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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1922
Page
6
Excerpts show soldiers debating guard duty relief and memory lapses, a joke about Izaak Walton, a joke about war benefits, a courtroom quip about a man with a photograph, and a grim proverb about women and bargains alongside an Arabian proverb about health, hope, and everything.
Rome reports the death of Benedict XV at 6 a m on Sunday following pneumonia. His body was entombed in St Peter's Basilica on Thursday at 3 p m and the sacred college began preparing for the conclave set for February 2. Cardinal Gasparri and other household members were present at his bedside.
Benedict XV lies in state in the Vatican throne room as half a million view his body. Italy decrees two days’ mourning and flags at half mast, amid the church and state shift following his death. Cardinal Merry Del Val is replaced by Cardinal Gasparri as papal secretary of state. The conclave to elect Benedict’s successor is set for February 2. Captain John V. Chase is nominated to rear admiral by President Harding.
The Far Eastern committee accepted the open door plan in part, deleting a provision for inquiry into Chinese concessions. Britain opposed reopening the field as France and Japan joined in objections. The Chinese reserved right to revisit the issue. An international board would monitor equal opportunity while negotiations over Shantung progressed with a Kiachow coal mine return.
Texas reports cost per ward for December at 23.69 dollars, up from 22.35 earlier in the year. The December census shows 11,478 inmates with 10,066 average present, 1,498 employees, payroll 80,708 dollars, and total expenditures 238,513 dollars across 15 institutions including Confederate Home and Asylums like Terrell and San Antonio.
Louisiana produced strawberries valued at 4,283,000 dollars on 9,700 acres in 1921, per Lionel L. Jones, statistician for the Bureau of Crop Estimates. An acre was worth 441.45, compared with 12.68 for corn and 16.50 for cotton. strawberries were cheaper than in 1920, with a 1,000,000 dollar gain over the previous year.
Former President Wilson joined Mrs. Wilson at a public benefit concert for the Disabled Veterans Relief Society. The event marked his first attendance in months.
Canton Mass. Cornelius Callahan, inventor of the now universal fire nozzle, died at his Canton home on Sunday at the age of 84. He developed the steam and water nozzle widely used by fire departments and built a fortune from his patent portfolio.
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