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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
2
The Moulton Eagle announces a Saturday issue date of June 9 1901. It lists Ex A Wronefee as publisher and editor with annual subscription of one dollar and notes postal receipt as a second class matter in Moulton Texas.
As summer daylight stretches long, the piece urges promoting a local industry to spur Moulton toward city status, highlighting economic potential and community development.
If farmers who doubt weevil control try remedies used by others they may see their mistake and protect their crop. The note suggests trying proven methods to reduce weevil damage and safeguard yields.
Report states that 34 barrels of Beaumont oil equal one ton of coal as fuel. If true, this could greatly reduce fuel costs for factories using Beaumont oil as a replacement.
The Wharton Weekly Eagle, described as a well equipped plant and one of the best papers in the state, is offered for cash sale for the next 30 days. Editor McKnight cites failing health as the reason for selling.
South Africa reports reveal the war draining England at eight million dollars weekly with no end in sight while Boers gain ground. Dan Emmett the Dixie composer dies at Mount Vernon Ohio aged 86 after a long retirement and isolation.
Dallas will host the upcoming United Confederate Veterans gathering with a warm Texas welcome. Oil prospects at Dam Mound draw officials and locals. Capt Lucas of Beaumont predicts Dam Mound to become a world leading oil field. Waelder merchants paid 15 cents per hundred for boll weevils but funds ran out after collecting 50 000 in two days signaling a big weevil crop.
An exchange recalls a revival where a man called himself the town’s wickedest and an old deacon began a hymn. townsfolk laughed. The notice then shifts to local topics: plans to secure fuel for factories, Moulton progress, farmers fighting boll weevils, and various local ads and personals including medical cures, education travels, and a new blacksmith partnership.
To anyone suffering with Dyspepsia Indigestion Sour Stomach or Heart burn take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets All druggists are authorized to refund the money in any case they fail to cure Price 50 cents per package Sold by A F Kotzebue druggist.
A New York Sun correspondence notes Texas leaders compare the state to vast geographic measures. Statements claim Texas exceeds several states combined in area and equates to a belt eleven miles wide around the globe or a strip to the moon, described as a roadbed lane to the sun.
State department to complete negotiations for the Danish West Indies with a price of 4 000 000 dollars. The deal would be closed by the president once Congress ratifies, and the islands are deemed valuable for their seaports and strategic importance.
A historical verse sketches ten lodge members at a gathering, each fate met by different fraternal groups including Maccabee Odd Fellow K of H Woodman Red Man and others. The final stanza shows one lodgeman drinking alone and taking the others home.
School reopened last Monday but field work lowers attendance and residents report sore eyes. A ball at Shiner drew some youths and a store building event is planned for next Sunday with music by the Moulton City band. Profs Baron and Smothers visited. Mrs Kieb has been ill. a light shower fell Wednesday morning.
Ig natz Schindler reports three failed tapeworm treatments before trying a Mexican Herb Remedy. He claims complete success without starvation or debility and endorses it for others. Notarized in Schulenburg Texas April 30 1901 by John St. Wrba with witnesses F. Schaef and Theo Wolters. Sold by A. F. Kotzebue and F. A. Kubicek druggists.
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