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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
2
A roundup notes Washington forbids troop movements into Mexican territory without direct orders. Congress passes tariff measures and discusses river flood controls. President Wilson reshapes executive and legislative ties to cut living costs and aid farmers. Texas figures, impeachments, and notable deaths are noted along with local incidents.
Brownsville appoints Frank Rabb as the new Laredo district collector succeeding J J Haynes after sixteen years. Piedras Negras threats calm as constitutionalists pledge protection of lives and property. Wisconsin border towns see fewer marriages prompting higher minister salaries amid income cuts. Icebergs threaten trans Atlantic shipping with Numidian captain reporting ice floes near Glasgow. Townsend to brigadier general of Texas National Guard replacing Guessar. Guessar retires. Texas Louisiana rains cause record lumber losses with output slashed by 100 million feet, rising to 200 million feet weekly. Race clashes in Mississippi lead to militia arrival after deadly shootings. Galveston port clears 17 foreign steamers worth 12.13 million.
Exports from Japan to the United States in 1912 reached 84 million dollars. America buys about 10 million dollars in Japanese tea annually. A rail wreck near Baku Batum killed forty and injured a hundred after brigand action. Japan aims to keep the status quo in Manchuria while eyeing China. Portuguese premier assassination plots are uncovered near Cintra. In Mexico a brutal clash leaves over 400 dead. rebels claim a victory but both sides withdraw. Five northern Mexican states discuss secession to form a Confederate States of Mexico. Texas Governor Colquitt and family visit Colon Panama. Speed records are set at Rheims by Vedrines and Prevost. Huerta reportedly backs Gamboa for presidency with assurances of fair elections on October 26. Floods devastate rice in Indo China region.
A cloudburst and swelling floods swept Williamson County and nearby streams in Southwest Texas on Thursday. Eight people are confirmed dead, with hundreds homeless and property losses in the hundreds of thousands. The tragedy struck near Georgetown and San Antonio as Berrys Creek rose rapidly, carrying away homes and trapping residents. Two Missouri K and T passenger trains were wrecked at Katy Lake as floodwaters swamped tracks and bridges. crews escaped, though one engineer was wounded.
The Census Bureau’s second cotton ginnery report shows 3,237,851 bales ginned by Sept. 25, 1913, with Texas contributing 1,726,630 bales. The figures count round bales as half.
The Navy Department informed Representative Garner it plans a wireless telegraph station at Brownsville area with a projected cost of 40000 dollars. Garner estimates the site will likely be at Point Isabel, Texas.
The American legation in Pekin received a report from J Paul Jameson vice consul general at Shanghai that an American child was killed and other foreigners maltreated by Chinese brigands at Tsao Yang.
Austin Texas reports gross receipts taxes are now due and it is believed that within the next month as much as $125000 will be turned into the state treasury from this source.
Washington Democrats reach agreement on the tariff bill after a caucus end to discontent. Six Democrats opposed approving the conference report. Debate centers on cotton futures tax as Simmons aims to finish the measure soon, while some senators favor delaying the provision for special legislation.
Water was released into the Culebra cut from Gatun lake through four 24 inch pipes under the Gamboa dike Wednesday morning. At the present rate the Gamboa dike will be filled to a depth of fifteen feet along about five miles by October 15, the date set for destroying the Gamboa dike.
Washington reporters say the commerce court was abolished after the senate appropriations committee backed a house provision in the urgent deficiency bill. The plan distributes its jurisdiction to district courts across the nation.
The Little Giant Oil and Gas Company brought in a dry gas well on the Petty and Wildey lease Wednesday. This adds to fifteen dry gas wells in the Mexia area west of the city.
San Francisco reports negotiations nearly complete for F. M. Smith to sell his entire borax stock holdings totaling eight million dollars to a syndicate of English capitalists.
A 30 horsepower motor car ran 1 078 miles and 460 yards in twelve hours at Brookland track in London. It surpasses W G Scott’s 914 miles and 0 yards on the same course last May by more than 163 miles.
In Beaumont Texas 118 saw mills in the area shut down on Wednesday for at least two weeks as timber lands remain submerged under two to four feet of water. If waters do not recede, mill machinery faces potential damage running into thousands of dollars.
Six carloads of wounded constitutionalist soldiers were moved across the Rio Grande and left in front of a U S military post at Eagle Pass Texas. Local authorities are at a loss how to dispose of these men.
Danish Prince Axel son of Valdemar will serve as a lieutenant in the Danish cruiser Valkyrien and sail to the United States to represent Denmark at the Panama Canal opening.
A severe earthquake struck Colon at 11 20 Wednesday night. The tremor lasted about a minute and shook houses, waking the entire population.
This feature describes several home baked pies including chocolate lemon meringue prune peach and custard pies. It outlines ingredients and steps such as preparing a chocolate custard filling with sugar milk cornstarch and eggs and finishing with meringue. It also covers peach and pumpkin pie preparations with crusts fillings and baking notes.
A classic custard pudding recipe uses cornstarch dissolved in water with salt, then boiling water poured in and cooked briefly. Egg whites beat to stiff froth are folded in, while yolks are whisked with sugar and milk to form a separate custard to be poured around the set white base.
Chop fine one pint of cooked green beans and season with salt and pepper. Layer in a deep au gratin dish and add one cup of milk. Prick one pound sausage and boil then lay in a frying basket, count sixty, and drain over potatoes. Cover with thick white sauce and remaining beans, top with cracker crumbs and bake about fifteen minutes for luncheon or supper.
A recipe for an olive salad begins with mashing two anchovies into French dressing. Stone and chop olives, dice boiled potato and beet, dice cucumber pickle, and line a lettuce bed. Top with chopped eggs, season with salt paprika white pepper, add sherry, toss and serve.
Melt four squares unsweetened chocolate. Add sugar salt and gradually pour boiling water while stirring. boil five minutes. Cool and jar. Keep in icebox to use as needed.
Instructions advise buttonhole around the tear edge and then overcast to secure the tear. The method tightens the edge and pulls the edges together for a neat repair.
Beat two eggs light then add sugar flour and baking powder with cold water. Fold in and bake two small cake layers. Spread with your chosen filling for a light dessert.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup markets teething relief for children claiming gum softening reduced inflammation and pain with wind colic cure. The ad notes 25 cents per bottle and promotes a bargain in Matrimony in a separate line.
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