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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
7
The American Forestry Magazine notes a song sparrow egg costs a few cents in markets while the extinct Great Auk egg once fetched about $1000 at a London auction. Between these, wild bird eggs vary widely in price across the globe.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as quick relief for colds. A dose every two hours for three doses clears blocked nasal passages, relieves headache and feverishness, and costs only a few cents at drug stores. The product acts without assistance and contains no quinine.
A brief verse from the Washing ton Dirge in which a mother asks her child about behavior in her absence and the child affirms good conduct toward their nurse with affectionate tone. It reflects domestic life and children's manners in a nostalgic voice.
Pape's Diapepsin advertises quick relief from indigestion gas flatulence heartburn sourness fermentation and stomach distress caused by acidity. A few tablets give almost immediate relief and allow eating favorite foods again, with a large case costing only a few cents at drug stores.
Ambrose the piano tuner tested every note again and found no fault with the piano. The owner claimed it went out of tune when she sang, prompting a subsequent visit to verify tuning.
Advertisement urges aspirin users to follow directions on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin packages. It highlights the Bayer Cross as a symbol of genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years.
A fragmented meadow anecdote shows a farmer debating a cheese sandwich and a thin gasket as phrases echo a rustic miscommunication. The text hints at a offbeat exchange reflecting rural life and everyday mishaps in a humorous, cryptic tone.
Harry W. Haley, a Canadian World War I veteran, served six months in prison to cover for Private Thomas G. Jones who saved Haley in no man’s land. Jones later deserted. Haley surrendered in St Paul to atone, his sentence cut to honorable discharge. The American Legion seeks to erase the dishonorable discharge.
Marshal Foch travels coast to coast on a 42 state American Legion tour covering 16000 miles. More than 200 towns host banquets and speeches as communities honor the allied generalissimo. Aides note a strained “fighting face” from long days amid celebrations and LL.D. degrees from 17 universities.
John Sylvester Myers, 102, walked from his Lime Ridge home to Bloomsburg to speak to the Bloomsburg American Legion. He recounts attempts to enter WWI service due to being above the draft age and notes prior service in the Mexican and Civil Wars, a Spanish-American war rejection, and Navy service. He has been married three times, last at ninety-two, and says he feels as well as ever.
An overseas veteran laments the demise of saloons as he returns to the land of the free for the first time since 1917. His friend cheerily replies that they can still communicate with their habits, reflecting postwar temperance sentiment from the American Legion Weekly.
Austin reports the state highway commission approved 2,304,640 in aid at its monthly session. Counties receiving funds include Fayette Tom Green San Patricio Frio Medina Taylor Harris Red River Cherokee Eastland Rockwall Hidalgo Denton Cass Palo Pinto Rusk McLennan Falls Bastrop Hill Travis Brooks Bee Gillespie and other districts for federal and state aid on various highways and bridges.
The Hibernia Canal Commercial Interstate Marine and Whitney Central banks of New Orleans bid the full 6 million dollar bond issue for the industrial canal and port improvement. They offered a premium of 319 thousand 375 dollars, topping Chicago bidders W R Compton and Halsey Stuart Company who offered 159 thousand 600 dollars.
Volcanic ash from Andes peaks blankets Argentina as southwest winds push ash clouds northward across the country. Reports say ash has fallen up to ten degrees of latitude farther north and even to the Atlantic coast, obscuring the sun in many areas.
G. C. Taylor president of the American Railway Express Company says the war tax on express shipments will be eliminated from January 1 yielding about 1.5 million dollars monthly savings for users of the service in New York.
Major Bernard A. Miller chief engineer of American forces in Germany died Sunday. He was a native of St. Louis Missouri.
Ada Gilman a renowned American stage actress for nearly fifty years died Sunday at the Edwin Forrest Home for Actors in Holmesburg Philadelphia. The death removes a major figure from the era’s theatre.
Berne Robert Haab has been elected president of Switzerland by the federal assembly for the year 1922. He will assume office January 1. Colonel Karl Scheurer was elected vice president.
Italian naturalist Dr. G Vitali reports a small vesicle on the middle wall of the tympanic cavity in birds and bats. Removal leads to loss of balance, and the organ reacts to pressure changes to help the animal judge air density and adjust its movement.
A Christmas story recounts Santa Claus visiting a house after noting a note from a girl asking for a kiss. Santa follows directions to the library and bedroom, kisses the sleeping girl, and affirms his love for all children.
A neighbor asks a boy if his baby brother can talk. The boy responds angrily that the baby cannot talk and will not talk because the family already has to do everything in the house to obtain valued items.
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
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