23 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
1
A New Yorker visiting Oklahoma City expresses surprise at its modern streets, glass fronts, and orderly shopping scene. He notes the metropolitan air and even a porcelain bathtub in his hotel, while a local staffer dryly questions if New York has such amenities.
Wall Street reacts to government activity amid fears of a potential gig economy panic. Investors analyze policy steps and market implications as tensions rise in financial markets.
The Department of Justice intends to pursue charges and punishment. Bonaparte states no danger remains and a guilty party will face consequences.
Crumbs of public health advice from Austin with State Health Officer Brumby urging county and city officials to enforce new building rules effective Sept 1 1907. He stresses screening of hospitals boarding houses and hotels to prevent dengue and warns travelers may spread the infection.
A reader profile praises Glenwood Springs Colorado as a premier health and pleasure resort with bracing air pure water cool nights and mountain scenery. The piece extols open air swimming dancing tennis golf polo at Hotel Colorado and scenic views along the Grand River praising the Rockies as a timeless attraction for all ages.
A passenger train on the Delaware Valley railroad ran away without its conductor near Coolbaugh. The engineer, focused on preda tory cows, ignored the warning and only stopped when the conductor shouted. The 12 mile Penn-Wenia line is described in a local note.
Mrs Hattie Currier of Thomaston Maine reports her nine month old baby suffered severe facial and foot rash causing nighttime crying. After trying Cuticura remedies she saw improvement within hours and full relief after one box of Ointment. She also used it for cradle cap cleaning and scalp healing. June 9 1906.
Austin Texas residents lit bonfires and a torchlight procession to celebrate the end of the contract ordinance dispute for rebuilding the dam. The ordinance passed by the city council and was signed by the mayor and water light and power commission, with Commissioner Schneider absent. The contract was accepted by Consolidated Construction Company despite ongoing bias concerns.
A housewife warns that household ink bottles are a nuisance after her husband bought a tall bottle from the office. She recalls past trouble with frequent small purchases and notes the burden of keeping supplies on hand.
A fragment notes clothes ruined in washing with mention of bluing and a stitched garment. It hints at a mishap during cleaning but provides no clear event or dates.
A blushes girl with a white parasol confesses to a friend that Jack kept asking about their college yell. She says she told him three yells in quick succession to avoid him. He kissed her three times before she could protest, and she gave a yell for each kiss, which mamma mistook as the class yell.
The document states that within sixty days a good faith effort must show, and that $100,000 be spent on construction within one year, with dam completion within two years. The wording implies a staged timeline for funding and completion.
A Genesee county justice of the peace uses an odd system to mete out justice. Henry Meyer, 27, seven feet two inches tall, is jailed for 90 days for stealing four bags of oats. Each inch tall earns one day plus one day per bag. Nunda News.
San Francisco faces bubonic plague with five cases and four deaths. Most victims are foreigners living near Chinatown except for one sailor. Authorities nationwide act, quarantine placed on infected steamer, and two Mexican, one Italian, and one Russian-Polish victims were cremated with quicklime.
Berlin announces the birth of an heir to the Krupp works with a cannon salute at the factory. Bertha Krupp, eldest daughter and main legatee, wed Oct 13 1900 to Lieut Dr Gustav von Hohlen und Halbach, formerly First Secretary of the Prussian Legation at the Vatican. Bertha inherits property valued over $100,000,000. her husband was not rich.
Edward Wiskow of Holland was found dead in a Bartlett cotton patch. Inquest by Justice Belch ruled heart failure as the cause. He was about 55, a stone cutter by trade and claimed to be a Franco Prussian War veteran.
Dr. H. O. Barnitz president of the board of health and Dr. S. Burg city physician deny dengue fever in San Antonio. A reported case proved a false alarm.
The passage states that France has quadrupled its waterways since neglect began, and that the British Isles now hold about 8,000 miles of canal. It also notes not all UK canals predate the railroad.
The first passenger excursion train on the Coast Line passed Angleton Sunday about nine o'clock, eight coaches, and stopped briefly to take on eighty seven passengers.
A brief quotation attributed to Bishop Asbury emphasizes direct pursuit of what is right and steadfast resolve to act with integrity. The line reflects moral clarity and principled guidance for conduct.
James Hall aged 18, brother-in-law of Mrs. Jack Collins, was brought to Gonzales on Friday with a broken leg a dislocated shoulder and multiple bruises after a horse threw him against a tree. He received medical attention and is reported doing fairly well.
The Missouri Pacific passenger train No 105, the Hot Springs Special, left Kansas City Wednesday and wrecked late Thursday near Buffalo Missouri. Fifteen people were injured none fatally.
A California woman reports sleepless nights ended after stopping coffee and starting Postum. Her brother also quit coffee for Postum and relieved sour stomach, supporting the claim with a ten day trial. The ad urges readers to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
West Point Texas received its first bale of cotton on Tuesday afternoon carried by Reuben Richards. The bale weighed 49 pounds and sold to Shelbourne and McCallum. The price paid was price and a barrel of first grade flour, yielding Richards over 16 cents in total.
Anahuac Texas report says the Lone Star Canal Company furnishes irrigation to over ten thousand acres of rice this year. The crop is generally in good condition and expected to yield well.
City Tax Collector Fred Sterzing estimates 347 building permits issued in the last year with total expenditure of 224 492 dollars.
Austin manager Geo H. Walker returns from New York and reveals the lineup of acts to be presented at the Hancock Opera House next winter.
Thursday morning at eight o'clock nine miles south of Muskogee I T W T Brown an implement dealer was shot to death with a rifle J B Brashears arrived in the city this afternoon and surrendered to United States authorities
Prof. A. S. J. Steee arrives with his family to assume duties as principal of Alvin public school for the year after being elected to the post.
Granger Tex Ike Turner living four miles west of town suffered a stroke at his home Monday night and is in precarious condition with his entire left side paralyzed.
Taylor Texas reports seventeen bales of new cotton received by Saturday. Picking will begin near September 1 in this territory, with this year's crop about two weeks later than last season.
Silsbee Texas residents endured a brutal Tuesday as the thermometer climbed to 102 degrees in the shade with oppressive humidity and no breeze to relieve the heat.
Scott Bowen a colored prisoner serving one year and a $300 fine for aggravated assault escaped from the Sherman County Jail yard where he was chopping wood and is still at large.
Continual daily showers in Hallettsville Texas risk damaging the cotton crop. Farmers welcome rain for stock water and pasture but doubt any improvement for cotton.
A 17 year old named Rosie Marek died by her own hand on Thursday. Authorities reported the incident as a suicide and are processing details as community members mourn the loss of a local student.
In Burleson County near Chriesman emergency crews find Rosie Marek 17 dead from a self inflicted gunshot after she left the house around noon. The family recalls her warning of trouble and the event remains under investigation with no additional witnesses.
The report notes there is no evidence of a gun and suggests the act may have been driven by a love affair. Witnesses describe the woman as very smart and admired for her open and frank manners, having a good word for everyone who knew her.
Fire at Armstrong packing plant in South Dallas destroyed about one-eighth of the facility early Tuesday. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars, fully insured, due to spontaneous combustion in a lard refining room. The lard refining department and stock were ruined. reconstruction to begin immediately in other buildings.
Yellow fever spreads at Cienfuegos garrison with ten confirmed cases after eight new infections reported Sunday. Authorities enforce strict precautions to halt spread and protect the remainder of the troops.
Falls County tax rolls report property valuations rising by six million dollars year over year. Total property value now stands at sixteen million one hundred ninety four thousand seven hundred eighty.
Alfred Hambrick a laborer at Trinity County Lumber Company Groveton Texas had his hand severed by an edge saw while attempting to operate it. He is reported doing well with wounds dressed by the company physician.
Governor Campbell returned from West, McLennan county, where he concluded a five day series of speeches across the state. He arrived back in Austin last evening.
Fintonio Texas residents lift concerns as farmers and citizens await government weather bulletin delivered by postmaster after daily 10 a.m. reports were interrupted by the strike.
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