05 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
1
Mr Smallpurse tallies theater and streetcar costs while Miss Gehall says she enjoys the drama but grows tired after late shows. They discuss long rides home and a taxing evening with supper at Rector's and rattling hackmen as a weekly hassle.
In Chicago Daily News style a man answers a question about his absence and asserts he struck the manager for overdue pay. The source also references Mrs. Hanks and a potential scandal as mentioned in Puck.
A dialogue in which a daughter asks for money this summer and her father questions whether she will travel Europe. The daughter declares she will graduate and marry, signaling a shift in priorities and financial planning.
The Washington Star notes growing possibilities for a world moving toward peace. The piece asserts that universal peace has been discussed and that no one has initiated conflict.
A quirky quote records Miss Ginx’s schooling as four years in New York two in Berlin and three in Paris with a wry note on future schooling for kindergartening or painting China.
Evelina asks if Henry loves her less after a two week gap since he last brought flowers or sweets. Henry replies affection remains, but money is tight as pay-day is a week away and he typically goes broke mid-month.
A summer boarder and an old farmer debate a rattlesnake sighting. The boarder claims the snake is fifteen feet long and jokes teeth rattling as proof, reflecting a humorous, dated exchange from the Chicago Daily News.
A short quatrain attributed to Puck echoes the Golden Rule in archaic phrasing. The speaker claims to act toward others as he wishes others to act toward him and ends with a kiss proclaimed as his plea.
The legend describes Archimedes guiding a pupil through a difficult problem until the student finally sees the answer. The moment is described as "the light" in the eye and the solution as absurdly simple, echoing a Greek analogy.
An enthusiast asks if motoring is a fine sport and a friend replies it is too fine for him. He jokes that he has paid more in fines than the car was worth, highlighting the burden of enforcement and fines.
Poetic reflection imagines a future where a millionaire milkman travels in a grand airship. The vision toys with spaceflight ambitions and whimsical progress as a distant, fantastical goal.
A humorous Harper's Weekly vignette contrasts two men over a temporary loan. The needy man asks for a dollar, while the other explains he has promises for repayment and multiple names lined up, illustrating cautious lending humor from the period.
A Oklahoma station note outlines two main insecticide classes. Poisonous mixtures kill pests that feed on foliage or fruit, while sucking insects are unaffected. Proper mixing with fungicides is possible, but misuse can injure plants. Edible fruit would need huge amounts to poison. residues on market fruit would risk sale.
A seed cleaning method uses a water bottle to float and reject light seeds, while a salt solution bin makes sinking seeds easier to separate. Eggplant seeds that sink in pure water float in the salt solution, enabling removal of lighter seeds and impurities.
A lodger questions Mrs. Small about smoking in the parlor. She denies it and challenges the lodger to confront the lamp itself, implying the lamp’s dim glow as the culprit in a witty exchange from Royal Magazine.
Cartoon caption from Harper's Weekly features Doyle and the character Lucullus discussing a Panama hat eaten as a joke. The piece reflects satirical humor typical of 19th century illustrated weekly.
The young bull should lead the herd and be fed proportionally with the milking cow. Food should strengthen the animals rather than fatten them, ensuring balanced nutrition for both.
In First Ward Houston at 4 45 Tuesday morning Jacob Prager grocer and family lived above a two story frame building on Sixth and Kessles streets. Fire gutted the structure and three children Morris 10 Louis 8 Phillip 2 perished in a back room. Burglarized, money found in bed. Insurance on stock and household goods listed at 800.
Dr. Irion, president of the Louisiana State Board of Health in New Orleans, supports quarantine barriers to prevent movement of consumptives across states. He cites Dr. Brumby of Texas for quarantining consumptives as ahead of its time and urges state authority to regulate to curb tuberculosis spread.
The Cuero jury found Monk Gibson guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to death. Foreman F Kraege led the panel. state attorney J W Vandenberge delivered a vivid closing argument detailing the brutal crime. An appeal will be filed.
Cobb says he learned of the situation before his resignation, denying plans for a special legislative session. He indicated awareness preceded his exit and stressed circumstances within the administration.
Senator C M Chambers of Red River County has moved to San Antonio and resigned, disqualifying him from remaining in the State Senate. The Governor may not call an election unless a special session is announced, a point raised after statements by Representative Cobb of San Antonio.
Nine Italians including two women were indicted for murder in the Lamana kidnapping case. Prosecutors say only one may have strangled the boy, while the others allegedly knew enough to prevent the murder. Trials set in St. Charles Parish near New Orleans.
Raymond Gilmore of Van Zandt County, long time journalist clerk in the Senate, has accepted a clerkship in the State Department of Banking and begun duties in Austin. He is a familiar figure in newspaper circles.
A tornado swept Tucumcari NM early today demolishing numerous buildings as a heavy hailstorm slowed the wind.
Swisher County shows a total valuation of 163,181 dollars while Hood County reports 3,272,408 dollars in assessed value as presented to the Controller under the automatic tax law.
Governor Vari aman, candidate for United States Senate, attends a revival in Jackson Mississippi and goes to the mourner's bench where he confesses sins. The event emphasizes his religious awakening during the campaign.
A tornado in Mounds and Kiefer killed Frank Raper a tool dresser for Harmon when a falling derrick broke his neck and back. The Huffsteter lease derrick toppled along with ninety other derricks in the gas field. One gas well burned after a lightning strike. Tests were destroyed and three other men may be killed.
Baltimore to New Orleans and Galevyston the Southern Pacific Steamship Co announces a new line starting July 15. The Chalmette will sail first from Baltimore and will later call at other ports possibly Havana and Porto Rico as service expands.
Lake Charles Louisiana sees a consolidation of Prater Grocery Company with Gulf Grocery Company of Port Arthur Texas. The merged local firm will keep the same management and raise capital.
Temple D. Smith owner of the Cotton Belt Bank of Timpson has let the contract for a fine bank building. Work has begun and it will be a credit to the town when completed.
Apiarist W. H. Laws shipped a carload of bees to Bartlett in Beeville Texas last week. This marks the third car of bees sent in the past two weeks.
Giddings Texas report says Bohemian Ben Bolander attacked a Bohemian and Deputy Sheriff Bob Stanley at Spacek's store near the Burleson county line. Stanley was seriously cut and Bolander fled toward Dime Box wearing handcuffs but escaped and has not been recaptured.
In a burned cottage near Hill County Line the charred remains are identified as John Edwards, a missing Black man. The skull bears violent marks and Sheriff Tilley holds a Black suspect in jail.
In Floresville Texas the weekend brought extreme heat with temperatures rising to 105 on Saturday and staying equally warm on Sunday in a comparatively cool location.
The dry spell after heavy May rains shortens crops. Corn may reach about one third of normal if conditions improve. Cotton is likely to be no more than twenty percent of typical yield.
Ramirena Texas reports prolonged drought causing widespread fire danger and potential cotton crop failure if rain does not come in the next few days. Ramirena area faces crop risk amid dry spell and heat.
Miss Elisbethe Ney Montgomery a renowned Texas sculptress died Sunday at her Hyde Park studio in Austin after a brief illness. She was active in art centers across the country and Europe with works in national and state capitals and other locations. She was nearly 60 and widow of Dr. Edmund Montgomery of Waller County.
A Mexican worker is discharged by Superintendent Holmes at a Bastrop coal mine. Enraged, the man shot at Holmes, who returned fire injuring the assailant. The suspect fled and remained at large after more Mexicans joined the scene.
Wheat jumped above the dollar on the Board of Trade with September options at 1 and December delivery at 1034. The move surprised traders and followed a statistician’s April estimate of 325000 bushels for winter wheat, with Kansas production later revised downward by 10000000 due to damage.
Willie Mansfield sixteen drowned after going under a log boom while swimming near the northern city limits of Lake Charles Louisiana Wednesday night. The body was not recovered.
Corpus Christi Texas hosts a gathering of Southwest Texas truck growers. The convention drew 106 attendees from Robstown area and a large Brownsville contingent arrived a day earlier.
Menard county reports an assessed valuation as required by the automatic tax bill at 1,802,800 dollars. The Austin Texas item notes the county's valuation figure for tax purposes.
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