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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1926
Page
4
A vintage ad touts Borozone as a miraculous wound treatment available in liquid and powder forms. It claims rapid flesh healing and germ elimination with prices listed for liquid and powder varieties sold by Kopecky Drug Co.
Readable text indicates a clothing supplier Meyerhoff D G Co located in Hallettsville offering suits. The fragment suggests customers should visit or inquire at this firm for menswear tailoring. No dates or prices are provided.
A large crowd attended a dance Friday night at the home of Mr and Mrs J D Taylor near Waelder. Music was supplied by Mr and Mrs Rhodie Hallerburton. Miss Gertrude Moeller visits relatives in Moulton. Mr Ray Hall and family spent Sunday at the John Cooper home.
Texas ranks second among states in livestock value and hosts thirty cities over ten thousand. The state has eighteen members in the lower house, with the eighteenth district spanning fifty three counties. Texas farm crops total about one tenth of U S values, roughly a billion dollars annually, and its cotton crop rivals India’s in size.
The Moulton Lutheran Frauen Verein held an enthusiastic Luther Hall gathering on Thursday afternoon. After routine business refreshments followed. Several new members were added: Mrs. A H Falkenberg, Mrs Gus Huff, Mrs William Schodde, Mrs F Biehunko Sr, Mrs F Biehunko Jr, Mrs Fritz Fisbeck, Mrs Emil Klobedans, Mrs William Wilks, Miss Annie Arnim, and Miss Orelia Jaroszewski.
John Mladenko recently showed fine pecans grown at his western city place. Trees are six years old and well fruited, especially where irrigated during the dry season. The note suggests the area can support crops besides cotton and corn, and a nuttery could lead to future independence.
Tax Assessor Eugene A. Turk reports Lavaca County valuation at 17 557 475 dollars for 1926, down 517 785 from last year. The current year tax rate is 43 7c per hundred, down from 41 4c last year.
The Eagle notes the Platonia Fair running November 2 to 6 with five days of events. Liberal premiums are offered to exhibitors and the Scotch Lassies Band will perform daily. Mrs. Jacob Tomasko visited Yoakum with her niece Mrs. Della Townsend.
Mr Henry Knape and family of the Freyburg section were in Moulton Friday visiting relatives.
Rev and Mrs A H Falkenberg returned Monday from Robtown where they attended the Lutheran Mission Festival Sunday.
The national convention in Philadelphia elected Howard P. Salvage of Chicago as national commander. Paris was chosen as the 1927 convention site, with San Antonio awarded the 1928 gathering.
A Texarkana reader recounts severe pellagra symptoms starting years earlier including rash chest pain and swollen feet. After using a home treatment starting July 9 1928 the patient reports complete relief after four treatments and urges others not to delay seeking the same course. The testimonial is signed by Savannah Taylor Naples Texas and bears the doctor’s name and location.
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