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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates with a one year postpaid price of minus one dollar. It indicates the item was entered at the Shiner Texas Post Office as second class matter.
Copies of this paper may be found on Sle at Washington in the office of our special correspondent. F. G. Siggers, 918 F Street, Washington, D. C.
A collage of Texas political notes from Houston and surrounding counties. Mentions General Jake Surry losing army support, General Fred G Ant replacing Jaksmith in Texas command, a $25 000 bail for W T Eldridge in Houston, and talk of a Fort Worth Republican convention bolt. Includes tributes to Capt. Wm Duvoyant of Colorado County and possible independent run by Judge James Ballard.
The report says Moros attacked a unit of U S regulars, killing two soldiers and wounding several others. The text notes a return to war conditions and accuses the president in the White House of inciting ongoing conflict.
The Houston Post argues the pistol toter case exposes murder as personal disgrace and social death. It urges public condemnation across clubs streets and courts, framing the act as a wanton killing with lasting impact.
A harsh tirade frames the armed citizen as a public enemy and calls for vengeance. The speaker denounces the gentleman outlaw as cowardly at worst and a refined brute at best. The message seeks social shaming and removal from society.
Grove's Black Root Liver Pills contain an active principle from Black Root. They act on the liver like calomel with no griping or sick stomach and claim to relieve chronic constipation. Price 25 cents.
The San Antonio Fair Assn unveils a grand night feature The Last Days of Pompeii and free daily vaudeville in the Music Hall. A Wild West display includes a cattle roping contest October 21st and 22nd with 100 wild steers and top ropers from the U.S. and Mexico. Prizes total about 5000 dollars. Rail rates to the fair are advertised as very low.
In Halletsville Texas a mass meeting on August 30 at the courthouse will organize a truck growers association and elect officers. Prominent locals led by Ed Tarkington and William Blakeslee back the movement as farmers push into truck farming with plans for wells and a manager. Houston interests John T. Boyle and A. F. Parker discuss a cotton mill with local financing. T. Y. Hill reports a rice crop near El Campo promising 100 bushels per acre on three acres, praised by Louisiana experts.
The home of Dr George W Allen Sr was completely burned last Friday morning with nothing saved. Loss quoted at 6000 dollars with 3500 dollars insured.
Tax assessor F J Pesek updated his rolls after a State Comptroller notice requires certificate and survey numbers be added to renditions. Approved by the commissioners court, the change added about four days of extra work. Pesek says this is the first time these numbers were requested and he does not understand the reason.
A Schulenburg Sun note reports a young married woman teased an editor about patched trousers. In response the editor sued her husband for $9 owed on a subscription. The item riffs on humorous ads like Stops the Gough and Works and Laxative Bromo Quinine.
Aunt Lucindy carries Hunt's Lightning Oil claiming it helps swellings toothache colic backache cuts burns neuralgia catarrh. She notes she has sixty nine grandchildren and shows confidence in the remedy.
Mrs Rubmanp and her son Johnnie from LaGrange are guests of Mr and Mrs W D Kueper Sr in Schulenburg.
In a Monday talk with Supt. F P Guenther he said Lavaca County public schools begin September 1 with Halletsville opening that day and others to follow gradually. He expects Lavaca’s share of state school funds by month’s end and will pro rate it among county schools.
An advertisement touts Grove’s tasteless Chill Tonic revealing a simple iron and quinine formula printed on the bottle. It proclaims no cure, no pay and prices it at 50e.
The passage advises not swapping Hunt's Lightning Oil for a worthless article and suggests asking a druggist or merchant for a free sample bottle. It conveys a consumer tip about evaluating medicine by seeking a sample before purchase.
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