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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
1
In Flatonia on Sunday, Moulton fell to Flatonia 8 to 2. Moulton totals show multiple hits and runs as Hallettsville is set to play in Moulton next Sunday afternoon.
Texas leads in railroad mileage and the nation has about four million widows. The Valley carries four million orange and grapefruit trees. The Navy consumes four million pounds of beans yearly. About three thousand five hundred people are a hundred years old or older. If everyone in the world lived in Texas each person would have roughly a tenth of an acre.
A Maurice Angly Lumber Company monoplane halted in Moulton on a publicity tour, landing east of town after circling the city. Crowds welcomed the visitors including pilots and local hosts, with the American Legion Band performing and a pine lumber gift dropped from the plane. The party then traveled to the Moore Hotel for a hosted reception before continuing to Waelder the next morning.
A reflective column argues loyalty to one's home town boosts local growth and prosperity. The reasoning links community advancement with personal profit, claiming benefits rise as business and social life improve, encouraging local allegiance for self interest.
Miss Evelyn Koester spent Sunday in Flatonia. Mrs. Raymond Gray and baby visited in Shiner Monday. Will Meyer of Muldoon was in Moulton Saturday evening. Raymond Gray and Henry Hoyer were in Cuero Monday, Sept. W. E. Smith and family left for Richland Springs last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boehm visited in Waelder and Cistern last Sunday. Mrs. F. F. Nesista of Temple arrived Monday to visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. Melvin Leazar of San Antonio visits Mr and Mrs Smith Leazar while Henry Hoyer hosts guests. Leon Kahanek of Hallettsville visits the Hoyer home. Doris Arnim travels to San Saba to visit sister Mrs T T Walker. L W Sciba family from Cuero stops by Henry Hoyer. Kathleen Preston of San Antonio visits EB Arnim. Josephine Krause from Florida visits her grandfather Henry Krause. Alice von Lienen returns from Seguin college. Jasper Kuhen opens a grocery and gasoline station six miles north of Dilworth. Marie Petrek and Birdie Mae Eilert travel to San Antonio for vacation.
Mrs Louis Schindler is spending several weeks with Mr and Mrs Arthur Glasgow in San Antonio.
Mr and Mrs Helmuth Ellinghausen and Mr and Mrs Gus Pfeil of New Braunfels visited Mr and Mrs August Ellinghausen in Moulton on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Kahanek from MHal Lettsville visited last week to meet her grandson who has set up quarters at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoyer on June 4.
Approximately 1,200 people attended a Memorial Day service at Moulton Public Cemetery on Sunday June 9 hosted by Geier Merrem Post No 392 American Legion. The event featured a procession, prayers, readings, a pantomime, and speeches led by Hon Tom Wallace of Gonzales. The American Legion Band performed and a firing squad salute closed the ceremony.
Mrs Mary Walzer and her son Emil Richter from Nixon were seen as business visitors in Moulton last Monday, according to local society notes.
Milton Falkenberg of Hondo spent several days in town this week visiting his brother, Rev. A. H. Falkenberg.
Adolf Vana Jr departed last week for Mount Vernon Missouri to begin employment with the Carnation Milk Products Company.
Henry Bohnenkamp came back Thursday from College Station where he attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
Mrs. Mae E. Woolsey of Hurd land Missouri and Wallace Graves of Allgood Tennessee sister and brother of W. E. Graves are visiting in Moulton since last week.
Harry J. Leahy, convicted slayer of Dr. J. A. Ramsey of Mathis, received a second reprieve from Governor Moody delaying execution 30 days to July 12. The State Board of Pardons requested time to review a 2000-page record before filing a recommendation. The murder occurred May 20, 1926.
Texas is the leading Jersey cattle state, surpassing Ohio. On January 1 1929 Texas had 955000 milk cows and heifers valued at 58225000. Truck growers ship about 60000 cars of fruit and vegetables annually, and assessed values have risen from 1913 figures to over 12.5 billion now.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kotzebue and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Papacek spent Sunday in San Antonio and New Braunfels visiting local sights and enjoying a day trip together.
Miss Iola Koester attended the cashiers' meeting of the Central Power and Light Company at Nixon on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Harry Meyer and son Charles and Mr and Mrs Louis Knape with son Louis Jr from Schulenburg joined Mr and Mrs F J Meyer of Flatonia as guests at the O F Knape home on Sunday.
Thousands visited Yoakum for the second annual Tom-Tom Tomato celebration with a morning American Legion district meeting. Speakers included S Paulus and J W Hopkins, followed by the dedication of the German world war trophy by the Yoakum Post. An educational parade, 500 students, and a street dance capped the events.
Oak Grove Branch telephone holders met at the Oak Grove schoolhouse for the semi annual session. Minutes were adopted and line condition reports shared. Officers were elected for another year: Theo Wenske president A J Elster secretary E H Gillar treasurer and directors Frank Jilek Jr Frank Wendel Edmund Kubicek Wenzel Hoep fl Rud Heinrich and Jos Stary for lines 903 904 905 909 919 and 920.
Voters in Caldwell county precinct No 1 Lockhart authorize issuing 300000 in bonds to build lateral roads into principal highways. The tally was 599 for and 72 against.
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