Elster Birthday Celebration Near Moulton
Mr and Mrs Aug Elster hosted a lively Sunday gathering near Moulton for Mr Elsters birthday with games and refreshments. The crowd included Jos F Heinrich and family and several other local families. Also notes on Pikatke Jurica nuptials at Engle and local farm work, funerals, and St Josephs Society meeting delegates. May 4, 1914.
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Epirgz Bacuz
Aug. Elster
Near
Moulton
Mr. Elster
Jos. F. Heinrich
Ludwig Heinrich
Jos. A. Heinrich
Joseph Heger
Schulenburg
Chas. F. Guenther
Miss Lillie
Otto Lagua
Near Oak Grove
Flatonia
J. E. Reed
John Brunkenhoefer
St. Joseph's Society
Fredericksburg
Jos. Dietschke
John Mueller
Jos. Heger
John Reindl
Eddy
Dilworth Dots. Heavy rains boost farmers and school notes
Heavy rains fall as grass grows among crops and farmers prepare for busy days. The public school closed a successful session with a picnic and barbecued mutton feast. Meta Ball, the teacher, has returned home to Kyle. Cattlemen are busy delivering and George Cooper shipped two year old cattle. Dewberries ripen and health remains good. Lone Star.
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Meta Ball
Kyle
A. P. Cobb
Karnes City
W. W. Lockwell
George Cooper
Lone Star
Public School Report from Sam and Will Moore Institute April
The Sam and Will Moore Institute reports April figures with 216 enrollment and 146 present. Attendance stands at 85 percent with 16 tardies recorded for 1233 grades. grade breakdown shows A 29 percent, B 46 percent, C 16 percent, D 5 percent, E 2 percent. J C Guy, Supt.
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Sam and Will Moore Institute
J.C. Guy
Fraternity's Golden Word for Hearts and Life
A devotional poem extols one word of love as the key to universal fraternity. It envisions angelic praise when humans heed kindly thoughts and deeds, guiding souls toward a divine fraternity and a shared moral voyage. The piece emphasizes love as a universal creed and passport to eternal harmony.
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Devine
Mayfeast preparations by Lorbeer lodge No 63
Lorbeeren lodge No 63 auxiliary to the Sons of Hermann is preparing for the Mayfeast at Hermann park on Monday May 11. A grand parade featuring decorated trades displays autos and buggies will start at 10 30 in the morning. In the afternoon there will be male dancing 0.
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Lorbeeren Lodge No. 63
Sons of Hermann
Hermann Park
Half Million Mexicans In Texas Census Figures
A 1910 census report issued in San Antonio shows 234,179 Texans whose mother tongue is Spanish. This group, about seven percent of the white population, is said to have mostly come directly from Mexico and to have doubled since the last half decade.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Hallettsville Plans $150,000 Road Bonds
The Commercial club in Hallettsville Texas calls a May 11 meeting of precinct 1 citizens and farmers to discuss a $150,000 bond issue to build 42 miles of roads. Colonel R. B. Allen and J W Ragsdale will speak.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Commercial Club
Precinct No. 1
Opera House
R. B. Allen
J. W. Ragsdale
Moulton blanked Yorktown 3–0 in league showdown
Moulton baseball shut out Yorktown 3 to 0 after a Tuesday game. Westhafer and Holt held the Yorktown bats while Niemeyer and Metz sustained the Yorktown effort.
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Moulton
Yorktown
Westhafer
Holt
Niemeyer
Metz
Grand Ball at Opera House May 9
A grand ball will be held at the opera house on Saturday night May 9. The Moulton Concert Band will provide music for the occasion. Everyone is invited to attend and bring friends for a good time.
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Opera House
Moulton
Mrs Hoover and children Visit Ends in Yoakum Return
Mrs. R. C. Hoover and her children returned to Yoakum Tuesday after visiting her mother Mrs. Helena Albrecht for several days.
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R. C. Hoover
Yoakum
Helena Albrecht
Antie Sam Inspects Texas Granaries
McKinney Texas April 30 There were 48 960 000 bushels of corn on Texas farms on March 1 according to returns of crop reporters from the United States Department of Agriculture Compared with last year this is a decrease of or 6 percent plus 50 000 000 bushels of corn outside the state and imports may exceed this amount next year Some grain is shipped from Argentina as tariff laws permit duty free but most supply comes from Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Louisiana and Missouri About 80 percent of Texas corn is merchantable yet largely consumed on the farms only 6 percent shipped out Producers netted 87 cents per bushel on March 1 this year versus 69 cents last year.
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McKinney
Texas
United States
Etment
Argentine
South America
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Louisiana
Missouri
Moulton Defeats Schulenburg In 4 0 Baseball Battle
On the Fla tonia diamond Wednesday April 29 Moulton defeated Schulenburg 4 to 0 in a well contested game. Westhofer and Holt pitched for Moulton with Yaeger and Cooper catching for Schulenburg. Moulton has played two games this season both shutouts for opponents prior to this win. The team next travels to Yorktown for two games then to Eagle Lake for a three game series before returning home.
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Flatonia Diamond
Moulton
Schulenburg
Shiner
Yorktown
Eagle Sage
Professor Guenther Visits City From Can yon Normal School
Professor F P Guenther, a teacher at the state normal school in Can yon, spent several days in the city this week, visiting classes and meeting colleagues.
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F. P. Guenther
State Normal School
Canyon
Death of Charles F. Guenther
The obituary notes the death of Charles F. Guenther in the city on Friday May 1 after a lingering illness. Born Schulenburg February 9 1878 he was 36. A musician who toured with Kitties band and other groups he later earned a UT Austin law degree in 1907. He leaves five sisters and three brothers and is mourned by friends and family. Funeral services were held at his father’s home and in Schulenburg with a large attendance and floral tributes.
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Charles F. Guenther
Mr. Guenther
Schulenburg
Kitties
University of Texas At Austin
Law Department
Toro
Louise Jaterka
Ludmilla Friedrich
Theresia Guenther
Annie Winkler
Lockhart
Tillie Guenther
McClennan
F. P. Guenther
Canyon
J. G
F. J. Guenther
Moulton
J. G. Guenther
Flatonia
F. Guenther
Moulton Club Meets at Moore Institute Friday May 8
The Moulton Home and School Club holds its regular monthly meeting at the Sam and Will Moore Institute on Friday May 8 at 4 PM. This is the last meeting of the year and all members are urged to attend. The program includes Music by Mrs. A. M. Kotzebue and a Song by Mrs. G. von Lienen.
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Moulton
Sam and Will Moore Institute
Court House Square lights honor Cleanest Town prize
Bonham Texas has installed eight iron posts with three cluster lights each around the court house square after being named the cleanest town in Texas by a leading magazine. The lights were turned on for the first time this week.
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Bonham
Texas
Court House Square
Moulton Lutheran Frauen Verein Picnic at Hermann Park
The Eagle notes the Moulton Lutheran Frauen Verein will hold a picnic at Hermann Park on Thursday May 21 beginning at 1 PM. Refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Moulton Lutheran Frauen Verein
Hermann Park
Local trips and school news from the Evergreen area
Miss Della Boehm and niece Helen Boehm visited Yoakum on Wednesday. Rev G Rapp and George Baar left for Victoria to attend the Lutheran synod session. Charles Kossbiel J C Kossbiel and Mrs Jon Mayne of Cuero attended Charles F Guenther's funeral Sunday and returned Monday. Prof J Havel re elected teacher at Evergreen school for the next term as the Evergreen school closes a successful term on April 21.
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Della Boehm
Helen Boehm
Yoakum
Rev
G. Rapp
George Baar
Victoria
Lutheran Synod
Charles Kossbiel
J. C. Kossbiel
Jon. Mayne
Cuero
Charles F. Guenther Sanday
J. @. Havel
Evergreen
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Kopecky Drug
Joe C. Kopecky
Moulton, Texas
The
Guy "Tialsonr
Henkhaus
Dilworth
EaGue
Public School Report
Fraternity
Antie Sam
A. F. Kotzebue
Warne J. Krause
Ed. Boehm, Jr
V. O. Fehrenkamp
William Franke
O. F. Knape
Henry Kloesel
Ed. Stanzel
Joe Haas
Charles Winkler
Henry Mendel
Henry Winkler
Eagle
A. M. Kotzebue
Mrs. G. von Lienen
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