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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
1
A San Antonio feature notes the city becoming the largest in the United States to replace street cars with buses. It mentions eight shopping days until Christmas and urges readers to shop locally, praising Texas-made goods and promoting early purchases.
A Friday Shiner meeting of Hallettsville Shiner and Moulton representatives sought destitute counts and Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief funds. County Chairman L Denmark named local chairmen and committees to list destitute families while awaiting SF HQ approval in San Antonio. Moulton attendees included Vinkik Boehm J T Jaeggli Rev A H Falkenberg Oscar A Darilek and others.
Austin December 11. Christmas fire hazards warned by state fire marshal Raymond S. Mauk. He cautioned against inflammable tree decorations candles on trees lit candles in windows and Christmas bonfires noting one in ten Christmas fires end in a fatality.
Mrs J T Jaeggli hosted a Thursday 42 party with two tables of play. Chicken salad crackers cheese sandwiches cake and coffee were served. Mrs O Casey won high score and Mrs E Papacek took the booby.
Mr and Mrs Frank Raindl and family relocated from Shiner to Wilson Texas last week. Cold arrival with sleet on Thursday morning and a thermometer reading seven degrees above zero.
Elizabeth Seidel 82 died at Fredericksburg on Saturday December 8 at her daughter's home. Survived by eight children and many grandchildren, she was born September 1 1850 in Freisburg, Texas and lived with family after her husband Josef died in 1926. Interment was in Rowena Catholic Cemetery.
LaGrange Texas December 11. The Fayette county grand jury returned 10 indictments against Albert F Mach reelected county clerk for destruction and defacing of absentee ballots in the last general election. Mach requested an immediate trial though lawyers doubted whether the case could be heard this term.
The coldest norther of the season struck Sunday night driving temperatures to 26 degrees and keeping them there for days. Drizzling rain froze as it fell.
Yoakum Texas December 11 The city fire department has received 1050 feet of new hose to upgrade emergency response capabilities.
August Schramm prominent citizen of Shiner died there Thursday and was buried in Shiner Cemetery Saturday afternoon. He was a leading local businessman and director of the old Shiner Firemen's Band, which provided music for many Mayfeasts. Surviving are his widow and two children A. A. Schramm and Mrs. H G Koether. The Eagle extends sympathy to the bereaved.
Moulton business houses will close on Monday December 26 and Monday January 2 in observance of Christmas and New Year. Stores will close on Sundays due to the holidays.
Did you know 26 745 air mail routes exist in the United States and the 1932 Dallas State Fair earned 99 485 56 in profit with 753 746 attendees.
Edmund and Louis Schutz of near Moulton made a brief call on Tuesday. An influenza epidemic is spreading locally with many pupils absent from school this week. The illness is described as mild in nature.
Mr and Mrs W A Bergfeld were in Austin Tuesday of last week visiting their daughter Miss Mary Louise Bergfeld who is attending the University of Texas.
Mrs. C. V. Mladenka and daughter along with Mr. and Mrs. Theodora Dreyling and son Albert of Houston, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shandera of Yoakum visited the John Mladenka home on Wednesday.
Frank Biehunko while hunting on his Peach Creek ranch shot a duck with a leg band. The band was sent to Washington and identified as an adult female blue winged teal banded by Frank W Robl Ellinwood Kan on April 28 1932. Migratory waterfowls have been banded at over fifty stations and recovered as far south as Central America and Trinidad.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized abandoning about 20 miles of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway from Shiner Junction to Gonzales Texas. The decision overruled Texas railroad commission and civic groups arguing insufficient traffic and local damage while affirmingICC jurisdiction per the 1926 Colorado decision.
The Texas canvassing board announced Franklin D Roosevelt received 753 304 votes in November, while Hoover had 96 682. Six counties Bowie Callahan Carson Hopkins Pecos Sherman were missing, totaling about 10 900 votes. Minor party totals included Socialist 4408 Communist 199 Jacksonian 104 Liberty 324.
Little Marie Antoinette Kolar celebrated her sixth birthday last Tuesday afternoon with a party for her little friends. After contests and games a lunch of cake sandwiches cookies and punch was served. Mrs Mary Schutz and son Edmund of near Moulton attended the funeral of her mother Mrs Elizabeth Seidel in Rowena.
Ida Meyer nee Pundt died at her Houston home on Thursday night December 8 from pneumonia at age 43 years 11 months and 29 days. Funeral at Foyle West with Houston interment. Survived by seven children and four brothers and four sisters with several relatives attending. The Eagle offers sympathy to the bereaved.
Luther Hall hosted a birthday anniversary surprise for Rev A H Falkenberg on his 46th birthday. Guests included Rev and Mrs A H Falkenberg and many friends, sharing hymns, prayer, games, and a noon lunch.
A survey says the Garner prohibition repeal resolution would have won 333 to 83 in the house if the newly elected successors of the dry lawmakers had taken office. The measure faced 81 lame ducks in its passage, predecessors not reelected, who would have been replaced by successors sworn in March 4 with Roosevelt inaugurated.
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