Poll Tax Reminder and Local News Roundup
Two days remain to pay the poll tax as Terrell city plans a population figure of 66 113. Curcaco Democratic Club backs General Nelson Ackles for President while Roosevelt aims for 20 000 000 navy funding. A fire destroyed Wourson’s dry goods in San Antonio. damages reach 340 000 with 240 000 insured. A devastating tornado in Mowndville Ala. killed 37 and injured many as businesses were wiped out. The Washington court district hosts notable trials including Star Route and Guiteau cases near a police court set beside the former Unitarian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Court Room
Washington
Republicans Post Office
Bonine
Unitarian Church
Channing
Texas patents granted this week and reported for Tue
Texas patents granted this week are listed by C A Snow & Co patent attorneys Washington with names and items including steam boiler sheet metal roof joint ice cream freezer releasing valve gear for Corliss engines bench plane baling press and pipe or rod holder. Send ten cents postage with paper date for copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington, D. C
F. I. Chase
Smithville
I. H. McEvoy
Dallas
J. Prade
Waco
O. H. Robison
Huntsville
Corliss
E. O. Stolander
Deepwater
A. C. Linsley
Fay
Baling Press
Vownsend
Fort Stockton
A. Now & Co
Senator Lodge and the Mishandled Sumets Part
A fragment from the Richmond Coaster contrasts Senator Lodge with a desire to remain in office. It praises civic volunteers who aid the sick and needy and serve schools and churches, then condemns a small class that takes from the public without giving back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Alamo Fund Subscriptions From Moulton Citizens
A historical appeal to Moulton residents invites donations to save the Alamo buildings. The list shows multiple subscribers including Mrs. M. W. Keesee and Mrs. L. E. Moore with varied contributions up to several dollars, reflecting community support for the cause in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Daughters of the Republic
Alamo
The Happiest Man In Everyday Life
An essay on the happiest man as a plain, frugal worker who earns his bread by honest effort. He saves modestly, provides for his family, respects others, and avoids vanity. He seeks balance and moral welfare rather than grand wealth or power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Stock Exchange
Creamery economics and milk to butter production
A creamery yields about 5 to 7 pounds of butter from 100 pounds of milk with the housekeeper receiving 2 to 3 pounds. A ton of butter fat is worth $400 and costs 50 cents of soil fertility. Compare the fertility costs of butter and crops and note daily cow output and weekly pay.
Cattle Farming Risks and Returns in Dairy Operations
The article discusses risks to field crops from pests and weather, and compares dairy profits from milking cows. It notes a farmer earning about 45 to 65 dollars yearly per cow for butterfat, plus most milk goes to cream and feed or sale, with manure and yearling considerations. It urges attendance at the afternoon meeting.
Roosevelts new cabinet bureau seeks prison data
The Department of Commerce and Labor, under President Roosevelt, requests full quarterly details on all Lava ca county prisoners for 1904 including names birthplaces crimes sentences color and personal description. The aim appears to be a national crime statistics system or rogues gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halletsville
Shriff A. B. Noble
Department of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
Charles B. Cortelyou
Lavaca County
United States
King Cotton Sits in Palace Exhibit at World’s Fair
The article describes a grand cotton exhibit in the Agricultural Building at the World’s Fair. It features a lavish scene with King Cotton overseeing cotton fields and mills in operation, highlighting cotton’s central role and the Panama Canal’s impact on Southern trade routes to the Orient Looser context notes 500 million consumers wearing cotton cloth and a envisioned short route to Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Cotton
Panama Canal
Orient
Exhibition to showcase cotton industry from field to loom
A grand exhibit will feature the cotton industry, with a central dome and a staff sculpture titled Spirit of the Cotton Industry. The display spans 15,600 square feet behind a 300 by 52 foot facade, using cotton imagery and decorative metalwork. All cotton growing states will contribute cotton staples for the countrywide display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific Ocean
Union
Ladies Aid dinner planned for church benefit in February
From Halletsville Texas Jan 23 the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will host a dinner luncheon and supper on February 2 for church funds. A Trip Around the World is planned for March. Several locals and visitors are noted among the week’s social visits and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halletsville
A. Stankiewicz
Salletsville
Texas
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Methodist Church
Yetta Schwartz
Victoria
Leola Esmonds
Houston
Wrest
Will Roodes
Little Son
Lovelady
Miss Cole
Barnet
Miss Perkins
Wharton
Zach Persons
P. P. Pudney
Eagle Lake
Retia Garner
Rock Island
Mark Moore
W. Arnim
Diverse 1900s events span mines disasters and naval arrivals
Reports detail a Cheswick mine explosion burying 150 men, cotton at 16 cents in New Orleans, a large Charleston cruiser launch, a German Gazelle visiting Galveston, and a Sour Lake fire destroying much property. Also noted are Philippine frontier injuries, a Utah mountain lion kill by a girl, and an unusual Corsicana marriage to a mother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheswick
Charleston
Texas
Galveston
Congress
Sour Lake
Washington Letter to The Eagle Reflects on Government Statistics
The piece notes the new Department of Commerce report revealing 1903 national statistics on cattle arrivals, railway miles, flour marketed, and coal mined, while critiquing the value of such compilations. It recalls the Patent Office as the first scientific bureau and lists numerous federal agencies, then shifts to a political chorus on treaty honesty, and ends with a winter vignette including a Cabinet dinner hosted by the Postmaster General and Mrs Payne with a grand display of pink carnations and bride roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Geological Survey
Statistical Office
Census Office
United States
Patent Office
Payne
Rosevelt
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Aver
J. A. Gruenenfelder
Grantfork, I
Ayer
Adress
Moulton Eagle
Izmape
Turx
W. J. Bryans
McAco
Windy City
Curcaco Democratic Club
Nelson Ackles
Navy
Wourson
Main Plaza
San Antonio
Hhoss
Galveston News
Mowndville
Ala
Senstor Lodge
Mishad Sumetts
Vial Hay
Stu
Lodge
Alamo Fund
M. W. Keesee
L.E. Moore
J. H. Nations
Ed. Boehm, Sr
Daisy Peterson
Jno
Bueek
J. T. Jaeggli
J. O. Holbrook
Ees Geo. Bau
W. Janszen
L. Ax Meiners
H. Etlinger
Pat Iveballs Jr
A. Brunkenhoefer
America
R. A
N. R. Stone
Pres
McKinney
F. A. Kubicek
L. A. Meiners
Neighborhood Notes
LaGrange
Jan
Fritz Marquet
Plum
New Orvleane
Odell
Platt
Hanna
Elihu Root
Philippines
Roberts
Vexan
Tessie Edwards
Clarks Park
Utah
Corsicana
Tie
John Sharp Williams
House
Channel of the
Potomac
Alexandria
A. Baur & Son
Buchk
Steel Cook
Moulton and
Stapice
Famcy
Lucas Rehmet
Severa
Nancy
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