Eastland oil rush shifts from mud to streamline travel
In Eastland County Texas the oil boom areas near Eastland shift from rough 1918 20 travel to streamlined routes. The piece recalls Jess Willard and Frank Day in a 1920s era incident where a mule wagon blocked a road and Willard stepped forward to quell the situation.
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Texas
Eastland
Connelle
Eastland County
Snai
Jess Willard
Frank Day
Day
Willard
Trial Continued in Shotgun Slaying Case
The Emma Leah Fishbeck trial for the 1945 shotgun slaying of her husband Jacob John Fishbeck at their Nursery area farm has been postponed until the fall term. Judge Howard P. Green cited the defense attorney J. W. Ragsdale’s ill health in Victoria as the reason for the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Emma Leah Fishbeck
Jacob John Fishbeck
Howard P. Green
Cuero
J. W. Ragsdale
Herman Sons Begin Memorial Hall Project in San Antonio
Construction starts on a $300,000 Sons of Herman Grand Lodge memorial hall in San Antonio. The new building will stand beside the current lodge hall on South St. Marys Street and commemorate the end of World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Sons of Herman Grand Lodge
South St. Mary’s Street
Jeffersonian Democratic Party Organized in Alabama Rally
A new political party named the Jeffersonian Democratic party was organized Saturday in Birmingham Alabama. Governor J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina was nominated for the presidency and Governor Fielding L Wright of Mississippi was nominated for the vice presidency. The party was launched by Southern leaders who bolted the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonian Democratic Party
Birmingham
Alabama
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Local Newspaper Publication Details and Dates
The Moulton Eagle published by C F Knape and Weldon Knapf releases weekly issues every Friday. Subscription costs 2 dollars per year in advance. paper is entered as second class matter at the Moulton Texas Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Knape Weldon Knapf Publishers and Proprietors
Moulton Texas
Local Student Donald Allen Completes Secretarial Diploma
Donald Allen of Yoakum graduates Baldwin Business College finishing the Executive Secretarial Course and earning the Certificate of Proficiency in Accounting and the Typing Award. He completed Units I and II of higher accounting and was active in the Student Club. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Hudnel Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Allen
Baldwin Business College of Yoakum
Don
Hudnel Allen
Record corn and wheat crops near all time peaks
The Department of Agriculture reports the 1948 corn crop at 3 328 862 000 bushels and the wheat crop at 1 241 751 000 bushels. Corn tops the 1946 peak by 41 million, while wheat trails 1947’s high by 123 168 000 bushels. Conditions favor a larger meat supply next year.
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Department of Agriculture
Fort Sill Captain Visits Moulton After 19 Years
Capt. and Mrs. Arnold H. Aschenbeck of Fort Sill Oklahoma visited Moulton Wednesday afternoon last week. He was born in Moulton and this was his first return in 19 years as they looked up old acquaintances and made new ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold H. Aschenbeck
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Moulton
Capt. Aschenbeck
Old Moulton Baptist Church Service Times
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 00 A M Devine services on the second and fourth Sundays at 10 50 A M Evening Services at 7 45 PM
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Devine
Victoria drugstore changes hands in local purchase
L. C. Schoenig formerly of Moulton and Otto Hanna of Victoria have bought the Hinke Pharmacy, the largest drug store in Victoria. Schoenig has been a traveling representative for Sharpe and Dome products for fifteen years, while Hanna has been connected with the Hinke Pharmacy for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Schoenig
Moulton
Otto Hanna
Victoria
Hinke Pharmacy
Schoenig
Sharpe and
Dome Products
Hanna
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Shiplap
Fg Ae Fehrenkamp & Sons
Moulton Lumber Dealers
International Harvester
Sinclair Products
Kram’s
Moulton, Texas
Gity Meat Market
Roduce
Edwin A. Jaeggli
Dittlinger
Roe
McClellan’s and Pratts Poultry Remedies
Farmers Produce and Feed Co
Frank Petras
Boyce House
Herman Sons
New
AVON
Leona Merrem
Chamber of Commerce
M. M. Wagner
W. H. Pundt
Weldon L. Knape
W. M. Donald A. Bunting
Sec
V. F. W. Post
Legion Hall
Emil J. Jalufka
Eugene Biehunko
Q.M
Geier-Merrem
American Legion
Wm. Miculka
Fr. J. Wagner Jr
State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Carl Smith
Flatonia
OLD
Moulton Baptist Church
Buy Drug Store
C. KR. Kelly
Kallas Motor Sales
Hallettsville, Texas
Ford
Admiral
FORDS
Moulton Motor Sales
Lee Jarosek
Anton
Faltiser
Shiner and
Lone Star
Story’s Drive Inn
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