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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1899
Page
8
General Conon surrenders 800 officers and men with rifles and holds several American and Spanish prisoners. Lieut Monroe with fifty men of the Fourth cavalry aids the operation at Bayambong in Nueva Vizcaya province during the Manila campaign.
Free fifty dollar scholarship advertised for Draughon’s Practical Business Colleges in Ft Worth Galveston Texarkana St Louis Nashville and Savannah Write to Illustrated Youth and Age Nashville Tenn to learn details and mention the offer.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Briggs soothes crowds with routine seat grabs every Saturday night in the streetcar. It highlights his bluff of carrying a large piece of Limberger cheese as a prop.
The Chicago Record notes daughters as a source of anxiety with remarks on dress affecting marriage interest. It reports the 55th U S Congress opening last Monday with Mr Roberts objected to taking the oath and stepping aside to await further development.
The partnership between H. B. Leonard and W. T. Wughby has been dissolved with Wughby retiring. Leonard and Tl. Be Weatherly form a new partnership to continue the legal practice as before.
The paper notes it is published on Tuesdays and Fridays and comprises eight pages with departments for farmers ladies boys and girls and general news plus illustrated articles and more.
An ad in the Shiner Gazette promotes a low clubbing rate totaling 1,500 cash for a yearly subscription. It outlines three papers per week, equaling 156 papers annually, offering a cheap multi-paper arrangement.
A local man walked under a slanted ladder then faced a string of mishaps. Umbrella theft, a stubbed toe, broken ornament, a drunken cider episode, and a burglary scare culminate in a warning to avoid ladders. Cleveland Plain Dealer notes he won’t walk under ladders again.
Police Magistrate questions a witness as the watch and purse are found on the suspect. The complainant identifies a larger man as the attacker, while the prisoner boasts of beating the other man and forcing mercy. Simplicissimus notes the dramatic exchange.
A penniless man in a cheap eatery asks to put up his patent umbrella for a meal. The deskman glances at the silver handled umbrella, the spring is touched, and the stranger’s umbrella opens. The deskman then blesses him with the finest in the house.
In the Chicago Times-Herald report a center rush named Buffington survived an eight story elevator accident. He was dug out alive and, after waking, said the other side hadn’t tackled fair. Doctors expect he may play in tomorrow’s game.
A magazine office tour reveals a writer arguing that rejection ends all subscriptions. The editor counters that declining works does not deter readers, asserting continued subscriber loyalty despite returns. The exchange appears in the Chicago Times Herald.
The notice promotes Whith's Cream Vermifugah as a worm expeller and tonic to improve children's health and mood. It claims symptoms like irritability fever and illness result from worms and lists a price of 23 ets with sales by Aug. Grave.
Indication of croup in a child is a sign of approaching illness. If Earlain’s Cough Remedy is given at the first hoarseness or croupy cough, it may prevent the worse symptoms. The remedy has decades of use with no failure and is sold by all druggists.
Patent lawyer B G Siggere lists Texas inventors with patents granted on November 21 1899. Names include A Baca Fayetteville for cementing wells and drawing water, A R Pranklin Austin for churn dasher, F O Goodate Kempner for kitchen cabinet, H von Koehring Seguin for pyrometer, and F L Richter Cuero for poison distributor.
Sluggish liver remedy Herb ine improves biliary tracts and fluid bile, bringing liver to sound condition and banishing drowsiness lethargy and apathy from liver disorders. Trice 50 cts. For sale by.
The Hollas couple traveled to Shiner where Mrs Hollas will stay a week visiting her parents near Shiner. The note adds condolences for Will who must stay behind for the week.
A reader from Glencoe reports chronic diarrhoea relief after using two bottles of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The notice also notes County Attorney William Blakeslee leaving for St Louis to attend the Catholic Knights of America convocation, to last about a week.
An advertisement offers horehound syrup at 25 price and/or sale by Alig Grave. The item promises relief for an unspecified cold symptom and invites readers to obtain the remedy at the stated price.
The notice records a lonesome creak of life about cotton gin and attendance at a local event. It mentions Mr John B Roch and a birthday celebration at a hotel dining room on the evening of the 25th. Friends and well wishers joined in a supper though turkey supply was scarce.
A garbled OCR fragment lists limb complaints, chilblains, burns, sore shins, sore throat and scattered figures 7, 9, 60 cents, with no clear context or narrative.
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