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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1900
Page
2
The Moulton Eagle published Saturdays by Goeth and Meeneie Amen ee Ott with a yearly subscription of one dollar. It is entered in the post office at Moulton as second class matter.
The notice lists regular Democratic nominees by the June 6 primaries and adds several announced candidates for county and district offices. It also reports violent incidents in Victor Colorado and Gonzales County plus a humorous regional essay on American goods and migration in Where We Live.
W R Ling says notable figures may join the event on the date and a strong turnout is expected. Wharton builds a $160000 sugar refinery while boll weevil damage and floods hurt crops in nearby counties. Frosts hit north Texas as Paris Advocate urges support for local Texas enterprises.
Report claims Bryan would gain about 75000 more votes in Chicago than McKinley ensuring a state victory. A Yoakum man lost his left hand to a gun accident in Edgar last week, requiring elbow amputation. Also mentions high waters in Texas and Mexico with damage and deaths and notes the Philippines war cost about ten dollars per U.S. family annually.
Expenditures for the army in September totaled above 14 million dollars, compared with 10.5 million the prior year’s month and 4 million in 1897 before the Spanish war. Food for thought.
The battleship Texas will receive only essential repairs and will be kept in service for home defense purposes as required by the situation.
A Sherman public school movement urges every student in the state to contribute ten cents for rebuilding Galveston schools destroyed by the storm. The plan is being adopted by schools statewide and a substantial amount is expected to be raised.
Governor Sayers papers served on Governor Roosevelt in St. Louis call for extradition of John D. Rockefeller Henry M Flagler and other Standard Oil men for violation of Texas anti trust laws. Action deferred until Roosevelt returns to New York.
The Houston Post notes Mayor Jones of Galveston has accepted the Republican nomination for Congress in the Tenth district, remarking that surviving two cyclones in one year would be a novel test for him.
The Elite, a four page four column Cuero publication by E. D. Brooks, focuses on society, literature and art and is expected to prosper.
A collage of advertisements and notices includes Quinoria and Rex Dyspepsia Tablets from A. F. Kotzebue, a private school move by Mrs. Kotzebue, and grocer and horse remedies. It also notes Galveston relief, Ballard's Snow Liniment, Wagner and Turbeville storm damages, and charitable cash gifts from John Sealey to Galveston workers.
Cotton receipts rise with 5000 bales sold and demand for pickers. Burgess and Sladen to address locals. musical evening by Corpus Christi Mexican Band. Canonization prospects for Sacred Heart order discussed. nurses centennial planned for Nov 21. 147 convents and 7000 members. Marriage of Prof Kiehl and Miss Eggoc celebrated at Meyersville. Rex Tea advertised as remedy. local druggists. Eagle and Galveston papers offered at sale.
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