This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
8
The Hudson Hut in Hoboken New Jersey claims the world’s largest Y M C A hut serving 5000 men daily. It features a barber shop tailor shop bookblock showers lockers theater game room with twelve billiard tables soda fountain hostess room library and seven Srepigees. Shaves cost 10 cents haircuts 25 cents and with officers 15 cent puttees and shoe shines are popular.
Local notices advertise Leazar the phonograph repairman and sale of sewing machines, boats, mules, land, a Ford car, a gas stove, wood heater, and barbecued meat. Listings include Moulton Texas merchants such as W F Oebel and J T Jaegg, plus Barbecue service and hides market. Prices noted for wood at $3.50 per cord and various items offered by area residents.
Henry A Menefee and Smith Leazar attended a Sunday gathering in Smithville to share in the community event.
Notice from Dr Craven stating he has not quit medicine, will be away briefly, and intends to resume work upon return. He expresses eagerness to work again and signs the note with his name.
Yoakum dentist Dr F W Ledbetter will be in Moulton Sunday and Monday May 18 and 19 to perform all up to date dental work. Crowns and bridge work emphasized. Pyorrhea cured. Teeth extraction promised without pain. Gums treated and improved. Office with Dr K. 4.
John H. Clifford, a Baptist minister and YMCA worker from Tucson, Arizona, earned the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary heroism in World War I. He braved shell fire in the firing zone and helped rescue Col. Albertus W. Catlin of the Sixth Marines on a stretcher. Clifford, 51, born in Oxford, England, preached worldwide and served in France with the YMCA.
Supreme authority over a small army of men has been vested in H H Simmons executive secretary of the Southern department of the Army Y M C A known as the National War Work Council. Simmons, a Hillsboro Texas businessman, is noted on the Texas Y M C A state board. The Army Y M C A personnel in the Southern military department numbered about 1050 before armistice and are being demobilized, with nearly 350 discharged by February 1. The Southern department headquarters are in San Antonio Texas and oversee the six-state camps.
The Sunshine Safety Lamp claims to turn night into day with no wick chimney dirt or smoke and costs less than kerosene. See the lamp at The Hagle office for demonstration.
We thank all who assisted during our daughter Norma Alma Liubruegger's illness and death and for the floral offerings. May God reward you all, August Liubruegger.
At a board of trustees meeting for Moulin Independent School District A Kotzebue was re elected president and John Bucek re elected secretary.
Liprich Wachtendorf of Mora returned Tuesday from Mason where he attended the Lutheran synod. He reports heavy rains throughout the Tibet section.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.