Life Story of R S Sterling Triumphs in Texas History
R S Sterling born 1875 near Anahuac Chambers County the son of Civil War era families built a career from freighting to oil founding Humble Oil and Refining. He chaired Houston Port Authority from 1921 expanding the port and doubling Houston’s size while serving as a bank trustee and YMCA leader. He backed a park donation and a Gilveston Bay wooded camp, and in 1927 Governor Moody named him state highway commissioner reforming road policy and tax plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oss Sterling
Anahuac
Chambers County
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Galveston
Kumble
Sour Laie
Raude Abbie Cove
Sterling
Humble Oil Company
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Houston Port Commission
Houston
Ross Sterlin
Ban of Trustees of Hermann Hospital
Ross Shaw, Jr
South Texas
Gilveston Bay
W. R. Ely
Abilene
Ross Steling
South End
Mrot
Schoo
Colleges
Texas
Texas Leads Nation in Cotton and Fuel Taxes, 1929–1938
Texas produced 3.94 million bales of cotton, far ahead of Mississippi's 1.915 million, while the 1929 gasoline tax haul totaled about 20.82 million dollars from July 1929 to May 1938. One fourth funded schools, the rest highways. Fur valued at 3 million with about two million taxed, TEXAS also supplies one third of cottonseed products and 45 percent of exports in those commodities. Electrical output rose about 310 percent from 1922 to 1929, and 53 percent from 1927 to 1929, amounting to roughly 962 million kilowatt hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mississippi
State of
United States
Central Power and Light offers home service in Guadalupe District
The Central Power and Light Company establishes a Home Service Department in the Guadalupe District to assist patrons with energy efficient use of electric ranges and other equipment and to help housewives with household problems. Miss Esther Clark, qualified in home economics and dietetics, leads the program from Cuero district office. She will provide talks and personal guidance upon request through the company manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Central Power and Light Company
Guadalupe District
Esther Clark
Cuero
Miss Clark
American National Red Cross
Clark
Guadalupe
Subscriptions Acknowledged By The Eagle Readers
The Eagle thanks readers for subscription payments since the last report listing names including J. F. Novosad Shiner Ad Nachlinger Taylor J. F. McKnight Hallettsville Joe Meyer Legion L J Kubicex Moulton Emil Siems Moulton John Hofner Moulton Ed Biehunke Moulton Jim Wagner Moulton Miss Ida Lueke Schhulenburg Miss Theresa Martinka El Campo Emil Koester Moulton H C Krueger San Francisco Herman Chemnitz Fiatonia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
J. F. Novosad
Shiner
Ad. Nachlinger
Taylor
J. F. McKnight
Hallettsville
Joe Meyer
Legion
L. J. Kubicex
Moulton
Emil Siems
John Hofner
Biehunke
Jim Wagner
Ida Lueke
Schhulenburg
Theresa Martinka
el Campo
Emil Koester
H. C. Krueger
San Francisco
Herman Chemnitz
Fiatonia
Closing Notice for July 16 1930 Texas convention in Moulton
Local business houses announce closing at noon July 16 1930 for Staatsverband of Texas convention at Herman Park Moulton Texas. The notice lists many firms and banks in Moulton with signatures of Oswald Buescher and L A Migl verifying a financial statement from Lavaca County.
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Staatsverband of Texas
Herman Park
Moulton
Texas
Moulton Motor Company
Emil Grunwald Jahn
Chevrolet Company
Rud, Jaeggli & Bro. Boehm’s
M’’ System
W. F. Oehl & Son
City
City Barber Shop Dr. Oscar A. Darilek
Pundt & Meyer
First State Bank of
the Moulton Eagle Liberty Barber Shop
Jakub Cinadr
O. B. Moeller
State of Texas
Moulton Eagle
Also Mentioned on This Page
F.T. Fehrenkamp & Sons
Moulton Lumber Dealers
Henry Krause
Deutsches Theater
In der Parkverein
Halle
Moulton, Texas
Dem
Theaterverein
Frobsinn
von High Hill, Texas
Die
Alfons Palm
Baumeister
Arabella
Seine
Leopold Wiess
Louise
Joseph
Palm
Versatzen
Rud
Ripper
Rosa Krischke
Edwin Gassmann
Rosa Kahlich Ewald
Rainer American Legion Band
Lustspiel
der Geheimnissvolle Brief
Joseph Krischke
Anna Rainer
Martha Krischke
Ripper N Legion Band
Reservierte
Sitze
J. Reindl
J. Biehunke
der Frohsinn Theaterverein
R. S. Sterling
Moulton Agli
C. F. Knape
Montor
PRESS
Assouclianon
C. P. & L. Co. Home Service Department
Rexall
A. F. Kotzebue Drug Co
Ed. Boehm’s Sons
F. & M. State Bank of Moulton
R. B. Papacek
J. P. Cimrhanzel Lueke & Mueller Louis Mueller Freytag & Cinadr
Minnie Lueke & Company
Lonnie’s Cash Store
F. T. Fehrenkamp & Sons Novosad & Vyoral Moulton Oil Mill
F. W. Neskovik
Ad. Anders Felix Tilicek
Joe Biehunko
F. J. Knesek & Son
Union
Grand Saline
Palestine
Gulf of Mexico
State Board of Water Engineers
First State Bank
U.S
Lavaca
Oswald Buescher
L. A. Migl
A. J. Darilek
Notary Public
Lavaca Co
J. A. Dietschke, Wm. Hillmer, Frank J. Wagner
Ae Fy
Mantton
A. M
W. €. Smith
W. M. William Miculka
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