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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
3
Local items report illnesses and travel, names of residents and visitors, and upcoming May-day events. Candidates for Lavaca county offices are announced, including Gray for judge and Bennett and Griffith for sheriff, with party primaries noted. Community notices cover sales ads, dental visits, clubbing offers, and local commerce.
Rates for Epworth League Convention Austin and Fort Worth and other events in Texas are listed with sell dates and limitations. Also notes on a sick child, a strange rising star sighting, and a drought relief shipment via Laredo for Zapata county donors.
News notes report the U S will give 500000 to Martinique disaster victims. A child of Mr and Mrs Hlenry Kotzebue died after a week of illness and was buried Friday. A meteor was seen in several cities. La Soufriere eruption in St Vincent has killed about two thousand. The German steamer Sakkarah sank off Chile with 500000 in gold aboard.
A miscellany of patent medicines including King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, Herbine, and Ballard's Snow Liniment promoted for digestion, blood enrichment, skin improvements, ulcers, sores, and injuries. Local dealer A F Kotzebue advertises medications and old papers for wrapping, with a half-interest cotton gin for sale near Moulton.
Notices of Deering mowing machines and hay rakes at Henry Krause plus a dance at Darilek Nachlinger hall next Sunday. Local movements include Westerhausens returning home to Paige and a Mexican incident on a local train.
A fragmentary notice lists rates for county and precinct offices with unclear formatting and missing specifics, offering only hints of a formal election or budgeting context.
S L Bennett authorizes the Eagle to announce his bid for re election as Tax Collector of Lavaca County subject to Democratic primary action.
A. B. Devall, serving as treasurer, authorizes his own re-election campaign to the office within the Democratic primaries. The notice signals continued party financial leadership and campaign activity ahead of the primary election.
Tax Assessor F J Pesek authorizes the re election to the office of Tax Assessor of Lavaca County subject to conditions noted in the authorization.
Justice of the Peace Fritz Lueke authorizes the Eade to announce him as an Independent candidate for Lavaca county precinct No 6. He solicits support in the November election.
A testimonial flashy ad credits Champ Clark with recovering from overwork and illness after using Electric Bitters, claiming the medicine restores health for worn out workers and weak individuals. The piece also promotes Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and lung diseases with guaranteed bottles and free trials.
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