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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
1
A tall man narrates a life of hardship from age thirteen in Tennessee to the western frontier. He recalls a mountain girl’s kindness that saved him, then a recluse hermit who adopted him, changed his name, and began his education.
A tale of mutual revelation unfolds as a boy raised by a benefactor searches for a lifelong love. In a Tennessee mountain setting, a lost romance surfaces when the noble suitor discovers the woman he has idealized may be his own childhood friend. He asks if they may marry before the search ends.
A harness-broken zebra is valued at $10,000, marking a notable valuation of the animal.
Across Texas on September 8 labor day celebrations varied from grand parades in Houston and Tyler to widespread closures in San Antonio and Austin. In Houston hundreds joined union events, Tyler reports a long parade with 600 laborers, and San Antonio cites 37 unions with 2,787 marchers. Austin banks and offices closed while Cameron and Sour Lake held limited observances with banks and post offices closing.
Belton Texas September 8 There was no evidence yesterday of Labor Day or any holiday aside from the post office and banks being closed Very few travelers left on the Katy excursion to Katy Lake There is no labor organization in town which may explain the lack of Labor Day observance.
Segments from Dickinson and Luling observe Labor Day with a Galveston Houston picnic in Dickinson drawing several hundred attendees. In Luling banks and post offices closed for the holiday.
In Smithville Texas on September 8 Labor Day was marked by closings at the bank and post office and holiday hours at the Missouri Kansas and Texas shops. No labor organization demonstrations occurred.
A Port Arthur oil steamer explosion at 11 30 last night caused a fire in the City of Everett and burned the Texas company docks. The Everett’s mate and Captain Fenelon were among the injured as crews fought the blaze. unless wind shifts the docks and elevator remain at risk.
Major L. R. Hare of the U S A assists the military committee in choosing ground for the camp and sham battle and other features of the carnival on the 16th 17th and 18th.
Matthew Plowman, stabbed by James Cormeet in a Saturday fight, underwent heart surgery at Mercy Hospital. Doctors removed and sewed his heart, administered continuous oxygen, and reported last night a possible chance of recovery. The treadknife wound in the left breast nearly split the heart.
Pittsburg September 8 1890 large turnout marks formal opening of the Union Stockyards at Herrs Island cattle dealers from across the country and major firms from eastern and western centers attended the event highlighting broad regional interest in the new yard.
Austin Texas September reports a shortage of cotton pickers as the picking season nears, with many Black workers leaving town for fields. Forecasts say high pay may attract pickers, while farmers rush to harvest early to capitalize on current high prices.
Captain Donovan of Company A Twenty second Infantry reports Gen Nelson A Miles will arrive at Fort Reno soon for a several week fishing and hunting trip. Donovan has located a camp for Miles.
Leadville Colorado reports a two hour snowfall overnight starting late last night. Residents observed fresh accumulations as the weather shifted through the evening hours.
Brownwood Texas September 8 126 vote majority for prohibition. Labor Day observed with banks and post office closed.
Elkhart Texas September 4 antis car ried this precinct by a 116 vote majority in the election.
Jennings Louisiana reports twenty five students depart to study in New Orleans and Texas with Jennings schools at full capacity.
Sofia reports from Varna say a council of ministers led by Prince Ferdinand at Euxinograd endorsed strict neutrality toward the Macedonian question and vowed to prevent actions that could upset relations with Turkey. The war minister warned against a Bulgarian war while pledging to mobilize in ten to twelve days if attacked. martial law would be declared on frontier areas.
Thomas Dossett was arrested in Oklahoma City on Sept. 6 on a murder charge for killing his brother in law in Lafayette Tennessee three years prior. He says the shooting was in self defense. An Oklahoma arrest followed a Tennessee man recognizing him on the street. Dossett had lived in Oklahoma for two years. In Nevada a Shurz Indian man named George Sam killed his ailing son with a shotgun and then shot himself, ending the boy’s suffering.
Miss Minnie Low Anderson aged about 16 died at her parents home in Ennis after being found unconscious in her room at breakfast. An empty vial beside her suggests she swallowed carbolic acid by mistake for medicine.
A collision between two trolley cars at Adams street and Myrtle avenue in Brooklyn injures nearly twenty people. All victims return home except one policeman who is hospitalized for treatment.
Guthrie Oklahoma dispatch reports the federal grand jury at Hobart completed two weeks of work and returned twenty one indictments in the Kiowa county government funds investigation. The probe is expected to require about two more weeks.
In Caldwell on September 7 the Burleson County Truckers Association met with Chairman J C Jones presiding. L C Hill Santa Fe industrial agent spoke and offered ideas, and Mr Watson of Brenham also addressed the gathering. The group plans active work this winter for readiness in early spring.
In Butler Pennsylvania last night a freight car from a siding slid onto the main line and struck an incoming Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh passenger train. Eight people were injured two of them seriously.
Bryan Texas September 7. Cotton receipts by wagons for the season total 1327 square bales and 256 round bales.
The chapel car Good Will is stationed near Smithville's passenger depot under Rev. C. T. Rogers. He will conduct daily services and remain in town for a week or ten days.
The United National Association of Postoffice Clerks begins its fourth annual convention in Nashville Tennessee. Delegations from New England New York Pennsylvania Illinois Michigan Indiana Minnesota California and Louisiana arrive ahead of sessions that run through Thursday.
The first bale of this season was grown by Jim Oliver and sold to Thad P Parker Company for 72 1 4 cents per pound. It then went to Buffalo Trading Co for 11 1 2 cents. The public weigher notes weighing over 1000 bales had been weighed by this date last year.
A westbound Chicago and Alton fast freight exploded its locomotive boiler while passing Greenview on September 7. Engineer Frank J. Upton was killed and Fireman C. C. Kelner was probably fatally injured. Brakeman J. A. Montgomery also sustained injuries.
A head on trolley crash on the Fort Washington line between Philadelphia and Aventown last night left three people probably fatally hurt and over twenty others with varying injuries.
A farmer near Merrilton, Texas reports forty acres of cotton that grew after castor oil beans were planted last year. The field shows a remarkably heavy yield with no boll weevil damage, while neighboring fields were ravaged.
New Southern Pacific Branch announced will soon begin survey work for a route from Durango Mexico to a point on its main line in Arizona.
A bridge about one hundred feet long burned yesterday morning a mile and a half west of Mobile. Trains cannot reach Colmesweil until Monday.
Ammnie Fredericks died near Alva Oklahoma after two days of severe pain from a horned toad bite while traveling overland with her parents.
Knoxville Tennessee September 7 The Third Baptist church extended a call to Rev R C Madaris of Jonesboro Arkansas who is currently connected with the state Baptist board of Arkansas.
An explosion at the Jacob Ruppert ice factory in New York yesterday left Joseph Dilley mortally burned and scalded while John Dosse suffered severe burns and may die. The blast marks the second fatal incident at the plant in five weeks.
In Los Angeles on September Jesey John Oranz and three laborers were crushed when a sixteen foot cavern collapsed at the site of a new hotel excavation.
Three complaints are filed against Gid Graham of Coke County charging him with receiving fees not allowed by law. The report from Texas on September 8 notes the complaints against Judge Graham and outlines alleged improper fee taking.
In San Augustine Texas on September 8 Edgar Waddell shot and killed his brother-in-law Middleton two miles north of town. Waddell surrendered to the sheriff after the shooting.
In Wheeling West Virginia on September 7 a white man accused of insulting a woman was seized by a crowd and subjected to tar and feathering. The incident underscores mob justice tensions in the city.
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