13 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
2
A blaze razed the famous Cliff House in San Francisco on Saturday destroying the landmark. Movitron boasts more up to date mercantile establishments than any Texas city of similar size.
A census bureau report states Texas has 90,291 children earning wages before age 15. Other notes mention a 64 year old Norwegian composer in Bergen, a German airship training school with $149 yearly tuition, and a large shark caught in the Guadalupe River near Victoria.
Prince Casro of Egypt, in the United States for about two months exploring the West and Northwest, plans to visit Texas to study the cotton industry. He has traveled through several regions and will focus on cotton production and related processes.
The United States Congress appropriated 129,608,568.58 dollars for Panama Canal construction. Excavation is estimated at 6.21 dollars per cubic yard, pushing the projected finishing cost toward about 621,000,000 dollars.
About ten thousand people gathered in Oklahoma City on the fifth to hear William Jennings Bryan respond to Secretary Taft’s recent address on the Oklahoma Indian Territory political situation. Bryan charged Taft with loving the dollar first and the people next, if at all.
A trimmed moral vignette urging restraint and kindness. It praises listening before judging and avoiding evil speech, while encouraging compassion for the distressed and fair dealing with merchants who advertise in the home paper.
Several battleships issue their own newspapers while at sea. The Kentucky prints the Kentucky Budget, Louisiana the Pelican, Ohio the Buckeye, West Virginia the Diddy Box, and Wisconsin the Badger, all created by enlisted men aboard.
In a Washington dispatch dated September 5, readers are told that warlike moods in many nations spark fear of a Japan clash. Japan allegedly seized Patras island near the Philippine region, raising fears of aggression. The piece notes Alaska seal poaching and weak U.S. coast defenses as factors pushing toward tensions with Japan.
The thirtieth legislature limited killing to game birds and defined species while imposing a five year prohibition on certain animals from 1907. It lists turkey, quail and dove hunting months and enclosure of fawns and females. Also records birth notices for multiple families in Moulton, Hallettsville, and Hope with birth dates in August.
Our Game Warden. Alex Scbhleyer, a noted sportsman of Gonzales, was appointed one of thirty four wardens in Texas. His territory includes Gonzales, Guadalupe and Lavaca counties.
Richard Peaerson of Cheapside visits Komensky this week. Mr. John Mueller and family join Mrs. Gerhard Pieper for a Sunday visit. Misses Mary and Jennie Ullmann return from Scharlottenburg. Frank and Joseph Christen visit the Breitschopf home. Local dances draw crowds from Moravia and Oak Grove. Birthday wishes go to Rud Heinrich. Henry Cook and family visit from Boursville. Frank Pobler hosts an enjoyable Sunday party. Hugo Pohler Albert Holik Otto Pohler attend Kuehn's Grove dance. Mary Wenske visits near Oak Grove. Fritz Pieper and Richard Pohler take a quick trip to Sbiner.
A salesman argues choosing the best paint is like selecting cows, asserting Devoe paint lasts longer and covers more, promising lower annual cost. The letter explains cost comparisons for two paint options and ends with a note that F T Fehrenkamp sells the product.
September 6 Hallettsville date reports Herman Menking aged 22 suffered a horrific saw accident near Wied nine miles west of town. His left arm was completely cut off while his right hand was injured including a torn little finger and mashed thumb. Physicians were summoned and his survival remains uncertain. Menking is son of Rev. F. Menking formerly from the county now near Gonzales.
A daughter to John Novak and wife Shiner born September 2. A son to J Ben Clark and wife Seclusion born September 1. A daughter to Jove Sarah and wife Shiner born August 27.
A newborn child of John Malcher aged seven days died on August 25 at Halletts ville. Funeral and burial arrangements are to be announced locally.
Texas patents granted this week include a stove by Ira B. Sanders of Fort Worth and Doctor A York and A Carr of Mineola for a vehicle axle, with filing reported by C. A. Snow & Co., patent attorneys in Washington DC.
A two oclock shooting in Shiner Texas left Ignac Vackar seriously wounded on horseback with a bullet entering the right breast. D E Martin is held on a $1000 bond awaiting a weekly examining trial. The incident happened near Mr Martins residence. two shots were fired. Vackar is resting easy this morning.
The county board of examiners met in Hallettsville on Friday and Saturday for the teachers examination. The fourteen applicants included five white and nine colored. Board members are Profs. C. A. Peterson of Yoakum, K. A. Jones of Hallettsville, and Frank Schoppa of Moravia.
The Woman's Home Companion notes eleven hundred U S paper mills produce 200 million dollars of paper yearly. They burn three million tons of coal and shred 2.5 million cords of wood for pulp. About twelve and a half million trees are cut yearly, each at least nine inches in diameter.
Miss Emma Bohnenkamp left for Shiner Wednesday to visit with friends. Dr. F. W. Ledbetter of Shiner made his regular weekly visit to Moulton Wednesday. Harry Koepke of Shiner was in Moulton Tuesday, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Bohnenkamp.
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