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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1904
Page
2
Ex Rep and Trinity counties races show dry sentiment. J W Bailey praised for seed gift. Russians seek US escape from service as Capes port issues loom. Prof R B Cousins to lead public instruction in January. James Wilson recommends 225000 dollars for boll weevil work in Texas. A minister notes high dress in church after viewing the box.
President Rovskya proposes retiring greenbacks and making every silver dollar redeemable in gold at the holder’s option. This plan would convert paper currency to gold value upon demand, affecting monetary policy and financial markets.
The dredgeboat Galveston, second boat of the grade raising contractors, reached Galveston Monday following a tempestuous voyage from Germany. A tug man who can secure ample hog feed and a large hog crop will be hard pressed not to smile.
The article notes President Roosevelt expects cabinet members ambassadors and ministers to submit resignations by now and March 4. It then shifts to a garbled anecdote describing a man with a grotesque nose resembling a vascular tumor on a bass drum as a sign of someone fit only for bathing.
The Commissioner of Education reports six figures: 16 009 351 public school children and 1 095 876 in private schools, totaling 18 187 918 students. Public school annual cost 251 467 625 dollars. per capita 3.15 and per pupil 29.75. Colored students total 1 578 632. Ninety six reform schools with 31 468 inmates and 21 315 taught trades.
From Halletsville December 13 a number of applicants took examinations to become rural mail route carriers overseen by postmaster W J Miller. Truck growers discussed a contract with Price Booker Co for 100 acres of cucumbers. Farmers plan to reduce cotton acreage and plant more corn with higher hog production. Lavaca county farmers largely sold cotton as soon as picked and others held for potential sale.
In the Dec 16 1904 Nickel News Long Star section, a quiet November 29 wedding at the Quebedeaux home linked Penn Wood to Miss Essie Quebe deaux with Rev. H M Roland officiating. Alfred Griffin of Thompsonville visited his father. Miss Jessie Thornton teaches at the local public school, which is progressing well ahead of the holidays. Efforts note good health and warming weather.
Farmers in the area hold only small cotton supplies and are unlikely to sell unless prices rise, with buyers noting little stock held and a strong advance needed to move the market.
Emil Schendel of Shiner spent last week visiting relatives here and Otto Jaroszewski and family visited relatives in Schulenburg. Wm Jaroszewski and Emil Schendel made a business trip to Flatonia. Gus K Jaroszewski attended the teachers institute at Moulton. John Thigpen and family moved to Smothers Creek area. Mrs Rud Nollkemper and children of Charlottenburg spent Sunday here. Ben Maikeeter and family and Henry Mueller and wife of Oak Grove visited Shiner. Prof Gus Jaroszewski plans a concert at Evergreen school on December 22.
In Flatonia Texas on December 12 Dr. R A Johnson city health physician ordered Marshal Goode to quarantine the residence of a Negro woman about three quarters of a mile from town on a suspicious smallpox case. The quarantine will be kept for a few days to observe developments.
Ephor Baarz reports on appropriations bills rushing to the House with a total around 30 million dollars for legislative executive and judicial needs. The Post Office allocation nears 183 million and the Indian appropriation bill and Territories committee work follow. A parcels post proposal could cut costs, while measures to curb representation spark political tension.
The day session opened at 10 40 with plans for uniform county exams and teacher classifications. Delegates W Korges and A Markovsky were chosen for the Tri County Institute. Night events featured vocal and instrumental duets, addresses on moral education and public school benefits, and a large attendance of about four hundred people.
The following readers have favored us with financial assistance since our last report: Otto Urban Moulton P Leveyson Shiner Frank Friebe Moulton Geo von Lienen Moulton Jno Kubena Moulton Gus Jaroszewski Henkhaus W Johnson Freetrade Miss.
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