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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
3
Rawson, Bassett, and Williams plot a nighttime stakeout to catch a possible escapee from the island. Shine rigs a flashlight camera trap to photograph intruders as the house awakens to a chaotic flashlight reveal. The scene ends with tensions high and the plan in motion, heading into a continuation.
Williams proposes a night watch on stairs and exits to catch the person suspected as Mrs. Stokes. Rawson approves a three-spot ambush with Williams at the front stairs, Rawson in the kitchen, and Shine guarding the living room leading to the side wing and dock. The plan aims to force a confrontation and obtain information.
This passage traces the etymology of maritime words such as admiral captain coxwain and commodore, noting roots in Arabic Latin and Italian. It also explains phrases like Davy Jones Duffy Jonah’s Locker and dog watch, showing how slang and mispronunciations evolved into modern usage.
The text notes architecture as the oldest fine art with earliest dated remains from Babylonians around 6000 B C. It cites brick as building material and credits them as first to construct vaults and arches.
In a Cincinnati Enquirer quote the defeated candidate says there was nothing crooked about the election. He admits his opponent was more popular and received more votes.
Lisbon recalls Queen Amelie of Portugal, exiled 16 years ago, as a beloved founder of children’s hospitals and homes. She aided doctors, oversaw princes Louis Philippe and Manuel’s education, and saved Manuel’s life during an assassination attempt. Now in seclusion near Versailles after France lifts the ban on the former royal family.
Prof EB S Good of Kentucky College of Agriculture says all livestock need salt. Working horses need about two ounces daily while idle horses, cows, steers, sheep, and pigs require from one ounce to a half or eighth of an ounce. A salt mixture with ground limestone and steam bone meal is recommended. Six level teaspoons equal about an ounce, so a working horse needs about a dozen teaspoons daily. Keep salt available in boxes at all times to meet health needs and avoid overconsumption.
Washington reports that federal land in northern Alabama long held for 80 years has been found in federal land office records. The 1847 survey mapped a gorge near May’s Gulf with perpendicular bluffs 300 to 500 feet high. The state legislature is expected to buy the tract for a park under a federal law allowing transfer to states.
Liberty Missouri. Reverend H H Luetzow astonished as a man using the name Morris F Long aged forty obtained a marriage license with a thirty five year old widow from Kansas City. The groom fled the minister's home claiming he would speak to a taxi driver and later held a revolver to the driver demanding a fast ride back to Kansas City. The man disappeared in Kansas City leaving the woman stranded.
Washington officials report a sharp rise in air mail since the 10 cent per half ounce rate began. In April about 1,800,000 letters were carried on 14 contract air mail routes and contractors earned 188,129 dollars. Transcontinental and New York Chicago overnight routes also saw higher volumes due to the rate.
Watts Calif A 50 foot back yard becomes a goldfish factory for Mrs Anna G Gray who turned a few pets into a thriving hatchery producing 12000 goldfish 130000 snails and 2500 water lilies yearly She developed many fish strains including silver gold striped black spotted and black with gold highlights Snails emerged as a byproduct and the bottom tank scum feeds them while gardeners buy the snails as scavengers.
The collar on a work horse should lie easily on the shoulders without force. It must rest evenly top to bottom and not allow see-saw motion. A space between collar and neck must exist to admit a finger, preventing neck soreness from friction and sidewise movement.
Poultry expert L. M. Black notes activity prevents toe-pecking feather-picking and other vices in brooding chicks. Successful flocks come from roomy Brood houses ample mash space and clean water, with careful feeding to avoid overfeeding and sluggishness. A hungry chick stays active until evening. inactivity breeds mischief and trouble.
Hubam is as good as white clover for a honey plant and may surpass it in some views. It grows rapidly, boosts soil fertility in certain areas, and supplies abundant pasture per acre though it is an annual rather than a biennial. It can smother weeds and speeds crop rotation compared with other clovers.
The article argues that old blue grass pastures resist improvement but Iowa State Institute experiments show disk ing and reseeding with a clover mix boosts carrying power. Suggested per acre seeding includes four pounds alsike clover, one pound red clover, and three pounds scarified sweet clover, with 100 pounds per acre acid phosphate optional but not essential.
Montageue quote about guidance in life and death attributed to a historical thinker. The line contrasts teaching how to die with teaching how to live, implying a harmony of courage and wisdom.
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