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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
2
Local politics note a woman candidate for county treasurer and a White Man's Union primary set for Saturday June 2. Community updates cover LaGrange figure Gus A Heilig eyeing State Senate, a thriving LaGrange flower fair, and new stone building ads for Moulton Sandstone. Also mentions graduates from the US Naval Academy and a school tale about cigarette papers teaching danger.
The document outlines White Men's Union primary election procedures including ballot handling by election officers, voter self-marking with staff assistance if needed, 100 foot poll distance, poll tax considerations for certain ages, reporting irregularities, and adherence to the new election law. It is signed by Wx Boenine and F Jos Burscogrckr as secretaries.
The Sam and Will Moore Institute holds its commencement program in the auditorium on May 25 at 8:00 p.m. Featured items include performances by C. A. Grimm, Rev. Mr. Carter Inst, and Miss Edna Glass, a baccalaureate address by Hon. Geo. E. Lenert, diploma awards by W. L. Tooley, and varied musical selections such as My Alpine Love and Alma Mater.
The notice lists local benefactors including B. H. Cordes Ed Webmann and others in Moulton and nearby towns who contributed since the last report. It reports the sale of the First State Bank of Moulton by W. L. Tooley J. Y. Hicks and J. N. Nations to Wellhausen Green of Shiner with Tooley remaining this year and possibly moving to El Paso after January 1. It notes Mrs Morfit and daughter visiting from El Paso to stay with W. L. Tooley’s family before returning to St Louis and quotes C L Stavinoha of Hallettsville seeking placement in the White Man’s Union column.
The notice states Werner Cordes is listed as ill for the current week. No other details or context are provided in the readable text.
The commissioners court bought poll tax receipts and twenty nine sets of election blanks from George D. Barnard & Co for 203 dollars. Truck growers shipped one and a half cars of potatoes and half a car of onions. Editor Drozda resigns. Henry Janacek named successor at the Novy Domov. The Novy Domovy weekly is owned by Mrs. F Jakubik. Rheinstrom & Greenebaum ship a car of fine mules to Los Angeles. Fruit crop is short. watermelons and cantaloupes suffer from dry weather. Remains of J A Smothers buried in the city cemetery. he was sheriff of Vavaca county and later city marshal of Stanetsville before moving to Gonzales.
A Greensboro correspondents recount a 15 year paint trial using Devoe and other brands. The note argues Devoe remains superior while other paints faded after five years, concluding Devoe is the reliable choice.
Harley Lee, a colored man, waived an examining trial for the killing of Kirk Irving in the city three weeks ago and will remain in jail until the grand jury meets in October.
In 1896 County Treasurer A B Devall of Hallettsville Texas wrote to Dr E W Hall of St Louis endorsing Texas Wonder for kidney and rheumatism troubles. He recommends the remedy to others suffering like him and signs his name with respect.
Dr 4 M Kotzebue was summoned to Gonzales Wednesday to testify as a witness in court records noting the hearing.
A one bottle remedy by Dr. E W Hall claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles in men and women and regulate children's bladder issues. Two months' treatment costs $1 and mail order options are available from St. Louis manufacturer Hall.
An old public health note urges warding off aging by proper digestion and age appropriate foods. It recommends Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach upset and indigestion, noting availability at druggists. The piece also mentions Master Jim Preston, a young musician in the Moulton Juvenile band, owning a Conn-Queror cornet.
A Kentucky man from Alliance, F N Tacket, recalls 1903 as a blood year from lung disease. He claims Dr King s New Discovery cured him after four bottles, restoring health and proving a permanent cure for sore lungs coughs and colds. Trial bottle offered free at drug stores priced 59c and 1.00.
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