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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
2
A civic note urges copy to be signed at the office by Wednesday morning. A reader recalls Justice's court and asks what comes next. Morntron opens a broom factory while a local resident jokes about weather and labor. Mrs Lucy Vance of Shawnee Kansas is linked to $7500 in a bustle.
The statement frames Proutsirion as an intrusion on personal freedom, arguing it restricts autonomy and civil liberties without explicit justification or consent.
A public inquiry centers on whether officials will pursue a special school tax. Voters and residents weigh potential funding, impacts on budgets, and how new revenues would be allocated for district programs and facilities.
The discussion centers on the negro question and lynch law with a call for a prompt and speedy trial as the remedy. The text emphasizes legal due process as a counter to mob justice and urges swift judicial action to address crimes without resorting to extrajudicial measures.
Three weeks ago Zapata county farmers sipped the first bale of new cotton. Readers wonder where the cotton came from and if a second bale is expected, reflecting early harvest reports and local excitement.
The big bout between Jeffries and Corbett is set in San Francisco today with both boxers reported in fine trim. Corbett expresses confidence in reclaiming the world championship, while local nerves run high about the fight.
Ex-governor James S Hragg will urge Texas farmers to organize on Farmers Day at the Dallas State Fair. He says others have organized while farmers remain prey, and that organized farmers will speak as wolves in the brush seek to control them.
Observes that boys around ten years old smoke and chew tobacco injuring health. Claims tobacco juice stains lips and clothing and leads to nervous disease and insanity. Notes tobacco does not sustain life and excess weakens intellectual power.
A thoughtful note argues most people complain about press coverage yet the editor knows much about everyone that never appears in print. It urges gratitude for what the newspaper man does not reveal and keeps private.
Wils Bell of near Luling harvested onions from one and a quarter acres yielding 250 bushels. He sold at 2 cents per pound or 1.20 per bushel. The article urges diversification on all Southwest Texas farms to make the region a garden spot.
From Swiss Alp August 14 1903 Ep fodder making is the order of the day. Mrs Fred Forster of Lincoln Lee county visited relatives. Rev Kern visits Ellinger to see his sister Mrs Heise. Alma Melcher recently at Weimar summer normal is home. Henry Otten of San Antonio visits Cotton. Prof I Rudi and family from Dallas visit homefolks. Ben Meyer and family return to Galveston after weeks with relatives.
Moulton features a first class college a convent Catholic and Methodist churches a bank eight general merchandise stores two drug stores two furniture stores a lumber yard a tailor shop a millinery store two dance halls one barber shop two meat markets a hotel seven saloons a saddle and harness shop and a livery stable Anjoil mill.
The list highlights electric lights three cotton gins three blacksmith shops two hardware stores a broom factory a molasses mill a soda water factory and a planing mill showing the town’s varied manufacturing and services.
Agricultural bulletin from George L Walton estimates 1903 Texas crops by acre and yield across cotton corn wheat oats barley rye potatoes and hay with garden track and band music note. Separately Havl ets ville Herald reports bridge bond issue $25 000 approved and to move to Austin on the 15th. Comptroller Stephens says school funds exhausted but more money expected within sixty days.
The text notes about 200000 acres devoted to fruit trees yielding good returns. It also mentions that this does not include extensive cattle swine sheep and goat production or the sugar industry, highlighting a broad agricultural base.
After a 37 day session the state text book board approved a five year adoption of books from publishers including American Book Company Ginn & Co McMillan Co and Silver Burdette in subjects such as spellers readers histories geographies physiology and arithmetic for Texas public schools.
The Ottine district reports gold fever with dirt from Gastonwell No. 2 assayed at about $42 per ton in Denver. In Hallettsville a baseball game saw local printers defeat Rosenberg Bros. merchants 180 to 8.
A saloon and fruit stands closed for the first time in months. Ex governor Lubbock aged 85 married Miss Lou Scott of Abilene. A boll weevil appears in Central Texas in reports. The Eagle Lake Rice Mining Co shipped Texas first rice sack to Bayou City mills. An 8 year old boy died in Gonzales in a pistol accident involving his mother Mrs. Houston West.
Bell and Cook counties decided for prohibition last Saturday. The coronation of Pope Pius took place in St. Peter's church Sunday. The American Squadron will spend the summer in the Mediterranean Sea. The island of Martinique was swept by a hurricane of great violence Sunday night. Work of developing the Gonzales.
Mrs. Russel Brown and her child departed on a Wednesday evening train bound for Taylor.
An early 1900s testimonial touts Texas Wonder as a universal cure for kidney and bladder issues. The ad lists ailments treated and offers mail order for $1 per two months, naming Dr. E W Hall of St Louis as manufacturer and A F Kotzebue as local seller in Hallettsville Texas. A testimonial from W B Hawkins and wife endorses the remedy.
Local report notes a Wednesday baseball game between Flatonia and La Ling. The item invites readers to bring in job work and engage with community happenings.
A damaged column mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills and Arnica Salve with medical claims and prices. It also notes The Death Penalty and a line about the first bale of new cotton not yet brought in. Various doctors and remedies are promoted along with a biweekly poster.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for eczema itching pimples boils carbuncles and skin diseases. It claims the internal formula enriches purifies and vitalizes the blood to improve skin health and offers free samples and medical advice from the Desailoc Balm Co. Atlanta Ga.
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