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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
2
Friday issue details publication rules and rates of a Moulton Texas paper. It reports Karnes County going wet by 150 votes, hints at yellow fever in Progress, Mexico, and notes Roosevelt's nine Illinois speeches last week. It also cites Rourke Cocoran predicting Cleveland’s election if nominated.
A report notes a large liquor spill in Brookeshire Texas provoking anger from the Alkali Eye man and prompting concern over the incident. The article details the scene and reactions from locals who witnessed the spill.
Two of seven miles east of Luling has reached a depth of over 800 feet. A gusher is looked for daily.
Reports claim over a million Chinese are starving and an appeal for help has been launched to address the crisis.
It is announced that Secretary of the Navy Josephus Moody will resign at the expiration of President Roosevelt's current term. Moody plans to depart after the term concludes, with no immediate successor named.
Citizens in Montague Texas levy a special school tax of 50 cents per $100 valuation. The measure raises school funding discussions and reflects local fiscal priorities.
The query asks who Parker is amid chatter boosting him for the 1904 Democratic presidential race. It seeks identification of the figure behind the popular name in the cited exchanges.
S N McLean of Cleveland Ohio introduces a life destroying machine that fires 800 shots per minute, marking a stark advance in weaponry.
The piece notes both nations display cordiality while signaling readiness for a clash over wool. It frames the tension as inevitable, with potential for escalating conflict between Japan and Russia.
A Snoorine scrape at Eagle Lake last Thursday evening left city marshal Kisard Will McDow and Pierce Hammond dead. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Andrew Carnegie gave 1.5 million dollars to fund a palace of peace. The check has been received at The Hague confirming the donation.
A Uorgicage swept over the Philippine Islands the day last week. It caused losses as Uncle Sam lost three ships and may involve millions of dollars in damages.
President Roosevelt travels through Washington and across the country covering approximately 14 000 miles by rail 700 miles by carriage 300 miles on horseback and 100 miles on foot in a remarkable itinerary.
Roosevelt said it was his own good fortune to serve beside Negro troops at Santiago. He added that without them the Rough Riders would have faced harder odds.
A severe cloudburst struck Spart enburg South Carolina on Friday morning June 6 drowning about twenty five people. Property loss runs to several million dollars.
Residents of New Boston Texas hang in effigy Governor Wanham and Bowie County officials following the execution of J E Shutt on the 29th of last month for the murder of J C Wilner.
In Brookshire Texas a mob of about fifty men raided two saloons last week. Both bars were wrecked with bottles smashed and liquor spilled as bullets pierced barrels. The clash stemmed from the recent focal option election.
The Mississippi River has reached its highest stage since 1844 as levees break and thousands of acres are submerged. Several people have drowned amid widespread flood damage and evacuations.
A businessman feud with the editor over a newspaper item leads to the city printing the man’s daughter’s wedding, his wife’s reception, his youngest child’s obituary, and a mass meeting speech in a full write up. The editor explains the motive was to show the town paper would still print the events.
County Court, led by Judge Gray and County Attorney Bagby, opened with filings for minors May and Dunn. Guardianships, discharge of guardians, and final exhibits approved. criminal docket includes Sunday selling, assaults, theft, disturbing the peace, gaming, and obstructing roads with various fines and verdicts.
The June 17 1903 Eagle notes farmers lament drought conditions while Fritz Ortmann of Lindenau visits since the last report. School reopens next Monday as haymaking continues. Phoenix Gun Club held a meeting deciding to build a new hall. A general meeting is set for June 28 and a dance will be held at the Schuetzen hall on the 27th.
A taxi dug on oil land near Muldoon in Fayette County at twenty five feet depth yielded oval rocks saturated with oil, suggesting possible oil in the center. In Halletsville a mass meeting urged deeper drilling as gas and water flow declined, with residents hoping the artesian well may become an oil well.
Dr A Kobro this week received an electrical apparatus with an X Ray attachment said to be highly effective in treating nervous and other diseases. The device is very costly and the only one of its kind in the county.
In Haletteville region three miles northeast of town wolves have killed 36 turkeys, 34 of them young, owned by R. Burn and F. Melnar. A general hunt will likely be started soon to address the problem.
Halletsville resident Hix Green, a popular young man, has enlisted in the United States Army and is serving with the seacoast artillery in Florida. He departed there on May 18 for Galveston, where he completed enlistment, a fact friends learned only recently.
A brief from Gonzales dated June 3 notes C. E. Dilworth’s work on a local well. The item mentions ongoing drilling activity and references the town’s infrastructure update.
Rev Hudecek left for Yoakum Tuesday evening. The bridge east of town has been finished. Mrs Teller of Victoria visited homefolks. Jno Krueger left for Goldenrod Wednesday on business. G Hoeffert of Schulenburg visited Sunday. The Henkhaus area saw rain Tuesday. The Farmer Gegenseitiger Feuer Unterstuetzungs Verein met last Saturday. Fehrenkamp and Lebermann left for Cuero Wednesday evening.
A century old ad copy urges readers living remote from civilization to stock Bucklen arnica salve for burns cuts and wounds. It touts arnica as the best on earth and sells 25 cents at drag stores.
Mrs 8S H Bewwn of Decatur Alabama writes of three years of torment from indigestion stomach and bowel trouble with death seeming near Doctors and remedies failed until Electric Bitters brought miraculous relief The medicine claims to cure liver kidney stomach and bowel troubles and is sold for 50 cents with a pharmacist guarantee
Local notices report the christening of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Jno Vys vial. The column promotes winter's vermifuge for baby digestion and health, household ads for tonic remedies, pain relief, and medicinal tonics, plus printing services and bill of sale notes.
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