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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1909
Page
2
The next Texas Rangers reunion will be in Austin on November 22 and 23. Reports note September visitors to the state capitol area and cotton ginning statistics for Texas. Congressman Burgess, touring local towns, visits his mother in Flatonia with good health reported.
The Gulf Transport Line steamer Irak left Galveston for Liverpool on September 30 carrying 23 000 bales of cotton valued at 1 600 000 dollars. It is described as the most valuable cotton cargo ever shipped from any port. A local exchange remarks on accuracy and the harshness of public critique. Dr A M Kotzebue told Tassacix that Mr and Mrs F J Meyer near Flatonia welcomed an 11 pound girl. A Moulton boy jokes about hiding his light under a bushel. The Hermann park barbecue by St Joseph Verein drew wide crowds with speeches by Jacob Jakobi and Rev Father Held, ending with a large ball.
Local advert promotes the New Store buying onions potatoes cabbage and similar produce for cash. Shoppers offered quick payment and in-store purchase options.
Providence astronomer Frank E. Seagrave reports a slight error in Halley’s comet calculations shows the comet’s tail will sweep the earth’s plane on May 19 1910. The closest approach would be about 13 million miles with star dust crossing Earth for a short time. He urges there is no danger noting a similar event occurred in 1861.
Notice states all accounts not paid by November 1 will be turned over to a collector. Dated by Dr A M Korzenve.
Denunciation letter from B W Devor & Co signed by F T Fehrenkamp urging Kaase to avoid cheap paint mixes. Argues consumers chase low per gallon prices while buying poor paint with inferior ingredients. Warns that large bargains hide diluted products that wear poorly and cost more overall.
The Dilworth column reports on drought worries and brewing hard winter, visitors Henry Bell and family from Arkansas, Mrs. W A Cobb visiting, crops poor and tenants leaving, Mrs Quebedeaux visiting Gonzales mother in Houston, recovery of Mrs Chrocket Jones, visits to Cedar Springs, Mr Gilbert McKay ill, Virgie Bailey home from Flatonia, death of Mrs O Connor of Gonzales, and a closing blessing from Lone Star with a date of October 6 1990.
Hallettsville reports the opening of a Columbia Piano company store by L I Doney of Gonzales with several pianos. William Geisert will open a marble yard offering monuments and granite work. Hermann Sons lodge ladies raised 100 for a lodge piano. Judge Blakeslee leaves for Austin to resume pardon board duties and plans visits to penitentiaries and farms to hear convicts. He also lists sale of his fine house.
District Court at Hallettsville opens October 18 with a light criminal calendar as jail doors stay largely open. Civil docket features many divorces including a Boulder Colorado case where a wife contests her husband’s divorce suit. Two civil cases seek damages from the San Antonio and Aransas Pays Railway Co. for personal injuries, $3000 and $5000.
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