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Newspaper
Floresville Chronicle Journal
Location
Floresville, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
3
The grand jury adjourned and reports show 14 indictments with 12 felonies and 2 misdemeanors. Town chatter covers dull business times, local visits, and multiple residents in town on various errands. A dance, church notices, and upcoming election discussion appear amid a busy snapshot of Floresville and nearby communities.
Huntsville Texas May 9 news reports the death of Professor Henry Carr Pritchett at Galveston after cancer surgery. A Missouri farm boy who rose to lead Sam Houston Normal and later served as Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction before returning to Sam Houston Normal Institute. He was 57. His death deeply grieved students and faculty who revered his leadership and guidance.
May 10 Stockdale notes closing of Stockdale school on May 18. May 16 features Hon Marcus Davis of San Antonio delivering the annual address and May 17 Commencement sermon by Rev John Black Hudson of Victoria at 11 o'clock. Closing exercises planned for May 18. Superintendent designate R M Woods, property transfers and local visits listed amid routine notices.
Readers urged to attribute chest pains to stomach problems, advising Kodol as a remedy. The ad claims stomach issues cause heart-like pains and promotes use of Kodol sold by J. H. Beix.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets as a universal pain cure claiming to stop any pain in 20 minutes by shifting blood pressure away from pain centers. The copy markets 20 tablets for 25 cents and notes availability from all dealers.
The Republican Congressional convention for the 15th district met in Floresville on May 12 1908 electing John G C Scott as chairman and E Denike of Webb county as secretary A credentials and organizations committee were named along with delegates Ed Lassater of Falfurrias B Nolte of Seguin and alternates Tom J Martin Kinney county J N Miller Nueces county Scott endorsed as presidential elector A laudatory resolution praised Roosevelt and Taft and proclaims the delegates from Floresville. The season is now on. Get a Kodak at the Palace.
The Grand Jury of the May Term of the District Court for Wilson County Texas reports diligent inquiry into known violations of law. They examined witnesses, returned true bills where justified, and found the county jail sanitary but lacking full examination of the Finance Ledger and Officers' Reports. They urge the judge to appoint a Finance Committee to audit the county accounts, submitted May 11, 1908.
An advertisement for Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment from Racine Wisconsin claims rapid relief for swollen painful bleeding or itching piles. It offers a free trial by mailing a small box to prove effectiveness, with a 50 cent jar available from dealers.
A New York paper notes shirt waists will be more revealing this summer with a joking tip that a magnifying glass fabric could become fashionable, reflecting lighthearted fashion chatter of the era.
The document lists state officers including Governor M Campbell, Lieutenant Governor A B Davidson, Attorney General R V Davidson, Land Commissioner J J Terrell, Comptroller J W Stephens, Treasurer Sam Sparks, and Supt Public Instruction R B Cousins. It details Supreme and appellate justices, district judges and clerks, and county officials. It also notes regular district court terms, county officers, and precinct court schedules with locations such as Floresville Sutherland Springs Pandora Gavernia Stockdale and Fairview.
S. V. Houston, Mayor. John Griffith, Treasurer, J.G. Youngblood, Marshal, H. C Thompson, Secretary. Aldermen listed. Regular council meeting on the first Thursday of each month.
Fraternal groups hold monthly meetings at Floresville locations. Masons meet on Saturdays or nights near the full moon. Eastern Star gathers after Blue Lodge, Woodmen on the second and fourth Mondays, Praetorians meet first Mondays at 8 o clock, Odd Fellows on Tuesdays, and R A M Floresville Chapter 160 meets the second Friday each month. Visitors in good standing are invited.
W J Mitchell oversees Sunday preaching at 11 a m and 7 16 p m with a 9 30 a m Sunday School and a Wednesday prayer service at 7 15 p m You are invited. A L Scannonovan P C Preaching Sunday morning and night with 9 30 a m Sunday School and 4 B Franklin Superintendent Prayer meeting Thursdays J W Israel Pastor Sunday School at 10 a m Sabbath and Second and Fourth Sabbaths at 11 a m and 7 50 p m Welcome to all especially strangers Breaking of Bread at 11 a m and Bible Reading at 10 a m Sundays Rev J H Schroeder pastor Services every second Sunday morning at 9 30.
A father endures nightly vigils as a distressed infant cries. Mother's Baby Elixir promises to calm nerves, soothe bowels, and ease teething pain. Marketed as pleasant, safe, and drug-free, it comes in 25 or 50 cent bottles and is sold by Palace Drug Store.
The text warns that those possessing pistols without licenses in Chicago face severe punishment. It questions whether hold ups and robberies in the city should require robbers to exhibit licenses, signaling a push for stricter gun control and enforcement.
Charles F. Budahn of California calls Bucklen's Arnica Salve the luckiest purchase after a box relieved his persistent itching. The ad notes a 25 cent price for a two box trial and mentions Palace Drug Store as the selling outlet under guarantee.
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