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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
2
Turks align with Germans Austrians and Bulgarians in Serbia as military cooperation expands in the Balkans. The developing front signals coordinated actions across multiple forces amid regional tensions.
Reported gains by Austro Germans and Bulgarians in Serbia and along the Timok valley. Turkish artillery active near Strumitza. Russian bombardment damages Varna. British and French forces linking with Saloniki troops. Italian advance along the Austro Italian front targets Gorizia fortress.
Washington reports a new push to guard the border with Villa forces looming near Agua Prieta. Major General Funston said additional troops arriving at Douglas, Arizona, will help keep Mexicans from crossing into U S territory for flank attacks while artillery and infantry defend the border.
In Peabody Massachusetts twenty one children mostly girls aged seven to seventeen died in a St John Parochial School blaze. Panic in the front vestibule blocked exits as students fled toward safety, with sisters of Notre Dame aiding many to escape before the tragedy. Names of the dead include Mabel Beachamp Nellie Burns Florence Bourke Elizabeth Comeau Helen Bresnahan Annie Bolesky Ida Hissambre Mildred Fay Helen Keefe Annie O'Brien Marion Hayes Patroni Chebator Florence Dozerty Mary Mead.
Governor Ferguson issues a proclamation offering 1090 in gold for the arrest and delivery of Ancieto Pisano or Luis de la Rosa dead or alive to any Texas sheriff. The men are named as leaders of bands blamed for recent crimes along the lower Rio Grande in Texas.
Washington reports Texas shows a larger population gain from 1910 to July 1 this year than New York. Texas rises from 8,896,542 to an estimated 4,343,710 with a gain of 447,168, while New York grows from 9,113,614 to 10,086,568 with a gain of 872,954. Estimates by the census bureau use an 118.5 month interval since 1910. Continental U S population reaches 100,399,318 with growth from 91,872,266 in 1910. The Southwestern States figures follow.
Nacogdoches Texas jury finds Mrs Marguerite B Murchison not guilty of killing her husband in April. Trial lasted about a week with testimony about a pistol used to shoot a dog near the house and Mr Murchison found dead in his room with a bullet wound.
The Eclipse yawl, believed to be the German officers’ escape craft from Kronprinz Wilhelm interned at Norfolk, was sighted Sunday about seventy five miles near Bermuda by the Italian steamer Labor’s crew. Captain Mozali reported an overturned vessel at Lat 33 10 N and Lon 2 2 W matching the Eclipse, with no signs of life aboard.
A four story blaze in Pittsburgh killed thirteen people and injured eight. The Union Paper Box Company occupied the two upper floors. all but one victim were young women, with several bodies badly burned. The deceased include Colletta Selma 19 Sophia Zobok 22 Caro lina Farrara 15 Dorotha Link 16 Florence Baker 21 Cecelia Joss 17 Bertha Dunapple 24 Otillie Breinning 20 Laura Breinning 24 Myrtle Miller 20 Marcella Rauch 17 and Peter Vallon.
The body of O. O. Nation, 60, stepson of Carrie Nation, was found lying among river rapids in the San Antonio river near the business district. Police reported he had been in the water since Monday night and likely drifted to the rocks. Nation had published the Velasco World and worked on Texas newspapers.
Mrs James Reeves in Meridian Mississippi welcomed triplets on Wednesday. Two girls each weigh seven pounds and a boy eight pounds. All are healthy. The mother now has twelve children and is grandmother to five, the oldest six years old. She married at sixteen and is 38.
Bells, bands, parades, and shouting marked the day as the United States and other American republics recognized General Carranza. American battleships fired a twenty one gun salute in Vera Cruz, while the Mexican gunboat Zaragoza responded by raising the stars and stripes.
Two white men entered the First National Bank in Marble Falls in broad daylight and unmasked. They shot and fatally wounded bookkeeper Robert H. Heinetz, forced assistant Walter Page to open the safe, and escaped with about $2,000 in currency and gold.
In the Kiamichi hills southeast Oklahoma five of eight bandits who stopped the Missouri Kansas and Texas southbound Limited at Onapa(h) south of Muskogee escaped with about $60,000 in cash. Authorities believe the robbers fled into remote country and remain at large.
In Mattoon Illinois President Wilson sent checks of twenty five dollars each to Mr and Mrs Albert Woodworth. The recipients are their newborn sons William Woodrow and Wilson born recently prompting the gifts from the president.
Internal revenue receipts for the quarter ending September 30 rose to 104.869 million dollars, up 11.420 million from the prior year. Income tax for the period totaled 11.123 million dollars, an increase of 3.507 million.
A boiler explosion at Lang Smith's gin and grist mill in Lovelady Texas on Saturday killed seven people and injured several others.
In Wharton Texas William Hood faced an examining trial for the October 4 killing of G C Gifford and was denied bail on Saturday.
Fire of unknown origin in Saturday destroyed the gin at Tilmon, along with several bales of cotton and over ten tons of cotton seed. The blaze caused extensive damage and disrupted local operations in Luling, Texas.
New York details emerge from the confession of Robert Fay and four others charged in a conspiracy to disrupt Allied war munitions shipments. Fay, a Saxon infantry lieutenant, admitted to engaging German secret service links to place clockwork bombs on ships, testing devices along the Hudson, and coordinating with German diplomats. Evidence includes acid in Weehawken rooms and boxes of chlorate potash. Scholz testified about payment and tests.
Hungary's grain crops are larger than last season with wheat production listed at 151,000,000 bushels according to statistics from the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome received by the US Department of Agriculture.
About 1800 schoolchildren gathered in Luther Burbank's garden to greet Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford as they arrived in Santa Rosa to visit the famed horticulturist.
Roy Young of Goliad County Boys' Corn Club took second prize from 1,500 entries at the Dallas fair. Goliad county's exhibit earned third prize in the corn competition.
A fire at a feed and grain store in Humble Texas Tuesday morning threatened to destroy the town. Firemen from Houston responded with motor apparatus to help quell the blaze.
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves was named Monday to command the Atlantic destroyer division as Secretary Daniels plans to elevate destroyers under higher ranking officers in the future.
A typhoon partially destroyed the town of Tobacco near Manila. One hundred people were killed and the railroad line washed away leaving extensive damage and disruption to transport.
Labor troubles Tuesday forced the Judson mills in Greenville South Carolina to shut down, affecting about 650 operatives at one of the city’s largest cotton mills.
In Giddings Texas a large wolf was killed on I W Sparks premises Monday morning by Rivers Lipscomb using a pistol. The animal was disposed of in town.
United States cavalry extended patrols Tuesday to cover a gulf coast section after reports that Mexican bandits were seeking refuge in coast country near Brownsville Texas.
Two powder houses belonging to the Du Pont Manufacturing Company at Hopewell Louisiana were destroyed by fire on Sunday causing substantial losses not yet estimated. Local authorities and fire crews battled the blaze as investigators seek the cause.
A brief exchange shows a forthcoming wedding with the fiance declaring a diamond engagement ring will be provided. The dialogue hints at expectations and material vows surrounding nuptials. The tone is light and observational, capturing domestic humor.
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