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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
8
Booth Tarkington recalls Munich before the war as a lively scene of cheap beer a quart mug of ambrosia beer and two frankfurters amid Wagner and Beethoven in a grand orchestra. He recounts a Missouri student tale involving a Munich waiter and a tavern manager about Student Cobb.
An International association of agricultural missions has been formed to raise global farming output and expand the world's food supply by spreading modern agricultural methods worldwide, a move aimed at undermining the influence of the old H. C. of L. World Outlook reports.
Make lemon lotion by mixing juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a quarter pint bleach for facial care. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to achieve a soft rosy white complexion as claimed by the advertisement.
A customer inspects rugs with her five year old daughter who urges speed and warns the dealer to deliver the pink rug with purple roses in time for an upcoming party tomorrow, highlighting a humorous domestic moment.
A remark from golf ball maker Jack Jolly inspires a joke about learning the game. He notes a Scottish friend who, at 81, says his golf is still improving, suggesting improvement comes with practice and time. The narrator closes with a quip about the pleasure of winning money.
The house appropriations committee and senate finance panel heard emergency and deficiency fund requests from state schools for 1920, with Dr. Vinson urging over $500,000. Other measures include a $2.5 million education appropriation and bills on teaching credentials, tax returns for Rockport and Aransas Pass, and dairy cattle inspections for ticks. The pink boll worm inquiry began, with Dr. Marlatt testifying on infestation, eradication plans, and the need for noncotton zones.
Wedding ring once barred as a pagan symbol by Puritans who rejected any such ornament. They required only the couple to join hands when affirming their intent to wed.
Yonkers Statesman notes a smile stays cool in heat and warm in cold, contrasting with a frown. The brief fashion remark highlights mood signals as a seasonal style tip.
Austin reports that since January the state highway commission has approved contracts for 553 additional miles of highways at a total cost around 8 million dollars with 3 million from state and federal aid. Major awards include 325 miles in Polk County and 30.5 miles in Kimble County among others, with 225 miles planned across Lamar Gonzales Erath Tom Green Culberson Schleicher Montague Webb Orange and Bexar counties as early projects.
Adolfo de la Huerta governor of Sonora was named president ad interim of Mexico by an extraordinary session of Congress. He won 224 votes to 28 for Pablo Gonzales with Antonio Villareal as the only other candidate. The session ran late due to a quorum issue, and de la Huerta postponed elections from July 4 to Sept 5 under the Agua Prieta plan making him supreme chief of the liberal constitutional party.
Paris officials fear a rupture in relations between Czecho-Slovakia and Poland amid theTeschen plebiscite crisis and regional tensions.
Reports to the interstate commerce commission from agents nationwide indicate a continued but gradual improvement in the railway freight congestion situation, signaling easing delays across lines.
The United States circuit court of appeals ruled the Lever act constitutional as a war measure in the case of C. A. Weed & Co., Buffalo clothiers, handed down on Wednesday.
The Walker bill legalizing beer containing not more than 2.75 percent alcohol by weight was signed by Governor Smith on Monday in Albany New York.
Ancient societies feared rat spread of plague yet promoted rat hunters and deified allies. They protected and domesticated natural enemies such as the cat kestrel and cobra and maintained many rat-eating snakes in pits within medical temples for deterrence and ritual use.
Mrs. Mary of Wyandotte Michigan says years of monthly pain and illnesses ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She reports regaining ability to do housework and urges others to try the medicine.
Two notices on a Manchester church bulletin board report a potato supper planned for Saturday evening and an upcoming Sunday morning sermon titled A Night of Agony. The contrasts hint at light community event and serious spiritual reflection.
A historical consumer ad touts Eatonic as a remedy for bloating indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims acids and gases attack the body but Eatonic removes the acid stomach when the cause is removed. It cites over half a million users and offers a refund if not satisfactory.
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