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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
2
The piece notes about 15,000,000 votes expected in the next presidential election and flags a fall vote on a constitutional amendment. It proposes six year terms for all state educational eleemosynary and penal boards to ensure better administration and prevent mass retirements, shielding schools from factional politics.
Farmers and Boys Corn Club members are invited to lectures by Paul Wipprecht of the Texas Agricultural Department at multiple Lavaca county schools and the Hallettsville courthouse from May 6 to May 11. District and federal officials plan to attend, with A M College professor H H Williams also invited for May 11. Weather noted as a factor for attendance.
The summer school at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas will admit only teachers. Previously some students could make up work during the summer, but this year the program is restricted to teachers to focus on their training.
The Texas Sunday School Association meets at First Baptist Church in Dallas from Monday night May 6 to Friday night. Indications point to the largest attendance yet, with last year’s Fort Worth gathering drawing about 2,000 delegates and 1,500 visitors from 116 counties, 272 towns and 426 Sunday schools, some traveling up to 1400 miles.
The piece argues no public figure or craftsperson can please everyone and editors should write honestly with a decent pen. It asserts that only a portion of readers may object and that the majority will praise sincere journalism. It emphasizes restraint and integrity in reporting.
Sheriff E H Houchins is seriously ill though some improvement noted. Dr J A Graves of Cuero and Dr J E Lay attend with a nurse aiding his care. The Moulton Eagle marks twelve years of publication praising editor Knape and the paper’s community service. Louis Ploeger buys the Grand Avenue poolroom from S J Muecke. Muecke and wife sail May 4 for Germany aboard the Hanover.
Wm Zappe's saloon in Shiner features fresh clean interiors with two oil paintings by George Schmidt. One piece shows a battleship entering Havana harbor and the other a US Mexican German Austrian flag landscape with an American eagle.
Local butcher advertises fresh meats and scrupulous cleanliness. Highest prices paid for hides. Open until 9 a m on Sundays. Promises to please and gain regular customers.
The text extols the borrowed dollar as a potent driver of development and industry. It notes its risks in careless hands but its capacity to rescue enterprises, build cities, and sustain commerce, while urging rapid circulation and repayment to sustain national progress. Estimates suggest a large aggregate of debt across sectors.
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