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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
11
A Victorian style advertisement warns that headaches dizziness neuralgia bad breath indigestion and pimples signal an obstructed liver. It promises relief if Bond's Pill is taken at bedtime. You will wake up well next morning, according to the ad.
Harper's Magazine notes that U S bankruptcies reached about 6,000 in 1900, matching England and France. in the past year the United States tallied over 20,000 bankruptcies, more than twice as many as England and France combined, highlighting heavy business costs.
An old advertisement urges using Laxative Bromine Quinine Tablets as a preventive for colds grip or influenza. It claims the remedy is safe and proven and displays the signature of E. W. Grove on the box.
Harry A. Truby of the Aero-Philatelic Society of America highlights a mail stamp recording from September 23, 1870. Jules Durouf reportedly flew from Paris in a balloon carrying messages to Craconville during the Prussian siege, marking an early air mail effort.
Whooping cough, a highly neglected childhood disease, caused 6822 deaths in the United States in a single year. The text notes no cure but relief via Dr Drake's Glossco, claimed to shorten illness and ease paroxysms, with physician endorsement and a 50 cent price from dealers nationwide.
A full bunch of bananas has been grown successfully at a Salem New Jersey flower shop. The tree stands over ten feet tall and has been maturing in a greenhouse for several months. Banana plants are rare in local gardens due to cold weather shortening the season.
A retelling of the nativity from Luke’s account describes the shepherds in Judea witnessing a heavenly dove of light and a multitude praising God. An angel proclaims great joy, the Savior is born in Bethlehem, and the shepherds visit the stable to worship the infant Jesus and spread the news.
In Spain children search shrubs for hidden shoes filled with fruits and candies on Christmas morning, a festive local custom reflected in farm and ranch life.
A business man recalls yearly Christmas greens for his home. He and his wife collect spruce, hemlock, ground pine and sometimes mistletoe from woods near their town. The trip, whether by car or train, renews the Christmas spirit more than store bought decorations.
William L. Gaston narrates a Bethlehem night scene where shepherds from Boaz hills and travelers from the east find the newborn child in a cave near Nazareth. Angels herald the birth as a divine miracle with gifts of gold and incense and a prophecy labeling the child as Counselor and Prince of Peace.
A reflective Christmas piece describes a kaleidoscopic vision of loved faces places and memories. The author notes ghosts of unfulfilled desires and unachieved goals surfacing with Christmas joy and the warmth of friendship, comparing simple laughter to royal feasts.
The National Safety Council warns that holiday safety is slipping this year with a potential rise in home accidents. It cites numerous injuries from air rifle shots and fireworks during Christmas week as evidence of dangers to children nationwide.
Accounts describe Christmas Eve superstitions about animals kneeling in their stalls to honor the infant Christ at midnight. The tale appears in traditional lore and relates to the nativity celebration.
A brief description suggests the Christmas table can be styled with a pair of silver pea cocks or a large pheasant in either silver plate or pottery as striking decorations.
A note on an old Christmas custom still observed in Sussex and Devon shire, where blessing apple trees is part of holiday rites.
In southern Italy a nine day Novena begins before Christmas and villagers make small nativity models in homes. tradition centers on simple crafts and seasonal devotion observed locally.
Multiple Texas items: a packing shed in Pharr advances. Highway 6 opens to Dickinson. Brady cattlemen sell 5,000 Hereford steers for 500000. Mission independent school district bonds sold. state education bonds invested. road concreting along South San Benito to San Benito military highway completed. Valley Midwinter Fair in Harlingen closes with 130000 attendance. grapefruit display at Edinburg chamber. oil reserves projected for Gulf Coast Texas. Burleson County sweet potato crop worth high prices. forest fire near Pleasanton contained. Waco chosen as next convention city. citrus field box rates approved. state treasury reports plus Confederate warrants payments. Texas National Guard leads in Eighth Corps. strawberry industry revival in Carrizo Springs and Dimmit County. railroad official appointment in Houston. South Texas wine and grape expansion prospects. Carman grapes planted near Edinburg and in Brooks and Hidalgo counties.
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