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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
8
The London Mail reports a Liberal member was seen in a bath during a house division yesterday, wrapping in a long coat to perform his duties to constituents. The piece notes shade from trees cools air, with tree temperatures around 45F while human skin sits near 98F, explaining natural cooling effects.
Austrian tailors plan a quarterly black list listing names and addresses of unsatisfactory clients and the exact amounts of their debts. The move aims to publicly identify debtors and pressure repayment.
An old ad touts Defiance Starch promising to keep clothes white with a 116 ounce package priced at 10 cents. A separate wire notices a massive fire in Guayaquil Ecuador, stating the city is nearly obliterated and cannot easily repeat such a spectacle.
An unreliable claim touts Sparn’s Pic Cure as daily curative with no pay if it fails from Home Rennedy Co. of Houston. The text also mocks arithmetic as among the worst examples a boy encounters.
An assortment of vintage ads includes Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer offering a free 62.00 trial bottle and treatise from Philadelphia with a cooling boast. Also promotes Dreiss’ Specific Headache Powder sold by mail from San Antonio and a self-improvement quip about being in the self-made class. A wine tasting note about professionals not swallowing wine is included.
Illinois researchers report bitter rot widely found in key apple regions this year. Inspect trees carefully for cone shaped fruit spots and cankered limbs, remove infected limbs and fruit, then apply Bordeaux mixture to curb spread.
Mrs. Esther M. Milner of DeGraff Ohio and Miss Mamie Groth Platteville Wis report relief from female weakness and headaches after using Peruna. Dr S B Hartman, president of The Hartman Sanitarium, offers free advice to women and invites readers to write for guidance. If unsatisfied, send full case details for gratis counsel from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
In a New York fundraising effort for a President Washington statue a wealthy old resident refused to contribute. He quipped Washington is kept in his heart and implied the statue fundraising would leave the Father of his Country in a tight place if set in that position.
A brief item notes Bromo Quinine cough tablets priced 25. It mentions an odd aside about a farmer named David Fuller near Richmond Virginia who lost all hair in a recent electrical storm and was shaven afterward.
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