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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1906
Page
2
The text notes the quail season opening on November 1 and election day approaching on November 6 with encouragement to vote. It mentions Thanksgiving on November 29 and a note about Governor Bailey’s political standing amid cartoon scrutiny. It also reports cotton ginning totals, Galveston weekly receipts, and a wedding in the area with local residents.
District Court in Hallettsville reports forty six felony and three misdemeanor indictments after a nine day session. Most involve cattle theft and burglary, with multiple pleas and sentences for juveniles and adults. The Nolen perjury case was continued and jurors discharged for the week.
The official sixteen by twenty two inch ballot is called the blanket ballot. It lists all party nominees in columns with a blank column for write‑ins. Voters may strike lines through undesired candidates and write in unlisted names only in the blank column under the office.
Austin reports Texas taxable values rose by 60 million dollars last year and the state permanent school fund nears one million. Pecan crops vary, Nueces yields large, while gold prospecting, ranch sales, and land deals unfold across Fredericksburg Gillespie and Victoria counties. A new Catholic church rises at High Hill, and a train wreck indictment looms in Karnes City.
A letter to A F Kotzebue quotes C B Edwards of Edwards and Broughton Raleigh in please explain. It notes 30 gallons of paste paint used three years earlier and 30 gallons of Devoe bought with 16 left. Mayor Carroll of Montecillo Florida praises Devoe for best white paint and predicts 35 gallons would be needed but 20 sufficed. Jones and Rogers bought 5 gallons to prime Mr Pratt’s house in Merkel Texas for two coats.
A Halletsville Herald note describes an old shingles and molasses plus lye technique to kill rats. The farmer reports forty dead rodents the next morning and claims the method clears many farms with no failures.
Sam Schwartz attorney at law Shiner Texas offers legal services and invites contact at his expense for any legal business.
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