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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
5
The document lists Mayor Robt. L. Eschenburg and aldermen Louis Wagener Kd F Wolters Chas Muecke Kd J Merrem C B Welhausen. It states the City Council meets on the first Monday of every month.
Train No 45 arrives Lockhart at 4 45 p m. No 46 from Yoakum at 6 45 p m. In Waco Branch No 41 from Waco at 5 p m. No 42 from Yoakum 1 10 p m. No 44 from Shiner 4 00 p m. No 48 leaves Shiner at Milez P M.
Local alfalfa seed and crop mortgage ads appear from Wolters Bros and Gazurre. Several notices mention A C Koepke and Willie Ensler for goods and services, with town visits by L M Kokernot and Jack Youngs. Multiple store items include seeds, rocks salt, pickles, sauerkraut, and spring goods.
A mask ball will be held at the opera house on Sunday February 4 to benefit the public school. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes for a lady and a gentleman and for the best comic costume. Music by the Firemens Band. Admission: gentlemen 50 cents ladies 25 cents.
All persons indebted to the late firm of Flaro and Green are urged to call and settle their accounts now as the books are to be closed. C. BY. Faro, sr. Wat. GREEN, New Saloon. Mr. F. J. Helweg opens a new saloon in the Iron Front building, room formerly G. E B. Ruhmann and a furniture store. The fittings are new with wines whiskies beer and cigars. Fritz invites friends to visit.
Tax assessor F. J. Prsek will be at Moulton January 22 and 23, Shiner January 24 and 25, and Yoakum January 26 and 27 to assess 1900 taxes.
Carload of Bates Seed Potatoes guaranteed to grow advertised by dealer C K Horchak in a local notice promoting seed sale and agricultural supplies.
Mr. Gerhard Niemeyer has purchased the soda and mineral water business of A. Pelzer at Yoakum and will move there at once to take charge. Yoakum gains a reliable citizen and businessman whom Shiner will give up with regret.
A 10000 gallon cypress tank with a 24 foot tower and an eight man power lever hand pump is offered. About 80 feet of six inch piping included. Sold at a bargain. Apply to M. E. Wolters secretary Shiver W. W. Com.
The notice urges Lavaca County gentlemen to come forward for county offices in Gonzales County. It claims little immediate cost and promises the advantage of being first and securing pledges as elections approach.
Public notice states a residence with all improvements is for sale at a bargain. Interested parties are instructed to apply at once to KE F Retimann.
Mr. Fred Gerth of Rockport has rented the store recently occupied by Mrs. J F Kopecky and will open a racket store there on or about February 1. We welcome Mr. Gerth to our town and wish him success.
Seed potatoes listed include Triumphs Early Ohio's Early Rose Goodrich Peerless and Jackson Whites offered at low prices by Carnes' Cheap Cash Store.
Miss Amelia Kotzebue, a leading young lady from Moulton, arrived Monday to visit the family of Mrs. A. F. Gerbermann in New Ulm.
Carnes' Cash Store advertises fresh groceries with a focus on customer appreciation. The shop promises prompt delivery at no charge and urges shoppers to feel valued by the service.
Moulton news item records visits from Flatonia residents Mrs M L Wilkins to Dr F Nave, J F Mitchell trip to Muldoon, and local commerce with Carnes Cash Store. It notes church and lodge improvements, a ball by the Sons of Hermann, medicine advert for Herbine, and plans for a new bank building plus various town happenings and forthcoming departures.
An editorial anecdote from a convention urges readers to support editors by paying for papers and advertising, to supply news, and to write clearly. It warns against profanity and mistakes, joking that only the dead never err, and notes gospel sugar-coating to spare the editor from the next world.
Leave orders for Hackberry, Sycamore, Elm and other shade trees with E. F. Rohmann.
Advertises a competition by the Atlanta Constitution and The Shiner Gazette offering prizes totaling 3000 dollars for guesses on New Orleans cotton receipts. Subscriptions to both papers priced 1.50, with forwarding of subscriptions and guesses free. Also promotes RAT LARD S HOREHOUND SYRUP for coughs. Wooded by local sellers.
The following witnesses are summoned to appear in the Townsend case at Bastrop on the 15th inst Jim Coleman Dock Houchins John McElroy Sandy Grissom of Hallettsville Will McElroy Sweet Home J W Whittington W G Reese Floyd Reese W R Walker John Gass Bob Burkett and H Ray of Yoskum A letter from the adjutant general to Judge Sinks notes a company of United States rangers under Captain Brooks will be on hand at the call of the case.
A discussion of croup signs in children and the effectiveness of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The text claims hoarseness as the first indicator, followed by a rough cough, and asserts the remedy prevents attacks when used promptly. It highlights decades of use and wide household adoption with no reported failures. Sold by all druggists.
An advertisement touts Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a cure for piles. It promises relief and urges sufferers to try the product, noting prices of 50 cents and 75 cents per bottle.
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