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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
4
The Shiner Gazette notes publication by editors and owners J C Habermacher and Mars Eda Lane with a contact phone. It lists the paper as a second-class matter at the post office in Silas Texas and mentions Thursday publication.
Disjointed notes from Galveston and Dallas papers comment on party tactics and cross-cutting issues in law and politics. References to Democratic caution on Fid obstacles, punitive sentiment toward Chinese residents, satire on presidential routines, and debates on professional taxation mix with warnings about wartime charity fraud and rising sugar prices for sheep feed.
The Vestum Herald laments a prank placing tacks on the Yoa kum to Cuero highway harming tires and risking driver injury during a Knights of the K K K gathering. It calls for full punishment and suggests a reward from the Yoakum Chamber of Commerce to uncover the guilty parties.
A severe storm in the Westhot area last week felled heavy, destroying large fields of crops and damaging nearby property. The report notes government action against oil swindlers linked to a General Lee associated scheme. Two merchants have pleaded guilty. others face conviction.
Dr J A F Kreschel reports office closure starting Monday June 18 and continuing through July due to reason not provided. Patients are advised to reschedule appointments and contact the office for guidance.
The Gonzales Cotton Mill Company ships 40 inch 11 ounce duck fabric to Ford Motor Company in Detroit Michigan.
A dusty notice advertises a property sale in Gonzales county near Shiner and Gonzales. The estate of Mrs M A C Moore offers valuable verticals of land described as black, wall improved and near a goof house, gin and store. For information write W iB Moore, Shiner, Texas.
Delegates Mogura Wai Hegandorf Paul Otto Frank Tasler Sr Frank Tenberger Nolkamper s and Priedy Hemmers attended the Hoch heim Prairie Fire and Storm In ce Association meeting. Friedr Remmers was named to the Grand Finance Committee.
The New York legislature repealed the Prohibition Act and Gov. Smith signed the measure, ending state enforcement and leaving only federal officers to enforce the ban. The move marks New York as a strong anti prohibition state and positions Gov. Smith as a leading Democratic wet candidate for president.
Messrs Eddie Miller Emmet Busch and Edwin Berckenhoff of Shiner joined guests from Atlanta Ga and local residents for a lakeside Bach erlette swimming and boating party at Yoakum. Hostess Mrs BH Hepler hosted a second Yoakum resort visit with refreshments. A brief note in a Hallettsville paper mentions a marriage license for Walter E Ehlers and Isabella Berthafenberger with Isabella rumored to change her name on June 5.
Mrs H H Hepler proved a delightful hostess Friday evening with a lovely surprise birthday dinner for Mr Hepler. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Dickson Green of Yoakum, Mr and Mrs S A Thulemeyer, Miss Hoffmann, P A Wendtland, Gus Woltars and Wm Dziewas. The menu was praised as exceptional and S A Thulemeyer delivered a birthday toast filled with poetry and wit.
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