Texas News and Notes From Maniton 1903
A compact local and national roundup from Maniton Texas and across the era. Items include B S Wettermark linked to a Texas bank case en route to South America, bubonic plague reports in Mazatlan, Chicago freezing deaths, Hamburg Bremen emigration figures, and political commentary on poll tax ethics and district representation. Also mentions a Austin hat trend with boll weevils and Henry Watterson’s Monroe doctrine take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.S. Wettermark
Texas Bank
South America
First Texas Woman in Office Sparks Suffrage Question
A Texas woman becomes the first to hold that office and asks why suffrage is denied. A creamery is proposed as a sound local investment, with farmers selling large butter quantities. The piece notes business support boosts newspapers and questions GOP prosperity claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Fy Hh. Sin
Texas
Brenham Six Day Shoot Ends Use of Live Birds
The Brenham event opens on the 26th for six days marking the final big shoot where live birds serve as targets. The birds have been created for a nobler purpose than wanton slaughter.
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Brenham
Beaumont marks second anniversary of Lucas gusher discovery
Saturday celebrated the second anniversary of the Lucas gusher discovery at Spindle Top. Since then oil wealth spurred Beaumont into rapid growth, lifting the population from 40,000 to about 25,000 in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Beaumont
Yoakum Immigrant Aid Group Forms Local Committee
A temporary Yoakum based local immigration association organized Saturday with a committee named to raise funds. The aim is to advertise Yoakum country in state journals and attract settlers, while local papers urge protection of local industry and farmland.
The Bird Hat Debate on Hunting and Fashion
A fragmentary discussion contrasts hunting for sport with use of birds for hats and fashion. It notes the ethical tensions between trapmen, feather wearers, and sportsmen, and touches on economic motives and a general boom in commercial activity influencing attitudes toward birds and feather adornment.
Protect Birds Against Slaughter for Our Crops
The Galveston News argues for strong popular demand to protect birds such as the green bug dove and other denizens of the air. It condemns sport and commercial slaughter as wasteful and urges that preserving birds serves to defend crops and the farmers livelihoods.
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Peter
Galveston News
Flow of Money and Coinage in Early United States History
The text explains high denomination notes, sinking funds, and weights for large sums in gold and silver coins. It covers continental currency issued by Congress, totaling about two hundred million dollars, never redeemed, causing suffering, and introduces the Clearing House as a centralized system for banker settlements.
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Congress
Clearing House
New Year Resolutions for Public Spirit in Galveston
The Galveston Tribune presents a set of New Year resolutions urging civic minded readers to praise home efforts, avoid pessimism, and act generously. It advises doing good deeds, keeping money local, and supporting progress while avoiding negative criticism.
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The
Galveston Tribune
Tax Assesser's Notice for Lavaca County 1903
Fr J Pkesex Tax Assessor announces he will be at Moulton to assess taxes for 1903 on January 19 20 and 21. He asks residents to meet him there to avoid calling on them if absent.
Steady subscriber pays in advance for yearly papers
Notice sells part of Woodley land near Moulton at 255 dollars per acre. Two farms boast rich soil with 35 cultivated acres each and rest woodland and small pecan trees. Suitable for cotton cane or corn.
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Texas
Woodley
Moulton
Music by a good Band Attracts Community Attendance
A local committee invites everyone to enjoy music by a good band. Residents are encouraged to attend for an enjoyable evening and community engagement.
Wied Happenings January 16 1903 school fence repaired
Editor notes school patrons repaired the fence and created a garden for the teacher. Local social items list Mr P J Blaschke and family attending the Fernau Rother wedding at Paget Settlement, Mrs Morgenroth and daughter visiting Mr Gus Vogt’s family in Port Lavaca, and local residents Aug Steeltje and Otto Michales mentioned in Gonzales county.
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P. J. Blaschke
Fernau-Rother
Paget Settlement
Births Reported for Pietsh and Reinhart Pietsh Families
Mr and Mrs Cien Pietsh welcome a son born Tuesday and Mr and Mrs Reinhart Pietsh celebrate a daughter born the same day as a cold norther passes. Texas cities are spotlighted for growth with San Antonio Houston Galveston Austin Waco Dallas and Fort Worth projected to reach major city status.
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Cien
Pietsh
Reinhart Pietsh
Pexas
Illiois
Iowa
Middle West
Pase
San Antonio
Houston
Gelveston
Austin
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kansas City
Memphis
New Orleans
Texas
Teachers Institutes Schedule By Counties And Towns
Institutes will be held at Halletsville Tlalletsville Witting Shiner and Moulton with colored and general county sessions. Dates span January through March with multiple two day events and a placeholder for a yet unscheduled general county institute.
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Tlalletsville
Witting
Shiner
Halletsville
Moulton
General County Institute
Local remedies and ads mix health tips and business boost
An assorted page features letters praising Ballard's Morehouse Syrup, Botanic Blood Balm for skin and blood diseases, Prickly Ash Bitters for Bright's Disease, and local printing services. A Texas reader, Rev Carlisle P. B Martin, extols remedies while A F Kotzebue advertises syrups and tonics. Readers are invited to subscribe and use local services.
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Carlisle P. B-Martin
Lee Waverly
Texas
Potten
Ballard
A. F. Kotsebue
Bright
A. F. Kotzebue
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Bremen
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Rudolph Kileberg
Washington
Kleberg
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Bryan
Tie
America
Britain
Flowey and Finance
Kamekatka
Fr. J. Pkesex
Lavaca County
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Mitprep
Hermann Park Hall
EAGLE
L Halletsville
Manhattan
D. Priesmeyer
Old Barny’s
Medicing
Severa
Severa’s
Malsatn
Io Liangs
St. Gothara’s
Ballsaim
Cedar Rapids
Munn & Co
New York
D. C
Moulton Bottling Works
Kritz Lueke
Galveston
Civing
Syin Plags
Ladies Maby Fire Watanted Medicine Co
Cc Tenn
Sawer
Azuls
A. F. Kotze
Henry D. Baldwin
City Water Works
Shallsburg
Wis
Butlard
A. F
F. Lotto
Fayette County
Debi Isaa
Ava
Seth
A. Poles
Brood Balm Co
Atlanta
Tur Eaeue
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