Moulton Eagle May 18 1901 Edition
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
2
Notable Texas Figures and Local News Digest
Obituary notes Baylor University president Dr Rufus Burleson dies at his Waco home. A Topeka trial declares Mrs Nations guilty for breaking into a saloon with an insanity defense. Local bets discuss school tax, boll weevil meetings, oil prospects, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus C. Burleson
Baylor University
Waco
Looming Strike Ties Up To 500000 Workers
A strike set for May 20 could directly involve 150000 workers and indirectly affect 350000 more if the International Association of Machinists' demands are not met. They seek a nine hour workday with ten hours pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Machinests
Farmers and Merchants Congress Forms in Brenham
A Farmers and Merchants Congress was organized at Brenham last Saturday to wage a systematic fight on boll weevils that are destroying the cotton crop in the area. The new group aims to unite efforts to accomplish substantial progress against the pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants Congress
Brenham
Weevils Swarm New Ulm Farms Hit by Cotton Damage
A New Ulm special reports boll weevils in the area in the millions with cotton crops ruined in some fields. Farmers uproot cotton and switch to June corn, signaling widespread damage and rapid crop replanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
Beaumont Oil Boom Expands as 301 Firms Set Up
Since the Beaumont oil strike on January 10, 301 companies have been chartered with total capitalization of 111,500,000 dollars. Not all will operate there. most will prospect in the interior rather than at Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Fire chief lets fire burn to meet president in Santa Barbara
While a presidential party gathered in Santa Barbara to await a parade, the fire chief received word his house was on fire. He refused to intervene, saying he could rebuild, but might not get another chance to see the president. He met the president after his home burned to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
California
United States
Snake shipment boosts South Texas coast industry
A Port La Vaca shipment moved over 4000 pounds of venomous snakes to a San Antonio snake oil factory this spring. Dealer George Olthouse arranged the consignment and the price reported was 25 cents per pound, per Frank Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
George Olthouse
Frank Dixon
Port Lavaca
San Antonio
South Texas
Rex Tea Promised to Cure Constipation and Kidney Complaints
Advertises Rex Tea as a cure for constipation and kidney complaints claiming it purifies the blood and beautifies the complexion. States druggists will refund money if it fails and cites a price of 25 cents per package from A. F. Kotzebue, Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Kotzebue
Health tonics and dietary fads spark editorials
A fragmentary column discusses tonics priced at 50 and 75 cents by A. F. Kotzebue and Dr Tammer’s forty day fast idea. The piece mocks extreme fasting and reflects editorials about eating as a habit and the impracticality of such theories for daily life.
Severest Cold Curable By Right Treatment
A bold claim markets Bro moline as the fastest cure for colds lagrippe and neuralgia with an absolute guarantee. Sold for 25 cents by A F Kotzebue, refund if it fails to cure. Also reports a Tuesday wreck injuring an engineer and fireman and damaging two trains at the Colorado river water tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Kotzebue
Colorado River
Smithville
Scoundrel Fires On S A P Train And News Agent Shot
Report of a Sunday morning attack on the S A P passenger train with a gunman firing, injuring a porter and a news agent. Authorities warn of murder as investigation proceeds and notes on boll weevils troubling farmers, now reportedly fading with a theory of local breeding and emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hego
SS Cers
May Festival in Wied Texas Highlights May Queen and Local Clubs
Farmers busy with crops as Tax Assessor Pesek visits Wied. May Feast attracts large crowd with Witting and Hochheim Schuetzen Verein processions. Miss Louisa Nollkamper crowned May Queen, Henry Miller Jr. named king. retiring royals are Miss Mary Stulken and Richard Fertsch. A grand ball closes the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wied
Tex
F. J. Pesek
Halletsville
Baursville
Wm. Tell Club
Witting
Wm. Morgenroth
Hochheim Schuetzen Verein
Appell Hill Band
Verein
Louisa Nollkamper
Mexican Herb Remedy Promises Tapeworm Cure
Igna t z Schindler reports three failed tapeworm treatments yet labored success with a Mexican Herb Remedy. Notary John St Wrba records the 1901 affidavit in Schulenburg Texas with witnesses F Schaefer and Theo Wolters. Drugs listed for sale by Kotzebue and Kubicek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatz Schindler
Schulenburg
Texas
Fayette County
John St. Wrba
F. Schaefer
Theo. Wolters
Witch Hazel Trade Depicted as a Fake In New York Scene
A New York drug store discussion on a witch hazel trust features a manager denouncing a dramatic woodcut of natives transporting bark. He insists most witch hazel is produced in New England factories with bark harvested locally, calling the image a fiction. The piece also notes Captain A D Loeffler who has long kept guard at the White House door, meeting presidents and candidates since 1869.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Witch Hazel Trust
Shore Line
New York and Hampshire Road
New England
White House
Washington
A. D. Loeffler
War Department
Army
Garfield
Hays
McKinley
Ohio
The Wash Man Has Come
A Philadelphia woman learns of a new field for the superfluous man in a tale where a maid Liza claims the washman has come. The mistress doubts and cites a suddy job on Locust street as the washerwoman’s work shifts to a man now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Liza
Locust Street
Washman
Lizs
Club error misreports Kasson death at half mast
A Washington Metropolitan Club commotion arose when a caller told the club that John A. Kasson, a board member, had died. The club flag was lowered to half mast and a death notice posted, but three hours later Kasson appeared alive to deny the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Kasson
Metropolitan Club
Washington
Kasson
Kohn A. Ka
The Increase of Cities in Early US Census
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt notes dramatic shifts since 1790 the fourth city Charleston S C has fallen to sixty six and Salem Mass from seventh to one hundred tenth. It recalls there were only six cities over 8000 population and no western towns like Jersey City Newark or Washington appeared on the census then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Charleston
S. C
Salem
Mass
Alleghanies
Jersey City
Newark
Washington
Saturday Evening Post
Clever Englishman Dr. William Pole Dies
Dr William Pole an English whist authority died recently. He was not a physician but a civil engineer. His Doctorate of Music was awarded by Oxford. Pole authored a color discrimination treatise and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pole
Oxford University
The
Royal Society
Local notices and sales from a small town paper
A school meeting is advertised for tomorrow at the schoolhouse starting at 2 o clock. The Eagle and the Home and Farm subscriptions are offered at 1.25 per year within the United States and 100 extra for foreign addresses. Frank Walker visits Seguin to see his son with a broken arm from a runaway team. Mrs Kotzebue’s school ends the 31st and June 1 hosts a concert with a farce Gyp Junior. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim a one day cure for colds. One Eagle One Year One Dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frank Walker
Old Moulton
Seguin
A. M. Kotzebue
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Prof. Mally
Ile
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Emma Yeager
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Ella Moellenberndt
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J. Bohnenkamp
Yoakum
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Jacob Stajnacher
Tom Shandera
Guenther
P. L. Foote
Poukeepsie
Tamner
Richmond
Moore’s Pilates
Dr. C. C. Moore Co
North Main Street
St. Louis
Kotzebue’s Drug Store
Houston
Galveston
World
Mexicos
F. A. Kubicek
Durell Miller
Attorney AT Law
Jacob Cinada
Rhodes
M. KE. Ruopxs
First Street Leather Bank Building
Flatonia
Waldorf Club
Canada
General Schafter
Pride of Moulton
Santago Crooks
Finch
Curiosity
Stahelberg
Epfool
Darilek & Nachlinger
Suaaner
ALY Dbrugsgistc
City
Groco
Krause & Randl
EM. van Yettermann
Ren
Pshmet
James F. Ballard
St. Lewis, Mo
Jacob Tomosko
Philip Mathis
Tomosko & Co.blacksmis
Mesem
BON Ton Barber Shop
Alllind
Herman Riedel
Sar Agen
E. K. &. Handlos
Wold
Eee
KE. W
Grove
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