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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
2
The item lists journalistic notices including a ranch sale in Grayson County about 300000 dollars, Cuba information by Leon J Canova, Texas insurance and education law amendments, and a mill boiler sabotage incident in Gonzales with a potential explosion averted. It also mentions subsistence price subscription and a prominent obituary reference.
Local communiqués describe crop conditions with barley and cotton, and lists of visitors and family gatherings. Peter Antrich and Adolph Kloesel made business trips. Prof. F K Bacek and others attended a Moravia barbecue. Many neighbors hosted relatives, with several Sunday visits noted around Wenske, Baureville, Hochheim, and Moulton. Grandpa Komensky reports the era's community ties and agriculture.
The Shiner brewery is underway with the brick foundation laid and supplies ready to erect the building. An artesian well flows about 1500 gallons per hour. Also mentions Emil Pesek visiting San Antonio and Moravia, and a minor accident in Harwood where Charlie Beeson twisted Wm Taylor's finger during a playful grip.
Hiawatha Encampment No. 57 I O F in Hallettsville elects Louis Samusch as chief patriarch and D R Breeden as alternate representative for the coming term. The encampment meets in October. local Odd Fellows and nearby towns’ members attend. Socialists plan encampment events at Ykum on the 19th. The commissioner's board of equalization in Hallettsville adjourned after hearings on property assessments with about 150 of 200 cited appearing. The mayor aims to improve streets and sidewalks with available funds. Sheriff E Munson returns from county trip after his father Ed Munson’s fall injury easing.
E Stademan visited Halletts ville and Miss Ida Lucke came to Fla tonia. Rev A B Chapman returned to Shiner. Annie and Earle Arnim came from Flatonia. Dr F W Ledbetter will be in Moulton each Wednesday and has a growing practice. Miss Martha Lidiak visited LaGrange. Jno Eilert and wife welcomed a baby boy. A search for a 13 year old assault case near Mount Eden led to Harry Johnson’s arrest in Shiner. a posse and local deputies assisted.
The journal traces a voyage from Moulton to Galveston then Cuba and Spain aboard the Wittekind. It notes passengers and cargo, rough seas, Havana sights near the sunken Maine, Spaniards bound for Corunna, and detailed impressions of Corunna including streets, harbor, markets, and local labor, women carrying coal on Manila baskets, and oxen freight work.
Several farms near Moulton are offered for sale including an 1663 acre black land tract with 94 cultivated acres at 45 dollars per acre and 2000 dollars down, a 170 acre farm with 50 cultivated acres at 20 dollars per acre, a 248 acre well improved farm west of Moulton at 55 dollars per acre, and a 220 acre finely improved farm west of Moulton with five houses at 55 dollars per acre plus a Moulton livery barn for 1000 dollars.
Property listing offers two choice lots near the Lutheran church with prices of 450 dollars and 300 dollars cash. The balance can be arranged to suit. This is a snap.
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