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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
2
A June 3 local option election in Gon zales county is noted along with tallies of plague deaths in India. Reports mention battles in the Philippine Islands with American casualties, indictments in Mexico, a Dallas fair dates span, and political musings on Roosevelt and Panama canal supply moves amid a Fort Worth storm and a blunt comment on shaving schools.
Saturday afternoon saw heightened interest as Flatonia and the city team battled to a 4 4 tie after ten innings with Maniton driving in two runs for Flatonia and Moulton held scoreless. Sunday featured Shiner defeating Moulton 13 to 6 in a two hour game with strong pitching from Strauss and Darilek and a full lineup from both sides.
May 16 Hall County reports a severe worm outbreak harming green crops including tobacco Lavaca County Tobacco Company fields were destroyed prompting re seeding. Poison attempts failed as worms also feed on potato and cucumber vines. Salletsville Track Growers Association sold seven cars of potatoes and onions this season, with nine cars shipped total.
A collage of short notes reports Minnesota hosts 10 000 Indian mounts and Oregon has 5 000 irrigated farms. Inland Sea of Japan oysters abound. Monaco labeled Europe’s most depopulated spot. A Belgium looking glass trust formed. Clocks placed in Cracow train cars. Newport gunnery scares fish. Death by own action rising in Britain. Texas gains two strawberry crops via irrigation. A dance announced at Hermann Park hall on Saturday night June 10 with the Moulton Juvenile band. Large attendance at last Sunday’s Henkhaus dance with Moultonites. Mrs Ang Vornsand of Mora via visits Karnes City for daughter’s operation, with Dr Guenther and Dr Kotzebue. Mrs Olle recovering well.
The LaGrange Journal notes Lavaca county beats the city in egg business while Mooresville Chronicle praises Halletsville as the egg raising center. The piece quips the courthouse resembles a poultry yard and jokes the county may have joined the trade as the city marshal watches a hen.
A Texas reader asks how to preserve potatoes in heat. Dig before ground heats beyond 90 degrees, then store quickly in bags or cool dark places. Do not expose to sun, cover two feet deep with hay or straw, then cellar or shade to finish. early digging is the remedy if a patch cannot be protected.
Caldwell News Chronicle questions mail order houses about cash or barter offers for farm produce and cattle. The piece asks what they pay for crops livestock and who funds schools roads and poor with no clear returns to the community.
A humorous note from Orange to Easterling describes Hertzberg dreaming of death in hell as a newspaper man forced to write lies with chalk. in the same item, John Rosenaar of near Platonia dies at 86. He leaves a large family. funeral at Praha Catholic cemetery with Rev. Nestrada officiating.
Captain LeRoy Gray Wright of Wrightsboro Texas died at his daughter's home on Tuesday and was buried Wednesday. A Alabama born Confederate cavalry captain, he served as Nueces county precinct commissioner and fathered nine children. He is grand nephew of Henry Clay and left 118 descendants.
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