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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
2
Friday publication notes multiple items including San Antonio fair representation Lavaca county and Harris county wealth. Peary North Pole trip delayed a year. Hague conference may adjourn August 25. Farmers union Texas cotton price 15 cents per pound. Barney and Kirby buy oil field in Indian Territory for 165000.
Jose GuirErrez of near EiPaso born 1790 near Quarez. first Philippine assembly to meet October 16 with Secretary Taft present at opening.
A Friday night blaze in HunNTSvILLE swept away five brick buildings and their contents with an estimated loss of about $20,000. Firefighters battled the flames but could not save the structures.
Reports claim German financiers would back a Japan purchase of the Philippines from the United States. Alabama legislature votes to erect a Jefferson Davis monument in front of the capitol. Judge G H Noonan dies in San Antonio at 80, long serving as Bexar County judge and 1896 Republican congressman. Oak Grove notes cover cotton picking, local visits, events, and community life.
In Hallettsville August 11 fourteen citizenship applications were filed with the district clerk, including one English-born applicant. The rest are four born in Germany and nine in Austria with the longest reside time being an Austrian since 1880. Hearings set for October term. Hallettsville August 12 wolf and wildcat scalps bring bounty totals. Whitley claims 77.50 for fifteen wolf and five wildcat scalps, while past claims were paid 180 for thirty-six wolves. An amended law exempts future scalps from payment. Hallettsville August 13 Farmers union warehouse opens earlier than planned. J M Cannon to run the facility and move family from his home below town.
Freyburg Texas residents report visits from Victor Sladcyk and family in Primm, and travelers like Dattner of Houston and various others visiting relatives. A serious accident involving Mrs Ritter and her daughter Hertha left them in critical condition after a buggy mishap en route to church.
6074 acres of black sandy mesquite farm land with 250 acres tilled, 3 houses, an artesian well. Located nine miles from Yorktown, four miles from Bello, and 16 miles from Cuero. Write or call Ortro Bucuzt, Cuero, Texas.
A letter from Eagle Lake Texas requests changing the paper address from Hallettsville to Eagle Lake as the writer works for Frank Stephens Co. at the new location. A tender anecdote follows about a ten year old boy in Bridgeton Maine seeking white paint and a comment on Devoe writes letters. A Farmers union barbecue at Appelts Hill drew many farmers with speeches in English German and Bohemian.
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