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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
1
The article argues for planting multiple crops and livestock in the Southwest to reduce dependence on cotton. It lists suitable crops such as peanuts, Sudan, milo, kafir, sorghum, peas, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and June corn, urging farm managers to balance food feed and money crops while market risk for cotton remains uncertain.
Dr Fr G Daehne visited Shi ner. Miss Emma Kotzebue left for San Antonio. Mrs R J Pollock and baby Jeff visited Sweet Home. Willie Oeh Dr P O Puck and Judge Janszen motored to Hallettsville. Mrs Henry L Mueller returned from Flatonia. Miss Elsie Jaeggli from Cuero. R A Etlinger from Cuero after son Ewald’s appendicitis. A picnic at William Tell Hall in Witting for the public school. Little Josephine Krause fractured her elbow. Fred W Lockstedt in city. rains and crops noted near Dilworth. Prof F G Havel in city. trustees election April 7 chose Adolph Darilek and Charles Hirsch.
D. Lockmann died at his home in Moulton on Thursday afternoon April 12 after sixty nine years in this part of Texas. Born April 15 1834 in Rhohestaaette Oldenburg Germany he would have turned 83 days later. He settled in Payette county Texas in 1848 later moving to Lavaca and finally Moulton where he ran a furniture and later buggy business. The funeral was held Friday at four oclock with Rev H A Heineke officiating and was among the largest in the community. He is survived by his wife and five children and many relatives and friends from across several towns attended the service. The Eagle extends condolences to the bereaved.
Miss Emma Bohnenkamp visited the Dittmar family in Shiner this week. Mrs. F A Koehler and Houston guests stayed with Dr. and Mrs. FBJ Guenther since Tuesday. Louise Boehm returned home to Yoakum after visiting Edward Boehm. A group including Mr. Lucas Rehmer and Miss Lillie Etlinger traveled to Cuero. The Schindler family attended a Victoria funeral in Schulenburg. Hermann Thar Ida Lueke and G J Bonnenkamp joined the Hermann Sons grand lodge in Wave. Henry Etlinger reports a new Ford touring car. Mrs J T Jaeggis and Miss Lillian hosted a birthday gathering with refreshments.
Mrs Chas Thiel and the children arrived Friday from Lexington to visit relatives and friends here.
A good rain Wednesday night aided cotton planting in Kuehn's Grove. Numerous local families visited relatives in Hallettsville, Shiner, and Victoria over the past weekend and Easter Monday, with a birthday celebration for Adolf ending the gathering.
Otto Helweg, a Shiner high school student, reported to the Yoakum recruiting station Monday, was accepted, said goodbye to relatives, and left Wednesday for Chicago to begin naval service. May success attend him.
Two women, Mrs Valenta and Mrs R Hagan, were elected trustees in the Sweet Home district in a hot contest Saturday. J A Sykora, appointed after I E Valenta’s resignation, will serve as president of the Sweet Home school board.
Mr. R. F. Mueller purchases the furniture business once run by his father W. F. Mueller and will continue at the same stand. The Argus notes he is conservative, polite, and eager to please patrons, predicting a favorable reception for him.
Tax Collector Steve Bennett named Otto Quitta of Yoakum as deputy on Monday. Quitta, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Quitta of near Williamsburg, is a personable young man with county ties and family connections. He previously worked for C. B. Welhausen & Co. in Shiner and later with Burton & Jaresh in Yoakum, per the Hallettsville Herald.
The Moulton High School Literary Society met Friday April 13 1917 with the vice president presiding. The program included Recitation The Flag Goes By by Erna Hillmer Story by Prof T H Leslie Songs Our Nation and Adown the Dell by the school Piano Duet by Anita Richter and Lydia Koester and a school chorus.
Miss Hilda Schmidt visited relatives here and returned to Yoakum Saturday. Shiner talent presented a Bohemian play at the Moulton opera house Monday evening. Attendance was light but the performance was enjoyed, with the Novak orchestra of Shiner providing the music.
The message warns food and feed will be scarce and prices will rise. Farmers are advised to abandon cotton in favor of planting every available acre for sustenance and feed.
The April 11 edition celebrates seventy five years of publication, boasting eighty pages in a commemorative issue. The News proclaims itself among the earliest papers in the nation and salutes its enduring legacy.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brunkenhoeter entertained the 42 Club on Thursday with many tables for ten games. Mrs. W E Parr won high score, receiving a china dish, while Mrs. John Bucek took the consolation prize of marbles. Guests included W E Parr and many neighbors, refreshments followed as guests thanked the hosts for a delightful evening.
The War Department rejects all applications for arms and ammunition for home guard companies in Texas. No legal authority exists to issue weapons to such commands. Today applications from Sweetwater Mineral Wells and Brownwood were received.
Fort Worth hosts the seventeenth annual Retail Merchants Association of Texas convention May 7 to 9 with secretarial sessions May 7. Sessions begin May 8 at 9:30 in the Chamber of Commerce Auditorium, featuring a question box and program on costs, profits, mail order competition, graft reduction and advertising schemes. Texas credit rating system and member value are highlighted as benefits for attendees from Hallettsville Shiner Moulton Sweet Home Sublime and Rural Districts with special rail rates and delegate hospitality.
The thirty-fifth legislature convened in extraordinary session in Austin on Wednesday to consider state appropriations and a uniform system of textbooks.
In Shiner during the Easter period, residents joined relatives in visits across towns including Runge Cistern El Campo and Yoakum. Activities mention a large Easter dance at Henkhaus hall with the Kasper Darilek orchestra and a light rain with hail causing no crop damage.
More than 1500 delegates from across Texas attend the grand lodge session of the Sons of Hermann in Waco with a unanimous resolution pledging support to President Wilson and the U S flag as the nation is at war. A $1000 appropriation is approved for the American Red Cross in Texas.
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