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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
1
A massive blaze destroyed nine steel oil tanks holding 337,500 barrels of crude. Fire crews battled the inferno as flames and smoke rose over the facility. No injuries were reported, and investigators began assessing the cause.
Nine steel tanks of 37 000 barrels each at the Texas Company farm south of Beaumont were struck by lightning and burned. About five hundred men labored overnight to prevent spread while pumps salvaged roughly six hundred barrels per hour. Loss estimated at 450 000 dollars for tanks and oil, with Port Arthur naptha tank losses bringing total near 750 000 to 1 000 000 dollars.
Ira A. Durrenberger Caldwell focal demonstration agent reports the oats crop in Caldwell Texas is at least 75 percent larger than the previous year and that nearly all farmers have finished sowing.
At the fourth annual Medical Association of the Southwest in San Antonio about 1000 delegates met. Dr F G Boyd warned millions of school children may suffer from undetected diseases and urged public school screening for hookworm and pellagra.
Bay City public schools suspend operations due to scarlet fever concerns. Health officials order children kept at home and forbid anyone under 15 at public gatherings as the situation is assessed for possible reopening next week. A man’s body is found in Mud Bayou near the Gulf and Interstate bridge outside High Island with a penknife and tools bearing the name Jacob Hipp.
In Houston at West End Park the University of Texas dominated the intercollegiate track meet with 638 2/3 points. Tulane ranked second with 30 points and Texas A and M followed third with 27 1/3 points.
Houston switchman Jim Green of the International and Great Northern Railway fractured his leg while attempting to step from a moving car to a stand on a spur track. He was taken to St Josephs Infirmary.
University of Texas fell to Agricultural and Mechanical College in Houston, the first win for A and M over UT since 1904. The victorious College Station team paraded the streets with band, banners torn from awnings, and joyous shouts.
John W. Bray of Houston fractured his right leg Monday afternoon near the football park entrance just before the Varsity College game. He slipped on a wet curb and broke a leg bone.
The department of insurance and banking on Monday received formal applications for admission into the bank guaranty fund from First State Bank Teague with a remittance of 74.02 and a balance of 222.08 to the credit of the State Banking Board, and Bank of Commerce Linton with 75 credit at bank 225.
The first hunting week in Bastrop County shows strenuous activity for game and hunters. Quail are scarce though some sportsmen report success with deer. five groups hunted and reportedly killed a total of fourteen deer.
J M Sims has closed a contract to plant 400 acres of former rice land to broom corn. A broom corn expert is employed and this may signal more farmers shifting from rice due to price incentives. Oats up and thriving in Leander with rain needed. Fined $50 and costs for Rejese Vinson after murder charge, convicted of aggravated assault by jury in Lufkin Texas.
A slowers court sold their school land Monday to John Sance aid commissioner Wortham of Dallas for 148,140.40 dollars. The transaction completes the sale of the Schfoot land to a Dallas party.
A fragmented vintage verse piece talks of Thanksgiving praise and church joy. It reflects on gratitude toward a divine guide, with mentions of Plymouth and seasons of reflection amid worldly sorrows.
A short piece urges children to celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing food and small gifts with the poor and sick. It contrasts gluttonous feasting with acts of charity such as delivering baskets of food, flowers, warm garments, or slippers to those in need, and encourages a spirit of generosity.
Vienna West Virginia resident Mrs Exyma Wueatox credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after ten years of illness. The ad touts the remedy as made from native roots and herbs, free of narcotics, and claims wide cure success with testimonials on file at the Pinkham laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts.
A selection of light anecdotes on European manners, including a nurse’s polite reply to a British ambassador and a broker’s quip about a $50 check. The piece closes with a Berlin Bourse wit who tests a social rumor across 50 people to win a bet.
A reader narrates a four year battle with gastritis and starvation. A New York specialist advised gradual Grape-Nuts consumption, leading to weight gain, clearer memory, and stronger limbs. The letter praises the food and cites renewed health after a year.
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