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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
2
March Texas births 4 764 deaths 2 768. April Galveston immigrant arrivals 1 002. Uncle Sam employs 370 065 clerks up 64 000 since 1907. Roosevelt and family in Norway expected New York June 17. Gen Miles retired injured from a horse fall with two broken ribs. Wealthy St Louis residents donate 3 million to Washington University.
A state bank organized at Lockhart plans to begin business in about thirty days with capitalization of 25000 dollars. In Brownsville the cabbage shipment this season reached 506 cars by October 29, compared with 274 by the same date last year.
Experience shows that when roads are built and maintained well the public consistently desires their extension. The statement ties road quality to political will for future expansion and infrastructure investment.
Indiana Democrats nominate John Worth Kern for the United States Senate. Kern previously ran with William Jennings Bryan as his vice presidential candidate in 1908.
Northern capitalists purchase 16 000 acres in Jackson county to be split into small tracts for colonization. The state education department allocates for May a school fund of 50 cents per scholastic age child. Ernst Linne of New Berlin Guadalupe county, born in Germany April 2 1809, is said to be South Texas most aged resident, still active after many years.
Capt Godfrey Reese Fowler once commanded artillery for the Nicaraguan insurgents and was wounded at the battle of Tisme. He will arrive in San Francisco in a day or two. He is grandson of the late John H. Reagan and hails from Palestine, Texas.
The Roosevelt dam across the Salt river in Arizona nears completion. The reservoir will hold 61 000 000 cubic feet and is the world’s largest artificial body of water. The dam stands 280 feet high and 180 feet on top, with a projected cost of 8 400 600 and irrigation capacity for 240 600 acres.
The House passes a publicity bill amid claims Republicans borrow ideas from Democrats. Supporters expect Senate approval and a new law, while critics note the 1908 Democratic platform favored publicity and the GOP silent on the issue.
The article states that a single Texas business lot has increased in value enough in two years to cover all publicity costs in several cities. It argues vigorous statewide advertising drives growth and raises the state’s profile, asserting advertising benefits for private business as well as communities and the state.
The Moulton fair runs over June 22 and 23, 1910, showcasing agricultural exhibits and prizes. Readers expect contests and displays across the town hall grounds with awards for top crops and livestock.
A village wedding in Isonbalgi Hungary marked the couple Sagath mari celebrating 100 years of marriage. The husband is 120 and the wife 116, with more than 250 descendants. They live modestly, are loved by neighbors, and have never left their birth village.
Mr Oll H Hall and Miss Lucile Johnson wed in Houston on April 27 with Rev A F Sanderson of Central Christian church officiating. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Jake Hall of near Houlton. May they live long and prosper. Joe Wilson of Waelder was injured while boarding a freight train at Flatonia, losing one leg at the knee and the other at the ankle. He was treated then sent to Santa Rosa hospital in San Antonio. he has a wife and one child at Wazelder.
EpITOR EAGLE reports dry weather hoped for and a string of social visits around Moulton and Kuehn's Grove. Local residents Ed Merrem Emma An derle Janszen and others travel to Shiner Wit ting Hallettsville Kamensky and San Antonio with several dances and family gatherings noted.
E J Wangemann a leading Shiner saloon keeper died in Marlin on Sunday aged 47. His remains were shipped to Shiner Monday and buried Tuesday afternoon marking the end of a prominent local figure.
The piece notes Texas has about 4.95 miles of railroad per 109 square miles, with interurbans matching railroads in boosting property values. It argues bringing rail to farms cuts transport costs, equalizes prices for buyers and producers, and highlights $64,000 per mile as land value gains from new lines.
A shipment of fine Jersey cows and heifers has arrived and will be sold or traded for common cattle. Dickson and May operate in Moulton, Texas.
Jor KuBENKA publicly states he will not cook molasses this season. The notice serves as an official declaration to readers and local commerce.
State engineers survey the Buchanan Virginia south road as a link in the New York to Atlanta national highway Representative Hobson introduces in the house bills for ocean to ocean routes along the thirty fifth parallel and Canada to Mexico along the twenty third meridian west from Washington The sun set boulevard from New Orleans through Texas to El Paso Los Angeles and San Francisco would offer year round use and profit for local towns and counties as well as long distance service
A moral exhortation from the New Orleans Times-Democrat praising virtues such as kindness to the poor, cautious judgment, restrained speech, generous acts, and keeping promises. It urges living with integrity, charity, and humility, promising no regret for lighting the blind and aiding the heathen.
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