Moulton 1902 News Roundup and Local Incidents
53 years ago Solomon Hoetema was sentenced to hang in a witch killing case in Chock Tow Indian territory. Reports note crop damage from rats and a boll weevil like insect near Rusk Texas. Tomatoes fetch 1.25 per crate. Africa sees peace efforts between Boers and British. Efforts begin to organize a string band in Moulton. Mr Neumann’s wagon incident at the depot ends with medical care after a wagon wheel crush. Fritz Eilert Jr. of near Moulton dies. The Catholic Cemetery sees a long funeral procession for a local. Rebuilding of the Catholic School Convent has begun. County funds for hulsary dipping remain available. Local cattle conditions improve. Dr J G Louis Sun's son from Holm of Moult referenced. Election records show 219 votes on chicken at large question and 67 votes for mayoral election in April. Louis Ehler visits from Shiner on Saturday en route to St Artena College graduation. Rev J Schoenfeld officiates as Mr and Mrs Henry Schoenfeld welcome a new arrival north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk Texas
Africa
Moulton
Neumann
Jacob Taers
Fritz Eilert Jr
Near Moulton
J. G Louis Sun
Charles
Holm of Moult
Louis Ehler
Shiner
Baldwin graduate takes job in Victoria firm
Emil Alvin Hessler, accounting graduate of Baldwin Business College at Yoakum, accepts a position with Wood Law Lumber Co in Victoria. The 1924 graduating class includes Bessie Biehunko and others. The First State Bank of Moulton installs an electric posting machine that alerts when deposits are overdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Alvin Hessler
Baldwin Business College
Yoakum
Wood Lawa Lumber Co
Victoria
Alvin Com
Henry Hermann
First State Bank of
Moulton
Sam & Will Moore
Bessie Biehunko
Vlasta Miculka
Sidonia Hruska
Bernice Knape
Ednad Reischl
Mildred Riske
Louis Knesek
Joe Etlinger
Jesse Rehmer
Henry E. Kotzebue
Indictments and contrasting views fill This and That
Bascom Giles faces five new indictments while critique targets other figures. The column questions why Giles draws little smear coverage, cites farm and city life tensions, and riffs on marriage norms and independence among American and European women with remarks attributed to Judith Crist and a chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles
Hig
Greenhorn
Judith Crist
Texas Farm Bureau Queen Contest returns large field
J Walter Hammond announces state wide queen contest with 100 county bureaus planning entries. The winner receives 500 for a Cinderella trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in December in Chicago. Contest emphasizes appearance poise and personality over bathing beauty standards. District eliminations run September 5 17 with finals on September 22 in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas Farm Bureau
J. Walter Hammond
Chicago
Bureau
Hammond
Texas
Madame Butterfly dress with lace butterflies by Gra cette
Silky cotton sheath and jacket ensemble features printed tiny butterflies. Lace trim rhinestones accent the neckline while the bolero adds versatility for many occasions. The National Cotton Council says adaptable prints should be summer favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracette
National Cotton Council
Farm price supports blamed for hurting small farmers and towns
The piece argues current government buys to prop up prices creates storage gluts and wastes taxpayer money. It criticizes factory farms and inequitable acreage, calls for subsidy based supports and expanded rural training while warning of regimentation and loss of independent farming.
Strangely, Mother's Labor and Modern Conveniences Compared
The passage contrasts a mother without modern aids who raised a large family with a daughter relying on conveniences who struggles with motherhood. It then shifts to geopolitical musings on neutral states in Europe amid Red threats, mentions Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, and ends with a discussion of early exploration and Native American ancestry.
Reminiscences From a California Reader to the Moulton Eagle
Otto E Seifert of Lynwood California recalls Moulton history from 65 years ago. He mentions Ed Boehms Store blacksmith Nolan wages then versus California today, employment in blacksmithing and painting, and notes on local weather and hail. He praises local newspapers This and That and Here and There and asks about opportunities to earn high daily wages painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Nolan
Old Moulton
California
Nolan
Moulton
Hou
Oldsters
Minnie Papacek
Helena Albrecht
Malec
John Janacek
Otto E. Seifert
Seminole Ave
Lynwood
Calif
West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Solomon Hoetema
Leopold
Hallettsville
St. Artena Com
Witting
Rev
J. An
Henry Schoenfeld
Baldwin
Bascom Giles
Pat
IRLL
Farm Bureau Queen
Tion
Alton
Wagner
Bla As
Anton Faltisek
Moulton Texas
Madame Butterfly
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Western Europe
Columbus
America
Paul Herrmann
Greepimre
St. Brandan Tels
Pre Welch
Sea
Florida
Jackson Farm Mach. CO
Kram
McCormick Farm
UARTE
Fumalec Publei
John EF. Danacek
Moulton, Tt
Moulton Sexas
Emil Zmeskély
Mr. and M
Roscoe Hoepfis
Jamin Hoepfl
Amg
Kee
Uke
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