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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
4
Local editor reports visits by residents and visitors to Shiner Flatonia and surrounding towns. Notable items include church events, a Corpus Christi service, a big Fourth of July celebration planned, and community notices such as marriages, deaths, and a new literary society. Shiner stores advertise goods while farmers discuss crop prospects and bridge projects.
Thos Goggan and Brothers advertise pianos organs and sheet music across San Antonio Galveston and Dallas offering a full music line for local buyers with regional distribution and sales in multiple cities.
Mrs D A Sullivan and her son Joe ended a two weeks visit with the Mang and Paul families and returned home to Houston. Miss Alma Mang accompanied them.
A group of Flatonia gentlemen named Levendaker Wheeler Cadwell Bluecher and Cockrill passed through last Friday while heading to the Guadalupe river for fishing.
The area enjoyed a welcome rain last Friday night and Saturday that soaked the ground. Farmers report slow steady moisture and seasoned soil, with corn crop assured and cotton expected to grow rapidly, signaling bright prospects for a strong harvest.
Brown Leghorns offered eggs at 1 dollar per sitting and young roosters at 25 cents each.
Superintendent YT Junkin of Cuerg schools announces the appointment of ASSOC Proctor Diesor to the mathematics department at the Agricultural and Mechanical College. Diesor will begin duties on September 23, 1003, marking a new era for the college faculty.
Mrs A H Walker of Gonzales was bitten on the finger by a rattlesnake on Wednesday June 10. She was in dangerous condition for several hours but is expected to recover.
Notice states restaurant has moved to Daritek and Nacurin Gur's Saloon. Owner H. D. Priesmeyer invites customers to visit for value and persuasion.
Monday evening Alfred Balhorn son of Mr Ed Balhorn suffered facial burns from a gun powder explosion. Dr M Kotzebue dressed the wounds and the Intide boy is expected to recover in a few days. Boys should not play with gun powder.
An 1902 testimonial-advertisement promotes Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles for men women and children with a one dollar mail order option two months treatment and testimonials from Dr E W Hall and users in Harrisville Texas and St Louis Missouri.
The Shiner Gazette notes Prank Hodencas has moved from Flatonia to become foreman of the Shiner Oil Mill. He is described as steady and capable, with directors approving the appointment. The paper also records several residence changes in Shiner during the past week including A. Poth moving to the Hummer place, Fritsche taking Poth's vacated residence, and Will Zappe beginning housekeeping in G. E. Rubmann’s former home.
A meditation on longevity cites habits of a gracious old age. The piece praises forgetting disagreeable things keeping calm and pleasant speech avoiding high expectations of friends. It credits sympathy kindness and reciprocity as the lasting recipe for happiness and respect in later years.
June 11 report from Klatonia says at about 10 oclock this morning Mr. Fletcher Sullivan killed a mad dog on the streets. The dog posed no danger to others as Sullivan acted to stop its advance.
A man was shot and killed at Plum late yesterday by W. E. Mc Williams the Katy agent. McWilliams came to LaGrange this morning waived an examined trial and his bond was fixed at 509 dollars, which he readily waived.
Margarito Reyna, a Mexican inmate awaiting a death sentence in Hallettsville, escaped from jail as he fled on a wet ground. A lively chase led to his capture and return to a solitary cell awaiting the next district court term.
Fresh testimonials flood in praising Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and lung troubles. A Benterville Virginia writer says three years of bronchitis ended after taking the remedy. Also advertised are trial bottles free and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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