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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
8
George Lafond claims Adler-i-ka eased his bowel and liver trouble after losing 50 pounds and relying on liquid food. He asserts one dose relieves sour stomach gas and constipation and helps sleep, praising the product sold by Kot zekue Drog Co as a simple mix of cascara glycerine and pine oils.
A 1919 newspaper note urges readers to rely on steady effort and thrift with lines about time value perseverance duty economy patience and character. It promotes handling all job printing and announces a fresh shipment of typewriter paper for immediate use.
Treasury announces 1919 sale structure with stamps priced to mature in 1924. January $5 face value stamps sell for $4.12 with 1 cent monthly increases. thrift stamps at 25 cents remain, blue, and War Savings stamps smaller. New redemption and card rules apply with expected sale near one billion dollars.
In Hallettsville Texas on December 20 Mark Heath an elderly farmer over eighty drove his family from their home and set fire to the house barns and outhouses then shot himself ending his life. Neighbors witnessed the blaze and refrained from intervention. Heath had reportedly become demented and was among the county’s oldest residents.
Oak Grove residents share news as Sealth of our community remains fair. Wenzel Hoepfl family visited homefolks Sunday. W E Boehm attended Red Cross in Komensky. Rev Netardus of Praha praised attendance and added a second Gold Star for Frank Geier killed in France. Maggie Annie Wenske visited Zeisberg. Novak family visited Horak. So and So December 16 1918.
Lutheran Church notes Christmas communion in Moulton December 25 at 4 a.m. and a children’s service in Moulton December 25 at 6 p.m. English. Christmas services in Boursville December 26 at 10:30 a.m. Regular Moulton services Sunday December 29. New Year services in Moulton December 31 at 10:39 a.m. Invitation from Pastor H. A. Heineke.
Local ads note financial offers from First State Bank and various sales. Listings include hog sale, property sale, cordwood, house and outbuildings, rental, barbecue service, meat market contact, brick business house sale, sausage casing, and general buy sell notices in Moulton and nearby Yoakum Texas.
A Chevrolet roadster offered for sale in perfect condition. Owner listed as Dr K K Craven seeking interested buyers.
An auction style notice offers a brand new Oakland touring car for sale by Oswald Buescher. It includes a general trespass warning, a wartime closing remark, and a pitch for affordable Texas farm land with an invitation to view properties.
Announcer Nachlinger Bros requests all those indebted to settle accounts by January 1. Ed Balhorn of Balhorn and Moulton Texas notes he pays top market prices for old iron brass sacks and rags.
Health makes a merry Christmas ad copy touts Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine to improve household happiness. It also promotes Triner's Liniment for rheumatism and sprains and Antipatrin gargle, with prices and mail offers from Joseph Triner Company in Chicago.
Master Willis Gray of Yoakum visits uncle Dr. Rudolph Jaeggi. Miss Kila Wagner returns to Shiner after visiting sister Mrs. Edgar Merrem. Joseph Rhothbaur, janitor at the Sam and Will Moore Institute, expresses thanks for a Christmas present from teachers and pupils.
Joe and W. E. Boehm of the Oak Grove neighborhood last week received a pair of registered OIC pigs from Cleveland Ohio. They say they believe in raising a better stock.
The Eagle thanks readers who paid subscriptions since the last report. Names include Roman Wotipka Flatonia Gus Krueger Jr Emil Pesek Moulton Joe Muras Moulton Frank Muras per Joe Muras American Expeditionary Forces France Rudolph Filipp Moulton John F Fishbeck Moulton Joseph Faltisek Moulton Miss Lillie Chaka Flatonia Miss Clara Debl Moulton John Kubena Jr Moulton.
Adolph Westerhoff and Rudolph Jaeggli Jr. arrived Saturday from College Station.
Selected stock with high lint yield and machine culled seed sold by A D Mebane Cotton Seed Co of Lockhart Texas. Originator A D Mebane recommends this improved seed with prices available from the company president.
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