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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
1
A compact digest recaps the top domestic and international developments of the week. Highlights cover political shifts, economic trends, notable diplomacy, cultural events, and major incidents shaping the public agenda.
A Katy brakeman J A Dunifer was killed in a railway accident. George Henry shot and killed on Alvarado main street. J M Parry known as Mexican Pete killed at Herman near Decatur. Hugh Jones hanged in Middleton Tenn for assault attempt. John Witt, longtime Postal Telegraph manager in Houston, commits suicide. Rail collision in St Louis leaves engineer dead and fireman injured. Large oil gusher in Tampico now on fire producing at least 77 000 barrels daily. Many rail workers recalled to Shawnee shops setting record employment. United States Venezuela relations severed after diplomatic withdrawal. Multiple local accidents and deaths reported across Texas and beyond.
Former presidential candidate Bryan travels to meet farmers and press for contributions to the democracy cause. He cites rural support as vital to national goals and urges donors to back political reform efforts.
The Democratic ticket leaders Bryan and Kern urge farmers to support the campaign fund. They praise the Denver platform and pledge to publish large contributions while not accepting corporate money. A farmer from Iowa reportedly gave 100 dollars as the first donation. The note also mentions other local items from the convention and a sudden death in Dallas, a rail project, a Chicago hospital birth on a streetcar, and a mayoral relay event in New York City.
Texas bankers vote on guaranteed deposits with 210 yes and 282 no. State, national, and private banks respond with capital totals 1.57 million and 3.334 million respectively. Secretary J W Hooper announces the ballot outcome at Austin.
Austin reports broad satisfaction with the state land sale system as Mustang Island rush subsides. Bids are public and open, with auctions by the land commissioner to prevent favoritism and curb past abuses by county clerks and cattle interests. Policy may tighten residency requirements to deter bidder manipulation.
Disjointed passage describes an inmate attempting to escape from the county jail with crutches. Mentions the death of a garbage man and vague timeline, but details are unclear and OCR corruption obscures names and places. The fragment hints at a Friday deadline and a prison tray incident.
Brumby states typhoid conditions in the northwest are unsatisfactory and require investigation. He cites health officials and regional reports urging immediate action to address sanitation and outbreak risks.
Dr. W M Brumby Texas health officer warns of typhoid risk from polluted water as farmers' education and water management lag. He urges rapid state analysis of samples submitted by county health officers to prevent an epidemic and reduce sporadic cases.
A Missouri state normal school author argues country schooling drags boys to the city and calls for farm education reforms. The piece contrasts farm capital and labor, family labor, and union efforts, urging farmers to organize to improve living standards and price their products.
The Democratic National Committee chairman will not come from the Southern states, stressing a national balance in leadership. The selection signals a shift in regional representation within the party’s top ranks.
Chicago analysis of Judge Kohlsaat's Monon case suggests remaining ad exchange between railroads and publishers until Supreme Court ruling. Attorney Kretzinger notes the decision may permit continued practice, court to reconvene late October, with appeal in progress. In Fairview, Bryan talks tie between Ohio negro vote, Senator Foraker, and Taft. Democratic leaders see Negro turnout pivotal. national chairmanship unlikely to a Southern figure amid disfranchisement concerns.
He pretended insanity to persuade the guard to open the door, then struck the guard and fled. He broke his ankle leaping the wall, aiding his recapture.
Weevils are very plentiful in Kenedy Texas with favorable picking weather needed. Recent showers damaged fields and threaten light yields. some farmers report fair crops but overall prospects look thin for the cotton season.
Bob Williams, a Black man, was struck through the fleshy parts of both thighs by Officer Green while resisting arrest in San Antonio. He was not seriously hurt, processed after being clothed, and placed in the county jail.
Seigeenter outlines plans to enroll a large farmer majority in the state to build a cooperative union. He calls for a strong business department and equal privileges, urging careful study, broad goals, and coordinated action to ensure success and unity across counties.
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, who led the ill fated Russian fleet crushed by Japan in the Sea of Japan in 1905, died in Bad Nauheim Germany from heart trouble. Believed to stem from injuries incurred at the battle.
Cotton markets in Goliad show rapid activity with several thousand pounds received Saturday. The Farmers' Union warehouse holds over four hundred bales from last year's crop, priced 10 cents per pound higher than new cotton. Local dealers have bought all incoming cotton at prevailing prices, none stored yet.
The Coleman Fulton Pasture Company, owning 500000 acres known as the Taft ranch near Corpus Christi Texas, plans a slaughtering and packing house to process cattle for home markets at lower prices. In Mexia Texas the Saturday heat reached 98 degrees, with drought and rain needed. cotton and foliage show stress from late-season warmth and scattered showers.
Information from the southwestern part of Travis County indicates two bales of cotton ready for ginning this week. Austin is set to receive its first bale about two weeks earlier than last year, with the season’s first bale arriving August 3 last year. Improved crop conditions drive the early harvest.
El Campo Texas saw the season's first bale ginned at Carville gin on Saturday at 7 am. It earned a premium of about 35 dollars, marking a notable early start to the cotton season for local growers and the gin.
Flatonia Texas gins are under repair as owners rebuild the cotton platform. Repairs target the season's crop readiness with movement expected to begin by August first.
Thomas L. Walton of East Texas spoke here Saturday afternoon to the Farmers Union. A fair sized crowd greeted him and he will make a number of speeches in the county.
The Maine and Alabama of the special service squadron, sailing from Guam July 14, reached Manila on Monday. The voyage from Guam was uneventful as the ships proceed around the world ahead of the American Atlantic fleet. Floresville tax rolls near completion as county assessor works with three assistants. In Anahuac a barbecue ends with a Negro boy Jackson breaking his leg from a horse. he received immediate medical care and rests comfortably.
In Greenville Texas Miss Bernie Gee a leading young resident collapsed and died from heart failure about 7 oclock Monday morning during at home with her brother.
The state law aims to teach agriculture in public schools with additional subjects like horticulture road building stock feeding and domestic sciences. It provides five district junior colleges with 80 acre experiment farms, annual farmers short courses, and $20 000 per district plus $12 000 yearly maintenance, with A and M College heading the system.
Mrs. S. C. Mirrell writes to the Jasper Florida News urging women to join the Farmers Union to promote justice equity and the golden rule. She argues union principles benefit families and education for children while advocating fairer share of wealth and support for farm prosperity.
Of 19,493,441 bales produced in the year ending August 31 1907 two thirds or 12,885,626 bales came from the south. The 1907 crop is nearly 2,000,000 bales short with about 3,000,000 bales withheld from the market, totaling a south supply shortage near 5,000,000 bales. Cotton should rise to 15 cents.
No flock will pay unless healthy and vigorous. If your fowls are often sick when neighbors’ birds are healthy, a constitutional defect and lack of vigor are indicated. A complete stock change may be the only cure, so seek help to avoid overburdening yourself.
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