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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
4
The Texas State Fair is set for Dallas from October 14 to 29. Panama Canal reopening to all vessels is noted. The Nevada, Uncle Sam's new battleship, joins the Atlantic fleet for target practice. Texas reports 34,669 accidents in the fiscal year, with 102 fatalities.
Democrats in Texas discuss raising about 100000 dollars for national campaign efforts. They inaugurate a state headquarters in Fort Worth to coordinate fundraising and outreach.
Colonel EKM House, longtime friend of the president, from Texas gave 1000 dollars to the national Democratic campaign fund. Senator La Follette is renominated for U S Senate from Wisconsin by about 15000 votes. LaFollette is described as one of the ablest men in the Senate.
A tractor demonstration near Nixon drew many farmers from the surrounding countryside who watched the big machines in action and reported a highly successful event.
Report from the national capital states all National Guard units will have been withdrawn to their mobilization camps in their respective states by the first of next month.
The Sam and Will Moore Institute begins September 18 with pay months: Primary 1.50, Intermediate 2.00, and High School 3.00. Evergreen at Henkhaus opens September 25 under Prof. F G Havel, with compulsory attendance starting November 20. Oak Grove opens September 25 led by Principal Aug J Elster and Ass't Miss Timm. compulsory test begins October 16. Forty standard desks installed. Attendance law requires 60 days in year one, 80 in year two, and 100 in subsequent years, with exemptions for distance, private or parochial schooling, caregiver needs, and physical or mental subnormality.
Sergeant F. C. Peterson, oldest member of the Second Infantry Band, received an honorable discharge and returned home from the border. Nearly 70, he has served twenty five years in the Texas Guard and been band business manager. On the border he was excused from drills due to age. The band held a farewell concert and escorted him to the station.
An Oklahoma City man seeks a divorce claiming his wife will not cook or mend for him. He accuses her of expecting a wife to work twenty seven hours a day, describing her as among those eight hour day fellows.
Community leaders call the institute a community asset and urge cooperation to make the upcoming scholastic session the most successful in the institution’s history.
The Pure Food Department reports destruction of about 1,000,000 eggs stored too long. It will curtail sale of aged eggs. The state treasurer shows the available school fund at 1,229,293 dollars, allowing the state board of education to make an early apportionment for each pupil for the first time in years.
The issue notes higher paper and ink costs and rising expenses for The Eagle. It appeals to subscribers, noting many are in arrears and stressing the need to pay to cover producing costs and satisfy creditors.
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