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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
2
A collection of brief items reports a street car strike in Houston affecting transit and prompts literary tributes to J M Lewis. It notes a German farmers delegation planned for next April, a deadly Swift & Co plant explosion in Chicago, and local society items from Hallettsville Shiner and nearby towns including school events and anniversaries.
The battleship Texas left Portsmouth navy yard on a trial trip and at the cape target practice two large turret guns exploded, filling the gun room with glycerine and water. No serious damage occurred and the ship remains capable in real combat.
A puzzle notes that multiplying 123456789 by 45 yields 5555555505 and reversing digits of both multiplier and multiplicand changes results to 6666660606 and 445, with other reversals giving 53333333384 and 27111111112. It highlights first and last digits as multipliers in several cases.
A compilation of historical notes covers early American public schools from 1642, the 1840s postage stamp adoption in England and the United States, and curious facts on plant growth rates, desert size, and regional customs such as the bridegroom chase. It also notes ancient gambling and voting practices including beans or stones and the long history of cockfighting in certain regions.
The record shows 1998 crop mortgages filed in Gonzales County this year and two Smallpox deaths in town last week, both children. Marriage license issuances in County Clerk Buchanan’s office reach 211 from Jan 1 to date, down from 226 last year.
December 5 1902 item notes scarcity of letters. J A Smothers of Wied sends greetings and news to friends and relatives here.
Mr Jnc Schwake travels Saturday to O Quinn Fayette county to live with parents while choosing future business. He previously ran Bottling Works fourteen months before selling to Mr Lucke and leaves many friends in Moulton. Dr F W Ledbetter of Hallettsville visits December 10 to 13. Mr Wm Boehring called at the office with three volumes of Chronik der Zeit offering sale or loan for a small fee. A switch yard accident in Yoakum last Friday killed L L Ford, a Sap employee, at the far end of a train.
P. T. Barnum earned a bartender salary at Niblo's Theatre in New York. Deer Park in Denmark is the largest park at 4 200 acres. Jay Gould sold maps in Delaware County New York at 1 50 each. A 4 185 foot deep rock salt deposit lies near Berlin Prussia. Adam Forepaugh once butchered in Philadelphia before entering show business. The highest inhabited place is the Ancomarca customs house in Peru at 16 000 feet.
In December 1902 the editor notes Ernst Barring moved to Sweet Home to buy a farm and wishes him success. The town also mentions a christening at the Lutheran church and a planned Christmas tree event to be scheduled later. Thanksgiving was observed with Rev. Stock delivering a sermon. L. Lill of Sweet Slome visited on Monday for business.
A 25 year old man Sarry Duckwell died from suffocation after a coughing spell at home, witnessed by his wife and child. Advertisements tout remedies for consumption and blood poisoning while noting political mentions about Bryan's Commoner and a presidential South tour report.
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