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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
1
A fragment from James Whitcomb Riley bids a jovial Christmas song tempered by pity. It asks to sing for the voiceless, the ears that hear not, and the sightless, weaving pathos into holiday cheer.
The performer recalls a Christmas in New Orleans spent giving a charity matinee for poor children. After the show the stage was opened to a warm audience as kids in ragged clothes received candy boxes, creating a memorable holiday moment away from Long Island family plans.
A memoir excerpt contrasts a hard first stage Christmas with a cold hotel night and delayed mail in Iowa. Kate and Jack’s summer romance unfolds from a Grand Traverse cottage to a winter separation, ending with a dramatic plan and a snowbound journey.
The piece describes scattered Christian tribes in Turkey observing Christmas with elaborate rituals while Muslims keep two holidays. It recounts a winter scene of a man finding a Christmas tree, the Wilsons sharing a tree, and a separate icy festival by the Bladego with a large cross and dangerous ice dives. It ends with a tribal blessing and a Newton quotation.
The article notes the governor's active schedule of appointments while handling a Sunday law issue. It highlights political talks, cabinet considerations, and potential policy decisions affecting the upcoming week.
Austin reports a flood of Christmas pardon requests as Governor prepares a year-end address. He contends with health-related absences, numerous appointments due by January 1, and ongoing Sunday closing debates in several Texas cities. Families plead for clemency as tears move even hardened aides.
A brief exhortation attributed to Montfort urging honesty about thoughts and being true to oneself. It frames a moral call to integrity and accountability in personal conduct.
The article describes Christmas in Russia as the most holy and celebrated time, with services on Sundays and a multi day observance. It notes churches marching to frozen rivers for baptismal rites, blessing water kept as cherished home relics, and widespread kissing customs among people and families.
Galveston Texas shut down Sunday as blue laws kept bootblacks cigar stands and all amusements closed. Chief Perrett ordered The Devil shown stops after the first act at the Grand Opera House ending a day of theater vaudeville and billiard hall closures across town.
Alvin Texas reports a large cattle shipment as A M McFadden sends thirty-five carloads totaling about 1000 head from the Monte Vedo ranch near the bay to Oklahoma. It is the largest shipment from the area in months.
A stray snowbound watcher froze to death near the San Cayetano range. Search parties found the body of John Blats aged 13 beside the bodies of Clonde and Clifford Sharp aged 17 and 15 respectively. The trio had been keeping vigil beside two deceased companions after a fall on the cliff edge.
Three Princeton Indiana officers arrived Sunday morning to take Henry E Agar back for trial in Indiana. Agar was arrested here on a charge of defaulting in Indiana two years ago. He appeared confident and matter of fact about the case.
In Belton, Temple county court Saturday two white men Dave Savage and C Jones pleaded guilty to stealing an opposition from a Temple restaurant. They were sentenced to one day in jail and fined $1 plus costs, totaling $31 in each case.
Houston reports show Bryan leading with 158 453 votes. Campbell records 148 226, A B Davidson 163 217. Populists fall back, socialism gains status as the Third Party.
An artesian well flowing nearly 1000 barrels per day was drilled four miles south of Pearsall in Frio County by J. M. Long. This marks the second such well in the area and is described as of vast importance.
The tug Mercedes from Johnsons Bayou arrived here towing a barge loaded with about fifty bales of cotton.
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