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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
4
Subscription rates listed as one year postpaid with a deduction. The paper notes copies on file at an office in Washington and cites special correspondent E G Siggers and address on Washington Street.
Reports from the front note Boers near Ladysmith and Colenso as English camps monitor the area. Tempers spike with a heatwave at 102 degrees on Christmas Day. Berlin discusses Bundersrath seizure as a serious matter while a cabinet meets. A Manila plot foiled in a bid to attack foreign consuls during General Lawton’s funeral.
Rumors last week claimed a secret treaty among England Germany and Portugal to grant England full control of Delagoa Bay with Germany to receive Portugal’s colonies in Africa and related gains in Asia and the Pacific.
The article notes England secures most of Portuguese Africa north of the Zambezi with a three mile strip for Cecil Rhodes railway and Delagoa Bay, about 300 miles from Pretoria. It claims this lets England invade the Transvaal from the rear and sever Boer supply lines, though the payment to Portugal is not stated.
A wealthy resident of Indianapolis funded Dr Nicholson's Institute with 10000 dollars to provide artificial ear drums free to deaf individuals who cannot afford them. Address given as 11747 Nicholson Institute 780 Eighth Avenue New York.
An advertisement touts BAL LARD S SNOW LINIMENT as giving immediate relief for broken limbs chilblains burns scalds bruised shins sore throat and sores of every kind. It cites prices of 25 and 50 cents and lists Aug Grave as the seller.
The New Year is welcomed with curiosity about the century ahead and a calm holiday season. Visitors include Geo. Clark of Junction City and Misses Vera and Essie Quehe deaux travel to San Antonio for schooling. Ponton Cobb goes to Youkum for business. Gonzales high student Ponton Cobb visits grandparents. The community health is reported as very good and well wishes are extended to The Gazernex and readers.
Lillian Russell sings at Tony Pastor's theater from two decades past. Castle Square plans new Lederer opera 4 Basso Porto ahead of New York premiere. Troyt markets several royalties at 150 dollars weekly. Felix Mott earns Legion of Honor for French opera work. Lottie Collins set for next Alhambra ballet The Soldiers of the Queen about the South African war. Maurice Grau signs Bernhardt for a farewell American tour starting November 1900 with Hamlet in the mix. Sullivan Hood Savoy operas Persia features a prince dream sequence.
The report notes almost 900 cigar factories in Lancaster county Pennsylvania. It also states Americans hold many key positions at the Kimberley diamond mines, described as the greatest in the world. It mentions German army paymasters and commissariat officials receiving specialized training in food quality control for the army.
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