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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1902
Page
6
Brief clippings mix social flirtation with light satire and notices of luxuries. A New York hotel introduces automatic dish removal while Britain laments American art looting. a Chicago lawyer delivers a mammoth speech. London ships send games to Boer prisoners. quips about effort and reward conclude the item.
The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society urges Congress to buy Jamestown island as a national park. The piece traces the early 1607 settlement on a shrinking peninsula and notes ruins, including the 1640 brick church tower where John Rolfe and Pocahontas married, now eroded by river and time.
Excavations reveal foundations of two Jamestown era churches near Virginia, preserving the ruins of early worship sites. A Little Brick Church near Nashville linked to Andrew Jackson remains a historic visitor center, with services once held until his wife’s death. The essay recounts early parish life and a Jamaica Plain minister’s humorous plea for “Thirdly.”
Charles McVane of Long Island near Portland Maine fought a five minute struggle with a monster lobster clinging to his throat during a squall night. He pinned the creature, dragged it to safety, and delivered it to taxidermist John A. Hae at Portland after dawn.
A Washington scene on smallpox vaccination and Capitol visitors. Representative Cannon praises the one armed oratory, joking that gesturing now occupies less space and keeps dissenters to the left. Senator Bate quips during a private colloquy, provoking laughter when the House notices. Texas county names and district details spark grins as Ball’s bill divides the state into four judicial districts.
On Ascension Day Florence hosts cricket markets and feasts as locals select lively crickets for luck while crowds roam the Cascine and cafes. Meanwhile political notes highlight Dr. David Jayne Hill’s diplomatic potential and Senator Dryden’s attentive senate presence, with brief anecdotes on republican and French leaders and Carrie Nation’s saloon intervention.
Nevada Senator Stewart proposes a transcontinental four track airline railway from Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco. The plan envisions a government controlled line with shared tracks and no steep grades, arguing it would boost development and render a canal unnecessary.
Senator Gallinger, a longtime practicing physician, served at the capitol during emergencies with keen professional interest. Senator Deboe of Kentucky earned degrees in medicine and law, practiced medicine briefly, then pursued the legal field.
A syndicate forms to organize the Columbia club in London with members including the Duke of Sutherland Lord Charles Beresford Winston Churchill M P the Earl of Kintore William C Whitney and Senator Chauncey M Depew. Entrance fee is 250 dollars and annual dues 75 dollars. The group offers 950000 dollars for a prime clubhouse property.
Rev. Dr. Wilson of East Orange New Jersey compiles a century of home missionary work for the Presbyterian church to be issued at the home board centennial celebration. The piece quotes Love as a key divine likeness, and notes the social withering effect of avoiding friendly strangers.
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