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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
4
A compact editorial from April 7 1916 urges men to participate in government or face subjection explaining abstention is impossible in modern life. The piece cites Elibu Root on the necessity of political involvement for prosperity and the future of the nation.
Paved streets kept clean and in repair. Business houses and residences neatly painted. Roads graded with no duck ponds. Front yards with concrete walks and seeded vacant spots. Back yards clean and well kept. School yards sanitary with playgrounds. Store windows neat with thrift in evidence. Churches well filled on Sundays. No street corner loafers. A strong spirit of pride and hustling for the town.
Dr. W A Davis, secretary of the state board of health, reported one anthrax case in Lavaca County after returning from Fayette and Lavaca. In a separate pasture about 58 cattle died in a herd of 240, but anthrax could not be confirmed as the cause. The Fayette county suspected cases were not anthrax and the dead cattle were ordered burned as a precaution.
Gonzales Texas April 1 The Gonzales Cotton Oil Manufacturing Company will purchase all peanuts raised by Gonzales County farmers this season to diversify and may outfit the local mill to extract oil. Dr A M Kotzebue of Fl tonia visited the city Sunday Mrs H D Priesmeyer of Orange Grove arrived Saturday.
By a vote of 3811 to 2818 Fort Worth voters approved the Sunday amusements ordinance. The result marks a clear public preference for Sunday activities despite opposition in the campaign.
The South Texas Teachers Association met in Victoria last week and selected Port Lavaca as the site for its upcoming gathering.
In Goliad County the Charco School District patrons voted to levy an extra 25 cent tax to fund school maintenance. The measure passed amid community support for school upkeep and facilities.
Alexander Joske of San Antonio offers 12000 dollars for the equipment of the county hospital of Bexer county. The proposal highlights a private purchase aimed at arming or outfitting hospital facilities, signaling private funding interest in local health infrastructure.
John N. Garner a member of the national house of representatives introduces a bill to appropriate 50 000 dollars for a public building in Seguin.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas marks its fortieth anniversary with a three day homecoming for alumni and former students from June 11 to 13.
Colonel George Wythe Baylor a famed Indian fighter and Confederate veteran died in San Antonio on March 27 aged 83 He had lived in Texas for 71 years and was born in Oklahoma.
The city and suburbs register a total population of 140000, up 4000 from last year, a larger gain than any other Texas city. Adults number 78974 with 54883 men and 24091 women.
Texas farm finance shows $80 million borrowed annually in chattel credit and $225 million in land mortgages. Farmers pay about $55 million yearly for use of money and one third of farm lands are mortgaged. Tenant farmers pay $90 per year for credit with rents sometimes set by speculators.
The editor and his wife dispute in a vivid clash of roles. She corrects and reads others work while he writes to provoke and circulate. She keeps the devil out of the house whereas he keeps him in and needs him to press.
Emil Pesek of Novobrad passed through the city Sunday en route to Hallettsville. Mrs. A Jaeggli returned Sunday from Cuero where she had been visiting her son Will Jaeggli and wife.
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