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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1900
Page
2
Publication details state Goeth and Menes publish weekly on Saturdays with a yearly subscription of 1.00 and entry as second class matter at the Moulton Texas post office.
The note announces H F Short of Seguin as a candidate for District Attorney of the 25th Judicial District. It lists county offices including WM Blakeslee county judge and John Buchanan clerk among others.
Bob Fitzsimons defeated Gus Rahlin by knockout in six rounds Friday night at a New York venue. The article notes the public school per capita for the coming year set at £4.75 and states there are 736,000 children in the state.
The piece argues farmers should support a school building to boost the town and improve farm product markets. It also notes local political shifts, a new German paper in Shiner, rising business failures, and plans to move a cigar factory to Lavaca County September 1st boosting a local cash market.
Halletsville paid 11 cents for the first bale of cotton this year. Last year the bale arrived July 29 about six days earlier and sold for 54 cents, half of this year's price. J C Kindred still competes for state senator despite a rival party convention. Bankers Directory shows 485 Smiths 248 Joneses and 204 Browns among U S bank officials, hinting at wider family names in many trades.
Citizens are promised every dollar they subscribe to the new school building will be matched with one dollar free, in addition to the valuable land block worth several hundred dollars. The town expects to secure a fine school and urges prompt participation.
News wires say Collis P Huntington, 78, great railroad magnate and Southern Pacific president, died in New York after a sudden illness. His fortune is estimated near $50 million. nephew H. E. Huntington is expected to succeed him.
Court orders summon of George Allen unknown residence by newspaper publication in Lavaca County Texas for four weeks before September 16 1900. Case No 294 plaintiff Henry Krause seeks $78.87 for open account for merchandise sold in 1896. Return made to next term. Judge T F Jackson JP Precinct 6 Lavaca County Texas.
A country man claimed to hear his wife 15 miles away by telephone. In town he tested the line at an exchange and shouted Hello Jane. Lightning struck the wire, knocking him down, and he shouted That’s Jane, by gosh.
A nationwide grand jury indicts the president and his party on charges of violating fundamental laws and pursuing a plan to destroy the government and replace it with an empire. The case is on trial and the people, as jury, will determine the fate for years to come.
Ehmner notes cotton late but merchants busy laying in fall supplies. Eschenburg & Blohm prepare a new brick store, likely to open before October 1. A Burges club formed to support the Democratic nominee. Various visits: August Beyer and Ang Koepke. Mrs J R Lane of Gonzales. Kathrina Habermacher of Cleburne. Mrs M L Wilkins of Flatonia. Mr and Mrs C M Hughes of Wharton. Miss Ella Jackson of Moulton. Miss Annie Muecke of Flatonia. Mrs White of Cameron. D C Fitzgerald of Inman & Co remains in town. Emil Gold family visiting Wharton county. Frank Zbranek family returning from Kansas City. Lafayette.
A public note calls voters to apply a cold business view to selecting county state or national officers, urging ignoring social or religious affiliations in the decision. It emphasizes evaluating service quality and value for tax money.
Daily rains hurt cotton crops and halted work while local residents report sickness. Prof J A Smothers and wife visited near Mixon creek, others like P J Blasche and Ad Blaschke travel to relatives. Visitors from Welcome Austin and Sublime, plus a dance at Pustka's, are recorded with several returns from Marlin.
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