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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
4
Galveston welcomes visitors this week while Velasco reports distress from storm damage. Temporary beach bathing facilities for 2000 bathers are set up on Galveston's shore. Mexico endures its worst earthquake in 25 years, destroying two cities and killing many. San Antonio protests the move of border immigration HQ to El Paso.
Orville Wincut completes his last speed test under government supervision, achieving a milestone of two miles per hour in a measured trial amid official oversight.
Three Texas rangers raided Galveston business district gambling rooms Sunday afternoon. Thirteen men were arrested at the Midget saloon poker table with additional arrests later. Officers confiscated gambling paraphernalia at two sites and found a poker game in progress at one location.
Professor J M Fendley superintendent of Galveston county schools submits May 1909 census for eight precincts to guide liquor license issuance under Fitzhugh Robertson law. It sets one saloon per population unit after February 20 1909 with a population threshold of 500 for certain rules.
Hallettsville Texas letter argues the Bailey versus Bryan democratic divide as a test of true democracy rooted in Jefferson and Mason. It defends state rights tradition, notes Bailey’s influence in Congress, and calls for party members to leave if lukewarm. Arthur P. Bacsy signs the piece.
Exchange gossip notes J B Habermacher near Addicks Harris County sends two ears of corn fourteen inches long and two and a half inches in diameter both well filled and with a fine appearance He has about thirty acres in the crop and the sample represents the season. The piece also mentions dog ordinance enforcement and local obituaries for the Jaroszewski infant in Shiner.
An advertisement extols McGee's Baby Elixir as free of narcotics and suitable for disordered stomachs bowels and fretfulness. It warns that many soothing syrups for babies contain opium and narcotics and asserts the product is a safe cure for teething complaints, sold by Schlotimen Drug Co.
Mrs Augusta Miller wife of Hy Miller Jr died at her Wied home Sunday at 1 45 am after seven weeks illness meningitis and a stroke. She aged 61 native of Breslau Germany maiden name Schneider came to America in 1850 married 1857 to Henry Miller and leaves five sons Emil Otto Henry Hermann all of Wied and nine grandchildren. Funeral held Monday 1130 am at Charlottenburg cemetery Reverend Konzak officiating. Hallettsville New Era reports.
A call to advance public schools as essential to a cultured community. Emphasizes that practical education reduces crime more effectively than restrictive laws.
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