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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
2
Williams offers 2000 acres for quick sale in La Salle county Texas with access from an I. & G. N. Railroad station. Improvements included. Part or whole sale options. Also requests listings of property for sale and buyers to contact at 109 Ave. D San Antonio.
The article notes a hen is profitable for two years, valuable as a pullet and yearling, and stresses varied feeding for egg production. It warns against poor quarters, highlights Kaffir corn as a valued feed, and mentions hens molt timing and color changes with age.
A fowl’s diet should include all grains such as corn oats wheat and barley especially with green food. Include animal food in the form of meat or milk and add charcoal and grit. Food must be clean sweet and sound.
Ashes make a dust bath but ash can injure leg color due to alkali. Farmers should use clean mellow earth for dust baths. Keep fowls' legs healthy by providing runs with good food and plenty of exercise.
The article advises poultry perches should be no more than three feet high with level slats to prevent crowding. It discusses feeding bone meal depending on other foods and range, recommending once or twice weekly in warm months and twice weekly in winter, never more than three times.
Baron Takahira, the present minister to Italy, has been officially notified he is to come to the United States as Japan's representative. He is well known in Washington circles and is highly acceptable to the government.
Paris reports a clandestine gathering of refugees from Turkey and numerous nations who met to plan the overthrow of the current regime and install a constitutional government.
The commission finds little infectious disease among Texas cattle and overall good condition across the herd.
Tokio officials report Canada has resolved the immigration matter with satisfactory restrictions to exclude undesirable immigrants from Japan.
Gen. Mena, long a prominent Diaz regime figure, has died in Paris where he went to regain his health. The death marks the end of a career rooted in Mexican political life and military service under Diaz.
D R Fant a prominent stockman in Goliad Texas died at his residence on Wednesday leaving a lasting mark on local cattle industry through decades of ranching leadership.
In Shreveport La the town and county voted dry by a margin near four hundred after a tense campaign. Local voters approved Prohibition style reform, ending legal sale of alcohol in the region and reshaping local commerce and social life.
In Jacksonville Florida an effort is underway by Black voters to seize the Republican convention and nominate Senator Foraker for president.
In Vicksburg Mississippi the grand jury declines to indict six defendants tied to peonage involving Italian laborers. The cases were pursued to demonstrate U S good will toward Italy and involved prominent locals. In San Antonio Texas the Woods National Bank sees W F Woods and A M Waugh indicted for alleged irregularities by a federal grand jury.
Paris reports a Holy War declaration by the Pretender igniting anxiety over a possible Moroccan split into two sultanates. In Barnsley England a free children's entertainment ended in overcrowding and a deadly rush leaving sixteen dead and many injured.
The New York Clearing House shows a surplus of six hundred thousand dollars against a deficit of fifty four million dollars a few weeks ago, indicating a return to normal conditions and a faster generally industrial pace. In Pekin China edicts have cooled the press yet the government foresees serious rebellions in some provinces.
In Fort Worth the dispute between Farmers' Union factions turned violent as President Neill was assaulted in his office by the editor and publisher of the National Co-Operator, wounded with a heavy paper weight and a seal during the attack.
Rio Janeiro cables thank President Roosevelt for the fleet display in the Brazilian port and note Brazilian fraternal spirit toward U S troops. Washington decision on antimony in bullets used against Brownsville residents shows no change in status of black soldiers’ whiteness.
Kansas City man Sidney Herndon of Tyler Texas was murdered and robbed by a black handyman who had been employed by him.
Don Gray has been sentenced to a penitentiary term for manslaughter. The court issued the punishment following the conviction and the details of the case were reported in the local proceedings.
Practically all new evidence is being introduced in the Thaw trial to portray the defendant as mentally unbalanced. The courtroom is filled with expert testimony and psychiatric assessments as the defense and prosecution clash over the defendant's mental state.
Washington Senator Bacon introduces a currency measure with features of the Aldrich bill as an amendment. It contemplates circulation by deposit of security in various bonds. Port Au Prince reports a serious earthquake destroying several houses in a small town about sixty miles away. Washington Senate passes a resolution remitting about half of the 24 million indemnity China paid over the Boxer disturbances.
An explosion on stage in Boyertown Pennsylvania triggers a panic as the audience rushes for exits. About 200 people are reported killed or burned in the scramble.
Tokio reports a cabinet crisis avoided as two pro expansion members resign amid Japan’s financial strain, preventing large war and navy expenditure schemes.
San Antonio announces C. B. Mulally as president at the annual election held last week in the Business Men's Club.
The passage notes President reception of the report from provisional Governor Magoon of Cuba, signaling U.S. acknowledgment of governance developments in Havana during the reconstruction era. The report outlines administrative steps and provisional authority guiding Cuba’s political transition.
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