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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
2
A narrator reflects on a dull Texas town with rough streets and uneven sidewalks. He extols a harsh but practical county road system. He compares homes and hotels, ends with a nostalgic defense of calling the place home despite flaws.
The president urges Congress to fix grain and cotton grades by appointing a Department of Agriculture commission of experts. The goal is to standardize grades across markets and courts, reducing dealer manipulation and swindling, with support urged from Western and Southern lawmakers against spinner interests. Local notes mention San Antonio and road-building efforts alongside crime circulation controls.
The piece describes a state bank guaranteed fund requiring each bank to hold one percent of average deposits under a state board. It explains that in a bank failure the fund would cover depositors and be replenished by proportional assessments. The idea aims to reduce panic and hoarding by uniting banks under a mutual safeguard.
A Hartshorn Oklahoma father perished in a house fire while attempting to rescue five children, four of whom survived. He died alongside the fifth child despite his heroic efforts to save them.
An offer from Dr. W C Rountree of Mineral Wells Texas invites patients to a cure driven program with no payment until cure is achieved. The ad also promotes Lawson's Improved Red Winter Rust Proof Seed Oats from McGregor Texas, touting durability and purity with tagged sacks and samples available.
Impudence chief perfection second and Mischief Meddler, notable Poland China males, range from $10 up with registered brood gifts. The grandest young boar Mischief Meddler 129377 sells for $25. Eggs from world champion Rhode Island Reds offered. Elliott & English, Whitesboro, Texas.
Farmers alerted to a Department X or Southern Supply Co. formula for preventing and curing chicken cholera in Talladega Alabama. The notice targets every farmer replying to the advertisement with details on the remedy.
Advertisement from W A Hutto of Logansport Louisiana offering breeding fighting and guaranteed game chickens. Mentions War Horse Arkansas Travelers and Top Rats and requests contact for prices at Lock Box 81.
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