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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
2
The May 15 1903 issue of The Moulton Eagle notes land investment advice and a large market inquiry claiming Mexico seeks $25 000 000. It also asks Where is Pierpont Morgan in a terse editorial tone.
The line suggests a need to prevent interference by keeping all components orderly and tidy. It emphasizes avoiding obstruction and maintaining a clean arrangement for proper function.
Present indications point to Grover Cleveland as the likely Democratic standard bearer for the 1904 campaign. The former president has strong support within the party, signaling a potential early consensus among delegates and allies.
Last week Tur LaGrange hosted a flower and vegetable show with high quality exhibits and a parade described as the best ever seen in the city. Local residents praised the event and its display of produce and floral displays.
The Crony of Corpus Christi Texas is praised as a good weekly paper. The note classifies it as a solid local publication and places it on a recommended list.
Hon. L. Hudson, representative from Tarrant county, declined pay for days he did not attend the legislative hall. The action is cited as a model for others to follow.
The administration critiques General Miles's report as candid on conditions in the archipelago. The general is not part of the humbugger clique and states he reports on matters as he finds them.
The 1902 cotton crop totaled 10,630,945 bales of 500 pounds each. Texas accounted for 34 percent of U S production in 1900, but by 1902 its share had fallen to just under 24 percent.
A note argues against sending money to distant cities for goods and urges patronizing local merchants while recognizing some local printers rely on outside services. It emphasizes a balanced approach to supporting home industry.
Asserts Americans seized ten forts in the Philippine Islands with 115 Filipinos killed and 60 taken prisoner. Seventeen Americans died or were wounded, prompting speculation on remaining Filipino forts and a claim that this may signal peace.
James St. Hoce at the St Louis Good Road gathering urged trading the Philippine Islands for money and men to build roads. He faced howls and hisses but warned that looming war with Russia could force sons to fight far abroad, turning critics' complaints to sighs.
The text lists collective nouns for groups such as a bevy of girls and a gang of wolves, then extends to a host of angels and a crowd of people, ending with the word Exchange.
The article argues land quality varies but can be improved. It predicts scarce good land, rising prices, and waves of immigrants driving expansion. Southwest lands needing drainage irrigation or terracing can become fertile under capable managers, with tenants buying and redeeming open acres for profitable farming.
Ephor EacLe reports Emil Boehning trapped nine young wolves on a Wied trip. Baursville school patrons meet. Joe Nachlinger re-elected to teach. Kaiser family returns from Freisburg. Fidie Koester spends twelve days in Wharton county. Cotton chopping active.
Penitentiary transfer agent Sisk arrives in Halletsville with a convicts group under Sheriff Noble. The chain gang includes youths and men aged 17 to 35 with sentences from two years to life for burglary theft from person murder and other crimes.
Farmers fight weeds as road boss Biaschke fixes passway. Rev Stock preaches in Moulton. Hunters kill nine wolves in Rocky Creek last week. Schoolhouse meeting next Saturday to elect a teacher. Frimen Verein plans a feast Sunday May 17. G R Stulken of Cost Gonzales county visits.
Henkhaus notes more rain or excess. Mr and Mrs Scholenburg visit Gus Krueger. Oscar Schwartz offers his farm for sale as he heads to California. His family glad for their new California home. Mrs Joe Kleibege and daughter visit relatives. Schoenvogel visits in town. Kubianka buys gun near Flatonia. Beran and Darilek visit. Wendel and Darilek in Shiner. VD Oaken on sick list. Mai-fest postponed to May 17. hail damaged crops near Green’s schoolhouse.
Advertisement claims Dr King s New Discovery cures coughs colds bronchitis croup whooping cough grip pneumonia and consumption. Mrs C B VanMetre of Shepherdstown West Virginia testifies a year of illness ended after one bottle. Trial bottle free and guaranteed by druggists. Regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
The community learned Tuesday morning that Mr. Wm Kneisler died in Houston. Mr. Lucas Rehmer accompanied Miss Lettie Kneisler to Houston on Wednesday to assist with funeral arrangements. Turbage extends heartfelt sympathy.
Flatoma reports J E Faries planted about one hundred acres in watermelons to market in July. He is shipping cabbage from a fifteen acre patch to come in after Coast country cabbage sales. A bull snake ten feet one inch long was killed near Yoakum by Niemeyer and his brother. Flatonia notes a scare during Flatonia High School closing exercises as a fire alarm near a North Main street building caused a brief panic before containment.
cholera increasing in the Philippine Islands. ten cars of onions shipped from Cuero this season. district annual saengerfest to be held in LaGrange next Sunday. bulls control cotton market. highest level 11.80e. in Tennessee experiments with wireless telephone system distance 140 miles. Corpus Christi storm last Sunday wind 42 mph. German agriculturists tour US inspecting livestock and packing house conditions. bureau of navigation reports 35 vessels of 44 619 gross tons built in April. Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala causing extensive damage. coffee plantations nearby destroyed. fire in Ottawa May 10 destroys hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber homeless 2000 people.
Local notices promote Prickly Ash Bitters for kidneys liver and bowels plus Herbine and Ballard's Snow Liniment. Advertisers Kotzebue and PF Kotzebue sell tonics, papers, and cures. priors mention farms, cotton, and boll weevil work. Also promotes The East and Houston Semi-Weekly Post and Ballard items.
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