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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
2
The Gazette Cloaks its wartime record with a Blue Eagle poster and a pledge to Roosevelt era codes. The paper notes wartime bronze honors and defends its patriotism amid threats while praising cooperative, noncommercial service during the crisis.
The Shiner Business Men's Club met at Royal Cafe with 23 members and guests to discuss the National Recovery Act and related codes for business. A mass meeting was proposed at 8 AM Sunday at the old City Hall to act on a voluntary code. Several local residents stopped by, including Bauersville visitors, Kasper family updates, and Corpus Christi visitors. A property for sale near Shiner is listed with Otto Fisseler as contact.
An advertisement urges parents to use Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic to treat underweight, pale children by supplying iron to improve blood and appetite. The copy claims the tonic rich red blood and tasteless quinine raise energy, color, and health, and asserts safety for children and wide store availability.
A fragmented note records Miss Octavia Prasatik of Chapel Hill arriving last week to visit relatives. It also mentions the American people's struggle for freedom after thirteen years and a reference to The Song of the Eagle at the Palace Theatre. Miss Mable Merrem departed Sunday for Houston to join Mrs. W. E. Merrem and daughter Mary Elizabeth for an indefinite stay in Colorado.
At Henkhaus Texas on Thursday August 3 music by Havliks Old Time Orchestra invites all to attend a community dance social event for local residents and visitors alike.
Mr. Frank Rubin travels to St Louis to negotiate a deal for fat goods for his firm.
The article extols Thedford’s Black-Draught as a plant based laxative that stimulates the bowels naturally. It emphasizes natural ingredients from ground plants, free from synthetic drugs, and claims no dependence on chemical cathartics. It notes a new syrup form for children.
A local business man reports a recent stray in Goliad who swindled merchants out of about $20 to $30 by selling cigar lighters with names printed on them for $3.60. He warns readers about smooth talking strangers and fake advertising schemes, noting the prey is the public money and that legitimate sales fall short.
The Gazette warns readers to be wary as cotton season nears and scammers expand from towns to rural areas. It cites forged gin tickets, bogus brewery stock, hot checks, and slick salesmen who mislead printers and merchants. Readers are urged to verify with merchants or the Gazette and consult the State Press Messenger for a list of fake schemes.
Duffield Smith of the Better Business Bureau reports a Dallas racket that targets married men. Women are phoned at home with a fabricated first-name “lover” and a bogus inquiry directs the wife to an address to buy the supposed identity of the rival. The scheme hinges on anonymous calls and repeated claims, snaring many wives into paying for non existent information.
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