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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
7
An old advertisement urging households to keep Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot months. It claims the product is nearly certain to be needed, worth many times its cost, and encourages immediate purchase.
A dispatch from Asotin Washington reports cakes and bread made from sweet acorn meal are selling in several coast cities. The acorns come from white oaks along the Columbia River groves and yield a nutritious food with potential for Northwest development. Modern processing hulls the nuts dissolves tannin, baths in soda water, and a moving oven to grind into flour. John Muir praised acorn cakes as compact and strength giving for mountain packs.
A San Jose carp in Fountain Park learned to feed from a hand and be handled. It obediently swam toward its keeper when whistled and performed feats: wriggling from water, passing hoops, moving under and over a stick, and even kissing the man by pressing lips to the surface.
The Canadian Pacific Em press of Asia departed Vancouver for the Orient with a hold of wireless equipment for oil prospectors. The sets are among the finest quality and valued in the millions. Wireless telephones are used due to transport and information access limitations in the Orient.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald note a defendant admits wrongdoing and a judge recalls Diogenes, remarking the ancient cynic died two thousand years before the defendant’s birth, prompting a wry exchange about accountability and blame.
A humorous exchange features a waiter and a judge where the guest asks for ginger ale and the server clarifies the request. The judge’s quip plays on the mishearing of the drink order and the waiter’s inexperience.
A shopper muses on loud socks while a shop assistant explains they are made for people whose feet tend to go asleep, as the judge notes. The exchange hints at comfort and design aimed at numb feet.
State of Iowa Appanoose county confirms the June 10 1922 condition of Moulton State Savings Bank. Resources list loans discounts bonds 8310 730.54 overdrafts 1 973 68 banking house 9 065 50 furniture fixtures 854 92 9 920 42 due from banks cash items 55 726 56 other assets 50 00 total 184 208 401 20 liabilities capital stock 430 000 00 surplus fund 12 000 00 undivided profits 8 337 990 individual deposits 110 378 54 demand deposits certificates certified checks unpaid dividends 3 269 62 time deposits 167 565 91 savings deposits 4 263 25 bills payable 28 800 00 total 408 401 20 verified by M S Edwards R B Carson and G A Singley.
The piece argues malign influence haunts the world’s famed jewels. It asserts that ownership of great diamonds and gems like the Koh-i-noor and Taj-e-mah has been followed by murder, robbery, death, or tragedy, citing many famous stones and their ominous reputations.
A valet recalls his master's boast that a horse named Most Beautiful would win. The memory fails him at dawn, but his wife tempts him to recall. He blurts out in excitement that he meant Ugly Duckling, revealing the memory mix up and a comic twist.
Seywood Broun reports in the Boston Transcript that there was no demand from disgruntled spectators at Mrs. Asquith's second New York lecture. He says the audience appeared entirely gruntled, while Webster defines gruntle as to grumple or sulk, a contrast Broun calls surprising.
A new English device converts darning into a pleasant occupation. The device features a flat stretcher placed behind the stocking hole with a saddle to hold the stocking in place, enabling easy repair as described in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Court notice from Appanoose County listing heirs and parties to the estate of Geo LT Vulliam. Appraisers J G Ashby J O Main N C Blackburn announce a 1:30 pm July 6 1922 appraisal at the county clerk office for collateral inheritance tax. Citizens named are urged to govern themselves accordingly.
Order of sale directs referees from the Appanoose district court to offer at 1:30 PM on July 1 1922 the south 20 acres of the south half of NW quarter and north 40 acres of the north half of SW quarter of section 35 township 68 range 16 in Wells township except the Wabash railway right of way. Terms cash with 10 percent down and balance after court approval. Jennie M. Craig plaintiff against Flora Craig Charlotte Craig and Lucile Craig. Referees J F Lawson T G McQueen Z B Nightwonger.
The ad explains that most rheumatism is muscular or chronic non internal and can be relieved by Chamberlain's Liniment which aids sleep and rest. It notes relief is possible without internal treatment and is attributed to W. F. Berry Co.
A Scotch farmer testifies in favor of a bill and admits to being offered money to switch sides. The opposing attorney asks if a higher fee would have moved him, and the farmer replies affirmatively, mirroring the question.
A young writer describes an ark scene framed by a rainbow overhead, the ship riding proudly on the waters with a smokestack billowing smoke and the United States flag flying at the bow, as printed by the Boston Transcript.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Sold by druggists for 76 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Rev William Norman Guthrie derides rich excess in New York while a Philadelphia matron notes Upper Fifth avenues opulence. He asks, would you excuse your cook for oversalting dinner due to superabundance of salt, underscoring his view that wealth should not excuse extravagance.
Mrs Newton Vree land of Minoa New York praises Chamberlains Tablies for five years of usage. She says her husband takes them when traveling and that a dose relieves heaviness after meals and general fatigue. The tablets are recommended for constipation or indigestion and claimed to do good.
The text argues that a man who can trigger rain at will is more valuable than one who can halt nature. It posits that excess rain is better than drought and imagines an invention to produce rain on command bringing immense wealth. Such power could transform deserts into fertile lands and reshape empires.
Breathless man rushes to a lawyer asking about his loud neighbor. The lawyer bluntly suggests learning the sax, then charges ten dollars for the advice.
The Midland Chautauqua will set up the big top in Moulton from July 27 to 31 offering entertainment and performances. The notice also lists local services in Centerville Iowa including farm loans and real estate abstracts.
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