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy elected Samuel Gompers as leader at a Minneapolis loyalty conference. The declaration calls for suppression of disloyalists, solidifying labor behind the government, wealth taxation, government control of industries during disputes, action against price-raising speculation, soldier support insurance, equal suffrage, and wage earners’ voice in war and peace talks. A committee including Gompers, Walsh, Spargo, Duncan, and Russell to aid new Russia was formed.
Austin Attorney General Loo ney filed in the fifty third district court seeking penalties against the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway for discontinuing passenger trains No. 1 and 2 between San Angelo and Alpine without railroad commission consent.
Washington reports whisky production halted under the food control law at eleven Saturday night. Millions of bushels of grain previously used for distilling will be redirected to food use, affecting industry and supply.
The Senate adopted the war tax bill, the largest single tax measure in U S history, on Monday. It imposes a levy just under 2 4 billion dollars versus the 1 86787 000 proposed by the House on May 23.
Queen Elanore of Bulgaria died after a period of illness in Sofia. She was born in 1860 to Prince Henry IV of Reuss Kostriz and married Prince Ferdinand who became king in 1908. Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril were summoned to her bedside.
In Dallas County the prohibitionists received 10,516 votes and anti-prohibitionists 8,564 giving a dry margin of 1,952. Saloons will close October 20.
Washington reports that food administrator Herbert Hoover will push regulation of the meat packing industry. Packers offered voluntary representation to bring plants under a licensing system at a Wednesday conference, and the plan for control will be drafted soon.
The Texas State Board of Education disposed of all applications for independent and common school district bond issues from last month, purchasing bonds totaling 208000. Purchases span 25 counties with multiple issues in ten counties, including districts in McLennan Henderson Comanche Reeves Cherokee Baylor Taylor and others.
About 300 supporters from Bexar Nueces San Patricio Karnes Bee Wilson Atascosa and Live Oak counties attended the state highway commission hearing in Austin on the designation of the San Antonio Corpus Christi link of the Puget Sound to the Gulf highway. Two routes were presented by county speakers with D J Woodward leading the Sap route supporters and J I Swann advocating the Sap route along the San Antonio Uvalde Gulf line. The commission will delay a decision pending personal inspection of both routes.
Three men died and twenty one people were injured in a Saturday blast at the Philadelphia Frankfort arsenal. The explosion wrecked the building where primers and detonators for 3, 4 and 6 inch shells were dried, triggering a fire that destroyed three adjoining small structures.
Officials from the United States department of agriculture report a pink boll worm discovery near Hearne Texas during pest observation and quarantine work in Washington. The finding is described as the most dreaded cotton pest.
Former California Senator John D Works withdraws from the People’s Council of America for democracy and peace amid this week’s announcement.
New York reports green sea turtles prepared in various ways as a beef substitute. Market weights range from 50 to 300 pounds per animal, reflecting a growing list of alternative meats offered to the public.
Latest returns from the local option election in Gonzales County show prohibitionists winning by a single vote.
The St. Louis federal grain control office seized over one hundred carloads of all wheat Tuesday. Edward M. Flesh, in charge of the district, announced the action and said the stock was apportioned among millers according to their needs.
Washington reports the Liberty motor airplane engine has passed its final test and is a complete success. Secretary Baker announced Wednesday.
Goose Creek Texas saw Gulf Production Company well No 12 Wright deliver 2600 barrels on first flow after reaching 8200 feet depth. The Monday arrival marks a strong initial output for theTexas gas oil field.
A cryptic exchange questions LT’s sleep pattern as a clue in an unfolding case. The dialogue hints at self-incrimination amid whispers of alternate possibilities. Official records note the phrase did not reveal definitive conclusions.
An old advertisement urges readers to keep a bottle called Mississippi Diarrhea Cordial in their medicine chest. It notes fifty years of constant use and lists prices 25 cents and 50 cents.
A bold campaign declares war on rat populations amid claims the country hosts far more rats than people and that each rodent wastes food through neglect and infestation.
Dialogue reveals a conversation where He calls her singular and She replies she is not acting from choice. The exchange hints at constraints shaping her behavior and identity.
The department of agriculture has a staff of more than 16 000 people devoted to improving agriculture investigating marketing problems and enforcing federal laws.
Sonny’s father took him to a circus while Ethlyn, daughter of a neighbor, feared the animals but heard stories. Ethlyn asks Sonny about the hippopotamus, then she decides to call him for the answer after thinking it over.
A quip about budgeting prompts a domestic joke as a rain forecast interrupts and shifts conversation. The speaker warns about savings, the other confirms a house telephone and readiness for a call, then a humorous pivot to weather.
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