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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
2
A collage of quirky snippets covers politics, fashion, and society trends. Topics include a Boston minister on marrying for $16 a week, a professor’s coaching pay, fashion copyright notions, and playful jabs at Parisian duel etiquette. Several oddities touch on weather, crime, and inventions, all in brisk newspaper vignette style.
A three possession misfortune follows a diamond ring theft from Mrs Estelle Croxson in a downtown Denver hotel. Jack Chandor allegedly wears the ring, a pawnbroker resists, a constable disarms a gunman, and the ring ends up in the district attorney's safe to be used as Chandor’s trial evidence. In New York a traffic plan for Fifth Avenue limits commercial vehicles after 1 PM and bans empty vehicles and left turns, forcing drivers to circle blocks to cross.
A. J. Klamm of Kansas City Kansas returns home after five years of wandering across the western United States and Canada. He surrenders to police in Kansas City following the long journey and claimed conscience as the reason for his return.
Klamm, named as one of Edward Strong’s attackers in Kansas City in 1907, was arrested after the riot and died soon after at the jail. He reportedly told guards he would sleep soundly for the first time in five years.
A 28 year old woman identified as Mrs May Auhmana was arrested at 118 Independence Avenue by police who say she is a bandit. An informant quoted her describing stickups as fun sport and noting she enjoys the reactions of victims.
Arthur Zell of Rochester and Aurelia A. May of New York wed in Newark with the ceremony conducted over the telephone. The service, reportedly witnessed by a relative from Waynesville, Ohio, marked a unique telephonic nuptial occasion.
Chicago pigeon fanciers question if a homing bird could cross the Atlantic after a Chicago press dispatch claimed Ernest Robinson’s pigeon returned to England in twelve days. Experts doubt such feats and note the Canada to England route seems impossible. Mrs. Julia Banedt and M. L. Simon are among local entrants in a 300 mile Chicago race, Lady Banedt winning with a 1,357.58 yard per minute average.
One hundred fifty thousand dozen eggs were sold in various city stations by the League of the Housekeepers in Philadelphia. The event occurred on a single day, with proceeds likely aiding domestic aid programs.
W W Stockberger notes hops can be grown nationwide but commercial production centers in Oregon California New York and Washington. Poor winters and damp weather hurt yields, with soil texture drainage and depth crucial. Cuttings from young plants yield better disease resistance and productivity. pruning timing and string trellising improve quality and harvest. Proper drying and sulphuring dominate hop quality.
Garden and field seeds lose germination after two or three years except squashes and other cucurbits. Fresh seeds germinate reliably next season, while saved seeds tend to poor stands or fail altogether. Buy new seeds yearly to ensure vigor and thrifty plants. Old seeds may sprout but with weak vitality and inferior growth.
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