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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1919
Page
1
A humorous exchange about seating near a goose and the roast, a peddler asking for apples, and a jab about economizing with jam and butter on one slice of bread. The humor shifts to a World War I era anecdote about colored troops in France and a soldier misidentifying bullets as flies.
Heat and dryness have left cotton in good shape with some bolls opening and picking beginning. Local social life includes visits among the Beyer, Havel, Pavlicek, Jalutka, Kubena, Nachlinger and Dittmar families. A Praha dance drew wide attendance. August 18, 1919 marked a note with Junger Mann and Junge Frau signatures.
The Eagle thanks readers for subscription payments since the last report. Names include Ed Studeman and Louis Stavinoba of Moulton, Frank Marko Jr of Moulton, Charles Riske of Moulton, August Elster of Moulton, Richard Etlinger of Moulton, Frank Albrecht of Shiner, Mrs John Krueger of Moulton and H Krueger per Mrs John Krueger of Claytonia Idaho.
Community updates show residents and visitors from Gonzales and nearby towns traveling to San Antonio, Shiner, Cuero, and Dublin. The notes include family visits, crop reports, a new bungalow project, a dance at Hermann park hall, and a forthcoming school term with faculty details.
Jim Orsak sold the first bale ginned by Anton Kolar weighing 474 pounds at 31 cents per pound to Ed Boehm's Sons. The item notes other local visits, births, anniversaries, and community events including a Hermann park ball sale by the Moulton Lutheran Frauen Verein and a Yoakum fair band contest.
A farm guide stresses proper concrete mixing using cement sand and gravel. It details material quality, proportions, screening, and tools, noting hand mixing is hard and machines save labor. It urges farmers to consult cement manufacturers and the USDA for literature.
The Eagle reports new subscribers since the last list: J. R. Owens in Houston, Louis J. Meiserschlager in Brenham, Frank Lukasek in Moulton, Otto Krause in Moulton, and August Ellinghausen in Shiner.
Oakland Grove residents and visitors gathered for a picnic in Praha on the 15th. Families including Boehm Wenske Raab Siems Riebschlaeger Sturm Hoepfl Selzer and Hister plus others visited relatives near Victoria and at Eagle. A shower rain followed while farm building plans progress for rent properties and residences.
Lavaca county schools will be asked to involve teachers and students in the Junior Red Cross peace program aiding European war orphans. Beginning September 60 percent of Junior membership funds go to Washington for the National Children's Fund, disbursing 500000 every six months. Lavaca County Chapter School Committee includes Pontoon, Leslie, Donnelly, Williams, Bartak, Elster, Bucek, Datlik, and others.
The War Department announced today that cumulative army discharges total 3,208,759. A net strength on August 12 stood at 500,699 officers and men, with 109,938 still in Europe.
The piece advises readers to invest savings in War Savings Stamps to earn interest while the dollar remains devalued. It urges wage earners to save what they can and put funds into W. S. S. for future value.
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