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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1901
Page
2
The Moulton Eagle announces its one year anniversary noting loyal merchant patronage and growing subscriptions. Editor A W Henrich departs for Shiner Rundschau, and local papers report on recruiting, new Kenedy paper, and various community notices. Local injuries, business moves, and ads for Pile Ointment and Moore’s malaria cure accompany brief regional news from Haletsville and Flatonia.
In Halletsville on January 30 a school board meeting saw six architects submit plans for a new building by O. H. P. Ruderaville of Houston. The project costs about 14000 dollars and should be usable next fall. County Superintendent Prof. Guenther reports 22 county schools thriving. A busy justice court docket continues with juries and witnesses. Local marriages include Wm Rhodes to Roxie Spear and Frank Kranskoff to Mary Matula. Real estate transfers list numerous parcels with varied sums. Marriage licenses issued include Martin Trie and Frantiska Nevlud.
In Shiner a brick building rises on Front Street for E C Merseburger while lumberman O L Williams adds a 40 foot extension to his home, promising one of the town’s finest residences. Mrs Emma Schuhmann dies after a long illness, leaving a husband and baby. her funeral is noted as a somber city event. The baby of Mr and Mrs F W Schwab also dies, and Justice Strauss and Wm Koch visit Moulton. The issue notes widespread distress except for farmers and mentions a smallpox scare, the Eagle’s first birthday, and a medical ad for Herbine. The Vigilance League platform advocates clean, nonpartisan city government and civic unity across differences.
Joseph Jefferson displays sixty five paintings in a small national capital salon befitting a seasoned actor. The piece notes coincidences in appraisals of Vernerbilt and Gould estates, and mentions New York school children’s charitable effort totaling about 79000 dollars from roughly 250000 students. It recounts tales of Evarts and Spanish consulates, a David Harum horse debate, penury penny demand at Philadelphia mint, and Kaiser Wilhelm II’s preference for Mexican coffee shipped from Michoacan in silk bags and later aged to ripen in his garret.
A six column Rundschau does well in Shiner as readers patronize the new German paper. Bids fail to win support, prospects for the venture remain uncertain.
Winston Spencer Churchill faced pro Boer hecklers as he spoke in Philadelphia yet won broad support with his wit and grace. The crowd split between supporters and critics, while Churchill defended free speech and claimed kinship with both sides of his heritage. Outside of his jurisdiction, the piece recalls a Chicago incident with W G Hale and a crying child preferring tomorrow in reference to moving away. Christmas turkey costs run into 5 million dollars with ten million mince pies implied.
Census findings show forty eight Kentucky counties report no whisky sales. Notably thirty eight of these counties lie in regions where moonshine is commonly used as a family beverage.
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