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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
3
A visitor enjoys a light exchange with a reception committee chair while seeking sport over industry tours. The vignette contrasts medical bills and legal fees with the idea of true success and ends noting planned races in automobiles motorcycles and planes with expected risks.
Provisional capital moves from Hermosillo to Juarez within days as Gen Villa consolidates northern forces. Carranza ministers coordinate with Villa after Tierra Blanca victory. Projections seek Mexico City in about two months with 15,000 troops and joint Sonora and Chihuahua units.
The excerpt recalls a quirky street encounter where a man denies giving away clothes and counters a counterfeit half dollar claim. A binding exchange follows involving a clothing purchase and an implicit proposal tease in a dated, colloquial rhythm.
A woman reveals relief after finalizing a divorce and plans to announce engagement to her next husband. She admits fear that the remarriage would be exposed while living with her former spouse, Henry.
A quoted exchange shows a man criticizing his wife for anger over new policies. The wife counters with a belief that rain will not come while umbrellas are carried, illustrating humorous domestic dialogue.
A brief anecdote recalls a miracle moment when a man took a bystander’s umbrella by mistake and left a better one in its place, prompting a child to ask if miracles happen. The exchange ends with a father affirming belief in miracles.
Poetic lines urge world unity and a shift toward peace and mirth. The speaker calls for nations to join, regulate weather, and spread joy while contrasting with current global tensions. The piece emphasizes a craving for fun and harmony over conflict.
A brief note highlights the challenge of convincing a boy to notice the beauty of autumn leaves as they are raked from the yard, a small glimpse into seasonal chores and perception.
A brief exchange reveals hidden affection as he claims his heart’s name before knowing her. She retorts with light sarcasm, noting the self-love behind his words and prompting a sharper moment of wit between them.
The first Texas sulphur trainload from Bryan Heights left on Saturday. The train consisted of twenty five cars and carried an estimated 1000 tons of ore.
The longest continuous extraordinary session in U S Congress history effectively ended Saturday night and the regular session began at noon Monday with the new term under way.
Secretary Houston issued a call for a public meeting on December 18 to discuss preventing foreign potato diseases and addressing a potential near hundred million bushels short local crop. The move aims to protect U S agriculture while considering foreign imports amid the scarce native supply.
At a Texas League meeting on Saturday W. R. Davidson former president of the Waco club was elected to lead the league succeeding Wilbur Allen of Austin who declined re election and was named honorary vice president of the league.
The first electric car to traverse the Beaumont Port Arthur interurban under electric power did so Sunday with a Stone & Webster party aboard.
E. G. and F. E. King of McKinney Texas have sold their Como coal mine to D. M. Lovelace of Oklahoma City. The buyers pay $75,000 in cash and exchange a Mississippi plantation as part of the deal.
An entire four man crew was killed in a head on collision of freight trains on the Virginia Railway near Keever on Saturday.
Agricultural experts had claimed poisons from previous crops depress later yields, but Rothamsted experiments in England found no evidence of a lasting soluble toxin in soils. Alfred D. Hall and assistants Winifred E. Brenchley and Lilian M Underwood presented the findings to the Royal Society.
Mrs Sadie Pollock of Baltimore claims her children recovered from scalp ringworm contracted from a house cat after using Cuticura Soap. She says hair regrew within six weeks and credits the product with curing itching and crusting. An offer for samples and Skin Book is included.
Mitchell Kennerley defends a Comstocked work in New York calling it a just defense of righteousness. The author argues against excuses for women's labor and pay. The anecdote features a typewriter girl and a sharp employer remark.
A grandmother used Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken gray hair. The ad claims it restores natural color, prevents dandruff and scalp itch, and leaves hair glossy and full. It advises applying with a dampened comb and costs about 50 cents.
The Times notes royal tipping habits in Europe citing King Edward and the Kaiser. Kings distribute large sums to servants during visits with envelopes guiding each payment. Beaters and head keepers receive cash amounts tied to the visit length. Even stable workers are remembered.
A New York Evening Post note recalls a professor of mathematics boasting that killing a fly in his office ten years ago prevented an enormous future swarm. He argues the prevented 1,500 eggs would have bred exponentially to 550,687,841,296 more flies, creating an inferno of life.
An advertisement proclaims Hunt's Lightning Oil arrests and stops pain with almost instant relief for neuralgia rheumatism headaches burns and related ailments. The copy urges readers to try the product for fast pain quit.
It Sometimes Happens. Baron Sans Dough. Judge quotes about family trees and crop outcomes. The ad copy urges Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for constipation and biliousness with signature on wrappers. Also mentions Dean's Mentholate Cough Drops as valuable in drug stores.
A New Jersey man concludes his eight year old son is too bright. At dinner he told a funny story to Philadelphia guests, and after the laughter the boy cried out for another tale.
The village gossip recalls Wigley’s rise to wealth begun on the road to riches through a subsidiary company. The match factory is cited as the key enterprise behind his fortune while other lines mention eye care products and local talk.
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