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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1923
Page
4
A Christmas scene described by Christopher G Hazard in 1922 shows a minister, family, and friends celebrating around a Christmas tree. Gifts include a mouth organ and other toys as the minister plays a new march, ending with a chorus about the Christman tree and shared love.
A reflective piece recalls bygone Christmas hospitality and rural pageantry with sleighs bells and dancing. The author yearns for gracious neighbors, gatherings, candles and holly, urging readers to revive the gentle spirit of festive ritual in modern times.
FoWAS is perpetually busy yet makes time for one constant kindness. Every Christmas he sends all his friends beautiful telegrams of cheer, a gesture remembered fondly by recipients who note his thoughtful habit each Christmas morning.
A 1923 Western Newspaper Union piece argues giving is a true saving and investment. It frames gifts as permanence and value, saying generous acts yield more lasting returns than bank balances.
A Red Cross public health nurse recalls judging a baby show at a county fair. The makeshift booth in Floral Hall featured a dusty room and broken window gear, while prizes revealed a $2.00 first prize for babies versus $40.00 for pigs, underscoring odd prize disparities.
The piece traces New Year dates from ancient calendars to the Gregorian reform and English adoption in 1752. It ends with a promotional note urging Tuiner's Bitter Wine to aid health, digestion, and appetite, claiming wonderful results from druggists and medicine dealers.
Donation drive for German children lists available at F Heerssen Ernst Pelzel and Lu ke Mueller businesses. Benefactor praise notes that helping a child is a good deed.
In a brief tale, Aunt Mehitable’s vivid imagination creates fret and misreads George’s mood. He worries over her Christmas gift and then admits his puzzling distraction. George ultimately yields, and Aunt Mehitable receives a new nightcap from the exchange.
The Democratic executive committee of Texas endorsed Governor Pat M Neff for the Democratic presidential nomination by a 25 to 3 vote.
The Eagle thanks readers for payment of subscriptions since the last report including Joe Kubena of Moulton Chas Flessner of Shiner FW Kubenka of Moulton and C W Nieman of Moulton.
The Houston city government reported total spending of 6,245,374 for the last fiscal year, amounting to 42.34 per capita.
President Harding notes 79 090 000 acres of idle cut-over and wet lands in the South may be reclaimed to become productive farms. He cites successful reclamation and ongoing crops, markets, and favorable climate. A New Orleans conference in November 1922 seeks federal aid for reclamation through forestry, farming, or grazing and urges southern support.
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