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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
2
The Moulton Eagle reports that Epison and Marconi, noted inventors, will collaborate on wireless telegraphy. The note appears in a Friday, June 3, 1903 issue with subscription details and submission guidelines for writers.
The town of Otinevil faces a quiet lull following a severe storm. Local officials assess damage while residents begin cleanup and await aid.
Prohibitionist organizers in Bell County announced plans to hold an August election to push for statewide prohibition measures.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that a prospective juror must have paid his poll tax under the constitution before being considered qualified. The article mentions Vicorta creamery 80 Moulton Yoakum limes and a broom factory in passing.
Lagrange Journal quips about hens fed on onions laying eggs infused with onion flavor. It suggests feeding hens whisky and sugar to produce egg nog like flavors, noting the owner of a chicken ranch as source.
The Eagle Lake Advertiser extols Honaake Wolters as one of the strongest Democrats in the congressional district and a top intellect in the state, suggesting he would easily win a party nomination if he entered the race.
Advertisers like Montgomery Ward and Co. rely on publicity from newspapers to create markets. They request paper reprints from districts, compare local dealer use of ink, then send circulars to win trade while local merchants rue mail order.
The General Land Office orders removal of fences built by stockmen across public domain and opening lands to public use. Foes of the measure resisted since Roosevelt's administration, but authorities promise federal court action for further evasion.
The American hen is praised as a wealth producer and the poultry and eggs sales in Missouri last fiscal year led all state products, surpassing corn wheat oats and other crops combined. The piece highlights the hen’s rising earnings power and its prominence among farm outputs.
Brief excerpt notes a saying about happiness tied to avoiding business risk or involvement. The fragment hints at a maxim on personal contentment linked to simple or uninvolved living. No concrete names, dates, or places are present in readable text.
The passage argues courts are costly tools for restraining malice but unnecessary for fair business among honest people. It praises self restraint and mutual respect over court intervention and notes that those with little courthouse exposure fare better, while noting good men avoid overreliance on legal processes.
A collection of quips and maxims on love discipline and life from the Chicago News. It wittily notes that pride precedes a fall and couples contrast old vows with new leaves.
Devastation hits Kansas with widespread flooding from Manhattan to Topeka and Kansas City. Homes ruined, thousands homeless, many lives believed lost as waters reach one to fifty feet in places. Galveston among early aid supporters. Local reports say future totals uncertain.
County court opens summer term with a docket spanning two weeks. Seventy Lavaca county notaries file bonds. Scrap iron drive expands as town scrapes for metal. Artesian well exceeds 800 feet. W G Bair of the Racket Store files for bankruptcy, business closed with nominal assets. John Rothschmidt opens a meat market with electric fans and steam sausage mills. Onion growers face low prices, onions nearing market, several carloads ready. Potatoes expected to ship soon.
A regional roundup notes census figures for Lavaca district showing 477 white and 244 colored children in scholastic age with a gain of 50 whites and 7 colored from last year. Reports from Waelder mention gloomy cotton prospects due to cutworms and grasshoppers, while Halletsville notes dynamiting or poisoning of Russell pool on the Lavaca River. Cuero reports 25 carloads of onions shipped this spring with diverse crops in motion as the season progresses toward tomatoes cucumbers and cotton.
J M Bell aged 77 died at his Lavaca County home near Seclusion Sunday after a five year illness. He was among Lavaca’s oldest residents, well known to early settlers, and was interred the following day with his widow Mrs C D Price living on the home place as the landmark passes beyond the great divide.
Prof. W. C. Buckman plans opening a business college in Cuero after deciding the city suits his venture. Expected to start in September due to heat and preparatory work, with equipment from the Alamo Business College in San Antonio. Buckman
A collage of jokes and quips from Philadelphia Philadelphia Public Ledger Detroit Free Press and other papers. Bits include a baby imitating a brakeman a child planning seed cake and puns about college weddings and missing doors.
Mrs 8 I Newson of Decatur Alabama endured three years of severe indigestion stomach and bowel trouble with no relief from doctors or remedies. After using Electric Bitters she improved at once and fully recovered. The remedy claims to cure liver kidney stomach and bowel issues and is sold for 50 cents with a druggist guarantee.
Train and travel rates announced for events including a Colored Picnic at Lexington on June 6 with 75 cent round trip. Moulton departure at 8 20 a m. Retail Grocers and Bill Posters Convention in Waco June 9 and 16 with convention rate sheet limited sale June 8 and 9 for return June 11. Emancipation Day Celebration offers 100 mile radius round trips at one and one third fares with sale June 18 19 and return by June 26.
An array of patent medicines and tonics fill the page. White's Cream Vermitage claims to aid digestion in babies during heat waves. Herbal remedies like Herbine and Ballard's Snow Liniment promise liver and rheumatic relief. Also advertised are bills of sale for butchers, affordable old papers, and printing services by Tom Kacre.
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