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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
5
Time table shows Branch-WAC to Yoakum No 42 arriving from Waco at Yoakum to Waco. Train No 41 arrives from Yoakum at 8 40 a m.
A. N. Pledger, pastor, invites all to worship at the Baptist church on the first and third Sundays with morning and night services.
Shi ner reported receiving 7925 square bales and 370 round bales of new cotton by Saturday, for a total of 8295 square bales. Average price stood at 71 2 cts per unit.
Several short items note small pox reports in Gonzales County, Bentwisting weather and road conditions after heavy rain, local business activity including Schlottman Drug Co spectacles and Gantert jewelry offers, and the Christmas trade. Citizens visit relatives, firm notices, and upcoming events including a grand ball at Bluecher Park on December 26.
Fruit trees priced below agents' figures with orders taken by L. E. Chovanetz Co. in Shiner Texas.
L. Gantert advertises a large selection of rings including plain and stone set pieces. Prices are pitched as a genuine bargain, with both imitation and real stones available to attract buyers. The note ends with a signature and an unclear final fragment.
W C Emler will have a full supply of Christmas trees this season. See him if you want one.
A large stock of paints oils varnishes and enamels is held at Schlottmann Drug Co suggesting ample supplies for home and workshop use. The listing highlights broad range and availability rather than a sale event.
A well established general merchandise business in Falls City Texas with a good location and splendid surroundings invites applications to KOLODZIE Bros of Falls City Texas.
Schlottmann Drug Co maintains a complete stock of stationery and school books for students and teachers. The shop emphasizes affordable prices and ready availability for the new term.
A classified note seeks a young man to work farmland on halves with good teams and plows. Apply to H. B. Littlefield at 2021 Shiner, Texas, Route 4.
The Methodist and Baptist Sunday schools announce a Christmas tree event at the Baptist church on Christmas night December 25 with Santa Claus arriving to give presents to all good children. Also noted are court visitors E. J. McTrem Sam Schwartz Wm Mewes and D Othold in Hallettsville and Mrs Otto Bruening with children visiting the Hilderbrand family.
Advertisement touts Ballard's Snow Liniment to relieve rheumatism stiffness and restore function. It urges trying the product after other remedies fail and notes Schlottman Drug Co as the seller.
Two foot switches planted in Shiner last March have grown to seven feet tall and two inches in diameter. Leave orders at once with L. E. Chovanetz Co., Shiner, Texas.
282 acre tract of black mesquite land ten miles from Kennedy in Karnes County. Located in a German settlement one mile from school store and cotton gin. Good farming land. Sold on buyer friendly terms. For particulars write or see owner Dr. G Schulze.
Miss Cleo Clark of Schulenburg died last Sunday from typhoid fever at age nineteen. Interment occurred Monday with relatives from Shiner listed including Mr and Mrs C H Flato and Mrs Eliza Welhausen Mrs E F Wolters and Mrs Sophie Amsler.
An ad asserts the correct time to stop a cough or cold is at onset to prevent pneumonia or consumption. It states Ballard’s Horehound Syrup, used early, stops coughing quickly, with longer treatment if the illness has run on. Sold by Schlottman Drug Co.
The Gazette corrects an error in last week’s death notice for Dad Nave. The four daughters are now named: Mrs. Carter of California and Mrs. Stapleton of Eagle Lake, in addition to the two previously listed daughters.
L Ganterts brace let stock reaches record high with solid and gold filled items. Mr. and Mrs. E H Morse of La Grange visited the Schmidt family. Morse is Schmidt’s brother. They returned home yesterday.
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