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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
9
A compilation of curiosities from kitchens and stages. It describes Chinese cooks sealing oranges and eggs to hide fillings, Sarah Bernhardt carrying a coffin and skull on tours, claims that birds are evolved snakes, and a lazy island king with 23 wives who smoke his pipe and share the breath.
In 1856 Mr A D Bernard of Corvallis Oregon boasted an apple tree with 50 fruits 12 of which grew unusually large. One apple measured 18 inches in circumference and weighed over two pounds. The trunk diameter was 4.44 inches and the largest fruit reached 6 inches in diameter. Ain't nature grand.
Brief trimmed from an old issue covers diverse snippets. It notes mulberry tree borders in Japan saving fence land, a German triplet insurance society, a 44 year old wedding cake kept since Saginsaw, Michigan, and a humorous take on a preacher's horse. It finishes with a local visit of the Gummelt family and Kaase household in Hallettsville.
Mr and Mrs C F Knape spent the weekend in San Antonio. Harold Knape, recovering from a leg fracture at Brooke General Hospital, is progressing well. They returned Sunday with Wel don Knape and son Weldon Louis. Gus Wachtendorf and family visited Moulton. Edna Marie Gummelt and nephew Jimmie Gum melt from Houston arrived Friday to visit her parents. Gummelt then left Sunday afternoon to San Antonio to see Mrs Harold Knape. Mrs Weldon, formerly Beatrice Cinadr of Moulton, is linked to Frank Cinadr of nearby. Charles W Weldon of Atlanta visited Cinadr last Thursday.
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