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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1911
Page
1
A plan calls for a $75,000 high school building in Temple. Legislative visit reported to the Agricultural and Mechanical College. Noted large daily peanut consumption in New York and other national events including Lincoln’s 1622nd birth anniversary and regional tax votes.
The Texas Commercial Secretaries Association traces the state’s population centers since 1850, noting a westward and northward shift to five miles northwest of Waco. It covers census figures, county populations, and the divergence between population and area centers, with emphasis on Bexar and Dallas as major 1850 anchors.
France's Helene Dutrieu, world champion aviator, will arrive in New York in March and take part in all American meets next summer. Nine people died and ten were injured when a locomotive boiler exploded in the Katy railroad yards at Smithville last week. Prof. F J Phillips of Nebraska's state university committed suicide by gas in Lincoln. Schulenburg voters approve a special education tax of 123 cents per $100 for public schools.
A Houston Post editorial urges Texas farmers to expand hog production. It argues Texas has ideal climate and soils, notes packers campaign to boost hogs, and says two or three sows can start a profitable herd as population grows and grain prices stay high.
The Shiner masquerade ball Saturday night drew local residents with music by Lorenz Rothbaur's orchestra. Several families visited relatives in nearby towns, including the Flessners of Nordheim and the Rippen family. A soaking rain paused outdoor plans but failed to dampen community social life.
Spiror EAGLe reports a favorable committee vote on a bill to empower the governor with three additional colonels. Westerners led by Homer D. Wade lobby the Katy Texas Central merger issue as lawmakers listen.
Mr Edmund Meyer and his brother Otto Meyer visited Flatonia and Eagle Lake. Prof Frank Schoppe and family passed through Baursville en route to Moravia. Miss Maude Crane departs for St Louis. Boening is improving. Mrs L C Amsler returned from Shi ner and Hallettsville. A surprise party for young folks at Mr and Mrs F G Kaiser with music by the Boursville True Blue Band.
R J Clark, a stockman from twenty five miles below Hallettsville, bought the E Schwartz place and may move here later. Ed Speckels purchased the old Goldberg home from Mrs Goldberg via G A Young, planning repairs and occupancy. The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co moved to a new home in the Appelt building on the public square, with Mr Appelt adding half a stairway to the company’s rooms.
County Superintendent William Eilers announces US Department of Agriculture support to start Boys Corn Clubs in each community. Enroll boys under twenty, each to cultivate one acre of corn, with prizes at Hallettsville and Flatonia shows. Deadline Feb 25 1912. note age limit extension to twenty.
Theodore Roosevelt will guest the National Feeders and Breeders' Show in Fort Worth on February 14 to deliver an address. The event runs March 13 to 18 with railroad discounts promoting attendance.
The Washington House of Representatives approved the Canadian reciprocity bill by 221 votes to 92. Four Democratic members objected to the measure.
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