Taft Views Great State from South to North
President Taft journeyed across the state observing its breadth from southern cities to northern towns. He praised its growth, spoke on national issues, and met local leaders during the tour.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
1
Taft's Texas Tour Misses Corsicana Speech
President Taft completes brief talks at Prairie View Mempstead College Station Hearne Bremond and Corsicana on a Houston to Dallas run. He skips several invitations to keep the Dallas arrival on schedule while Secretary Dickinson fills gaps and Toll crowds greet the presidential train along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dallas
Taft
Corsicana
Hearne
Dickinson
Texas
Tennessee
Prairie View
Mempstead
College Station
Bremond
Houston & Texas Central
Colored Normal School
Texans Report Arrests for Gambling in Brazos Bottom
Caldwell Constable KE Ellis returned from the Brazos bottom with forty five negroes seized for crap games and gambling. Karnes City notes a Mexican killed near Green with two suspects. sheriff and deputies head to the scene as district court sits. Bay City reports late rice movement and crop shortfalls from irrigation and high-rate obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Tex
Ke, A. Ellis
Brazos Bottom
Bay City
The
Irrigation Association
Child dies after ingesting matches in Caldwell
Sunday a two year old child of Mr and Mrs Jim Maddox in Caldwell ate matches by accident and died soon after from the poison effects.
Woman Fatally Attacks Husband With Public Safety Item Near Shepherd
In Shepherd Texas a Black laborer Charles Washington was fatally struck by his wife using a loaded public safety item. She fled to the sheriff saying she acted in self defense after he threatened harm and returned with water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd, Tex
Shepherd Sunday
Charles Washington
Prince Ito Assassinated Shocks Japan and World
News from Tokyo reports Prince Ito assassinated in Harbin by a Korean while en route from Tokyo to meet Russian and Chinese officials. Ito, 68, shaped Japan’s imperial constitution and modern state status, with a career as a trusted adviser and privy council president. He departed October 16 for Manchuria to meet M Kokovosoff on financial talks and railway status. the motive for the conference remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Harbin
Prince Ito
Howsing
Hirohumi Ito
New Japan
Occidentals
Japan
England
Privy Council of
Manchuria
M. Kokovosoff
Russia
Kokovosoff
Manchuris
China
Prince Sto
Brenham Sees Cotton Sell High Amid Rising Seed Costs
In Brenham Texas good cotton is selling at 13 1 cent per pound, boosting bale value as cotton seed prices climb. Local merchants report strong demand and favorable prices for the lint, with farmers tracking market shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenham
Tex
Bonds for Registration In Texas
The attorney general's department approved for registration on Monday several bonds: City of Temple waterworks bonds amounting to $56,000 at 5 percent, Newcastle independent school district school house bonds for $11,000 at 5 percent, and Dallas county common school district No. 32 school house bonds totaling $6,000 at 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
City of Temple Waterworks
Newcastle Independent School District
Dallas County Common School
Fell Beneath the Wheels in Smithsville Train Death
Olin Snyder aged 18 of near Lockhart Texas was fatally injured after being run over by a Katy passenger train. He fell while attempting to board at the depot, missing his footing and being dragged beneath the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsville
Tex
Olin Snyder
Lockhart
Katy
Snyder
Iiing
Snow diggers enjoy coastal trip to Angleton drainage district
A sizable group of travelers arrived this week and are being escorted through Angleton drainage district. They wear broad smiles, impressed by the soft air of the coast country and the fine lands of Haragoria county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angleto
Angleton Drainage
Hragoria
Reconstruction of old school building begins in Angleton
Work on rebuilding and cleaning up of the old school building has begun and it is quite certain that the first of the new year will find it on the road to completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angleton, Tix
Apparent Duel in Brownsville Results in Deadly Standoff
Two soldiers were found on Monday across the river in Brownsville with a bloody dagger and a pistol with an empty shell. Jealousy is suspected as the motive for the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Qie
Frosty Morning Hits Nacogdoches Area with Light Damage
A killing frost touched Nacogdoches Texas Mogay morning leaving cold conditions. Frost occurred weeks ago but caused little damage this time and the weather remains cold and dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoche
Tex
Boll Weevil Pest Causes Huge Annual Loss
The boll weevil pest triggers an estimated annual loss of 25 million dollars to cotton crops. Researchers push for control measures, including crop rotations and chemical treatments, to limit damage and protect yields.
Winter Campaign Aims to Destroy Boll Weevil Pest
Government experts in the Department of Agriculture report annual boll weevil damage of 25 million dollars in the United States. Winter is the critical season for the pest, and destroying ten weevils in winter is more crucial than felling thousands in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Mississippi Valley
Taft Visits Houston Delivers Speech From Rice Hotel Balcony
President William Howard Taft arrived in Houston at 7 20 am on a San Antonio and Aransas Pass train and stayed until 10 30 am. He spoke from the Rice Hotel balcony, reviewed local schoolchildren, rode past crowds, and faced the usual strenuous schedule with no formal reception, remaining under the committee's control throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
United States
William Howard Taft
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Rice Hotel
Artesian Well Flows 130 GPM On Woodstock Settler Farm
Word from the Collegeport neighborhood reports a fine artesian well on the seventeen acre fruit farm of Mr. Allcutt, a new settler from Woodstock. The well reportedly flows from 401 feet depth through a 2.5 inch pipe and releases 130 gallons per minute when fully liberated twenty five feet above ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Tex
Collegeport
Allcutt
Woodstock
Guadalupe County Hogs Dominate Dallas Berkshire Awards
Guadalupe county earns top honors at the Dallas fair with eleven first prizes and four seconds for Berkshire hogs. The stock also wins the American Berkshire Association trophy, a silver cup, reported by George Lillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Tex
Guadalupe County
George ‘Lillard
Berkshire
American Berkshire Association
Houston Electric Pays Gross Receipts Tax in Q Last Quarter
Austin Texas. The Houston Electric Company of Houston paid a gross receipts tax for the last quarter totaling 1597 dollars on a quarterly business volume of 212991 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Houston Electric Company of
Houston
Lettuce Salad Preparation Instructions
A simple salad method involves rubbing a dish with garlic, layering lettuce, and adding chopped hard boiled egg white. Mash the yolk, mix with salt olive oil and vinegar, then pour over the lettuce for serving.
Bananas Sizzle With Salted Butter Frying Tip
Peel and slice the bananas then sprinkle with salt and fry in butter until light brown. Serve hot as a simple fruit preparation or dessert accompaniment.
Haymaking in Coast Country Farmers Reap Bounty
Farmers in Coast Country press ahead with hay making under sunny skies. Local fields yield abundant cuttings as crews work steadily to gather hay before the weather changes.
Coast country hay men reap golden harvest in Texas
In Texas coast country hay producers report record profits as copious rains revive supplies after drought. About 100 cars a day are shipped statewide with profits of at least $35 per car and hay selling for 6 to 7 dollars a ton. Weather threats loom as the season nears an end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulf
Mebane Cotton Shatters Local Lint Percentage Record
Lockhart Texas reports rivalry among cotton growers as W. S. Parr leads with a new lint percentage record. Parr produced 1 230 pounds of seed cotton yielding a 531 pound bale and a lint percentage of 43.17 in a remarkable week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
Tex
W. S. Parr
Parr
Peanuts Move As Giddings Growers Sell First Car
Giddings Texas peanut growers shipped their first car of peanuts on Tuesday and earned 90 cents per bushel. The crop is described as a regular peanut country and growers plan to largely increase acreage next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings. Tex
Giddings
Abilene Grocery Man Shot and Killed
A. J. Sims of Abilene Texas was instantly killed by a single shot Tuesday. The bullet pierced his right breast, severing a major blood vessel after a brief struggle. J. W. Neill surrendered to officers and is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Tex
A. J. Sims
J. W. Neill
Bonds for Filing Approved for Registration
Tuesday the department approved bonds for filing including Hidalgo County Drainage District No 1 improvement bonds valued at 176000 in twenty Forties at 5 percent and Kendall County Courthouse bonds at 7000 in ten Forties at 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Hidalgo County
Kendall County
Cunning Thief Haunts Houston Third Ward Homes
A burglar roamed the Third Ward area Tuesday night in Houston Texas. He was briefly captured at one house but escaped with a clever ruse and returned to raid two more houses in the same neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Third Ward
Daughters of South Session Opened in Houston
Mrs. C B Stone formally opens the Daughters of South session in Houston with a ceremony attended by local members and community leaders. The event marks the group's activities and plans for community service projects this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
C. B. Stone
Gold Bearing Rock Shown Near Yoakum Mine Site
Dock Sistrunk displayed samples of gold bearing rock from the Tope well near Yoakum Texas. He stated an offer of eighty thousand dollars for the land was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Tex
Sistrunk
Tope
Tanglewood Crops In Tex See Harvest Near Complete
The cotton crop is gathered and nearly all sold as farmers prepare land for another crop. Corn, other crops and peanuts are being harvested. some growers thrash peanuts. Span ish peanuts have long been used for hog and cattle feed. Jasper Driver, 63, a negro convict, left Nacogdoches for Rusk to begin a two year penitentiary term after killing another man earlier this summer. He went unaccompanied by request, a likely first for such a case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Texas
Center
Waller County
Houston
Tex
Shiloh Monument Association
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New York State
California
Ricetel
Dixieland
John H. Reagan
Rice Hotel
Stone
Wiha
United Deuriiners of
Kerning Sen Ipiene
Mrsa Rere Ye Tenn
Shiloh Mongement Association
Tanglewood
Nacogdoches
Jasper Driver
Nacogdovches
Rusk
Driver
Mangled in Machinery in Corpus Christi Shop
An 11 year old boy named Ray Robinson, working in the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico shops in Corpus Christi, was caught by clothing and drawn into a main shaft while oiling machinery on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Ray Robinson
St. Louis
Brownsville
Mexico
Asher Brings 16 Horses and Mules to Port Lavaca Farm
F C Asher arrives from Gregory with sixteen work animals and rents 275 acres from McKinney Bros to plant cotton next season. He made eighty bases at Gregory this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lavaca
Tex
F. C
Asher
Gregory
McKinney Bros
Improving Railroad Shops at Yoakum Texas
The 8 A & A P road continues yard and shop improvements at Yoakum Texas adding new tracks and extending tie sheds by 180 feet at the rip track to increase capacity and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Tex
Horse Drawn Hauling Accident in Palestine Texas
A horse drawing a buggy for Dr. S Bratton ran away in Palestine on Monday colliding with a milk wagon. The hearse horse pulling the milk wagon was killed by a spear like injury to its side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Tex
Dr.s. Bratton
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Knape & Meiners
Moulton, Texas
O. Arnim
Berney Lackmann
Ernst Pelzel
K. Rehmet
Lone Star
Friendship Saloon
Adolph Darileh
Jacob Nachlinger
F. W. Lueke
Moulton Bottling Works
Wm. Schmidt
Echo Springs
Jersey
Joe E. Richter
Big Hall of Gamblers
Karnes City
Seale
Green
Corean
George A. Anderson
Hutchinson
Kan
Anderson
Kiling Frost
Greenville
Will Lloyd
Ammansville
Schulenberg, Tex
John P. Heller
Shiloh
Texas Gold Mine
South Texas
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