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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1899
Page
14
Publication information states weekly release every Thursday edited by C Hapermacuenr. Subscriptions cost one year postpaid at $1. The paper is entered at the Shiner Texas post office as second class mail matter.
A learned professor cites facts about children and their doll preferences from an English survey. Of 45 children, 191 favored wax dolls while 144 chose other dolls. size preferences vary with four inch half penny dolls praised for dress-up play and a wish for a larger doll to hug.
The Globe reports a Yorkshire limited liability company that farms scenic countryside for profit. It has secured access to a wide area and charges sixpence per visitor to view landscapes, restricting entry to paying guests.
In a heated exchange Mr. Hayricks confronts a fortune teller about a promised guarantee of satisfaction. The seventh daughter of a seventh daughter insists the ad is misused and rejects any hope of reconciliation with his estranged wife.
A witty line asserts that the woman who hates overshoes fur tippets and mackintoshes will suffer most when a first warm wave arrives as blizzards fade and umbrellas break in venting of feelings.
A convention chair laments neglectful coverage of his speech, complaining that his remarks were not called a ringing address in the record. An editor questions what is wrong with the report of proceedings.
Mrs Grump asks John about facial recognition as Judy comments on past illness and memory. John recalls recognizing her only when unwell, prompting a tense exchange about memory and perception.
Amanda Smith recounts a Brooklyn quarrel with her son in law John Bentley who cursed her and later died before the new year. She says God would make him pay and recalls Bentley’s collapse and death two weeks before Christmas after her warning.
The London Chronicle notes a royal family custom at Highclere Castle. A 500 gallon oak cask brewed from Highclere estate wood is hooped with brass and bears a coronet. The inscription commemorates the birth of Lord W Porchester on November 7, 1898 and mentions Albert Streatfield, butler, Highclere Castle, 1899.
Old fashioned brown teapots once deemed dowdy return to popularity. Tea enthusiasts favor brewing with any teapot and the fad now centers on gifting a monogrammed gold initial teapot for a dear friend.
Dialogue shows a sober man warning an inebriate of coming punishment. The drunk expresses confusion about his path home and thanks the man for encouraging restraint and guidance.
A joke dialogue in which a boy asks what an opti mist is and a father replies that one who concedes that government is more important than he is. The line satirizes political subservience and obedience to authority.
The redwood forest along the California coast spans about 2000 square miles from Oregon to near San Francisco. Mills cut 250 million feet of redwood lumber yearly, risking depletion in two centuries as growth cannot keep pace. The forest stays moist, with no fire waste and deeply shaded, peat-rich soils.
A 73 year old man and 63 year old wife argued over grave site delaying their divorce. A London wife of 40 sought divorce over her drinking habit, refused by court. A Cincinnati man cited his wife's glass eye. a Chicago man showed his hair before marriage to prove baldness. A California man sought divorce after his wife went sea-bathing barefoot.
A man vows to rise and make a stir in the world then stumbles on a tack as he begins. He half-fits his trouser leg and fall backs to bed, yet his claim to do things is set in motion by the accident.
Gossip toggles between Lucy Weeton and Al Winslow amid hearsay about a rooftop garden sighting and a pond outing. The fragment hints at a quarrel sparked by an attempted seat change in a park boating scene.
In a clipped exchange a Boston man sneers that Chicago has eight churches without pastors. A Western reply notes Boston hosts “two or three Edward Atkingons” on every corner who want to they have church.
Deputy Collector Wilson relays a circular from Austin outlining how to handle offers of compromise for cigars seized with counterfeit stamps from Jacobs & Co No 3741. Seized cigars may be released after proper stamps are affixed and canceled, with notes of authenticity and details by the deputy collector, while cases involving debts to Jacobs & Co are to be treated separately.
A Texas boy, Jos. C. Cleveland, recounts his transfer to the battleship Texas and notes fellow Texans redistributed to New Orleans New York Brooklyn and Indiana. He outlines lectures at the naval college in Newport Rhode Island and planned drills and port visits from Newport to Boston Portsmouth Bar Harbor and Portland with ten to fifteen day stays at each port.
The earliest known notices appeared on the doors of St Paul’s Cathedral in London signaling the origin of public advertising in historical urban spaces.
A distinguished historian hails the United States as a force for good, noting our advent as a colonizing power and predicting broad influence over Europe. The text compares this outcome to the inevitable cure from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, claiming it treats indigestion constipation and tones the whole system.
The new method binds ladies visiting cards in a book with perforations between the card and stub. This keeps cards together and clean, taking less space in a tea pocket.
Do Your Feet Acne and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent REE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY
Professor Nothagel of Vienna concludes that at least eighty percent of appendicitis cases take a simple course and recover with medical treatment alone. He urges opiates but warns against purgatives and notes no bowel movement for six to eight days need not cause alarm.
A vintage notice promotes Faultless Starch as a solution to laundry drudgery. It claims the product delivers best results with minimal effort and is available in large packages from grocers for 10 cents.
A humorous remark circulates about a woman who excels at roasting a man when the moment calls for it. The witticism highlights social banter and lightened gender role references in casual discussions.
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