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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1905
Page
2
The piece notes the enduring charm of Valentine customs and praises the Resinol Art Calendar for 1905. Six sheets feature color designs of babies and children on one side with child life drawings and spaces for noting babies sayings and doings on the reverse.
A solemn petition to the Lord God of all asking endurance and courage as belligerents approach. The speaker seeks divine aid to bear losses, keep faith with liberty, and uphold rights amid danger, vowing to endure and die for the cause.
The February 8 ceremony formally confirmed Roosevelt and Fairbanks as President and Vice President elect under constitutional requirements. Washington observers note debate over rail legislation and a potential special session, but the President believes public opinion will push Congress to act in the autumn.
A San Jose correspondent describes Salt Lake City landmarks the Temple and Tabernacle. The Temple, begun 1853 and finished 1893, is 186 by 100 feet with a 222 foot central tower and a gilded copper statue. The Tabernacle seats 10,000, houses a famed 5,500 pipe organ, and hosts summer recitals by Prof. J J McClellan with a 550 choir.
In a letter to the editor J G Luxpsen notes Great Salt Lake ten miles from the city with water over 20 percent salt. despite many mountain streams entering, the lake is shrinking each year. He signs off with regards to Moultonites. Also an ad lists two deep red Durham bulls two years old priced at $15 each from J W Grivvin Nickel Texas. A spelling match is scheduled for February 23.
The hour notes Texas patents granted this week with inventors and places including C A Snow Co Washington DC for Turnade, G E Madeley Whauffmann railway switch, W B Moore New Boston folding table, H H Miller Palestine desk attachment, R F Parry Dallas perpetual loose leaf docket, J M Riggs Seabrook rail joint, J C Taylor Dallas at lock, J B Woods Minneola cotton chopper. The issue also mentions sample copy status for non subscribers.
The article defines diversification as integrating farm outputs into multiple enterprises like livestock, dairying and poultry to ensure year round profits. It argues using crops to support other activities, reducing waste, and avoiding debt on a single crop, praising intensive farming as the new method.
Farm and Range warns Southwest shippers to form a united front before planting and shipments begin. The piece argues that competition will hurt all growers as market conditions worsen without a coordinated plan, noting missing safeguards without a Northward World’s Fair market and rising rates.
Senator Bacon leads Democratic push for a Santo Domingo treaty with the President aiming to submit to the Senate soon. The effort relies on Senate advice and consent and two-thirds ratification. Roosevelt plans no railway rate bill this session, but will call Congress into extra session in October to avoid weak measures that aid trusts.
A commentator predicts Fairbanks and Grant will be the Republican standard bearers in the next national election, naming them as likely leaders for the party.
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