Texans Triumph In Exposition Prize At Lewis and Clark
Oxtons raised near ElPace win first prize at the Lewis and Clark exposition. Professor J Wer, Texas educator, dies in Devine. Williamson County prohibition victory. Hattersville to host a county fair September 18 to 23. Crop prospects, school land auctions, and railway cotton shipments noted among Texas items. Globe Gonzales debuts with Alex Williams editor and Mamie Tate society editress.
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ElPace
the Globe
Gonzales
Alex Williams
W. E. Green
Miss Mamie Tate Society
Tux Eacxe
Halletsville News Notes Local Changes and Shortages
Postmaster W J Miller plans postoffice enlargement for rural carrier decks. Kinkler and Mon vereate post offices to close Sept 14. William Peterson surveys Lavaca county for USDA. duties broadened. Lavaca County Home Circle to form Lavaca County Quick Relief Society and leave Home Circle. Local market short on chickens eggs butter due to drought and demand. eleven cents per pound asked for chickens. Fall gardens delayed. rain needed. ribbon cane crop ruined. Sept 9 remains of Deputy Tax Collector A P Bagby Jr’s infant daughter laid to rest in Yoakum. condolences offered. County Superintendent Guenther closes weeklong institute with written exams for colored teachers. Mrs Cobb buys Rosenberg millinery stock. Paget Paget open confectionery in Howerton building. Square fully occupied for first time since boll weevil era. overall prosperity noted.
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William Peterson
Lavaca County
United States Department of Agriculture
A. P. Bagby, Jr
Yoakum
Rosenberg Bros
Paget and
Paget
Howerton
Attorney General Holds Beef Trust Prosecutions Pending
The attorney general delays beef trust prosecutions until September 18 citing unresolved outcomes. Indictments allege conspiracy and may lead to separate trials to prolong the case, while the government plans to proceed.
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Beef Trust
Trust
A Legend of Texas In 1850 From Mrs Ellen McKinney Arnold
The Houston Post recounts Ellen McKinney Arnold of Wharton describing her family’s 1840 to 1845 Texas trek to Lavaca county near Halletsville. She recalls meeting Sam Houston, passing Columbus, and living in a tent while her father traded hides for flour. The tale preserves frontier hardships and memories.
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Houston Post
Southwest
Texas
Ellen McKinney Arnold
Wharton
Panola County
Mississippi
Gonzales
de Witt
Mississipp
Father
Shreveport
Lavaca County
Huntsville
Sam Houston
Napoleon Wiser
Santa Anna
Oak Grove Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Oak Grove Texas Sept 13 local notes report H F Mueller visiting Shiner, Mrs N Sauer recovering from heart disease after medical care, new cotton picker arrival eases crop labor, Miss Anna Janszen visits Monton, Albert Schmidt rents Kaase place, Friebel buys farm, Fritz Glause and Wm Kotwig on legal business in Hallettsville, A D Th S meets, Labor Day observed, Prof Allen Wiseman to assist term, multiple residents guest at Janszen home, John F Bb Muehter delivering crop in Hallettsville.
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Oak Grove
Texas
H. F. Mueller
Shiner
Anna Janszen
Monton
Albert Schmidt
Moulton
Albert Kaase
Frank Friebel
Fritz Glause
Wm. Kotwig
Halletsville
Hermann Sauer
Jno. Schachert
Allen Wiseman
Yoakum
Elizabeth Speary
Emil Janszen
Ottine
Robert Wiseman
Katie
Mount Burkett
W Janezen
Texas Patents Granted This Week
Texas patents granted this week include a plow caster by Jesse F. Cone of Ashby, a breast pump by Uberto D. Izell of Kimball, and a railway crossing gate by John Miller of San Antonio, reported for Texas by C. A. Snow & Co., patent attorneys, Washington, D. C.
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Texas
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington, D. C
Jesse F. Cone
Ashby
Uberto D. Izell
Kimball
John Miller
San Antonio
In Memoriam G B Crane Moulton Lodge Mourns
The Supreme Grand Master recalls Brother G B Crane of Moulton Lodge No 298 A F and A M with respect. The lodge expresses sympathy to the family and votes to drape in mourning for thirty days and to spread this resolution on the minutes. Copies are to be furnished to the family and publication.
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Resotvep
Tne Moutron Knoxx
Henry Krause
W. J. Cooper
AvaGust Windmeyer
Births and Deaths Recorded in Local Notices
Births listed from August to September at multiple towns include a yeti birth at Sweet Llome on August 14 and boys born to the Kubala Sublime on August 22 and Schott Sublime on September 2. Girls born to Laas Slope on August 26 and Spickermann Hasletsville on September 4. Dying records note Henrietta Nolan Mossy Grove August 8 aged 61 1 2, J Y Hicks Moulton August 23 aged 74 2 6, Mrs Albert Spickermann Moulton August 26 aged 37 7 18, G B Crane Moulton August 28 aged 84 2 19, Mrs Theresia Sebulte Halleteville August 29 aged 73. A magistrate inquiry references a stone thrown at a man.
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Joan Baros
Sweet Llome
Frank Kubala
Sublime
Will Laas
Slope
Henry Schroeder
Witting
Val. Schott
Julius Neumann
Hasletsville
N. A. Moreland
Halletsville
Mossy Grove
Henrietta Nolan
Moulton
J. Y. Hicks
Albert Spickermann
G. B. Crane
Halleteville
Theresia Sebulte
Resolutions of Respect for Brother J. Y. Hicks
Moulton Lodge No 298 A F and A M appoints a committee to express regret and condolence on the death of Brother J Y Hicks. The resolutions honor him as a husband father citizen and Mason, drape the lodge in mourning, dedicate a page in the records, and publish the action in the Moutron Kaore and other outlets.
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Moulton
A. F
A.M
J. Y. Hicks
Moulton Lodge No
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