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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1901
Page
2
The Moulton Eagle weekly edition for May 25 1901 announces subscription at 1.00 per year and lists publication details. It notes mailing as second class matter in Moulton Texas and credits A Menefee for staff.
The city of Gonzales intends to establish a Catholic school and convent. A buggy horse belonging to Mr. Fred Mason of Yoakum was struck by lightning and killed Sunday evening. Mr. J Tansey near Flatonia in Fayette county has newly discovered oil on his farm and development work will start soon.
A commentator argues oil will yield far greater individual wealth than rice farming, suggesting one oil producer outperforms five hundred rice growers. The piece notes both oil and rice exist in South Texas and urges readers to choose.
A Dallas County man struck natural gas in a post hole, triggering a swift jump in land values nearby. The remark notes Texas will become full of holes as a porous plaster as a wry farm quip.
Machinery moves toward the Bennett and West ranch in Jackson County for an experimental oil well. The site borders the former citizen John Harwood's holdings and its success would bring notable value to him.
In Waelder last Friday Prof. Mally advised farmers to spray young cotton to kill boll weevils. He provided a formula he claimed would surely destroy the pests if followed correctly.
The Texas journalist Alexander Edwin Sweet, a prominent figure in regional press, is reported to have died. His career spanned decades with leadership roles in multiple newspapers and contributions to journalism education.
A prominent writer and literary figure, renowned for contributions to newspapers and periodicals, died in New York recently. The May 21 obituary list includes Gen. Fitzjohn Porter of New York Ex-Congressman Boutelle of Maine and Admiral Edmund Commerell of the English navy, all noted figures in their era.
The Guffey Petroleum Co was chartered last week with a capital of 15,000,000 dollars making it the largest company ever chartered in the state. The charter added 7,530 dollars to state revenue and deeds will require 15,000 dollars in revenue stamps for company papers.
The Central Texas Voltsblatt, a five column eight page German paper, begins publication in Temple by Ernst Goeth formerly linked to this paper. The initial issue is well filled with content and the founder is regarded as a top state newspaper man, signaling a strong future.
The jail at New Braunfels in Comal County Texas is said to be without an inmate and the sheriff has only to collect taxes as they become due. The county has never had a delinquent tax list. Comal County’s population consists of thrifty Germans and Bohemians who are good citizens.
Beaumont report explains posts with a vertical gas pipe burn along the top emitting light. The flame attracts bugs and supposedly makes farms immune to pests. A pipe from beneath each post to the house provides light and fuel for growing families.
A newspaper exchange urges men to guard their speech about women. It emphasizes a woman’s long earned purity, the harm of suspicions, and the danger to society if her character is attacked. It warns that any crude insult can ruin the finest virtue and mislead future generations.
The Richmond Coaster argues that the United States and other nations use indemnities from China to prove their Christian character. It criticizes Christian nations for hypocrisy, noting internal foes who profess Christian belief yet act contrary to its teachings.
An advertisement for Moore's Pilates from Dr C C Moore Co claims to cure malaria and related fevers without quinine or arsenic. It touts tasteless tablets, no stomach or teeth damage, and lists price 50 cents per box with sales through Kotzebue's Drug Store in St. Louis and No 310 North Main Street.
The writer notes Texans focus on practical tasks like cultivating rice and rounding up cattle, contrasting eastern debates over gotten versus got and singular versus plural uses of United States. The piece highlights regional priorities and daily labor in contrast to linguistic disputes.
A Herald quote laments disrespectful young men and asserts that such behavior erodes trust and invites broader crimes for personal gain, warning that accountability before family would deter harmful remarks.
For weeks Mr. Kolar has organized a hands on overhaul of his gin. On Wednesday evening we inspected the improvements including three new 80 saw gin stands and two presses capable of ginning two bales at a time. An expert mill man has refined the mill to top condition. He maintains a fine gin and spares neither time nor expense in keeping it in first class shape.
President Eliot reports last year at Harvard shows younger entrants and fewer prepared by private tutors. He notes more students come from schools and urges preparatory schools to further lower the average entrance age to 18. In Germany a rider, Koenecny, was injured after a runaway horse collided with barbed wire, earning medical attention and a cautious recovery outlook.
Indiana congressman Landis is described as gifted with second sight and able to identify letter content by postmark and handwriting. In testimony from house post office clerks he was noted for receiving more mail than two other members and once misread a letter by a transmission of a resolution.
Beginning June 1 and ending September 36 round trip tickets will be sold from Moulton to Kerrville Ganahl Comfort and Boerne limited to return 30 days from date of sale. Fares are Kerrville 8.40 Ganahl 8.00 Comfort 7.70 Boerne 6.90. For further particulars see agent.
A mixed page item notes Rex Tea claimed to purify blood and beautify the complexion with refund guarantees from druggists, plus a school building auction set for July 1. Also mentions Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tonic, a summer normal teaching date in Waelder, a wagon-building project, a Shiner visit to Moulton, and New York City street mileage data and local Hobson county corn shipments with praise from the Hallettsville Herald.
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer gives the Hamilton Burr duel slab once at Weehawken, removed 1815 for dueling fears and found 1850 in a New York saloon. West Shore Railway over the site. The Eagle and the Home and Farm now mailed nationwide for 1.25 dollars per year with 100 dollars extra to foreign countries.
The advertisement touts August Flower as the world's largest medicine sale. It asserts historical use for indigestion biliousness and various ailments and promotes Green's August Flower liquid with a claim of quick relief. It notes availability from A F Kotzebue and recommends Green's Prize Almanac.
A fragment references a humorous note about a British letter writer and frost wake up, followed by local business updates. Rudolph Jaeggli visits Moulton to oversee Kubitz block improvements, including a new floor at Palace saloon and repainting along the block from the post office downward. Paulus & Ragsdale expand with a Yoakum branch led by Durell Miller and plan Shiner representation.
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