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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
1
In Charlotte North Carolina three thousand idle workers gathered around the Clifton mills wreck. Rescue efforts recovered several bodies and a survivor with two dead children. Rioting fears rise in Hempstead Texas as saloons face closure and workers seek aid amid massive losses.
A montage of elopements and romance from Kentucky to Belgium and Australia. Charles Bowling and Mary Bradlie travel thirty miles to wed, while Lady Susanna Montlow plans a June marriage to a footman Ernest Bruce. Others pursue gypsy wagon trips, heiress feuds, or novitiates, revealing a pattern of elopement and family tradition across continents.
The article states Russia sustains the world’s largest horse population with nearly 21 million animals, surpassing all other nations. It notes the vast scale of equine holdings across farms and ranches.
In a comic moment at The Spice of Life Cissie gently breaks bad news to Amy about net profit while a green whiskered performer ducks crowds flinging items. A tomato strikes the comic as stage purifiers wield disinfectants the next day.
A family joke unfolds as Harry’s sister presents her husband with a baby girl. The father asks if Harry is proud to be an uncle, but the boy corrects him saying he’s an aunt since the baby is a girl.
In a playful exchange a woman asks how he knew she loved him and he jokes that if it wasn’t love he would suggest she seek a climate change to improve her health while pondering the moment before proposing.
In a tense exchange the American father-in-law reproaches the heir for living in a dilapidated ancestral estate. Count Boylon de Bakkovisnek counters with insistence that repairs are needed to house the daughter safely.
A Washington Star quote has Farmer Corn Tessell asserting trust in government, claiming decades of buying postage stamps without being cheated. The exchange highlights public skepticism versus personal experience and routine government dealings.
A quip about profit and losses centers on a confusion over a net joke. The speaker notes his wife’s mother was tangled in a net, sparking a pun about net profit. The exchange rests on a light wordplay between business terms and a domestic mishap.
In a quiet street scene a druggist asks what the visitor wants and the man at the door replies he needs to look in the city directory to find his own address. The exchange unfolds through a bedroom window as the night bell rings.
News from St. Louis reports a levee near Madison collapsed trapping about 150 workers from the American Car and Foundry works. Fifteen men are believed killed as the section crumpled and escape routes were cut off.
Police led by a correctional judge raided the office of the illustrated pet comic El Padre del Ahuizote in Mexico City and confiscated the latest number with articles and caricatures against government officials. The establishment was closed but editors remain free.
Port Gibson Mississippi reports William Russum a leading county merchant was struck and killed by a fast freight on the Natchez and Jackson railroad at Tillman station. He died while attempting to save a pet dog.
A small steamer from St Charles reached Black Walnut Island to save about 200 people in distress seeking food and shelter. All were rescued and taken to safety. Details remain unclear.
The Vatican formally announced Rev. J. J. Harty, pastor of St. Leo's Church in St. Louis, has been named Archbishop of Manila. The appointment was conveyed from Rome yesterday.
Beeville Texas reports widespread boll weevil damage to cotton with some farms infested by thousands while others see few pests. Farmers hire laborers to collect weevils, yet optimism remains for a good cotton season alongside a strong corn crop in the area.
In Nacogdoches Texas trustee G W Eas on presided over the sale of the firm estate by sealed bids. Mrs E V Davidson bought the bank building for 10100 dollars and A Zeve purchased the post office building for 2311 dollars. I L Sturdevant keyed compress stock at 450 dollars and EB A Blount took water works stock for 401 dollars. A 400 acre Angelina county land bid was rejected.
Galveston firm J A O Rourke Co announces they will start delivering rock next week to repair the south jetty breaches caused by the 1900 storm. They pledge quick filling and say the work will not delay seawall construction.
An attack was aimed at a prosecuting witness in the Jett and White cases at Jackson Kentucky. The incident signifies ongoing legal proceedings and protective concerns for involved parties. Further details on suspects or motive were not provided.
In South Carolina the floodwaters and debris surge toward the ocean. Deaths estimated fifty to eighty with Clifton and Converse hit hardest. At Clifton No 2 twenty six homes destroyed and mills valued at millions wrecked. Congaree rises 27.5 feet near danger, crowds watch from banks while rescue boats save cotton bales and aid flood victims.
In Jackson Kentucky, a long night of shooting leaves 163 shots counted. With no town marshal after the killing of James Cockrell and Sheriff Callahan not acting, jurors are gathered from Magoffin County as Curtis Jett and Thomas White return to the same cell.
Palestine Texas unions announce free telegrams for fire and flood sufferers in Kansas and Missouri. Authorized committees will transmit these telegrams via Western Union and Postal Telegraph through local agents.
A pithy quip suggests the chronic kicker believes the ultimate purpose of humanity lies in feet. The remark frames a humorous view of priorities and bodily concerns.
In Taylor Texas Fannie Baker a colored woman gave birth to triplets two boys and a girl with births at 5 10 a m and 5 20 a m The mother and babies are reported well John Baker the father works for Mr Howard Bland secretary of the Taylor Fair Association plans to exhibit the babies at the county fair on July 2 3 and 4 as products of Williamson county
The Salina Kansas flood worsens with more rain and a rising river. No trains can leave westward and many families are cut off from supplies as the situation deteriorates.
Arabs continue to find miniature arrow heads cut from jasper and carnelian in desert sands. These tiny relics are still strung into necklaces as charms and keepsakes.
A genuine smallpox case has been reported in Llano County Texas fifteen miles from town. Officials say there is no danger of spread though several have been exposed. The patient recently returned from Kansas City.
The first novel by an English woman writer is The Adventures of the Black Woman by Mrs Aphra Behn, published in 1684.
Louis Staum of Net Brookshire dies after several months illness at his residence last night. He came to Texas in the 1840s, lived in Harris county as a blacksmith before settling here. He leaves two sons and several grandchildren. Interment was at the German cemetery yesterday afternoon.
The handsome new capitol building in Jackson costing $1,000,000 was dedicated today with imposing ceremonies. Distinguished citizens and visitors attended as Chief Justice A. H. Whitfield and Bishop Charles B. Galloway delivered orations.
A Waxahachie residence owned by Rev. S. E. Kennon and occupied by John Maledar was destroyed by fire with all household effects. Loss on the house unknown but fully insured. furniture loss estimated at 1000 dollars, insured for 500.
Three English monarchs visited Rome Aethelwulf in 855 Canute in 1026 and Edward in 1903 marking royal pilgrimages to the Eternal City.
Evansville officials probe a nighttime assault on the Park City from Bowling Green as it neared Green River. Several men fired on the boat and were repelled with Winchesters. Passengers panicked but no injuries reported. No motive yet established.
A mob of men fired at two saloons in Brookshire wounding no one reported as the incident drew a large crowd and police began inquiries into the gunfire.
Andrew Carnegie offers to donate four thousand dollars for a public library building to Laredo provided the city guarantees ten percent annual support. The offer comes from the Woman's Club of Laredo and would create a funded library in the city.
In Denison Texas the Denison West cotton gin owned by the State National Bank was burned last night. Loss is estimated at about $6000 with $3500 insured.
The scholastic census for Gonzales county in 1903 04 lists county districts 5904 city of Gonzales independent district 687 Waelder independent district 255 total 6846. This shows a gain of about 100 pupils over the last census.
The town of Sunderland has approved installing electric lighting in workingmen's houses owned by the city. The decision aims to modernize housing and improve safety and daily life for municipal employees.
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