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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1929
Page
4
An observer urges residents to register by January 31 and pay poll tax before February 1. March census will count scholastic-age children and a push for city incorporation for improvements grows. Highway work begins linking Moulton to the outside world, with school trustee elections set for the first Saturday in April.
General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, leading to Texas becoming an independent republic. The republic lasts until 1846 when Texas is annexed to the United States under President Anson Jones. Texas then includes areas of New Mexico, Oklahoma Panhandle, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Lavaca county commissioners set ex officio fees on January 18. The schedule lists county judge at 2500 dollars with fees not to exceed 500, county attorney 600, district clerk 1200, sheriff 1260. The tax assessor may pay an assistant 110 dollars monthly.
Washington January 11 Mrs Pearl Oldfield widow of the late Congressman Oldfield took the oath as the fifth woman member of the present House today.
Yoakum January 18 work on the new parochial high school being erected by St. Josephs Catholic parish is well under way. The building will cost about eighty thousand dollars when completed.
Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation and Illinois College of Agriculture analyzed 175 farmers from 1925 to 1927. The 35 most profitable farms earned about $5,000 more annually than the 35 least profitable, despite similar size and costs. Higher crop yields, livestock efficiency, crop choices, pricing, and prudent input use drive the gap.
The Freshmen class met Monday in the study hall and elected Myrtle Kolar secretary treasurer replacing resigning Hubert Walston. Freshmen boys beat the 7th grade 9 to 0 Friday afternoon in basketball.
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