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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
2
A farm horticulturist counted 75 bird pairs on forty acres along a willow fringed stream. Each pair raised a brood and fed on insects for two months, consuming over 4 000 000 pests. A yellow breasted wood pecker averaged 120 visits per hour to feed its brood, illustrating birds' beneficial farming role.
Nine thousand Boers migrate to Texas to settle on lands chosen by agents sent in advance. The expedition aims to occupy territories across New Mexico and Colorado as part of a larger claim.
Eea of Texas reports on Rice Irrigation and Texas progress by Prof Thomas A Taylor highlighting canal and well systems. The bulletin traces rice farming from Jasper County during the Civil War to modern dike mapped plains, centrifugal pumps, and widespread cultivation from Orange to Brownsville with 180000 acres last season and potential five year expansion. Henry Krause notes debts due and requests settlements by January 1.
The notice lists institutes in Hallettsville with dates January 2nd and 3rd for Colored attendees and January 23rd and 24th for Hallettsville sessions. An In-County date is not yet set. Local papers record Assessor F J Pesek discussing onion planting on his Novohrad farm and comment on weather delaying crop growth.
Editor notes visits by Krueger Meyer to Colorado county and other locals. Mrs. Kleihege returns from New Ulm and Mrs. Schmidt of San Antonio dies. funeral held in Yoakum. A four month old child of Joe Macha dies at Yoakum. second death in the Macha family noted with sympathy from friends.
Editor notes widespread farming delays this year while listing local residents such as Mr. Llenry Sander confined with pneumonia and Gustave Jochen’s ill children. Visitors from Shiner join kin in a Christmas tree and ball at Swiss Asphalt on December 25. A.Baur & Co. advertises a big Cost Sale through December 24.
An eighteenth century style medical ad roundup touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup for hoarseness and coughs with testimonials from Henry C. Stearns. It also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, Botanic Blood Balm, and Bryan's Commoner, including prices and a brief scandalous medical claim, with references to old papers and a missing reader note.
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