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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic that cleanses the scalp and nourishes roots to halt hair loss. It claims hair regains life brightness color and thickness after a few applications and a bottle costs only a few cents at drug or toilet counters.
The Pe tunia tavern landlord apologizes to a Kansas City Star reporter, explaining he forgot to call at six thirty. He notes it is now eight thirty and the train has already departed forty minutes earlier, allowing the reporter to sleep longer.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as instant relief for a severe cold. It claims the first dose clears nasal passages and stops a runny nose, sneezing, headache, and feverishness, with subsequent doses every two hours up to three doses. It emphasizes low cost and simple use without quinine.
A comic line cites piano manufacturers as the only class of men who are always upright and square in their business methods.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion and cleanses the stomach and intestines. It claims to stimulate bile, purify blood, and aid indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, and constipation, sold by druggists worldwide for over fifty years.
Kitty-Jack felt miserable when he kissed me goodbye at the station. Catty refuses to pity him, arguing he didn’t have to kiss me.
A vintage ad claims paying a specialist $25 yields no faster relief for croup catarrh colds or sore throat than Vacher Balm priced at 30 cents per jar or tube. Encourages writing for samples and agent prices and warns against imitations. BH. W. Vacher, Inc. New Orleans La Ady.
A light courtship exchange questions whether a summer engagement warrants a diamond ring. The couple quips that their most significant gift so far was an ice cream soda, highlighting playful expectations about romance and cost.
In a Washington Star exchange, Uncle Bill Bottletop says repeal seems unlikely soon. He expresses slight disapproval of prohibition but favors giving people more time to prove themselves without rushing to end the ban.
President Wilson urged Congress to adopt a wide program to restore peacetime business, reform taxation, curb unrest, lower living costs, and improve rural and labor conditions. He called for a budget system, tax simplification, tariff readjustment, veteran relief, dye-stuff independence, and greater rural development, stressing democratic democratization of industry and peaceful reform through elected government.
The piece contrasts a grandfather clock with a wrist watch, noting the long cultural and practical shift in timekeeping from the distant past to modern personal wear. It reflects on changing perceptions of time and technology.
A new baby ace from Sweden weighs 200 pounds at birth and records a speed of miles per hour, marking a remarkable early display in the aviation world.
The readable fragment shows a brusque exchange about obtaining coal or items from a cellar with a taunting line directed at an elderly man. The brief text hints at a tense interaction and suggests a scene rather than a full event.
Washington reports Consular Agent William O. Jenkins, imprisoned at Puebla, Mexico, was released after diplomatic pressure. The embassy cited urgent representations and a Mexican investigation led by General Gonzales, who found witnesses coerced under threat, including beatings and threats with a pistol.
Forty-one people were injured when the second section of the Denver Fort Worth train derailed near Fruitland Montague County Texas on a Wednesday morning. A spreading rail caused the wreck derailing five coaches while Pullmans stayed on track. The injured included passengers from Fort Worth Wichita Falls Texarkana and Hot Springs among others with skull fractures internal injuries and broken limbs. Several cuts to the face and noses were reported and mail clerks also suffered multiple injuries.
The historic French Opera House in New Orleans built in 1869 was destroyed by a blaze early Wednesday morning. The fire leaves the city without its famed venue and prompts investigations into cause and damage estimates.
Rear Admiral Grayson, the president's physician, reported on Thursday that President Wilson is improving and that his progress is satisfactory. From his perspective, everything is going fine with the president's health.
Georgetown Texas residents approve a $15000 school bond issue. Thrall plans to vote soon on a similar bond measure, following Jo nah's decision.
An old health advertisement warns that kidney failure risks include nervousness dizziness sleeplessness and back pain. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules from Holland as a remedy with money back guarantee and urges asking for the original imported brand.
The two ton city hall bell will be melted in place with acetylene torches because the tower is unsafe and lowering the bell would be dangerous. Building Commissioner McKelvey notes corroded steel supports and the cost will be about $1,500 with the bell weighing six feet high and four feet wide at the base. The bell cost about $2,000 and has only rung during armistice and construction in 1904.
In a domestic breakfast moment Joseph complains of dry toast and orders the maid Mary to "milk it" while she prepares oatmeal. The exchange captures a light, humorous domestic dynamic.
A concise feature recalls the old-fashioned keyhole skid that wandered the night at 2 a m. and the curious habits of its era.
The National Safety Council notes fatal accidents in homes streets and roads exceed industrial deaths two to three times annually. It argues public safety is as vital as industrial prevention and cites wartime losses of 50 150 and 126 000 through accidents.
A dramatic sight in Washington state showed logs of exceptional length sliding through a chute over a mile long. The logs gained tremendous speed as they descended for waterfront piling, with one log jumping the track and breaking a 24 inch oak tree without harming the log.
A speaker recalls a summer outing that left them looking healthier and rosier. On returning home a young friend remarks that their face must have enjoyed a nice vacation, noting the visible change in appearance.
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