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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
2
Local newspaper note shows C F Knape as posttanker and proprietor with Friday issue schedule. Subscriptions priced at 1 dollar annually in advance. Office location listed Up Stairs Bank Building for the July 2 1909 edition.
Builders and carpenters are at work on multiple projects in Moulton including Vladike Boehm’s barn on Moore Avenue and Otto B. Eilert’s near completion residence. New plans for E Studeman and Hermann Thar homes promise upscale city living as West and South First streets developments proceed.
Governor Campbell's military staff listed with names from Texas towns. Georgetown Commercial quotes city attorney Rector calling ex Governor Sayers a falsifier after a prize fight white wash. A Texas ranger scene is noted with a murder outcome. Rev. John Bergener departs for Arneckeville to assume Lutheran pastor duties aided by Rev. G Rapp. Hermann Park Verein plans a July 3 dance with Moulton Hecho band. Frank Schumann, 29, dies after two weeks of typhoid fever. funeral held at Moulton Catholic cemetery. sympathy expressed for survivors.
Local option election in Lamar County produced a prohibitionist win. First bale of this season's cotton shipped from Falfurias to Houston weighed 44 pounds.
The clipped OCR shows loan categories and balances including personal or collateral loans at 66 575, real estate loans at 38 807 43, and real estate banking house at 8 000 00. Other items include furniture and fixtures 2 250 00 and cash items 38 50. Total resources appear as 56 281.
The document records a 1909 bank recital with signatures of E Studeman and J Bucek, noting deposits and capital, followed by local society updates. It mentions births to Biehunke and Richter families on June 24, court lunacy conviction of Frank Selzer, a rumored Moulton fire company fundraiser, and general community notices.
Carl Bunting came back Wednesday from an extended stay in Uvalde. Mrs. Ernst Pelzel returned Tuesday from a several day visit in St. John. John Schuetz, a substantial farmer from Baursville, was in town Tuesday and ordered The Bauex sent to his address. Tau Raaus takes pleasure in this attention of it.
Jacob Kure and D. Lockmann returned from Marlin after two weeks testing sulphur wells believed curative. Walter W. Lockstedt of near Dilworth was in the city Saturday, paying the office a call and noting crops thriving in his area.
Rains improved fields and cotton looks good though weevils and bollworms are plentiful. Local residents like Peter Antrich, Miss Terzie Antrich, Mary Wenske and many others visited Shiner, Charleston and nearby towns. Community events included a Saturday night party at the Vogt home and a dance at Appelt Hill. several people traveled for business and visits to Moulton, Cheapside, and Columbus.
The Sa note column reports Supt. C A Peterson and family leaving for Peebles Ohio for the summer. Hallettsville surveys for a new brewery site with land bought from Gottlieb Helweg at 250 per acre. Gen A P Bagby hosts a family reunion with all children visiting. Leopold Mascheck considering an independent sheriff bid after two terms as deputy. Bud Moore and Bert Mitchell return from a two week Nueces river fishing trip with John Thurman and Alvin Blalack. humorous exchanges describe their trip while Uvalde party to be heard from.
June showers fall daily in Boursville causing cotton damage while a crowd gathers for Emil Vogt birthday at Rud Vogt home. Funerals and visits from nearby towns mark the week as residents attend services and social visits in Moulton Hallettsville Novohrad Kamensky and Shiner areas.
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