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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
1
Flooding across North Texas leaves damage estimates unavailable as officials assess affected areas. Strong rainfall has impacted multiple counties and disrupted transportation and utilities. Local authorities urge caution and report ongoing evaluation efforts.
Easter Sunday flooding along the Trinity river devastates Fort Worth Texas with over 500 homeless families. Railroads and livestock markets suffer paralysis and property damage nears one million dollars, with further losses probable if rainfall continues.
After peaking at 40.2 feet at noon, the Trinity river begins to drop and is expected to fall further if no new heavy rain in the upper basin occurs. Rail lines report varying conditions with some lines open while others suffer washouts, and damage to roads bridges and farms near Dallas continues with substantial monetary losses anticipated.
New York reports the Cunard liner Mauretania completed the long voyage in 4 days 23 hours and 59 minutes, beating the previous record by exactly one minute. The 2889 mile run averaged 24.03 knots, with a final day speed near 26 knots before a gale slowed the ship to a 612 mile daily leg.
In Pensacola Florida the Pensacola Electric Company resumed service on two streetcar lines after nine days. State militia lined both sides of the streets and despite frequent jeers there was no violence. A single arrest of an imported motorman for city ordinance violation marked the day.
A lightning sparked blaze at Security Oil Company in Beaumont destroyed about 40 000 barrels of crude naptha and halted pumping of 6000 barrels. The oil valued at roughly 3 per barrel and the tank worth about 130000 bears no insurance.
Heavy rains Monday began at 9 am and intensified overnight, bringing hail and high winds that caused extensive damage in the Batson oil field, with over fifty derricks toppled.
Palestine Texas J M Sullivan an oil expert from Humblefield after reviewing the Neches field says under Anderson county lies the greatest oil and gas producing territory in the world. He notes only sufficient depth is needed as the Neches well is baled and cased.
Anahuac Texas reports rice sowing held up due to drought with farmers halting work until rain. A new ditching machine arrived and began operation Thursday, cutting trenches two to three and a half feet deep, eight feet wide at the surface and two feet at the bottom, advancing about sixty rods daily.
Montgomery Texas reports beneficial rain since Saturday with heavy showers at times. Corn stands about two feet tall and cotton planting near completion as fields show good condition.
In Garrison Texas the area has seen daily rain since last Friday keeping ground oversaturated and halting farming for about a week with no field work undertaken.
Atlanta report quotes Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association blaming the drop in spot cotton prices for mill owners' distress. He notes prior to April 1 New England and Southern spinning industries faced curtailment to avoid excessive yarn stocks while the broader mood followed the post panic slowdown in Wall Street.
Austin Texas Chief Clerk J T Robinson announced that all Mustang Island land would be offered for sale July 6 in markets with no preference rights. The minimum bid is ten dollars per acre, with bids limited to ten acres per bidder. At least 10 000 acres are expected to fetch above ten dollars per acre. The land lies opposite Rockport near tarpon fishing grounds. Maps showing tract locations are being printed for distribution.
George Hamilton, an engineer for Fordmen McKallip Oil Company at Humble, died Saturday evening after his clothing was caught in a flywheel while oiling a piston rod. He was hurled, crushed, and fatally injured as the wheel turned.
The San Antonio Spring Carnival opened Monday night in a blaze of glory. The queen arrived on the Sunset with a guard of honor and was welcomed by the mayor at City Hall. The parade of the Knights of Omala followed as the carnival continues through the week.
Victoria Texas Prysa Franklin Carpenter fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs A W Carpenter died here Saturday night of lockjaw. Ten days ago a rusty file fell on the boy's foot cutting a wound in the toe.
The Trinity river in Houston County over its banks and rising. Crops are submerged as ranchers move cattle to high lands to escape floodwaters in Crockett Texas.
The text outlines Albert Sidney Johnston born 1803 in Kentucky, U S Military Academy 1826, resignations in 1834 and 1861, leadership in the Texas army, secretary of war of the republic, role in Mexican War, command of the Pacific department at Civil War start, and death at Shiloh where a minie ball struck him.
A poem recalling Stonewall Jackson’s tactics and leadership as troops guard Winchester Virginia. The speaker portrays battles, leaders like Longstreet Pope and Stuart, and the poem invokes devotion and resolve with lines about marching, praying, and the peril of opposing Stonewall Jackson’s path.
A Civil War era poem recalls the sword of Robert E. Lee drawn in battle and its symbolic lead to victory. The verse describes the blade as shining bright and guiding brave troops, then returning to the sheath after a defeat, with reverence for Lee and the cause.
Tennessee offers the highest pension rates in the South with men receiving from 60 to 300 dollars a year and five to 25 dollars a month. Widows in the first class get 72 dollars yearly while second class widows receive 60. Only a few states match pension wide and none pay over 30 dollars a year, or half Tennessee’s lowest.
Gustave Toutant Beauregard born May 28 183s in St Martin parish Louisiana. He graduated U S Military Academy and joined the military service in 183s. He fought in the Mexican War was twice wounded at Chapultepec. He resigned after Louisiana secession and commanded forces at Charleston firing on Fort Sumter. He died in New Orleans February 20 1, last surviving full general of the Confederate army.
A Cincinnati tale of a man with a horseshoe pin who recalls courting a girl in a fashionable church. He confesses his cynicism, drops a single dollar in the collection, faces a deacon’s rebuke, and is theatrically expelled as the sermon ends. The tale ends with the cold street awaiting him.
Government researchers, citing Bulletin 19 of the Agriculture Department, find chicory added to coffee improves flavor and reduces nervous effects in most trials. The analysis shows no harmful substances, and use is supported in France and Germany for infants, with moderation advised for adults.
A reminiscence recalls a whispered love on a moonlit night twenty years past. The speaker recalls Jane named Jennie and a playful jab about a swollen nose as a lighthearted reply. The note blends affection with humor in a clipped reminiscence.
E P Powell notes lilies readily multiply in home plots. Madonna lilies thrive under grape trellises or gooseberry rows, yielding July blooms. Japanese longiflorums need deeper planting, avoid manure, while meadow lilies tolerate sod and moist soil. Auratum and Easter lilies demand very deep planting with uncertain results.
A young man named Trunkett was trapped inside a bee hive 40 feet above ground in Wangaretta Australia. Swarmed by furious bees he hung for ten minutes before friends lowered a bag to him and helped him to safety using a rope. He fainted on the ground and was revived by whisky rubbed into his skin to draw out the poison from hundreds of stings.
An Atlanta Constitution joke features an old man referred to as a darky who asks a younger man if he has experience in marriage. The elder claims he has been married before in Tennessee and Alabama but left because they tried to rule him, and he has never yet tried the married state in Georgia.
Mr James Roberts the Tay bridge disaster hero has retired after fifty years in railway service. He crawled along the bridge to uncover the lost train and returned the terrible news to Edinburgh and Glasgow. For years he served as locomotive superintendent at Polmadie depot for the Caledonian Railway Company.
A Scot land crofter tenant could only pay five shillings then nothing rent free after three years of crop losses. At year four he warned the landlord he would move unless a barn is built. The landlord agreed to rent relief but was pressed to invest in a barn.
Rt Rev Chauncey B Brewster tells a story of a colored clergyman who shouts sermons to compensate for lack of lightning in delivery. The bishop suggests softer preaching but the minister replies he must make up in thunder what he lacks in lightning.
A Oswego Montana woman reports gradual eye weakness from coffee poisoning and recovery after substituting Postum Food Coffee for three months. A friend also improves dyspepsia and headaches after switching, illustrating the ad claim “There’s a Reason” by Postum Co. Battle Creek.
A political article reports the president losing out on key votes while Congress signals formal warning to the executive over stalled agendas. Details emphasize ongoing power struggle and potential legislative pushback.
Washington reports that leaders in Congress will likely fail to enact many of President Roosevelt's suggestions this session. The list includes restricting federal court injunctions in labor disputes, revising the Sherman Act, licensing interstate corporations, railroad pooling rules, easing labor combination limits, stopping railroad blacklists, IC enforcement over securities, appointing railroad receivers, removing duties on wood pulp, funding four battleships, and creating postal savings banks. The measures likely to pass focus on currency elasticity, compensation for injured workers, DC child labor ban, tariff hearings, and continued Inland Waterways progress.
Land in Texas is rising in value says Commissioner R T Milner urging all non owners to buy now while prices are low. He notes land once deemed high at 3 to 5 dollars per acre is selling at 15 to 25 dollars and expects continued growth as more people move to Texas.
President Rox Welt appeals to Congress for immediate construction of four of the largest battleships. He argues arbitration cannot secure peace and the nation can afford a forceful deterrent. China is cited as an example of inaction.
Center Texas reports a black man found dead Sunday in the Flat Fork community. Decomposition prevents determination of cause whether murder or natural. Identified by papers on clothing. had been absent about two months.
Five to eight long trains of livestock from the San Angelo branch pass through Temple daily, marking an annual stee rush on the Santa Fe Railway that exceeds prior years and surpasses expectations of the road's officials.
Fredericksburg Texas reports a one year old child of George Klein lost three fingers when a window shutter blew shut catching the digits. The accident occurred a few miles above town on Tuesday.
Mexia Texas reports another heavy rain Thursday night around 10 o'clock followed by a sultry Friday with indications of more rain. Local observers note the changeable sky and rising humidity affecting outdoor activities and field work.
In Austin Texas N H Hessey a meat jeweler and sporting goods dealer was found dead in his barn about 8:30 pm. A harness rein was tied to a stepladder leaning against the stable wall. Police investigated as a possible suicide.
Mexia Texas reports vitrified brick for sidewalks has arrived and work to begin soon on the project, marking the start of local improvements.
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