This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
4
The Gazette marks its tenth anniversary with gratitude for community support and a pledge to continue serving town and country. Items note Venezuelan events, cotton prices, Prohibition era unrest, and comments from multiple papers on industry, farming, and factory growth. Mention of Irish potatoes, June corn, and cotton mills appears amid a collage of regional observations.
State of Texas Vin Lavaca county Philip Welhausen, cashier, attests the bank statement truthfully reflects assets and liabilities as of June 15 1903. Figures include cash items 603.00 notes of other national banks 1 400 00 and deposits 150 225 62.
Mrs. Jaeggli marked the 60th anniversary of her birth this past Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koepke of Shiner visited in our city, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Bohnenkamp. J T Jaeggli learned his brother Rudolph sailed from Bremen Saturday. Jaeggi plans a trip to New York before returning home. Barney Lackmann, after months at home with rheumatism, returned to his business Tuesday amid friends' cheers.
The Schroeder family visits Austin county while the Phoenix Schuetzenverein plans a new hall and holds a last dance in the current hall on the 27th. Bids from lumbermen opened Sunday for the project. a general meeting is set for Sunday the 28th. Wied school reopens Monday the 15th after weeks of vacation.
The commissioners met in a called session to discuss bridge construction bids from E P Ashbury & Son of Houston. The firm submitted an 18 bid covering Lavaca River Rocky Ponton s Creek and Boggy Branch with a trimmed offer of 7000 and a concession on two piers. Judge Gray and Commissioners Mikulenka Thrift Wehmann and Geiptner attended the meeting.
The Merlin Texas flowing well in Falls County is reported as the deepest in the world at 8 850 feet. It supposedly yields about 200 000 gallons daily at a high temperature.
In Flatonia Texas the June 9 special election saw 99 votes cast. W O Goode elected marshal and H Zenglemann chosen as ward 1 alderman. Ward 2 alderman race ended in a tie between F Svarta and G F Woods. Legal blanks of all kinds for sale at The Gazette office.
Rail timetable notes Lockhart and Waco-Yoakum routes with trains 45 46 42 44 41 and 48 listed with arrival times. Hon Ed Tarkington addressed truck growers urging farmer cooperation for planting, marketing, and organizing a future meeting to solidify the association. Advertising hot and cold baths at A C Koepke's alongside crop mentions including potatoes onions melons cantaloupe and seed needs.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.