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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
4
Texan counties drift on dry laws and political quirks as Lampasas goes dry by a narrow margin while Brazoria tilted prohibitions. Reports span rail plans, Mormon removals, cotton prices in New Orleans, and a cash crunch on local papers. The piece also touches China hunger, Philippine storms, and a wave of wartime-style crusade talk.
Report from the New Orleans cotton exchange notes July cotton at 12.40 and a crop condition of 74.1, the lowest for this period, with acreage up 37 percent and lateness of ten to twenty one days. The piece also comments on regional weather extremes and party politics surrounding Parker without endorsing him.
Mrs. M. R. Martin of Old Sweet Home died Wednesday morning at five o'clock. She was over eighty, widow of Joshua K. Martin, a Lavaca pioneer. Three sons survive J E Win and Robert. Funeral held yesterday at Mount Zion cemetery.
In Eagle Lake Texas June 4 Will McDow City Marshal W R Kinard were killed and Pierce Hammond was shot twice in the groin and once in the leg after a disturbance. McDow returned with a Winchester and shot Kinard as Kinard tried to restrain him. Kinard then wrestled for the pistol and McDow declared they were both killed. Hammond’s wounds are feared fatal. Pipicnas a citizen every way had been marshal of Eagle about McDow too z seven children.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a medicine item priced at 25 cents per tablet. The wording is unclear but references Quinine tablets and a single day supply. No clear event, responder, or organization is identifiable from the text.
Pierce Hammond who was moved from Missouri to Lissie to work on J. M. Everitt’s rice farm died at 4 PM after being accidentally shot last night while attempting to carry the body of Marshal W. Robinard into a saloon. Kinard reportedly took McDow’s pistol and hid it, with East Texas relatives arriving.
The Hallettsville artesian well reached 50 feet and began flowing with a strong water stream rich in gas and sulphur. The gas burned brightly while water rose two feet above the rosary. The strata is described as blue pene and bale es.
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