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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1901
Page
2
The Eagle cautions farmers and landowners against wholesale mineral rights leases. It urges fair terms with a fixed operating start within 60 to 90 days, or the lease should be void and property revert. Leases tied up too long depress land value and bind owners without benefit.
Local notes cover a drug advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine, social items, and a busy Lavaca County district court docket. Verdicts include Top Robinson murder in the second degree with 15 years, Louis Buesing arson with 5 years, and Hunter of Moulton with two years. Community events, teacher institute praise, and real estate transfers also listed.
Ohio cities Cleveland and Columbus discuss street railway franchising with cash payments and revenue shares while coffee import data show the United States consuming about 550 million pounds yearly. The article also notes obituaries and an insurance advertisement referencing the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York with emphasis on financial strength and policyholder benefits.
A brief 1901 issue overview lists the Moulton Eagle as a weekly paper published Saturdays with a one dollar yearly subscription and post office registration in Moulton Texas.
The Ohio and northern rivers have been rising and caused damage. Yoakum has formed a board of trade aiding town advancement. The note urges Moulton to organize a board of trade to drive improvement and progress.
A remark stresses that funds sent from home leave the local economy and rarely come back, highlighting the persistent drain on household finance and local business vitality.
With two companies prospecting for oil in this section and an $8000 school building going up in town, Moulton is counted among the state’s progressive towns.
The idea urges support for local home business men and residents who contribute to town-building and community vitality. It reminds readers to remember those who help the community and to patronize them.
Local boosters urge unity and citizen effort to transform Moulton into a leading town in the region within a few years, highlighting natural advantages and community cooperation.
Another gusher has been brought in at Beaumont but it causes little excitement as this makes the seventh.
The next solar eclipse will occur May 19 with the sun obscured for six and a half minutes if the sky is clear, as reported by the Corpus Christi San.
The Houston Post notes this year’s planting is three weeks late with increases over last year. Replanting is often needed as seed is scarce at many locations and boll weevil presence is evident across fields.
A boy spilled kerosene in a puddle in a Third Ward vacant lot. Within half an hour the property owner and six friends, granted access on the ground floor, organized a company. Stock will be on the market in a few days. Property not for sale.
The speaker urges the community to pursue industrial growth by building a factory in addition to schools and oil ventures. He emphasizes expanding local industry to raise prosperity and energy production.
A plea urges residents to patronize local home merchants who spend profits in town rather than sending money abroad. The writer argues foreign buyers show little interest after receiving payments and stresses community benefits from supporting local shops.
Frank Miller, a veteran printer, starts a new paper in Schulenburg called the Sunday Morning Sun. The Eagle notes Vol. 1 No. 1 and wishes Miller success and full realization of his expectations.
Col A H Belo longtime president of the Gal-Dal News publishing company died in North Carolina where he had gone for his health. After the Civil War he moved to Texas and dedicated his energy to the state's advancement, a loss Texans mourn deeply.
An advertisement touts Moore's Pilates as a universal cure for malaria and related fevers, claiming no quinine or arsenic are used and that the remedy is tasteless. It lists Dr. C. Moore Co of St. Louis as the maker and Kotzebue's Drug Store as the seller at 50 cents per box.
Will King, a Black man, received the death penalty for killing a Waco police officer after three trials. The first trial yielded a death sentence, the second ended with a hung jury, and the third again imposed death.
A 100 strong St Louis business delegation touring the state will visit Yoakum and be entertained in grand style. The group represents several million dollars and the visit is viewed as potentially highly significant for the state.
For sale a 118 acre farm on O Bar creek one mile east of Peach Creek bridge includes 30 acres of cultivated bottom land and a good dwelling with rent house. Price 20 dollars per acre with half cash and the rest on time at 10 percent interest. Also for sale the go acre track of George W Gray adjoining the above property with 20 acres cultivated 10 bottom land and balance timber under fence. Contact W E Deal Moulton Texas.
The Eastern Manufacturing Co of Chicago offers every baby under one year in this county a solid silver engraved spoon at no cost. No purchase required. Local agent Lucas Behmet in Moulton, Texas invites families to bring the baby’s name and age to claim the gift and view the company’s silverware line.
German papers report Captain Baron Holzing rode fifteen kilometers in twenty five minutes racing a railway train from Graben toward Carlsruhe. He beat the train by eight minutes and his horse, fed on special food, was trained for the ride and ready for more work at the finish.
A health note explains milk absorbs odors and disease germs from the air, warning that bacilli like diphtheria and typhoid fever can be transmitted via contaminated milk. The writer urges sterilizing milk as a safeguard when contagious disease is present.
An offer grants free sample bottles of Boschee's German Syrup to any adult with cold chest bronchitis throat or lung troubles who visits A F Kotzebue's drug store. One bottle per person and none to children without parental order. The ad touts long success and physician endorsement claiming one 75 cent bottle will cure or prove its value.
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