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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
2
A vintage advertisement touts Tanlac as a potent tonic and builder from earths roots and herbs. It claims to revive starving bodies, cleanse the blood, restore appetite, and restore color and weight, promising millions have benefited and over a hundred thousand tributes.
A Popular Mechanics note explains every air-mail plane over San Francisco bay and the Sierra between the Golden Gate and Reno must be ready for two emergencies. They carry snowshoes and life preservers as part of standard equipment for ocean dips or forced landings in the snow capped mountains.
Prepare a soft dough with 4 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons butter and a pinch of salt plus 2 eggs and milk. Bake in a hot oven 20 minutes, cool, and split into two layers. Spread 3 tablespoons butter between the layers, cool, top with crushed strawberries and whipped cream.
A colloquial dialogue shows Ebenezer-Dat'er and Moses discussing a quarrel. The man allegedly argues constantly with his wife and refuses meals she prepares, prompting agreement from the other speaker. The text reflects domestic discord and social tension in a humorous register.
A nautical log anecdote notes Mabel appearing glamorous for a night, while a speaker remarks she is only thirty two. The line hints at social vanity and aging, set within a crew perspective and casual banter.
Little Melly recuperating at home grows anxious over a wind rattling door and a bothersome fly. She struggles to nap as the door bangs and the insect persistently pesters, finally deciding to rest despite the buzzing interruptions.
A five year old visiting the country tried bread and milk and, after a thoughtful pause, told his mother he liked it but wished the milkman would swap his wagon for a real cow. The child’s playful remark captures country life charm.
Mrs Verben a Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing severe monthly troubles and postnatal displacement after her first child. She reports regained strength, five children ages from newborn to six, and resumes full housework, urging friends to use the medicine.
At Morden England a monkey winch used in the Australian bush cut down a 65 foot elm for the City and South London railway extension. Secured to a small tree, two men tightened cables and brought the tree down in ten minutes. Roots were pulled out intact, saving days versus old methods.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claiming it cures kidney liver and bladder ailments and relieves rheumatism. It promises sworn statements testifying to its effectiveness and offers sample bottles by parcel post with ten cents and directions to purchase larger bottles at drug stores.
An English botanist recently discovered a species of rhododendrons in Tibet that produce perfectly black flowers. The finding highlights unusual pigmentation and the plant’s potential ornamental value.
An old fashioned remedy advertised at 372 Pearl St offering a single dose treatment to expel worms or tapeworms. The plain ad notes Dead Shot is a real medicine not a lozenge or syrup and points to a location in N. Pearl Street.
A humorous exchange features a doctor asking about dyspepsia and a patient replying that the trouble occurs only when he tries to spell it. The brief gag relies on a pun on the medical term.
Washington officials from the Treasury War State Labor Justice and Agriculture departments held a conference to outline a joint plan to tighten border and coast restrictions. The effort targets smuggling liquor merchandise and aliens and seeks closer interagency cooperation rather than immediate consolidation or new legislation. A May 15 El Paso conference on Mexico border treaties was noted as a future milestone.
Mrs Rebecca J Fisher was re elected president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the close of the thirty third annual convention in Austin Texas She has led the group for about 30 years and is the second state president Others elected to top posts include Mrs Clara Driscoll Sevier first vice president and Miss Lillie Robertson second vice president Local leaders named to further posts are Mrs Lillie Terrell Shaver third vice president Mrs Henry Hutchins fourth vice president and Mrs H M Wurzbach fifth vice president Mrs Fred Claude secretary and Mrs Charles Alford treasurer along with historian Mrs Nettie Houston Bringhurst Executive committee additions include Mrs Joseph Kincaid Mrs M S Matcher and Mrs Qus Farnsworth Houston and San Antonio invited to host the 1926 convention with selection to follow by executive committees.
Rains for the first time since last November spread over the Panhandle and plains regions of West Texas from the New Mexico border east to Wichita Falls. Measured at half to two inches, the slow fall left fields waterlogged with creeks and rivers near bank to bank. Farm conditions were ready for planting as Northwest Texas prepared for a season, while showers diminished by the time the rain moved eastward past Wichita Falls.
Frank O. Lowden, former Illinois governor, warns at the American Newspaper Publishers' Association dinner that a 600 percent rise in farm bankruptcies and widespread farm abandonments signal decaying agriculture unless farmers unite to market cooperatively.
The District of Columbia supreme court on Monday upheld the Shipping Board in the sale to the Dollar interests of five vessels in the California-Orient service, currently operated out of San Francisco by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Heavy rains across the island hindered sugar cane processing, delaying grinding at about 50 mills in Havana and surrounding areas. The wet weather slowed operations and reduced outbound shipments as crews worked to clear flooded fields and resume production.
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