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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
1
W. E Parr argues for the Moulton Independent School District special tax citing Bureau of Education figures. He claims a high school education yields about $20,000 more over a lifetime and that one day in school is worth $11, making annual tax costs small compared to the benefit for each child.
The column lists numerous farm families around Shiner in 1917 visiting, hosting, and spending weekends with relatives and neighbors. It notes a severe frost damaging gardens and details social visits involving the Darilek, Krejci, Machart, Machart Jr, Veselka, Miculka, Bevan, Pustejovsky, Batey, Woebler, and other families, ending with the date March 6, 1917.
Henry Etlinger and Miss Ella Krueger traveled to San Antonio during the early week. G J Bohnenkamp joined them. Louis Schmidt of Kenady arrived on Tuesday to visit his parents Mr and Mrs John Mang and other relatives.
Old Moulton Fritz Meyer of Shiner visited in our section on Monday for business. Geo R and Henry A Cook were in Boursville Monday. Mrs Hy Cook and daughters Amalia and Elizabeth spent Tuesday with Christian Cook and family. Mr and Mrs Hy Cook and sons Henry A and Charlie in Flatonia Wednesday. Hermann Sauer in Dilworth Saturday and Sunday on business. Fred Fuller of Flatonia and Miss Elizabeth Fuller of San Antonio spent Sunday evening with Henry A Cook and sister. March 5 1917.
Preparations for a basket supper and entertainment at Oak Grove schoolhouse on Sunday March 18 begin at six o clock in the evening. Proceeds benefit the school. Three prizes of 2.00 1.00 and 50c will go to the top basket sellers among the ladies. Pupils will present dialogues recitations and songs. All are invited.
Business visitor H. 2. Menefee spent time in Rock Island this week. Mr and Mrs William Schmidt and their daughter Miss Wilda from Yoakum visited relatives and friends early in the week. Edward Boehm Jr has awarded a contract for a large residence near the Sam and Will Moore Institute with construction to start soon. Rev H A Heineke will conduct English services at the Lutheran church on Sunday March 11 at 7 45 PM. Everyone is invited to attend.
A Detroit Free Press meditation on honesty, asserting true integrity shows when wealth, fear, or pressure tests a person. It argues that genuine honor appears in sacrifice, keeping promises at the cost of wealth or desire, not merely in easy days.
Corpus Christi visitors drop by in the week as Miatonia and Paige relatives travel elsewhere. Debut of a birthday party for J. Schmidt Jr and a seventieth birthday for Mrs C. M Kotzebue. Train schedule updates for the San Antonio and Aransas line. Jim Sofka hosts a birth anniversary gathering in Oak Grove. Mr and Mrs C M Kotzebue mark their golden anniversary last October.
Mrs Willie Franks hosted the Baursville Lutheran Frauen Verein gathering on February 28. Members worked on needle crafts, served coffee and cake, and presented Mrs Rud Vogt a rug for church upkeep. The group donated $5 to the Asylum for the Epileptic in Axtell Nebraska.
The Moulton High School Literary Society met on Friday March 2 1917 with Allen Daehne presiding. The program included a dialogue A Kick in the Vice Versa music by Anita Richter a debate on abandoning the Monroe Doctrine with listed affirmative and negative speakers judges Anita Richter Johnnie Guenther and Wesley Hal and three jokes by Rufus Hell.
District court meets next week in Hallettsville Texas with a light civil docket the smallest in years. Fifteen new civil cases filed since the last term include eleven divorces. Several old cases will be set for trial in the first two weeks. The criminal docket is also small.
The Sheppard bill prohibiting liquor in the District passes the House after a long filibuster with 273 votes to 137. Flood Control Bill funds Sacramento and Mississippi river projects. President signs with new pen. Congressional delegation to visit Texas planned by Rivers and Harbors Committees with a large group and special train, plus invitations to Texas leaders. R L Henry is honored with a silver service dinner for his service as chair of the Rules Committee.
President Wilson signed the postal appropriation bill containing the bone dry prohibition and an administration revenue bill to raise 350 million dollars through taxes and bonds. The bone dry clause bans liquor importation into states prohibiting manufacture and sale, expanding bone dry states to at least twenty two, while Texas remains unaffected by local option. The act also bars liquor advertising mailings to states prohibiting such ads.
Mrs Ed Studeman and Miss Elsie Jaeggli attended the chautauqua event in Flatonis on Friday, joining other local attendees for the cultural gathering.
Mrs Ed Studeman hosted the Forty-two Club on Wednesday afternoon with four tables set for players. Nine games were played, and Elo Febreckamp earned the high score and the club pin. New members Elizabeth Quebe deaux and Chas Ripple joined the club, which will meet March 15 at Mrs K Tomasko.
The Home and School Club will meet Friday in the school auditorium to elect officers and discuss important business. A splendid program by sixth grade pupils is planned and all members are urged to attend. Reporter.
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