Shiner Texas Post Office Entry Noted
A fragment notes a one dollar entry at the Shiner Texas Post Office as second class mail, with unclear context and missing details about date or purpose.
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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
4
A fragment notes a one dollar entry at the Shiner Texas Post Office as second class mail, with unclear context and missing details about date or purpose.
Don’t be aclam, pay your poll tax and vote for personal liberty. January 31 is the last day to pay your poll tax and have a vote. Shiner rises in prominence as 1909 brings improvements. The Texas State Teachers Association meeting in Austin is engaging and informative. Prohibition may be on the ballot this year, so paying the poll tax secures a voice.
Prohibition began January 1 in Louisiana and Alabama. The author argues the fight continues in Texas, asserting strong laws and strict observance will defeat prohibition.
The Gazette notes the failure of A Sindermann in Dilworth due to unpaid accounts. Shiner holidays passed quietly. A US envoy to Venezuela sparks anti Castro sentiment. A $100 reward for gambling convictions may prompt informers. Moulton and Waelder suffered holiday fires. a $5,000 brick building and a $12,000 stock were damaged or lost. origin suspected incendiary. Southern Italy earthquake devastates Missina and Reggio with up to 200,000 deaths.
Destructive quake centered on the Strait of Messina leaves Naples and Sicily in ruins. Refugees flood hotels as Etna quiets while Calabria and eastern Sicily suffer extensive damage to vineyards, orchards, and coastal scenery. Reggio and Palmi are reduced to blurred horizons amid widespread devastation.
The writer reports holiday enjoyment and notes social visits including Miss Fannie Nedbalek traveling to Fayetteville and planning a trip to Austin Co to visit her uncle. Miss Fannie Keneeny attended a grand park ball. A recent shower aided Fall gardens and the scribe planned a gravel hills trip.
Minnie Schmidt visited cousin Ida Kure at Yoakum last Monday. Willie Kincheloe spent the week visiting her aunt Mrs. Wm Green. Mrs. Daniels of Houston, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jos Weishaar, returned home after a pleasant visit. Johnnie Lockmann left for Columbus to attend her brother Wm Hillmer wedding. H A Woods was in the city several days. Hicks welcomes a fine boy born in San Antonio. Gazettes thanks local merchants for calendars for 1909. Dr S F Nave departed for Kennedy to start practice there after fifteen years in Shiner. Mrs Nave and the children will follow in ten days.
An old advertisement extols Ballard's cough remedy as a sure cure during rainy weather and the common cold, implying it protects against consumption. The brief blurb urges readers to try the product as a preventative measure during winter ailments.
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