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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
5
Train schedules show No. 46 from Lockhart at 12 05 p m and No. 45 from Yoakum at 2 40 p m for the Waco and Yoakum branches. Community notices include oil ads, a letter from Enchanted Maid, a K P lodge update, and local travel plans to Florida and Cuba.
Mr C Torres a tenant on Mrs McMurrey's place brought in a cotton stalk with three half grown bolls and many squares Vim O is delicious and NO DOPE Mr and Mrs Middlebrook returned from Missouri they will manage the hotel during the Youngs absence Mr L B Rich ter pays top price for good sound hides Geo J Schleicher Cuero plans district attorney bid candidates cards and circulars printed at Gazette office Mrs McMurrey sent roasting ears last week crops look good and picking cotton may start in July
Land for sale offers a river farm and a town lot for 120 dollars in Live Oak County. Options range from 5 acres of truck land plus a town lot to 640 acres and a town lot. inquiries to G. P. Byrnes, Agt. Shiner, Texas. Shiner oil mill elected E. F. Wolters president Phillip Welhausen secretary and treasurer D. C. Daniel manager. Vim-0 health beverage advertised as sold in saloons and drink stands.
The Welhau sen pasture on Rocky creek hosted a school picnic last Tuesday with a large crowd and ample food. Children returned home uplifted by the woods outing and the day’s wholesome benefits. Mr. C H Flato receives credit for organizing Rathbone sisters temple efforts. five cattle were taken up from the field and may be reclaimed by owners paying damages.
Shiner Lodge No 811 elected C. L. Williams as W M S A Carnes as Sr Warden S J Youngs as Jr Warden R G Flato as Secretary E F Wolters as Treasurer J D Curry as Tiler The narrative includes a note urging caution about a drink Vim O and mentions a state Democratic executive committee in Austin with a disputed test for ministers.
A ten dollar bill is missing between the Methodist parsonage and the post office or between the post office and C L Williams home. please leave the bill at this office for a reward. Also notes on a Mangel Wurzel exhibited at C B Wellhausen, weighing 184 pounds and grown by Frank Dolejei. Advertisements tout Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for rheumatism and promote C L Williams canning and planing mill with a Loree engine. Lavaca county Democratic executive committee meets to accept County Chairman McCutchan resignation. William Blakeslee named temporary chairman with full election on the 18th. Holliater’s Mountain tea claims to aid babies’ growth and sleep, 35 cents.
Readable fragments name Alvina Hercick of Shiner EK Rothmann A J Hubner Mise Thekla Bernhardt Seguin Wm Renken Yoakum Chas Vackar Gonzales among listed individuals with place identifiers implied but details missing for context or event.
Farmers and country butchers are urged to bring hides now that the season opened for butchering. S. A. Carnes & Son promises the highest market prices and strictly honest weights. Sell to us once and you will sell to us again.
Rudolph Kleberg chair of the De Witt county democratic executive committee campaigns across the county in English and German urging all eligible voters to enter the July primaries. He argues participation is essential to influence Texas government and warns that Democratic strength will wane if people abstain.
Citizens argue that politicians may lie but elections follow the same pattern as usual. They urge people to cast their vote despite distrust and fatigue with politics.
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