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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
2
The heavy rain benefits truck growers as Texas experiences floods and disrupted train service. Governor-elect LaNuan leaves for Washington with no new appointments until January. Historical notes mention a Labor Vote tally, Gold standard talks, and Populist party decline. Local items in Freyburg report rain damage, crop prospects, and community movements with several names and places.
The Almanac by Prof Hicks and Word and Works Publishing Co. is extolled for its comprehensive yearly weather forecasts and lunar astronomy, priced at thirty cents for the almanac and one dollar with the magazine. Also noted are local probate actions and a will of August Baur detailing charitable bequests across multiple institutions.
A Sunday evening baseball game between Moulton and Henkhaus faced heavy mud and foul conditions. Both teams endured the impassable field as rain hindered play and effort remained high.
A notable high school basketball clash saw Moulton defeat Henkhaus 18 to 15. Teams featured Dixon Fehrenkamp W Schlotter Kare Krause L Fehrenkamp W Oldham and Ed Kare against Darilek A Darilek J Darilek Fritz On ken F Darilek and J Kare.
Xrur r, the great gun maker and leading European figure, died suddenly Saturday of apoplexy. Krupp, owner of the Essen Iron Works, employed 43 000 men.
The Tex state census shows 102000 more men than women, yet 109000 bachelor men remain, as other states have surplus women who could share Texas households. The note suggests possible social ties and housing needs amid the imbalance.
Ernest Frazer of Fayette county and Eva Morrow of Hackberry wed in a buggy outside Dave Landa's store with Rev. A G Nolan officiating. Parents consented, as license and pastor timing suited all, bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas Morrow, groom from Fayette county.
November 28 1902 notes from Wied Dots report light attendance at a ball due to bad weather and poor roads. Cattle moved to Halletsville by P J Blaschke. Chas and D Wild and Jno Dirringer visit Lindenau. Miss Johanna Hinricks and Ad Breitkreuz wed at Hinricks home. Prof Smothers makes a Victoria trip. Ad Blaschke moves to Sublime. Local visits include Joe Munsch and Miss Mary Lolocher. Roads praised for needed work amid frequent rain. Prof Hy Waverlah of Brestan noted. For sale listings by Kubicek and others in Lavaca County.
Notice of dissolution for Lueke Bros. Fritz Lueke retires leaving Charles Lueke as sole operator and accepting all liabilities collecting outstanding notes and accounts in Moulton Texas dated November 1 1902. Also a wedding notice for Joe Darilek and Emilie Zalmann in Tachurch officiated by Rev Hudec with band and celebration. Mrs Emil Janszen returns from Ottawa after visiting kinfolks. Short ad for Simmons Liver Purifier by A D Kotzebue.
A brief item notes a local report stating about $600 was paid for pecans, a sum described as nearly heating cotton. It mentions plans to prepare a turkey for Thanksgiving Day and references the upcoming holiday.
A playful instruction describes selecting a word from a random book page and performing arithmetic to reveal the word's position. The method doubles the page number, multiplies sums, and uses line and word indices to encode the location. The final digits indicate page line and word in the unit column.
A collage of ads and brief notes covers medicines cures for eczema and rheumatism, panacea claims, hot promoting product samples, and a health booster claim. It references Botanic Blood Balm from Atlanta, Electric Bitters from drugstores, and a claim about U S population growth from 1790 to 1900.
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