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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1905
Page
3
Advertisement notes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a modern blood and system cleanser. Claims to cure stomach and liver troubles and urges readers to try them at drug stores for 25 cents with a guarantee.
A directory lists state officers Governor W T Lanham Lieutenant Governor George D Neal Attorney General R V Davidson Superintendent of Public Instruction R B Cousins Comptroller J W Stephens Treasurer John W Robbins Land Commissioner J J Terrel Railroad Commissioner A Mayfield Representatives Congressman Burgess Senator D A Paulus Stavinoha Floater R M Brown District Officers M Kennon W M Adkinson E T Long County Officers Precinct 6 Justice F W Lueke Constable Otto Arnim Public Weigher County Judge E O Meitzen County Attorney W T Bagby County Clerk Jno Buchanant Sheriff A B Noble Treasurer A B Devall Tax Assessor Eugene Turk Tax Collector S L Bennett Supt of Schools F P Guenther Savoyor H H Russell Commissioners Precinct 1 and 8 J M Miculenka Precinct 2 and 6 E Gieptner Precinct 3 and 7 G W Wehmann Precinct 4 and 5 R B Thrift
Fragmentary OCR from a 1905 newspaper item mentions a date Friday January 13 with garbled names and terms. No clear event, person, or organization is readable to restore a proper card.
Local notes record visits and errands across Lavaca and surrounding counties. Residents including Mrs. Morgan, Julius Kotzebue, Rev Hudecek, Miss Bertha Fischer, and many others travel to Shiner, Yoakum, Halletsville, and Cuero for visits, business, and ministerial duties. Local events mention the Moulton Truck Growers meeting, a wedding, shop ownership changes, and school Arbor Day activities.
Letter from KF W Devor Co praising Devoe paint as genuine and superior to lime based mixtures. Mentions sales by F T Fehrenkamp in Moulton and a tax assessment visit by Kucexe Turk on January 16 to 18, 1905.
Harriet Hloward of New York recalls suffering Salt Rheum and Eczema for years until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured her skin condition. She notes it as a quick healer for cuts burns and sores available for 25 cents at drug stores.
A testimonial extols Electric Bitters as a pure tonic medicine for malaria and related jaundice. It claims the drug cures the disease with no quinine after effects and notes a user from Henrietta Texas praising its life saving value. Available at drug stores for 50 cents with a guarantee.
Frank E. Griswold presents Ten Nights in a Bar Room in a waterproof tent with a full stage and extensive scenery. The 25 cent adult and 15 cent child admissions include free entry for under six when with parents, with capacity for about 2,000.
A reader from Oaklandon Indiana reporting his wife’s recovery from consumption after using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The ad claims the medicine kills germs and relieves one case with guaranteed prices and trial bottle offer.
A. B. Devall, County Treasurer of Hallettsville Texas writes to Dr E W Hall in St Louis praising Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatism troubles and recommends it to others. The letter is dated October 26 1901.
An advertisement touts The Texas Wonder elixir as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles in men women and children. Dr E W Hall claims the product cures gravel diabetes rheumatism and other irregularities and offers mail order for $1 with a two month supply if purchased from a druggist or via post.
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