Lone Star State Industrial Notes
Galveston Island hosts its first site by dairyman A C Schaper seven miles from the city. Abilene reports abundant cotton with a need for 500 laborers. the commercial club acts as a employment bureau. Bangs notes a record cane crop grown by M L Graves with three acres yielding 200 gallons of syrup. Waco prepares for the Texas Cotton Palace opening Oct 31 with over 100000 spent on new buildings and attractions. Brownwood reports tomato earnings of 1000 from one acre for George Davis without irrigation. Waco notes a two million dollar rise in taxable values and strong area improvements. Rosenberg reports Gulf Freeport & Northern Railroad work advancing. 20 miles of roadbed prepared. Corpus Christi area cotton gins 25398 bales with counts by locality and an expected 5000 more bales to be ginned.
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Abilene
Bangs
M. L. Graves
Brown County
George Davis
Waco
Rosenberg
Gulf, Freeport & Northern Railroad
Freeport
Corpus Christi
Nueces County
Bishop
Robstown
Oso
Agua Dulce
Driscoll
Sunshine
Banquette
Clarkwood
Violet
Buyjes School Guests Visit Roade and Roeder Families
Mrs Alois Kaspe hosted guests at Buyjes School while Mr and Mrs Roade and son Alvin attended Sunday gatherings. Lewis Roeder phoned in a visit on Sunday night. Local residents visiting included Anton Roeder with family Hugo Roether and sister Ella Willie Roeder and sisters Emma Hilda Constance Kubena and Petrich sisters Louise Kolar and Agnes with Tillie Emma Proschko. Emil Meyer and Emil Neuszer families joined Franks Roeder and others. Fishing party included Frank Roeder Edmund and Masters Emil Albert Meyer on Rocky Creek. twelve pounds caught. Cor October 6 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrfine
Alois Kaspe
Ay. Roade
Alvin
Lewis Roeder
Joe Morris
Wied
Anton Roeder
Hugo Roether
Ella
Willie Roeder
Emma
Hilda
Constance Kubena
Petrich
Louise Kolar
Agnes
Tillie
Emma Proschko
Emil
Albert Meyer
Fritz Sander
Frank Roeder
Edmund
Rocky Creek
Emil Neuszer
Frank J. Roeder
Dawn of Prosperity or Full Break of Day
Fragmentary line hints at debate over economic mood, contrasting optimism with cautious expectation of stronger, clearer signs of improvement. The phrase invokes a shift in outlook, implying scrutiny of early signals before declaring a lasting upturn.
Mexican Revolution shifting powers as Villa targets Carranza
Recap of a turbulent sequence where Madero was killed by Huerta, Carranza and Villa fell out with Huerta exiled to Europe, and now Villa seeks to remove Carranza from influence in the power struggle that grips Mexico City and beyond.
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Madero
Diaz
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
Europe
Looney Bill Limits Cotton Planting to Twenty Acres
Attorney General Looney proposes a bill barring any single household or corporation from planting more than twenty acres of cotton next year. Violations carry one to five years imprisonment or a fine up to $5,000 or both.
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Looney
Epworth 7th League Rustic Social in Welhausen’s Pasture
The Epworth 7th League held a rustic social in Welhausen's pasture Monday evening with about ten couples attending. Mrs Eliza Welhausen hosted Monday afternoon for her birthday with salad, punch, and cake for fifty. Guests included Philip Welhausen and family, Mrs Dora Thornton of Yoakum, and W O Thompson of Big Hill. Agnes Stuerke hosted the T C Club Thursday with a program followed by salad, hot chocolate, and cake for about twenty members. Mrs C L Kopecky and Miss Fannie Ledbetter visited Yoakum. I Trautwein and family spent Sunday in Cuero.
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Epworth 7Th League
Welhausen
Eliza Welhausen
Philip Welhausen
Dora Thornton
Yoakum
W. O. Thompson
Big Hill
Agnes Stuerke
T. C. Club
C. L. Kopecky
Fannie Ledbetter
Trautwein
Cuero
Word To Naturalized Citizens
The department of labor urges naturalized citizens to mail their papers to the bureau so duplicates can be issued if lost. Since 1906 many courts with naturalization jurisdiction have burned, destroying records and depriving applicants of usable copies when needed.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Methodist Church Wedding Unites Lavaca County Couple
Miss Zena Peterson and Mr. J. T. Jaeggli wed at the Hallettsville Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon. The ceremony featured solos by relatives, a marching procession, and prayers by Rev. D. A. Williams. Afterward the couple left for Houston and Dallas en route to their home in Moulton.
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Methodist Church
Lavaca County
Zena Peterson
J. T. Jaeggli
Charles Thompson
Fannie Bell
Hallettsville
Jaeggli
Rudolph Jaeggli & Bro
Moulton
Lavaca
Flatonia Argus Publishes Eight Page Special Edition
The Flatonia Argus released a creditable eight page special edition last week featuring write ups of Flatonia Cistern West Point and Waelder along with photos of schools churches and business houses in those towns. Long live the Argus.
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Flatonia Argus
Flatonia
Cistern
West Point
Waelder
The
Argus
Rural routes in Texas show growth and scope
Postal officials report Texas has 2,019 rural routes since 1899 with Fayette county the first route from Fate to LaGrange. About 908,550 patrons are served and one third of farms receive regular free delivery. Annual cost about 2.5 million dollars and carriers travel 14,627,015 miles delivering mail in rural areas.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Fayette County
Fate
LaGrange
Henry Cramer
Contract Set for Wall Around Famed Goliad Battlefield
Dr A B Conley state superintendent accepts J C Poblemus Austin bid to fence the Fannin battlefield at Goliad. Ten acres will be walled with cement blocks at a cost of 4700 dollars. Legislature appropriated 5000 dollars for the project.
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Austin
Texas
A. B. Conley
J. C. Poblemus
Fannin Battlefield
Goliad
New Advertisements In This Issue Of The Eagle
The Eagle presents new notices including Boehm & Sons Fresh Eatables Opera House Perils of Pauline Hermann Park Verein Dance Kopecky Drug Co Spectacles and Charles Ripple Fresh Bread and Cakes with a friendly spotlight on local merchants.
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Boehm & Sons
Opera House
Pauline
Hermann Park Verein
Kopecky Drug Co
Charles Ripple
Local social notes from Saturday to Monday events
Mrs Elo C Fehrenkamp and Edna Cooper visited the Novoh rad nursery Monday. Edwin J Knesek and Adela returned from Schulenburg and Hallettsville. Rev and Mrs Whaling left for Austin after a successful revival at the Methodist church aided by Rev Allen of Flatonia. The Flatonia choir under R J Andrews sang Sunday night. Moulton rural school opened with 25 pupils taught by Miss Elizabeth Preston under Superintendent Parr. A birthday party for Alexander Brunkenhoefer was held at Mr and Mrs John Brunkenhoefer’s home with cake and chocolate served to numerous relatives and friends.
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Elo C. Fehrenkamp
Edna Cooper
Novohrad Nursery
Edwin J. Knesek
Adela
Luesday
Schulenburg
Hallettsville
Whaling
Austin
Methodist Church
Allen
Flatonia
R. J. Andrews
Moulton
Elizabeth Preston
W, Ek, Parr
Grace Preston
Parr
John Brunkenhoefer
Alexander Brunkenhoefer
C. M. Kotzebue
V. Rehmet
Wm. Franke
A. F. Kotzebue
Ed. Boehm
J. J. Kotzebue
Elo Fehrenkamp
William Graves
Masters Jennings Studeman
Roy
Henry Earl Kotzebue
Jesse Rehmet
Elwood Franke
Alice Kotzebue
Viola
Willis Franke
Allyne Kotzebue
Helen
Marguerite Boehm
What The Panhandle Farmer Thinks of The Silo
Farmers in the Plainview country view silos as multiplying food value. The Hale County area shows eighteen silos rising including eight pits lined with cement, others with tile or wood staves. Over fifty silos exist in the county, all built in the past two years, with plans to double numbers as crop yields rise.
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Plainview
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
Hale County
Buford O. Brown
Plainview Herald
Texas Farms Ownership Split and Land Use
Texas has 417,770 farms with 198,195 owned by operators and 219,575 by tenants. Forty seven percent are owner operated and 53 percent tenant operated. Home owned farms cultivate 14,605,000 acres while tenants till 12,756,000 acres. Land and buildings value is $653,103,000 for tenant farms and $1,190,106,000 for owner operated farms.
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Texas
Program For Moulton Local Institute October 10 1914
A historical notice lists the Moulton local institute program for October 10 1914. It includes opening exercises adoption of a course of study faith of the teacher by H H Sternenberg a model recitation in storytelling second grade by Miss Zou Urquhart special music selected a round table discussion on present problems in our schools.
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H.H. Sternenberg
Zou Urquhart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lone Star State Industrial Notes
Galveston
Galveston Island
A.C. Schaper
Buyjes School
Shiner News
Guy Haltom
Moulton, Texas
Ed, Boehm
Joe Muras
Little Helen
Gonzales
I. H. Willingham
Hermann [Har
Emil Koester
Jola
Wm. Darilek of
Shiner
City
Emil Darilek
Darilek
Anton
Ammannesville
T. H. Leslie
Lillian Cummins
Elsie Jaeggli
Messrs
Sam and
Edwin Jaeggli
Halletteville
Anton Kolar
James Edmund Ferguson
Temple
Mesdames
F. J. Knewek
B. Cordes
F. Fillip
Wm. Koester
Henry Etlinger
Geo. Baur
4. Janssen
Hy. Krueger
Wm. Gerdes
Oscar Anders
Eagle
Texas Farms
Moulton Local Institute
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