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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
2
Tanlac, touted as Nature's greatest tonic, claims to revitalize the blood and tone digestive organs after its formula. Advertises strength for workers, urging readers to visit their druggist and try Tanlac, with a note that Tanlac Vegetable Pills aid constipation.
A Kansas City Star quote recalls a hamlet crowd highly praising a home talent performance. The washing machine agent and the Tomhicken tavern landlord describe the audience's reaction as first rate, with the headlining low comedian closing to shouts of delight as the curtain fell.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues without realizing it. Symptoms include back pain headaches and nervousness signaling possible kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is promoted as a physician prescribed remedy available at drug stores with a sample offer by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A French engineer claims to perfect a gas turbine engine that may revolutionize auto and air motors by combining explosive gas motor and steam turbine advantages. Tests before the French air service reportedly satisfied, with the engine running smoothly at 1 500 revolutions per minute.
At the very first sign of colds fevers or la grippe take a Bond's Liver Pill at bedtime. It will act directly on the liver and thoroughly cleanse the system of poisonous germs and impurities preventing serious complications. Only 25 cents at all drug stores.
An oil-tanker built entirely by electric welding, the first of its kind in the United States, was recently launched in Providence. The craft used electric heat to fuse steel sheets and heavy angle iron in its hull and frame, marking a milestone in shipbuilding.
A columnist urges earnest effort and faith in one’s work to achieve success, noting many failures stem from lack of resourceful effort. He praises school and sports meets for building character, cites university track heroes, and highlights Texas highway progress funded by federal aid with thousands of miles of roads under construction.
Latest USDA market report covers Florida potatoes tomatoes celery and lettuce prices in New York Philadelphia and eastern cities plus sacked round whites Alabama Kansas Texas and California figures. It notes live stock shifts with Chicago hog prices beef steers and calves, lambs and yearlings, plus wholesale meat prices and dairy trends. Cotton spot prices and New York May futures are included.
The Texas State Board of Education repudiated approximately 1.5 million dollars in textbook contracts from the December session. It ruled the state could start the 1926 school year with onhand books and in-force contracts, citing that the commission exceeded the legal limit by altering more than one sixth of texts. Forty basal texts and eight supplementary readers were set aside.
Washington report shows 1923 city government costs for 10 principal Texas cities totaling 41,010,108 dollars. Houston leads in assessed property value. state government cost runs 48,451,602 dollars with per capita city costs varying from 29.63 to 64.03 dollars.
The coroner's report cites mercurial poisoning as the cause of death of Mrs Emma N McClintock mother of heir William N McClintock. The body was exhumed and examined. William D Shepherd foster-father and heir is indicted for murder in the youth's December typhoid death, alleged to have used typhoid germs.
Augustus Lukeman of New York has been named sculptor for the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial in Atlanta. He replaces Gutzon Borglum, who was discharged weeks ago, after the Stone Mountain Confederate Monument Association ratified the contract with Lukeman.
A father buys John a watch, big enough to feel special and useful. The Tick-Tock Twins inhabit the timepiece, speaking in their own name every other word as John revels in his first watch and the warm excitement of a new toy.
In a Stray Stories vignette a teacher accuses Bobby of breaking the eighth Commandment by stealing James's apple. Bobby defends by saying he would rather break the eighth and take the apple than break the tenth by coveting it.
The note outlines unchanged first class postage at 2 cents per ounce, with private mailing cards at 2 cents and government post cards at 1 cent. Third class applies to mail under 8 ounces at 1 1/2 cents per 2 ounces, with books catalogs seeds and similar items retaining 1 cent per 2 ounces. Fourth class parcels over 8 ounces require 2 cents per 2 ounces, with optional 25 cent expedited handling. Royalities on printed and private mailing cards vary by size and whether words “Post Card” or “Private Mailing Card” appear. Newspapers’ postage hinges on completeness and page removal. A March 18 ruling allows 24-page books or catalogs up to 8 ounces to mail at 1 cent per 2 ounces if accompanied by a single order form and reply envelope.
G E Melliff of San Antonio was elected president of the Lumbermen's Association of Texas at its thirty ninth annual convention in Beaumont. San Antonio was named convention city for 1926 with J H Cook of Houston first vice president and Hubert Oxford of Beaumont second vice president among other officers named. Melliff invited the 1926 meeting in San Antonio with no opposition.
A venue shift was granted Friday moving Mrs Frank Collier's trial to Haskell county Wichita Falls Texas. The widow of a former mayor faces murder charges in the death of her 19 year old son in law Elsie Robertson. Her husband already serves a three year term after manslaughter conviction related to the same case.
A humorous exchange cites Clarence and his father musing on the phrase matrimonial bark. The joke suggests fault finding in wives leads to a dog's life for husbands, while a calmer husband would quiet the barking at home.
An advertisement touts Dr Peery’s Dead Shot as a comprehensive remedy that expels worms and tapeworms, cleans mucus where they breed, and strengthens digestion with a single dose. The copy emphasizes quick, single-dose effectiveness.
A valuable Greek manuscript from the tenth century, missing its beginning and end, has been found in Pskov by members of the Academy of Science. The 40 parchment sheets are considered a rare example of ancient graphic art by experts from the Rosta agency.
New York City resident Mr Perry praises Carter's Little Liver Pills for curing his bad breath and stomach troubles. He claims the pills relieve ailments such as sour stomach and headaches, and notes wide drug store recommendations.
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