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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
4
Published weekly edition urges local support for war savings stamps and liberty bonds as a funds-raising banner. Sings economic patriotism and home spending, urging residents to buy war savings stamps regularly.
Arthur Brisbane argues that removing ignorance requires cost. He cites a man who sells liberty bonds when he could keep them as an example of folly whose financial loss reflects stupidity.
Collette and Hochheim Prairie school districts in DeWitt county voted down propositions to levy taxes to supplement state school funds. The community’s poverty cited as the underlying reason, reflecting strain on local education resources.
Dallas County in the Texas Panhandle becomes the first county to set up a library under the new law. About a hundred public libraries exist statewide now but soon every county may have one as people can tax themselves to fund libraries.
Tens of thousands of New York City children miss school due to low teacher salaries. The issue repeats in Texas where about 70,000 students did not attend. The author urges state tax funding and centralized school operation to rectify a badly needed system revision.
In Cuero Texas on May 7 suits were filed by Mrs. Joe Waligura and her three sons against Amalie Krumm executrix of John Krumm's estate for 60000 over the December 6 1919 shooting that killed Joe Waligura and wounded his wife as they passed the Krumm house. Krumm was later found dead from gunshot wounds.
The American Library Association mobilizes a Books for Everybody program to aid fourteen million foreign born Americans, aiming to provide English instruction and literature through publishers translators and expanded library services. Two million dollars will fund national adoption of the program emphasizing county libraries and industrial public libraries.
The United States counts 75 000 to 80 000 blind readers with under 100 Braille titles available. The American Library Association supports expanding accessible works, enlisting authors to fund projects and launching Books for Everybody with a £2 000 000 goal, raised by librarians trustees and library supporters rather than a traditional drive.
In May the mood is bright and lilacs perfume the air but stomach troubles dull life. Triner’s American Elixir of Bitter Wine is advertised to cleanse the intestines, ease digestion and relieve indigestion constipation and related disorders. Other Triner remedies like Liniment Cough Sedative are offered for neu ralgia sprains and colds.
Dr. O A Johnson eminent cancer specialist conducts a large Kansas City laboratory offering non surgical cancer treatment with external applications and internal medication. His book titled Cancer Truth will be sent free to sufferers or friends, with address provided for requests.
Emil Pesek announces the opening of an insurance office in Yoakum Texas after completing his work as supervisor of the federal census for the Ninth Congressional District. Captain C Z Sedwick, his former assistant, has returned home to Alvin.
Yoakum Texas May 7 Miss Estelle Dye of Yoakum appears on the honor roll for the academic educational and engineering departments at the University of Texas.
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