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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1915
Page
4
Fred Speck of Menard County brought a seventy six pound pumpkin to San Angelo. He raised the oversized gourd on his ranch as a sideline. Max Pantel received the pumpkin, noted as the largest of its kind seen in San Angelo.
A zigzag of brief items from Sioux Falls to Los Angeles records unusual deaths and curiosities. Deliah Wyant 16 dies after a pea lodges in her bronchial tube. Lydia Adams 70 dies, then awakens hours later. Jane Reachard 19 laughs for three hours during a story. Mrs Fritz Otter 26 spots a snake touching her neck. F Tanner of Oilton runs a pool hall. Los Angeles girls chase fashion rings a peace ring and a sweetheart ringio caps the brief column.
Miss Lucille Guita, 17, underwent surgery to remove a swallowed fork after an attempt to examine her throat. In Plainfield Illinois an inventive farmer used a car exhaust to kill gophers and rats by driving a hose into holes, eliminating pests.
The Galveston News annual trade edition reports Galveston remains the top cotton exporter in the United States and ranks second in business volume after New York. Commodities totaling 229,181,742 dollars passed through the port, led by cotton with wheat and other staples also shipped abroad. The port is expanding with new facilities as part of wide regional trade coverage. Also noted are visits by Oswald Buescher and family to Smithville.
A Texas Farmers' Union stance opposes woman suffrage arguing women belong at home and in family life rather than ballots. It likens suffrage to unsexing the race and praises the woman's role in nurturing minds and homes, citing Biblical example and male leadership.
Themistocles says a statesman should build not merely boast of rhetoric. A nation needs builders who can lay bricks and lay highways, and start a plow, proving true statesmanship lies in creating tangible public works over political vanity.
Mrs. Anton Deharde of Shiner visited friends in Moulton on Sunday. Willie Preptow of Hallettsville traveled to Moulton to visit friends. Mr. Rudolph Bartsch and family of Maurin were in Moulton for a relatives visit. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Craigs welcomed a baby boy born Thursday October 7.
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