12 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
1
Col Peters announces formation of a guaranty company with a five million dollar capitalization. He seeks investors and outlines the planned operations, regulatory steps, and leadership structure for the venture.
Col E S Peters outlines warehouses to store and finance cotton as part of a 5 million dollar backing venture. He foresees 250 to 300 new warehouses by late October to handle this year’s crop, with 15 cents a pound as the likely price for growers.
Dialogue from a New York Weekly item shows a writer named De Posey denying a poetry or novel success and admitting to abandoning literature to sell class items. The exchange questions his finances and past works.
John Mainwaring, observing Sybil Leith draw men with her beauty, falls under her spell and plots revenge on the woman who shattered Griffith Deane. He confronts Sybil on the beach, proclaims love, and discovers she has used him as a tool in a cruel game of heartache.
The London Globe discusses how American birds might traverse 2000 miles of ocean, estimating speeds from 100 to 245 miles per hour for different species. It cites Katze's calculations and notes sightings of American birds in Sicily and Ireland, plus a 1887 British report of westward flock movements from Rathlin O’Birne toward America.
The article reports Salini Monday and Sange Dunne receiving five year sentences to serve at San Quentin penitentiary. The crowd erupts in cheers as the judge and officers attempt to maintain order. The scene includes defense attorney Farrell and Sheriff ONeill arguing over the celebration.
Aok comments on Japan's posture amid talks on naval strength and Western expectations. He asserts Japan will not acknowledge American fleet growth and urges caution in diplomatic signals between nations.
Viscount Aoki the Japanese Ambassador to the United States says the Censorious Organ does not reflect government views. He notes Japan would not see increased American naval presence or extra warships on the Pacific as a menace. He cites Japanese naval visits to the United States and says the San Francisco police court matter will be resolved in courts before any embassy action.
Old Camden recounts a tale from Henry VII's era where Sir Philip Calthrop purges shoemaker John Drakes of Norwich for attempting to copy a knight’s gown. The tailor makes Drakes’s gown with the same fashion and many cuts, provoking Drakes to vow never to wear gentlemen’s fashions again.
Louis Mofield of the Yancey neighborhood delivered the first bale of cotton in Hondo on Saturday. The bale, ginned free, earned a $10 merchant's premium and was sold to Schmitt & Steinhart at 12 1/2 cents per pound. It was from stubble cotton.
A teacher in a negro school sought to inspire students with Tuskegee and other black achievements. After a talk praising Booker T. Washington, she asked a boy to name the greatest Negro. The student quickly replied Joe Gans, чуд unexpectedly.
Beaumont, Texas man W L French, 35, died Friday night at 1408 Johns Avenue after taking a pomegranate root decoction to treat a tapeworm. He took a second dose about 4 30 pm. physicians failed to save him. Funeral held Sunday at Magnolia Cemetery. The item mixes with unrelated notes on weather, prescriptions, and a quoted medical manifesto and fiction excerpt.
He sneers at bread she made, wishing aloud to be an ostrich. She retorts that only feathers from his old hat would suffice, criticizing his lasting neglect since their wedding.
A New York Herald piece highlights a public guardian officer at Fourth Avenue and Twenty Third Street who enforces street cleanliness by targeting banana peels. The officer detains offenders, requiring them to pick up the peels and dispose of them properly on the sidewalk receptacles.
The 10 year old daughter of T M Norwood at Howland was badly scalded Monday after spilling boiling starch on her arm while moving a pan from the wash pot to the house and slipping into the hot liquid.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a pre-digested, ready-to-serve food that requires no preparation. It claims the product is scientifically made, fully cooked at the factory, and sweetened by natural grape-sugar exuded during manufacture. It promotes use with cream or hot milk and invites readers to try The Road to Wellville.
Smithville Texas reports heavy rain Friday morning and again at night. Farmers fear the wet spell will boost boll weevil numbers, though hot dry weather could help hold them in check.
A large crowd of Italian residents from Houston Galveston and nearby coastal towns gathered in Dickinson on Sunday for a picnic celebrating Garibaldi's birthday. Grounds were decorated with buntings and Italian and American flags.
In St Marys Texas a four inch rain ended a dry spell Wednesday morning. The rainfall brings scarce drinking water relief and fills parched water holes, easing local thirst. The downpour provides needed moisture after a period of drought.
The first Elbert peach crate of the season arrives from Texas and is received by S. Segari & Co. at New Orleans. Following a request from S. J. Verhalem of Standard Orchard Co. of Scottsville Texas, the fruit will be disposed of at public auction with proceeds to the Louisiana Anti Tuberculosis League.
Two men were involved in a cutting affray in Houston's Third Ward on Thursday night about 8 30 o clock. William Middleton is hospitalized with knife wounds to the back and hip. William Ferguson is under arrest charged with assault to murder.
Forest Malone drowned while swimming with companions in Boom er creek near Stillwater Oklahoma Wednesday night. He had been diving and his companions thought he was still performing when he disappeared underwater.
Congress man Sheppard spoke to about 7000 listeners at the Abilene Fair Grounds on the Fourth. An estimated one third of the audience were Woodmen, gathering for the event in Texas.
Jim Harris a Black man was tried in the district court Wednesday evening for burglary. Verdict returned guilty and a ten year sentence. The crime occurred in Yoakum.
The article notes that after the Pure Food and Drugs Act all liquid patent medicines must disclose alcohol content, averaging about ten percent though varying. It discusses alcohol as a chemical preservative and solvent, used in small amounts in many ready to use medicines.
A chilling claim ranks the Terrible Mafia above the Naples Camorra De Paris Apaches and the Black Hand of America as the world’s most powerful secret society, despite reports of their ghastly deeds.
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