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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
2
An eight year old recalls a tempest at a cliffside lighthouse near shore. The old bell clangs in fog while waves crash against rocks. A dark, elongated shape looms near the reef as a ship might be sighted during the storm.
A boy narrates夜 a stormy night at a tower where his mother and father play crucial roles. The mother keeps watch while the father risks the surf to rescue fishermen. The boy assists by striking the bell as the father attempts rope casts to save those aboard. The scene ends with a perilous moment and a cliffhanger.
Lieutenant James H. Doolittle and three World War I veterans were honored at Fort Hamilton. Doolittle received the Distinguished Flying Cross for a 1922 Florida to California flight and the Oak Leaf Cluster for 1924 testing experiments. The three DSC recipients were James P. Naan Michael J. McGarty and Christopher L. Edell. General Drum presented the medals.
A reader complains about damaged book leaves and magazines in new purchases costing 2 50, noting unreadable pages and the need for tools. He compares this nuisance to shirt pins left behind and asks for better prepped editions.
A nostalgic verse contrasts Christmas and summer joys with the poet’s preferred day. He jokes that the best day is the one after sleeping through the night, praising rest and quiet contentment over holiday hype. The poem celebrates simple personal peace as the year’s peak moment.
The piece explains how bucket shops operated by betting on future prices rather than buying securities on margin. They profited when customers lost, especially as market prices rose and bets were remitted only to the lambs. Originating with ticket quotations, bucket shops evolved to cloak betting as honest brokerage, becoming predators on naive investors.
The article notes elephants typically live forty five to sixty years but can reach a century or more in many cases. Some wild individuals may exceed a hundred fifty years, while captive elephants in India have reached about one hundred thirty years.
A humorous quatrain from the McClure Newspaper Syndicate warning that an itchy nose signals risk or change. It playfully ties superstition to social outcomes and reflects the light fare style of the era's syndicated verse.
Tin foil evolved from hammered metal sheets to automated production. Modern foil must meet exact specifications, with 200 sheets per inch for fine book paper, 4350 sheets per inch for radio condenser use, and a thickness tolerance of no more than 1 45-millionth of an inch. One pound of metal yields 14 500 square inches of foil in the thinnest size.
A 1929 Western Newspaper Union recipe round up for holiday sweets describes ginger stuffed dates rolled in sugar and a buttered pan fruit cake. It lists ingredients including raisins currants citron almonds bread crumbs suet flour lemons eggs brown sugar and spices and instructs long boiling of the cake batter for eight hours followed by steaming or boiling and serving with fruit juice moistened milk for a moist finish.
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a pleasant neutralizer of excess stomach acid for both children and adults. It claims wide physician endorsement and notes Milk of Magnesia is a registered trade mark of Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co since 1875.
A marketing piece urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup for feverish or cross spells, indigestion, and constipation in children. It touts the product as vegetable and harmless, with a testimonial from Mrs. May Snavely of Montrose, California, and stresses asking for the full name to ensure authenticity.
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