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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
2
Texas motor vehicle registrations total 382 674 since January 1, with refinery product shipments by water from Pow Arthur amounting to 3 073 226 barrels in July.
Governor Cox declared for league of nations and progressive policies in a large San Francisco acceptance speech. Franklin D Roosevelt stood with Cox as crowds cheered his campaign pledges including woman suffrage, tax relief, and strong law enforcement.
Washington reports that 151 convictions have been secured in the Department of Justice profiteering drive. Since the campaign began, 7,854 arrests and 1,499 indictments have been recorded.
Hythe England report says Britain and France believe the bol sheviks plan to seize Warsaw and establish a Soviet government in Poland, signaling a major expansion of Soviet influence in Central Europe.
The War Department announced that 2,891 American soldiers have been returned from overseas. An additional 1,338 bodies are en route to the United States.
Nashville Tennessee lawmakers convened in an extraordinary session to consider ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment. The move reflects intensified efforts by supporters and opponents as the legislature weighs constitutional change and societal impact.
A bat is said to be able to absorb and digest in one night food three times its body weight. The claim notes the bat’s remarkable metabolism and eating capacity discussed in the page segment.
A fragment quotes John Brown praising clouds as a metaphor that the present hour’s cover offers only light to brighten the days ahead. The saying frames clouds as a hopeful omen for future times.
A brief line from Answers London presents a terse reflection on choosing friendship over obligation, suggesting autonomy in social bonds. The phrasing implies a skeptical view of obligatory friendship.
An overview of the crawl as the fastest swimming stroke noting two variants the four beat and the six beat. It contrasts usage by men and women and cites coaches who favor the six beat for its faster leg movement.
Larry Doyle known as Laughing Larry headlines as a Giants veteran in 1907 approaching his fourteenth big league season. The miner turned ballplayer rose from a mule kick incident to national prominence, earning an automobile in 1915 and sustaining a bat near the .300 mark with strong fielding as age advances.
Bud Saunders, former two year football coach at Haskell Indian College, is hired as Grinnell College head coach. Saunders, a former University of Missouri quarterback star, is expected to bring winning success to Grinnell.
Sporting notes tally the 1921 Cuban derby worth 20 000 to the victor. Other items note technical boxing growth at Georgia Tech, Hopkins football capacity, and various international events with top athletes and upcoming clashes.
National amateur champion S Davidson Herron climbs toward the title of America’s longest driver. In the Allegheny club tournament he outdrove opponents with a string of remarkable distances from holes 1 2 4 and 6. Spectators marvel as the ball speeds far beyond the hole lengths.
Final Texas election bureau figures from 249 counties show Bailey ahead of Neff by 1,852 votes for governor. The report lists totals for all state races, noting Bailey leading and other incumbents or leading challengers in lieutenant governor, supreme court, and other offices.
Governor Hobby approved the court martial findings acquitting Private J. C. Tyer of killing Captain H. A. Robertson in Galveston on July 30. The guard was on sentry duty when Robertson was shot driving alone in an automobile. The verdict follows a Galveston trial last Monday and a Thursday receipt by the Adjutant General.
Fort Worth reports a rise in oil production across North and West Texas with total weekly output at 207000 barrels, up from 197000. Read across Ranger in Stephens County to Desdemona Burkburnett and Iowa Park.
Norwegians report the longest average life expectancy in a study of global aging. Researchers highlight robust health care, high living standards, and strong social support as factors.
Doctors and druggists report many people suffer kidney problems without realizing it. Kilmer’s Swamp Root is praised for its healing effect and listed by life insurance physicians as a common, undiagnosed issue. A sample bottle can be requested by sending ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton, N Y.
Film Fun recalls a joke about getting lost not in a jungle but in the property room of a motion picture studio. The quip highlights the cramped, chaotic space filled with movie props and set pieces.
Advertisement for 99 out of 100 something promising summer relief. Claims quick action for colds, itching, and pains with E W Vacher Incorporated based in New Orleans seeking agents where none are available.
A humorous vignette shows a father asking what scientific salesman ship means as a man enters a shop to purchase a dress suit and ends up buying a celluloid collar, illustrating misfired sales lingo.
The ad promotes Bayer Aspirin tablets as genuine and safe, claim over twenty years of physician use, with the Bayer name on a sealed package and directions for head, tooth, earache, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds and pain. It notes 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and druggists offer larger packages, attributing the product to Bayer and Mon oacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
An editor questions why a poem is printed on the back of a Liberty bond. The poet retorts that poetry is worth the paper it is written on, turning the exchange into a sharp quip about value and censorship.
A vintage advertisement claims mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White creates a lemon bleach for daily facial application. It asserts the lotion lightens skin to a rosy white, noting stage beauties use lemon juice for freckles sunburn and tan removal.
The remark speculates on the raven in Poe's poem Nevermore if it sat on a bust and understood it could never again fly. It suggests a humorous twist on fate and immortality.
In a collection of personal advertisements the speaker notes romance, then cites a solitary widower seeking a mourning lady who cried through a Charley Chaplin film, hinting at hopes for companionship after loss. The exchange reveals humor and longing in anonymous notices.
An advertisement touts Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills as simple old fashioned medicine for regulating the stomach liver and bowels urging readers to get a box and try them.
A June bride questions why divorce courts pick up cases after the damage is done. The piece notes most court filings happen after the couple's relationship reaches a breaking point and the separation proceeds.
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