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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
8
A 141 acre farm listing near Wied with 37 acres in cultivation 6 acres in hay patch and the rest in pasture. Features include good grass hog pasture orchard a windmill good house and barns ample wood black and sandy soil and a price of .50 per acre with one half Shrubanes toausta hgners Apel gt Ganette.
The article claims cottonseed oil machinery could convert potatoes into industrial alcohol, enabling southern mills idle in summer to operate year round and keep workers employed. It notes potential cheap production and a large demand for potatoes benefiting farmers.
We buy life insurance policies and pay more in cash than the issuing companies. We also buy policies subject to loans. Write forging or apply in person to Sam Schwartz, Agent Shirer.
Local notes report Henry Dryer tending cane fields near Guadalupe River with a ladder attempt on tall stalks and a plan to cut cordwood this year. Cotton picking is active and crops look fair. A Dilworth barbecue drew a large crowd with many Dryer family attendees and light political chatter.
The W O W barbecue and ball on the 24th drew about thirteen hundred attendees from Shiner Gonzales Dreyer Moulton Nickel Waelder Maurin Big Hill and other points. A grand dinner baskets and music by the Moulton band accompanied speeches by H C Von Strave William Green and others. A horse accident near Pesek injured two girls but no harm done. Dilworth celebrated its first bale of cotton raised by Jurica who received flour as premium. The death notices record Mrs Clopton and Sovereign Earnest Barstch as well as travels of Gordon Haggins and others. remains were interred at Denton Creek and Gonzales cemeteries.
District Court schedules private sale of real estate and vendor lien notes tied to the late P. D. Smith. Properties include 892 acres near Hallettsville, a Terryville farm of 145 acres, 50 acres near Yoakum, 10 acres in Yoakum city boundary, and Lot 4 Block 1 J X May addition Yoakum. Sale required before the court's next term. contact Wm Blakeslee, Hallettsville, Texas.
Advertisement urges local growers to support the economy by delivering cotton seed to the Shiner oil mill for processing, promoting domestic industry and regional production.
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