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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
2
Hallettsville Texas August 11 teachers in Lavaca County will hold a six day institute starting August 28 at intervals during the scholastic year. Prof F P Guenther outlines topics from child study to ethics and special sessions for Bohemian and German language teachers.
A playful verse ridicules laziness with animals and a farmer, urging waking early. The lark greets the sun, a gunshot spooks a farmer’s son, bees raid a hive, and an ant labors while thieves and a swallow complicate the scene. The speaker vows to rise late at nine thirty.
Births announced for Aug Swelek Breslau Anton Smolik Koerth Jos Cyanek Moravia John Faschingbaur Shiner Rud Jaroszewski Bauraville J D Mayes Hackberry June 29 a girl Frank Koester Moulton July 30 a girl F Mathes Moulton July 30 a boy John Mueller Shiner August 2 a boy Deaths listed in Koerth July 6 Ronatia Smolik age unknown Witting July 22 Mrs Nic favicek 77 cancer gallstone jaundice Moulton July 29 Vary Jausek 1 year 6 months malarial dysentery Yoakum August 6 Jew el Rockley 1 month 28 days meningitis
Mesdames Edmund Arnim and R. A. Hudson arrived from Gonwales last Friday.
Moulton edged Shiner 8 to 6 in a spirited amateur game. Lineups featured Moulton with Huff Mueller and Hop kins against Shiner's Strauss Goode and Darilek. A closely fought contest saw runs traded across eight innings with strong fielding on both sides.
Lavaca County Tax Assessor Eugene Turk completed the rolls with total valuation of 6 323 798 dollars. Taxables cover land cattle horses and other property including merchandise tools and bank money with state and county taxes totaling 64 982 93 dollars as listed by the Halletsville New Era.
The list honors financial supporters including Prof. N. Wilson of Moulton, Aug Linbragger of Oak Grove, S K E Bucklen & Co of Chicago, Nic Morris of Hallettsville, Ino Eilert of Moulton, G I L Mueller of Moulton, Henry Wachtendorf of Baursville, Chas Hirsch of Oak Grove, Aug G Mueller of Moulton, and Hermann Bruns of Baursville.
The Huss Moravian Brethren church five miles west of Shiner was dedicated yesterday with Reva A Chlumsky P Dyck H Juren and W Dziewas officiating. Large delegations attended from the surrounding area. A five year old boy Charles Schmidt’s son Kiddie fell from a city hotel banister onto the street and suffered serious but not fatal injuries. A Saturday night dance at Hermann Park ball was well attended with the Moulton Juvenile band and continued dancing into the night.
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