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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
1
Committees cover special territory and canvass homes. Some households were absent. remaining residents may donate at the bank. Every home in the Moulton vicinity is urged to contribute to the fund. Donor names will be recorded.
Next Sunday November 17 services in Moulton at 10 a.m. and vestrymen installation and new member reception. Luther League rehearsal at 7 15 p m. Haoglish confirmation services. Pastor H A Heineke invites all to attend.
Mr and Mrs Frank Mang of Lockhart were here Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs John Mang.
A United War Work Campaign meeting at the opera house outlined the weeklong drive. W T Bagby of Hallettsville, county chairman, explained fund use. School trustees were appointed to run campaigns in districts with quotas totaling 2375 dollars. J T Jaeggli chaired the men’s division, Mrs Ed Studeman the women’s, and Jobo Bucek was elected treasurer.
Mr Charles R Nesista and family relocate to Rural Route One Flatonia. Mr Louis G Janszen and family move into Mrs B Janszen home on Front Street. August J Hohensee and family occupy F H Koester place vacated by Charles A Pale and family. F Ullmann and wife move to Moulton from a farm west of town and reside on their new northeast city property recently bought from Louis G Janszen.
Edwin Jaeggli, a soldier at Camp McArthur in Waco, arrived Saturday and departed Sunday. Effective November 20, the south bound day passenger train will be due here at 12 42 p m and the northbound at 2 28 p m.
Mrs John Mang Jr nee E m mie Cooper daughter of Mr and Mrs John Cooper Cedar Springs died at home in Charlotte on Friday November 8 after a short illness. Funeral from the Mang home north of Moulton Sunday November to with Rev N A Allen officiating. Burial in Lutheran cemetery. She was 29 years 7 months 27 days old born March 11 1889. Survived by husband two children four sisters and six brothers. The Eagle extends sympathy to the bereaved.
The Red Cross executive office will distribute mourning brassards to relatives of men who died serving the country. The black three inch band bears a gold star and is worn on the left sleeve. Free to parents and widows, at cost to other relatives, with no commercialization.
Willie Mueller visits Yoakum. Edna Cooper returns to Luling. August Naehring visits Austin relatives. A hunting trip goes to Matagorda county. Joe Pelich of near Moulton killed in action. Miss Tillie Guenther resumes teaching in San Antonio after visiting relatives. Mrs. Tschoepe stays with her sister in Gonzales while Mr. Tschoepe is in France. Henry Hoyer returns to Houston to study. Local Masons attend R. Wiseman's funeral in Shiner. Schools reopen after influenza closure. Miss Selma Kempe fills in at the Sam and Will Moore Institute. Sergeant Robert E. Philipps of Tanglewood wounded in France for the second time. former assistant scoutmaster of Moulton Boy Scouts.
The armistice ending World War I was announced Monday morning with bells and whistles and cheers. Schools dismissed, businesses halted, crowds celebrated with parades, songs, and band performances. The piece outlines terms of ceasefire and notes President Wilson’s pivotal role in achieving peace.
The State Agricultural Department warns that large shipments of barley to Texas may be contaminated with harmful seeds such as wild oats mustard seeds wild buckwheat cockle king heads and garlic. It urges dealers and farmers to have barley ground before shipment to destroy germinating traits of these Northwestern seed pests. The issue also contains the First State Bank of Madison financial condition statement.
Paul Templin of Fortress Monroe visits Engle with his wife and son. Professor Ka ch plans to move to town as district clerk. Blanch Barr, newly elected Colorado county superintendent, stays to learn duties under County Supt. William Rilers. J X May returns from Houston where wife visits brother Tyra Dickson who suffered serious injuries in a railroad accident with possible leg loss.
R Wiseman a former resident died at his Flatonia home on Thursday November 7 after a lingering illness. The body was taken to Shiner and buried Friday under the auspices of the Masonic lodge. He was 69 and survived by his wife and three children Judge Allen Wiseman of Flatonia Charles Wiseman of Bay City and Mrs Pink Cooper of Flatonia. The Eagle extends sympathy.
The Eagle adds new readers since the first of September totaling 59. Names include Fritz Bengsch Shiner Ben Stratmann Shiner F W Kubenka Moulton Rudolphh Zidek Shiner Miss Mary Futschik Mosebud Frank J Stary Shiner R W Apts Shiner Charles Krueger Shiner John Seidel Moulton Lorene Gast Flatoucia.
Real estate transfers include August Hirsch selling near Henkhaus Brune heirs selling 114 acres north of town at 75 dollars per acre to Henry Fisbeck. August Limbruegger and wife transfer Lot 10 and 12 in Block 25 Moulton to Dr F J Guehther. Henry Koester sells 57.68 acres at Baursy to August Limbruegger at 75 dollars per acre.
Emil Janszen and Son completed an artesian well on C. Windel's farm about eight miles east of town. The well reaches 261 feet in depth and flows at roughly 900 gallons per hour.
Wyoming Florida Nevada Minnesota Ohio and Washington joined 33 states dry after last week’s vote. Texas urged famine relief, Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson travels to France to sing for troops. Teachers’ convention in Dallas set for Nov 28 29 30 with 30 thousand expected. Cotton ginnings up 520000 bales to 7793615. Texas 2168495. Major D J Boots and Lt Elmore Spencer set long flight record Detroit aviators 700 miles in 4 hours 30 minutes. Corn 2749198000 bushels down 410000000 from 1917. Tobacco up 70900000 pounds. Aerial mail routes planned to connect Texas cities after the war.
Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Dickinson of near Yoakum Texas marked her 100th birthday on November 7 1918. Born in Mississippi November 7 1818 she married Dr S B Dickinson in 1835 and lived in Lavaca County since 1843. She survived through five flags and raised eleven children with a long line of descendants.
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