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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1924
Page
2
Julia Bottomley reports on the knitted two-piece suit as the spring outerwear trend. The boxcoat and mandarin styles lead, with interknit borders, bold color contrasts, and practical efficiency, featuring powder blue, navy, tomato red fibers, and various finishes.
Texas railroad commission figures show 426 people killed and 1543 injured in 1236 grade crossing accidents over six years. Auto crashes caused most fatalities. 101 deaths occurred in 1918 the peak year. three railroads reported no crossings in 1923.
The Texas supreme court will decide the validity of the $4 per seat tax on for hire motor buses after it reviews certified questions from the Tenth Court of Civil Appeals. Earlier, Houston El Paso and Dallas County courts struck the provision as unconstitutional. The ruling impacts highway maintenance funding and procurement plans statewide.
Angered by the murder of Andy Sulser, four mob members were wounded when they rushed the Angelina County jail Wednesday night to grab Booker T. Williams, Sulser's confessed killer. Sheriff R B Watts and six deputies held the jail and fired after warning the crowd a gunbattle would decide the arrest.
Arkansas produced about 5,078,750 bushels of rice in 1923 based on an estimated 130,080 harvested acres and an average yield of 38.8 bushels per acre. The preliminary report is from Charles S. Bouton, agricultural statistician, released Wednesday in Little Rock.
The senate approved all Governor Towner nominations in San Juan Porto Rico and backed a resolution supporting the Porto Rican legislative committee in Washington. The panel works on determining the island's future status.
The Texas State Treasurer paid registered warrants issued Friday totaling 366,890 up to No 40500. The treasury deficiency dropped to 3,619,762 the lowest in months.
Bay City resident James Lewis received a coop of wild turkeys from a Western Texas ranchman and placed them on the Hawkins ranch to restock the timbered area with game birds.
Lydia Avery Coonley Ward author and magazine contributor dies in Chicago at her son John Steward Coonley's home after several weeks of illness. She was 79.
Nineteen liberal members of parliament have signed a manifesto opposing the government's plan to lay down five naval cruisers and two destroyers.
In fall 1868 Lew Crandall and George Williams faced a Blackfeet pursuit on the Blackfoot Reservation in northern Idaho. Crandall's rock throw and swift actions diverted a attack, Williams escaped, Crandall fought off traps and endured three days without food or sleep before going blind. A Lost Fort Lapwai detachment found him and guided him to safety.
In 1869 Abilene Kansas earned a frontier nickname for its wild town. Tom Smith of Kit Carson Colorado became town marshal and quietly disarmed the crowd by demanding weapons be surrendered. The cowboys yielded one by one, and Abilene was tamed without a single gun drawn.
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