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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
10
A fine line of musical instruments is offered for sale at Schlottmann Drug Co. The display includes various items suitable for beginners and hobbyists. Shop hours are posted, and staff can advise on selecting suitable instruments.
Farmers plowed and rain aided growing. L Keef and children visited from Victoria and returned home. A large crowd fished and attended Mary Koneeny's birthday bash at F F Koneeny home. Adolph Konecny finished a telegraphy course at Tyler Goms College and came home. Several local residents traveled to Shiner Cuero Fayetteville and Dryer for business or leisure.
A missive from Anson in Jones County describes warm weather, cotton picking, lumber hauling, and new construction. The writer lists local amenities in Anson such as churches, a high school, court house, post office, opera house, drug stores, hotels, banks, gins, a power plant, depot, railroad, and shops. He mentions attending church events and visiting the opera house, inviting readers to enjoy yellow yam potatoes and extending season’s greetings.
The notice reports a birth at the home of O F Knape on Monday evening December 1, describing a healthy baby girl as the sweetest bundle yet. The item mentions visiting guests Mesdames L By Muocke of Shiner and J G Guenther with Mrs M cnaaksaa.
The notice promotes Lavaca County pecan growers with paper-shell trees yielding two inch nuts at forty five to fifty nuts per pound. It claims a grower price of sixty cents per pound and notes genuine Dag bearing orchards. Mentions two pecan nurseries and a plan to mail a card for further information.
In Lavaca County election notes, a wary candidate orders a cheap pot metal shotgun advertised as a 40 quart gift deal. The gun proves unreliable. locals recount jokes about whiskey, ballots, and social mischief in Shiner as a playful wrap on campaign season.
An old advertisement urges quick treatment for stomach and liver trouble. It claims neglect leads to chronic disease and promotes Ballard's Herbine as the sure cure sold by Schlotiniam Drug Co.
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