Old Moulton News and Local Notices
Long Ago Miss Lulu Ortman threatened Boston player Chick Stahl with a gun over a jilt. A severe cold wave brings rain sleet and snow. Giddings drops forty degrees in two hours. Boer War ongoing as British pursue miners. Clarence Williams arrested in Hallettsville for burglaries. J. Kotzebue jewelry store worker turned retiree. F J Knesek to open hardware store in a week. Geo von Lienen busy with carpentry. Dr John Baur travels to Chicago. J H W Kotzebue joins Fehrenkamp lumber yard. Rain dominates, drought feared. Rev Bret Manning family moves to Waco. Mrs Randolph Kerr, formerly Maida Bunting, dies in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Ortman
Pher
Indiana
Chick” Stahl
Giddings
South Africa
Clarence Williams
Hallettsville
Julius Kotzebue
Rud
Papacek
Lucas Rehmet
Dan
Bret Manning
Old Moulton
Waco
Randolph, Kerr
Maida Bunting
Houston
Adolph Luedecke’s Widow Dies at 73 in Flatonia Area
Mrs. Adolph Luedecke, 73, died Monday night at her daughter's home leaving a husband, three young children and two brothers. A Mexican tenant farmer Neate, about 50, was struck and killed by a freight train four miles north of Flatonia while guiding a mule team across the tracks. E and R Store advertises St Valentine gifts with a note to make an early selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Luedecke
Neate
Flatonia
Georgia selects Patsy Hett as 1955 Maid of Cotton
The state picks Patsy Hett of Columbus a Northwestern University student with brown eyes as its 1955 Maid of Cotton candidate. She will tour about 40 cities in the United States Canada and Europe over six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Columbus
Patsy Hett
Northwestern University
National Cotton Council
Box
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Canada
Europe
Coons Now In Role Of Predators In Texas
Ver non E. Skaggs of the Texas Game and Fish Commission notes a predator crisis as fur demand falls and drought reduces coon food sources. Reports highlight coons raiding crops and chicken yards, with Gillespie County seeking a 50 cent bounty per raccoon to protect poultry and wild turkeys. A former Dallas resident recalls coons stealing fish at Cedar Bayou, while a Houston man jokes about coons doing their own fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Drouth
Skaggs
Tom Waddell
Eagle Lake
Junction
Amarillo News-Globe
Gillespie County Game and Fish Protective Association
Gillespie Commissioners Court
Fredericksburg
Classic Onion Soup Recipe from Margarine Test Kitchen
This short cut onion soup method serves four and uses margarine onions consommé and bread with cheese. Melt margarine brown onions simmer with consommé water salt and pepper toast bread place on bowls add soup and top with cheese serve immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cotton Council
P. O
Memphis
Tenn
Memory and upward struggle of American leaders
The piece reflects on Abraham Lincoln born in a log cabin and rising to national leadership, alongside remarks on George Washington and Thomas Jefferson as wealthy figures. It notes the value of struggle to reach greatness and mentions Clement Attlee’s view that total abolition of war weapons is essential to avert global destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
America
Clement Attlee
Labour Leader Aims to Open Kremlin Talks for Peace
The speaker suggests the British Labour Party leader could persuade the Kremlin to listen. He asserts free people favor peace over war and believes progress is possible if dialogue is pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Party
Kremlin
No War Blame: Small Farmers Squeezed by Policy
Commentary argues war avoidance by capitalism is futile and cites Justice Douglas and Vaclav Hlavaty. It condemns federal policy on cotton, noting Texas farmers lost 52 percent since 1935, and accuses Farm Bureau and big farmers of backing deregulation, harming smallholders and preserving inequality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Douglas
Vaclav Hlavaty
Czechoslovakia
Hlavaty
Albert Einstein
Houston
Benson
Mexico
Texas
Farm Workers Outnumbered By Government Jobholders
The Tax Foundation reports public payrolls in the United States reached 7,083,000 in fiscal 1954, surpassing farm employment at 6,693,000. Public workers thus outnumbered farmers, a count akin to the combined populations of Chicago, Cleveland, and Portland, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tax Foundation
Foundation
Chicago
Cleveland
Portland
Maine
No Substitute For Local Paper
Editorial argues local newspaper supports community growth by linking industry to payrolls and consumer spending. Cites U S Chamber of Commerce data showing 100 new industrial workers raise retail sales by 360000 dollars, personal income by 590000, and bank deposits by 270000 over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Grass Roots Press
Victoria couple visits Ad A Wagner home Sunday
Mr and Mrs Harvey Wagner of Victoria visited in the Ad A Wagner home Sunday. In Memoriam and Card of Thanks are advertising. When changing your address send the old address as well as the new one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Wagner
Victoria
A. Wagner
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Georgia Maid
Prunes
Extra
del Monte
Colgate Giant Size
Fisbeck Grocery
OLEO
Bama
Crax
Gerbers
AJAX
Tbs
Lavaca County Abstract Company Abstracts Loans
Land Titles Real Estate
Jerome J. Kocian
Stanback
Farm Bureau
A. J. Darilek Insurance
F. & M. State Bank
Novosad Shoe Repairing
Moulton HS
Strel
Liveradhe
Pianist
General Electric
Cochran & Golch Butane CO
Waelder, Tex
Ford
Moulton
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