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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
5
Shiner Drug Co offers eight flavors Vanilla Strawberry Orange Pineapple Banana Nut Cherry Nut Chocolate Showered Fruit Salad and fresh Vanilla plus Chocolate frozen malt. Saturday and Sunday specials include lucious 5c Ice Cream Sodas and 3c Ice Cream Cups while they last.
Austin faces a warning from the Texas State Department of Health on appendicitis and peritonitis. Prompt recognition and surgery cut fatality rates, yet delays and self treatment raise deaths among the young. Avoid laxatives in abdominal pain and seek a physician promptly.
With winter approaching and cold days ahead, check your battery and trade it in. Western Auto Associate Store urges drivers to inspect, replace, or upgrade aging batteries to avoid start failures during freezing temperatures.
Aug 29 reports from Berlin and London indicate Hitler handed a direct reply to British Ambassador Sir Neville Henderson on the Poland crisis. Henderson’s return to London is delayed as Italian ambassador Attolico meets Hitler, fueling talk of Mussolini mediation offerings in the settlement talks.
Prominent citizen Louis Ehlers celebrated his 81st birthday last Sunday. In attendance were Louis Ehlers and family, Max Ehlers of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Hagens and son of Fort Worth, and Mr. and Mrs. Max Seims with daughters from Orange Grove.
Mrs B J urges wives to have husbands carry more life insurance with Jefferson Standard. Mayor Ad Richter and Mrs Richter along with Mrs Valenta visited Houston Sunday. Mrs Alf Merseburger and Marion returned for a few days visit. Mrs O C Dittmar returned from California. H A Dittmar and wife from Houston joined her in Shiner for the weekend.
Headaches and bad breath can signal constipation notes. The ad urges not neglecting sluggish bowels and promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT as an all vegetable intestinal tonic laxative that gently stimulates bowel action and restores tone.
Come out and meet your friends at the K C B Dance at Sunken Garden Thursday Aug 31. The event invites community members to enjoy music and socialize in a local garden venue.
Will J. Tucker executive secretary of the Game Department warns boaters to observe safety rules after a near miss of a bill to enforce waterway safety. He notes fishermen often ignore cautions and cites overcrowding, weather, standing during casts, unstable seating, hooked lures, improper canoe landings, bottle bait use, and risky racing as hazards.
Mrs. Jeff Mikulik of San Antonio hosted a barbecue at her mother Mrs Thulemeyer's home last Sunday. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. G Price and Mr. and Mrs. C Fehr of Austin, Mr. and Mrs T Ferrer, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mikulik, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kempe of Corpus Christi, Mrs. W P Faulkner of Lubbock, Mrs. John Kattman of Houston, and Miss Mary Shannon of Cincinnati Ohio.
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