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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1915
Page
1
A reflective piece extols forgetting life’s troubles and keeping a daily note of what unsettles us. It argues recording origins and outcomes reveals futility of fuss, urging readers to discard petty worries and live beyond vexations. The prose emphasizes moderation, patience, and letting go.
A concise look at how advertising investment correlates with consumer solvency. The piece suggests advertisers tend to have stronger payment capacity, highlighting the financial logic behind marketing expenditures.
A concise reflection on civic virtues noting that quality education religious institutions and infrastructure sustain a thriving community. The saying underscores the link between public services and town strength.
A shipment of over forty thousand rounds of ammunition passed through the Laredo customs house last week for the Caranza military forces. The article notes fear that American made bullets may be used against our troops.
Mrs J J Kotzebue hosted the Forty Two club with four tables and seven games. Mrs V Reh won the banana split and cake prize as members including Mesdames Parr Rehmer Brunkenhoefer Boehm Kotze bune Tomasko Krause Fehrenkamp Papacek Nachlinger Cordes Bucek Graves Guenther Jaegli Arnim participated.
A bright girl and her escort discussed baseball parallels to marriage. He joked about the plate and batter, she quipped about engagement, struggles, hits, and finally difficulties getting home. The exchange ends with him reflecting silently.
Farmers around Kenedy shipped 362 head of hogs last week, bringing in roughly $4000. The figure challenges claims that there is no money in the pork industry.
More than five hundred Wisconsin school houses served as social centers in the past year, compared with eighty six four years ago. The report argues there is no reason why school houses should not host social gatherings.
The poem urges laughter and mirth as a duty to remember the world through song. It links joy to faith and work, celebrating God’s creation with wine, stars, and the earth, urging readers to join a jubilant, hopeful life.
The Dallas News reports estimates that 5 000 Texas students study in foreign colleges. Catalogs of 143 institutions show 2 000 Texans named, with 370 others not examined and at least 3 000 more Texans outside Texas. Total estimated out of state study reaches 5 000 with cost around 2 500 000. The piece urges weighing home advantages against out of state options.
The Eagle acknowledges subscribers who renewed since the last report including Emil Janszen and Joe Heinrich of Moulton, Frank Kolar of Moulton, A. J. Jilek of Shiner, Chas F Kaase of Moulton, J. R. Jasek of Moulton, and Wm. Brosch of Moulton.
Oswald Buescher and Le roy return from Temple and Smithville. William Darilek and Mrs Darilek visit their son Emil in the city. Tillie and Theresa Guenther return from Schulenburg after visiting their father F. P. Guenther. William Westerhoff, A M C T, returns from San Francisco after months at the Panama Pacific Exposition with a good time.
The board of trustees adopts changes for ninth grade English History and eighth grade Civil Government replacing General History and Physical Geography respectively. German replaces Latin in the High School to support forty minute recitations. Regular session opens September 13. patrons urged to enroll on day one to avoid falling behind. W E Parr Superintendent.
Lavaca County teachers institute for white teachers meets at Hallettsville High School from Sept 6 to Sept 16 every morning and the colored teachers group gathers Sept 13 through Sept 20 at the Hallettsville Colored School. Notables include H K Williams as high school conductor with T J Ponton and W E Parr, and Prof C EK Evans Paul Wipprecht and C J Brown among speakers and visitors. Trustees day set for Thursday with meetings and county rural school classifications.
Llano votes 435 to 275 to authorize 20000 for bridge construction. Floods devastate Matagorda crops. about half the rice crop destroyed. Gonzales seller moves 250 head of steers to Big Springs. Deputy wardens arrest two bird out of season violators. Sandy Hill Lutheran Church blown down and to be rebuilt. Mrs. M K Lane dies in San Angelo. body sent to Denton. Carlton Ferguson Co. donates 500 for coast flood sufferers. Freak chicken hatches with two bodies and dies. Confederate monument work nears completion. Llano Daughters organizing a military company in the Texas National Guard. Ernest von Rosenberg dies at 62 in Austin. State teachers certificates exam records show high pass rate.
John Slovak a farmer near Shiner was arrested for wife beating and jailed. He was removed from jail during the night beaten and shot to death. Several men including Joe Kunetka and Frank Michna were arrested in Hallettsville and Kunetka is reported to have confessed.
Christian Hahn brother of Mrs Henry Krause of this city died at his home in El Campo Tuesday August 17 after a long illness. He was 67 and is survived by his wife and five children. The Kagie extends its sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Earl Frey cashier of the Shiner National Bank attempted suicide at his home in Shiner on Thursday evening. He was reported very low in health the following morning and died Wednesday night from the act, authorities said.
The Moulton Independent School District board met in special session Monday evening electing Miss Carrie Parr of Halletts ville to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Miss Lillian Cummins of Seymour. The 1915 1916 Sam and Will More Institute term opens September 13 with Prof. W E Parr as president and a staff including Prof T H Leslie Miss Carrie Parr Mrs T H Leslie Miss Zou Urquhart and Miss Tillie Guenther.
At 3 10 p m water from the Alta Loma municipal plant was sent into the eight inch main along the causeway. The city expects general distribution by midnight after the storm last week disrupted supply.
The Shiner public school will open Monday August 3 under the management of Prof. I J Ponton.
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