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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
1
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A second annual Chrysanthemum Show by the Dallas Woman's Forum opens amid music and a riot of colors. The event highlights floral artistry and community exhibit activities in Dallas, reflecting the era's social gatherings and garden culture.
The fifth annual Texas Leaf Tobacco Growers Association convention gathered growers from across the state in Houston. Officers were elected and resolutions adopted as members expressed optimism that tobacco will become a major East Texas crop with widespread settlement by planters.
Memphis Tennessee seven Southern states attend the opening session of a conference called by Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association. Delegates discuss the drop in spot prices and the night riders issue and favor withholding the current crop to raise prices. Resolutions to market the crop gradually are submitted to committees.
King Nottoc appeared in Houston Texas on Tuesday night as crowds packed the streets in what witnesses call the largest No-Tsu-Oh Carnival turnout ever seen in the city. The king and spectators filled downtown, with attendance unknown even to Nottoc himself.
Since November 1 locals in Ganado Texas have used the game law to constrain deer hunting reports. Six to eight people went out last week and brought back eight deer. Bird shooting is noted as fine in the area.
Hearne business men report unusually dull trade for this time of year. A veteran merchant who has lived in Hearne since 1882 says business is poorer this year than in his entire residence.
Gonzales Texas examining trial of W E Hill for the killing of George Kriedler was held Monday Hill bound over to the grand jury with bond fixed at eight hundred dollars.
Lockhart commissioners court in regular session granted the petition for a local option election to be held on December 8. The campaign has already opened and will become heated in a few days as the county pursues the vote on alcohol local option. Marlin reports: a first case under the new law banning drinking on trains involved Henry Young, a Black man, fined 1 cent in justice court Tuesday.
Justice Brown dismissed William Hatfield on testimony and district attorney recommendation. Hatfield, held on suspicion of being James C. Dunham, faced a formal preliminary hearing with 32 witnesses, one identiying him as the slayer, and Dentists testimony noting no dental match.
Harvey W. Waterson, 21 son of Henry Watterson, leaped from the nineteenth floor of his 27 Wall Street office Wednesday afternoon and fell 110 feet to a ten story roof. He died instantly with extensive injuries. No witnesses saw the accident which authorities deem accidental. His hat and overcoat remained on his desk.
Lincoln Nebraska The Democrat leader says followers should not despair and urges continued fight. W J Bryan notes Democrats were out of office twelve years and pledges future plans in his Commoner while insisting party principles remain alive despite a decisive nationwide vote.
A letter from the Danish steamer Ingra captain reports finding a cross with the name Andre on Northern Labrador coast and beneath it a body and a box of documents. Subsequent reports identify the body as a fisherman.
La Grange Texas Commissioners Court fixed December 15 for a repeat election in Justice Precinct No 3 to decide the constable race after a tie on November 3. Both Mnesse Democrat and Wendors Republican each had 330 votes. December 5 was set for newly elected officers to qualify.
Houston society revels at a grand coronation in Texas to honor James Davies Dawson as new ruler of Nottoc with Miss Mamie Stuart Shearn named as queen amid a season of fixed quarterly social pageantry.
Dr. J. H. Wilson announces new Texas rules via the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission to curb tuberculosis by banning dairy and breeding cattle from other states without a tuberculin test within sixty days. The tester must be a state‑accredited veterinarian and certify results, with certificates mailed to Wilson in Quanah and copies filed with railroads at shipment.
The Radbed mine near Hamm Westphalia, Germany, suffered a major explosion and fire Thursday morning. Of 380 miners, six escaped unharmed, thirty five were badly injured, thirty seven died, and 302 were reported lost after the blast at about 4 p.m.
Eighteen novices endured a hot sand walk through an ancient Arabia themed street parade in Houston. Five hundred participants watched as the tiny troupe ended in front of El Mina temple with blistered feet and worn bodies, now declaring they have earned the Mystic Shrine status.
Advices from Texline Delhart and Amarillo at 9 30 p m say snow has fallen since 8 pm Thursday with a strong north wind. Temperatures drop to 32 degrees at Texline and continue to fall.
In Gonzales Texas the Business Men's Club directed their secretary to consult Congressman Burgess and request his influence to oppose the parcel post bill's passage.
A novelty event occurred on Thursday morning as Mr. Autrey of Williamsburg drove a group of nearly 200 turkeys on foot through Yoakum to sell them to a local produce house. Residents lined the streets to watch the unusual scene.
An express in Cuero Texas on Thursday collided while handling a load described as a car and a half of turkeys. Local authorities investigated the incident and no serious injuries were reported.
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