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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1904
Page
2
The report estimates 35 000 people entered Houston during Carnival week amid the period of celebrations. Other notes include a derailment near Columbus Mississippi injuring 25 9 people and a witty exchange about social manners.
The Lavaca County Commissioners Court votes to cut County Judge E. O. Meitzen’s salary from 600 to 100 per year and creates an assistant county attorney role for J. C. Lamkin. Critics say the move wastes public funds and undermines the elected judge, with Attorney General guidance cited against employing a yearly legal adviser. County Attorney W. T. Bagby is defended by supporters as fully capable of advising the court. Public opinion condemns the action as an improper attempt to replace the elected official.
A district note announces births and christenings at various homes in Swiss Alp and surrounding areas. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Kiesling welcome a daughter. Ernest Sander is christened. a boy joins the Bolling household. Mr. and Mrs. John Sander visit Hochheim. Miss Anna Henning and Mr. Gerhard Otten wed with family witnesses Nov 29. Wishes for happiness follow.
In Gonzales, Fred Taube, 34, died at the home of William Schenwecht from internal injuries after a horse kicked him while catching a loose horse Friday morning. He passed away yesterday and was buried in the public cemetery.
C. E. L. Hayward owns and manages what is claimed as the largest egg farm in the East at Hanover New Hampshire. It houses more than 8400 hens in 600 small eight by eight foot coops. Hens stay indoors and are fed a non green diet with beef scraps gluten, salt water and shells. They lay about 100 eggs yearly and yield 26 cents per dozen. Profit per hen about one cent. Young hens kept, second year sold, pullets bought for next year’s crop.
A plea for direct plain speaking without pompous jargon or verbose flourishes. It urges brevity clarity natural tone and the avoidance of slang or pretentious language in everyday exchanges.
Supt F P Gaeniber argues for adding agriculture to public schooling in Lavaca County. He urges experimental school plots, practical farm methods, and student compositions to build hands on understanding, citing resources from Massey and College Station.
A young man from the east sought work as a sheep herder in the west claiming professional running skills. He reported no trouble, but the owner discovered nine exhausted jackrabbits among the flock, showing the man’s misreadiness for the job.
Mrs. F. M. Neeley of Old Moulton and daughter airs. Jim Thornton arrived from Midland Texas on Wednesday of last week.
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