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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
2
The item notes women in Chicago using police power to shape local issues while other scattered notes report a January road tax vote in La Vaca County, hydrophobia cases at the State Pasteur Institute, and various political and social commentary on US foreign policy and military leadership. It also mentions a marriage near Shiner and travel by local officials.
The Gazette reports forty nine American girls sold into slavery in China by a Chicago syndicate for sums between 500 and 1000 pounds. The San Antonio Dispatch condemns the trade as vile and calls for severe punishment for traffickers while urging help for domestic workers harmed by starvation wages.
The week’s Texas patents include cotton chopper and checker by Jonathan F. Agee Avondale oil burner by Emelious A. Cox Humble float valve by Edwin P. Clary Dilley stapling machine by Mahlon E. Layne Houston well screen by William Whitfield Justin toy by John Zant Aspermont sulky plow by William J. Kennedy Rock Island stapling machine by Mahlon E. Layne. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barhorn of near Moulton celebrate twenty fifth wedding anniversary with many relatives in attendance. European-German performers Carl Wagner and Paula Verone entertain at the Sam & Will Moore Institute. O C Searcy marks fiftieth anniversary of arrival in Hallettsville. long public service record noted. Wedding of Miss Mary Krenek to Mr Peter Etlinger held at Catholic church with families from Moultson and area attending.
In Lavaca county fast evolving court activity reports show eleven criminal cases closed and fifteen on the docket while sixty eight civil cases finish with thirty four remaining. Local officials discuss an experimental station with the United States agricultural department and cucumber contracts for next spring.
Miss Manin Knape and Mr William Steinmann were married Tuesday at 10 in Swiss Alp County Seclusion in the presence of relatives. Rev K Kern performed the ceremony as the couple plan to reside in Seclusion, with wishes for a blessed life together.
Ed Boehm runs a new advertisement in this issue. H F L Mueller visited Shiner on Wednesday and Thursday. Misses Tillie and Louisa Papacek went to Shiner Wednesday. Misses Mary Nachlinger and Sophie Albrecht stayed in San Antonio last week. For sale 144 acre farm about 3 miles east of Moulton with 75 acres cultivated, two good houses, guaranteed water. Apply to this office.
In 1896 A B Devall county treasurer of Halletsville Texas writes to Dr E W Hall of St Louis endorsing the Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatism troubles and recommending it to others. The letter is dated October 26 1901.
A vintage advertisement touts The Texas Wonder by Dr. E W Hall as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to cure diabetes rheumatism and other ailments in men women and children and offers mail order at one dollar for two months of treatment.
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