19 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1905
Page
1
A community barbecue held Saturday drew residents from nearby settlements including Chas. F. Clark and Judge Green of Gonzales. The note mentions several local moves and visits such as John Sauer's family in Hochheim and Geo. Gray planning to move back to the area, with various residents changing jobs or homes.
The column lists trips and travel of residents including a move to Tyler Business College and a visit by several locals to Shiner Port Arthur and San Angelo. It notes Dr J E B Lay attending a National Medical Association meeting in Portland Oregon and mentions a moonlight ball at Appell Hill. It previews the annual fair opening October 21 with substantial premiums for farm and livestock exhibits and assurances of high moral attractions and free shows.
In Cuero area notes report a Halles dispute and a drunkenness crackdown in Hallettsvill with several days of action. Oliver L Mantanimd of Yoakum County is fined $100 for aggravated assault while awaiting events in Smithville. The Javaca Countess Band schedules a Sheriff's Real estate event on August 16 1905 in the city, with bidding from 2 p.m.
The August issue highlights Domestic Life in Holland with Dutch pottery and silver, poetry from Watts Mumford to Ethel M. Kelley, and fiction by Mies Bertha Hasbrook and T. Jenkins Hains. It promotes The Carlyles set in Civil War Richmond, Richard Le Gallienne’s Butterfly of Dreamer, and practical pieces on fashion and home crafts. Union strength banners urge collective action and a call to join local meetings.
Mrs. Burton Harrison is noted for entertaining fiction and long association with light literary work. The snippet hints at her sustained role in American writing and social circles.
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