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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
5
Rai read Time Table Lockhart Branch Train No. 45 arrives from Lockhart at 12 55 p m Train No. 46 arrives from Yoakum at 2 10 p m Waco Branch Train No 42 arrives from Waco at 1 05 p m Train No 44 leaves Shiner at 6 18 p m Yoakum to Waco Train No 41 arrives from Yoakum at 3 08 p m Train No 43 leaves Shiner at 10 04 p m
City directory notes officials including Mayor Treasurer Secretary Marshal with entries for Louis Trautwein CC B Wellhausen Ed J Mair T J Barkett as listed in the municipal record.
Halletsville Texas reports regular sessions this week with auditing and business attention. M Harless sells cattle to A G Farrington Yoakum. Local oil mill operates day and night with hulls and meal for cattle feeding. Cotton seed competition grows as cotton arrives at about 200 bales daily with buyers from abroad.
The estate of William Dunovant is estimated at 370000 with liabilities likely around 25 percent. He was a leading promoter in South Texas with sugar cane holdings valued at 150000 but frost reduced proceeds to 10000. He leaves a sister Mira Adelia A Dunovant who resided at 1704 Rusk Houston and was unmarried.
R. H. Hunter, believed to be the oldest living Texan, died at his home three miles northwest of Flatonia. He was 89 and had come to Texas at age nine. His funeral was held in Flatonia City Cemetery.
Barber shop ad invites customers to visit A Koapke s for grooming services. The readable text promotes a neat shave and personal care in a concise local notice style.
A social mystery unfolds as fine doilies vanish from dinners hosted by diplomats wives. A leading caterer suspects a foreign minister's wife, stages a swap with cheap paper doilies, and a mysterious Irish woman collects back samples by confession, easing social tensions. The Chicago Record notes the intrigue and alleged church confession as recovery without scandal.
Caero Texas August 12 Mr B R Burow commissioner from precinct No 3 resigns his post for the unexpired term after twelve years in office He resigns to run for Congress as the Republican nominee from the Ninth district William Theum of Yorktown appointed to fill the unexpired term.
Lands across several Texas counties and west Texas are offered for sale from 1.00 to 25.00 per acre by W H Davie Gonzales Texas. Tilman Simmons a colored man in Gonzales was sentenced to ten years for arson and burglary after burning F O Smith Co warehouse and later received twenty more years on four burglary charges.
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