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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
4
Condensed Austin News reports a murder charge filed in Alma Bishop connected to the February shooting of HB. C. Greer, a dealer, with the suspect under arrest for several weeks.
The Texas State Highway Commission announces grants totaling 1 868 668 for road projects. Each county receives specified amounts on designated highways including Wilson 215 000 on 12 and 29 and 200 000 on 9 and Dallas 175 000 on 6 among others in Hall Bowie Smith McCulloch Liberty Fayette Van Zandt Hardin Wise Somerville Runnels Concho Panola Bowie Harrison Hunt Jim Wells Johnson Wichita Williamson Uvalde Red River Nueces Blanco.
Austin reports Texas motor vehicle registrations have surpassed 600000 with weekly rates over 4000. Total so far 600658, 79202 more than last year’s total of 531456. Projected year end near 650000, an increase of 118544 from 195? data.
Austin report finds no foundation for peonage claims against Mexican laborers in the Rio Grande Valley cotton districts. Deputy M A Dominguez states investigations disproved abuse of families taken from San Antonio to pick cotton. Hundreds of Mexican farm hands to be released and redirected to North Texas fields.
E M Sheehan president of the California Grape Growers Exchange says about 200000 tons of the 800000 ton state crop have been destroyed. The Fresno and Lodi districts suffer the worst damage with a spotted condition in several other areas.
Washington reports a nationwide July survey showing a healthy undertone and optimism in the industrial sector. Director General F I Jones of the labor department employment service announced the findings this week.
The Conroe commissioners court fixed this year’s tax rate with state 75 cents, county 66 cents, county road bond 90 cents totaling 2.31 dollars. School tax ranges from 15 to 90 cents depending on district.
Tokio reports that scrapping of warships under the Washington agreement will begin soon after ratification. Work is expected to take about 18 months and cost about 11 million yen.
Moorish rebels receive significant reinforcements massed before the Spanish fort. The main body of troops advances toward Benie Said as reinforcements arrive in Mellia Morocco.
Government reports indicate more than 100 people drowned and about 100 others killed or injured ashore as a typhoon struck Macao. Numerous boats and sampans capsized during the storm.
Iowa Senator Albert B. Cummins is expected to preside over the Senate in the Sixty-eighth Congress replacing President Coolidge who served as presiding officer in the prior session. Cummins, veteran since 1906, hails from Carmichaels Pennsylvania born February 15 1860 and has a long record in Republican politics in Iowa and nationally.
Boston merchant Frank W. Stearns, praised as the Col House of the Coolidge era, befriends Cal Coolidge after Amherst College ties. Field urges Amherst alumni to back Coolidge who rises from Northampton to Massachusetts senate presidency and lieutenant governor run. Stearns helps Coolidge’s 1915 McCall ticket and later campaigns for governor and president.
Philadelphia ceremony honors Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell awarded $10,000 Edward Bok prize for outstanding city service. Conwell, 80, founded Temple University with seven students and 55 cents, built a lifelong ministry and lectures that earned over $5,000,000 for education of poor youths.
Rear Admiral William L. Rodgers spoke at the Institute of Politics in Williamstown about the diplomacy and law debate. He argued that war is an integral part of law and warned that reliance on law and leagues alone cannot secure peace.
Strong cooperation by Southwest Texas counties aided tick eradication under the livestock sanitary commission and the bureau of animal industry. Comparisons show 17,300 fewer infected herds and 300,427 fewer infected cattle from July 1922 to July 1923. Three and a quarter million cattle passed through dipping vats in the last month across 163 counties, with 64,243 infected cattle noted.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange backs national boll weevil menace convention set for Oct 16 17. E B Butler president calls the event crucial as cotton losses from the pest rise and threaten national prosperity. Figures show 17 072 000 bales of lint cotton destroyed in five years. The convention aims to devise pest control and discuss legislation with state and industry leaders invited.
Atlantic City N J news that anthracite mine workers’ representatives took final steps to shut down mines on September 1 by issuing work suspension orders after a unanimous vote by scale committees from three union districts.
New Haven Conn George Washington a bay gelding with a war record and Pershing's mount when he reviewed the fourth division of American troops in Paris was killed by the humane society Monday because of enfeebled condition. The horse was owned by Colonel Paul Waterman of the National Guard. George Washington served on the Mexican border in 1916 and in France survived a gas attack.
Livingston Texas reports cotton gins running only half time as the crop yields fall short yet the harvest proceeds quickly with gathering happening rapidly.
Alvin Texas residents can resume travel on the main highway between Alvin and Angleton as the concrete bridge over drainage ditch No. 3 is completed, ending months of closure and the required detour.
Colonel William Scott of the U S Army quartermaster corps stationed at Omaha in the Seventh Corps Area died Tuesday advancing the war department's personnel notices.
A quip about graduation timing and a locomotive analogy appears in a lighthearted exchange. The speakers joke on fate and progress as the word course links schooling and locomotive parts in a humorous aside.
An old advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for constipated or feverish children. It claims the product regulates bowels without griping, sweetens the stomach, and starts liver action, noting it contains no narcotics and urging buyers to insist on the genuine product.
The note asks if you are a good driver and mentions motor, golf, charity, and a pile of slave. The fragmented line mixes driving skill with unrelated phrases and a disquieting term. No coherent event or individuals are identifiable.
The remark recalls an era when medical practice rested on appearances rather than evidence, as physicians claimed patients were improving based on looks. It reflects skepticism toward outdated bedside habits and highlights the gap between perception and actual health outcomes.
Mrs Butler of 1233 S Hanson St Philadelphia writes of relief from long lasting back abdominal and leg pains after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She reports regained strength and ability to perform housework and carry groceries.
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