Local Residents and Visitors Make Quick Trips
Mr Geo Kaiser made a flying trip to Shiner Saturday. Miss Sophia Knapic went to Yoakum Friday evening. Mr Aug G Mueller was in Cameron one day last week. Mr O Waite shipped another car of cattle Friday evening. Mr Wm Hoffmann of Cucro spent days with friends near this city. J Brunkenhoefer the barber will put your razors in order. Miss Gertrude Burger returned Saturday evening from Cuero. County Judge C J Gray came from Stalletsville to visit his brother Dr J D Gray. Prof A W Janszen at Oak Grove school was in the city Saturday evening on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Burger
Cuero
A. W. Janszen
Oak Grove
Local notes report a week of activity and notices
Community updates include illnesses and family visits from residents such as the Krueger, Mitchen and Hoeffert families. Businessmen like E G Cowden and Ehlers are in town. Prof Jaroszewski spent time here. A new 24 by 30 foot warehouse for Frank Biehunko is finished. Cuero ships eleven cars of cabbage this season. The General County Institute is set for March 27 and 28. The Economy Scrubbing Brush is promoted for dry cleaning and ease.
Huntsville nursery contracts and quarry invitation
Mr L Chovanetz patronized the job department this week and accepted the Huntsville nursery agency renowned in the South. The Moulton Sand Stone Company received the engine and boiler last week and invites the press to inspect the quarry. George Woods, 26, of Maurin in Gonzales County, lost four toes while felling firewood with an ax last Saturday, suffering intense pain. County Attorney W P Bagby traveled from Hallettsville Monday to attend Justice court and joined the Moulton happenings by subscribing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. L. Chovanetz
Mrr. Chovanetz
Huntsville Nursery
South
Moulton Sand Stone Company
George Woods
Maurin
Gonzales County
Moulton Road
Woods
W. Pf. Bagby
Halletsville
Justice Court
Mr. Bagby
Moulton
Gonzales Prepares Seventeen New Fire Plugs Against Fire
The city of Gonzales is making extensive preparations to battle the fire fiend. The fire department has selected locations for seventeen additional fire plugs as it readies for any emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Carpenter Ex-Resident Jones Travels Through Town
Mr. E C Jones, a former resident and carpenter by trade who built many houses in Moulton, passed through the city Monday evening en route to Louston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C. Jones
Louston
Jones
Moulton
Novohra Nursery Owner Ships Shrubbery to Halletsville
It is almost a weekly occurrence that Mr. J. R. Jasek, proprietor of the Novohra nursery, ships shrubbery, roses and fruit trees. Friday evening he shipped a load of shrubbery to Halletsville. Mr. Jasek is doing a good business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Jasek
Novohra@ nursery
Halletsville
Jasek
Representative Ponton Seeks Institute Day School Pay Bill
Representative Ponton introduces a bill in the House to pay public school teachers for actual attendance days at teachers institutes and to authorize county superintendents to close schools on institute days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponton
Louse
Local rail engines impress crowds at town view
Last week residents watched Southern Pacific engines on a display near Alleyton. A wreck disrupted service as five passenger trains ran on the Sap route. The Sap engines looked much smaller beside the Southern Pacific giants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railway
Alleyton
Sap
Southern Pacific
Hairgrove Plans Melon Cultivation and Party Invite
Mr. L. A. Hairgrove of the Nickel adjacency spoke in the city Friday about devoting time to growing watermelons this year. He invited us to enjoy a melon party, a premature invitation, with hopes the crop materializes and diversification is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Hairgrove
Nickel Adjacency
Hairgrove
Lairgrove
Working Overtime Eight Hour Laws Are Ignored
An ad touts Dr King's New Life Pills promising cure for indigestion biliousness constipation sick headache and stomach liver and bowel troubles. Millions are always at work night and day with this laxative item sold for 50c at drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Congressman Burgess Sends Cotton Seed to Local Farmers
Congressman Geo Burgess sent one peck of Parker and King upland cotton seed to Wm Wulf G Buescher Frank Wagner Frank Krenek Frank Boehm and Ang Kuehn Sr. The Agricultural Department in Washington distributes seed yearly and asks recipients to plant and report results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. F. Burgess
Wm. Wulf
G. Buescher
Frank Wagner
Frank Krenek
Frank Boehm
Ang. Kuehn
Parker and King
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Washington
Sketch of Capt Walker and Company opens in 1861 Hallettsville
The Hal letsville herald prints a sketch by Juc Buchanan about Captain Walker and a 100 man company from Lavaca county formed at Hallettsville on April 15 1861. One lieutenant and 13 men were killed by Apache Indians off Fort Davis in 1861. Jno S Walker, related to Moulton Walkers, is named among the killed. The full sketch could not be published due to length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halletsville
Walker
Juc. Buchanan
Lavaca County
Fort Davis
Jno. S. Walker
Walkers
Moulton
Senator Paulus Proposes Cotton Weighing Bond and Penalty Bill
Senator D A Paulus introduces a bill in the Senate to require bonds where no public weighers are available for weighing cotton and similar materials. The measure also prescribes punishment for weighers who give wrong samples or incorrect weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.a.paulus
Senate
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Sore in Five Days
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with healing a six month frightful leg sore in five days. The ad touts ulcers wounds and piles as cured and promises 25 cents with a druggist guarantee. Lavaca county roads worsen with rains hindering farmers and even Temple deliveries as sleighs replace wagons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilis Wey
P.A. Danforth
LaGrange
Buckten
Lavaca
Temple
Unsettled Rhetoric On Negro Labor In Town
A reader's racist remarks claim many African Americans refuse work despite good wages and mock their conduct. The letter argues for conviction of a man who refuses labor and accuses locals of idle cakewalk behavior.
Electric Bitters Promised to Cure Liver Kidneys Disorders
Disturbances of strikers warned as overwork and sleeplessness threaten collapse. The remedy extolled is Electric Bitters described as a tonic and nervine that treats nervous tension, rheumatism, neuralgia, malaria germs, and run down systems. Priced at 50c with guaranteed satisfaction from druggists.
Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Ailments
In a 1902 notice from Hasletsville Texas Dr E W Hall proclaims The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles and related ailments for men and women and even children. A testimonial from W B Hawkins and wife backs the remedy and mail orders are accepted with a $1 bottle covering two months of treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
E.w.hall
P. O. Box
St. Louis
A. F. Kotzebue
Hasletsville
Texas
E. W. Hall
W. B. Hawkins
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Ezorse
Barney Lackmann
F. A. Kubicek
Orster
Crockery
Lucas Rennies
John Novak
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Flatonia
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Shiner
Minnie Locke
W.J. Cooper
Yoakum
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Moravia
Rev. Hudecek
Mr. Geo. Kaiser
Brunkenhoefer’s
Miss Sophia Knapic
Kate Patts
Waco
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Cameron
Mr.o Waite
Teachers’ Institute
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Cucro
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C. J. Gray
Stalletsville
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Geo. Hoeffert, Jr
Schulenburg
Epens
Jno. Mitchenl
Hilda Oesterhoff
Austin
Nickel
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Boehmische Accidenz Arbeiten
Gus. Jaroszewski
Scharlottenburg School
Frank Biehunko
C. W. Hampil
Jno. Mitchen
G. Hoeffert
Schulenbirg
General County Institute
Moulton Institute
Brasi
C. L. Crouch
Killeer
Bell County
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G. J. Bohnenkamp
W.T. Bagby
Ayer
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Langsville. O
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Fritz Lueke
Red Top
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Canada
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Novohrad Nursery
J. BR
Novohrad
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New York
Richard A McCurdy
Ias
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San Antonio
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A. Walzel
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