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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
2
In Woolwich England the royal gun factory is enlarged to meet high demand for new firearms. A war balloon can be inflated and floated in under twenty minutes. The Sultan’s stubborn resistance leaves Morocco’s western coast without telegraphic links.
The Vienna police have formed a special unit to detect gambling activity beyond cafes, extending operations to clubs and private apartments to pursue offenders.
Reports from the White-House-Harrison expedition detail a June return to Mombasa. They describe districts around Lake Rudolph and Stephanie as deserted with inhabitants dead or gone, and kraals found full of skeletons.
Scientists puzzled by a curious chain unearthed in a Pompeii house. No explanation yet offered by experts or women of the era. Speculation suggests it might relate to Roman matrons restraining husbands during weekly gatherings of the Gracchian League of Advanced Femininity.
A census taker visits the executive mansion as June begins to collect data. The piece notes the habit of comparing true and false statements, cites patents and trademarks laws in Japan, suggests a potential site for artificial pearls on the St. Lawrence, warns against rapid migration to South Africa, and cautions that wealth requires capital in the new empire.
The Shanghai cor respondent reports a night attack by Chinese forces and Boxers on the British legation in Pekin. Despite heavy losses to the attackers the Europeans held firm and all remaining Europeans were killed in hand to hand combat as dawn rose. A separate report from Prescott describes a fire in progress in the town creating immense destruction and extensive property loss.
Denton Texas July 16 Sanger a Santa Fe town in Denton county received nearly 60000 bushels of wheat last week. Most grain went to Galveston to aid the blockade there. About thirty cars daily are shipped from the county over the Santa Fe line.
Detectives armed with riot guns and revolvers searched houses and barns near Bridgeton and Florissant for Nelson alias Channing B Barnes, brother of Charles Barnes. Chief Desmond says a written confession from Charles implicates Channing and Mike Gonley in a train robbery and that stolen papers from an express company are hidden. Barnes previously faced a California sentence for train robbery and disappeared on bond.
In Corsicana Texas three new plants including a cotton factory a cotton seed oil mill and a large cotton gin are under construction with a combined investment around $200000. Three brick business houses and an expansion add $33800 while homes under construction push total improvements near $300000.
Eskridge C. Eskridge editor of the Emporia Republican and former Kansas lieutenant governor died after shooting himself twice in his Emporia home last night. His sister-in-law Mrs E Dickson entered the room, struggled with him as he pressed the pistol to his temple, and he later died two hours later after remaining conscious and speaking with relatives.
Corpus Christi July 16. J R Monroe of Rio Grande City reports Zapata county oil fields are being developed with several wells under way. He notes the oil is of superior quality though quantities remain limited after an expert analysis deemed it high grade. Monroe personally brought a sample to Corpus Christi for inspection.
The article notes that theatrical managers and a miner are after pay dirt following recent plays. It frames the pursuit as a shared theme of profit and local interest.
From Alexandria Ontario the account tells how Captain Ben Bryan of Maxville fell ill with chronic spinal symptoms and paralysis in 1897 1898. After four months in hospital he recovered some strength and resumed work. A second severe attack forced resignation before he used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People beginning in March 1899. He reports full health now and credits the pills for the recovery. Mrs Bryan also benefited. Pills sold 60 cents a box or six for 2.50 via druggists or mail from Schenectady NY.
The Chicago authorities argue the decline of a longtime fever in the city stems from a drainage canal that keeps refuse from entering the lake supplying the water. The measure is cited as improving public health and drinking water quality.
A collage of 19th century ads promoting Allen's Foot Ease for shoes and foot ailments with a cure for teething with Winslow syrup, Coke Dandruff Cure, Russ Bleaching Blue, and assorted quips. It notes trial mail offers, prices, and distributor details.
An advertisement touts Yucatan Chill Tonic Improved as superior tasteless tonic for chills fevers and malaria with a 50 cent price and guaranteed cure. It claims tasteless formula with iron and quinine and highlights pleasant taste and rapid relief.
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