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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
5
Local column lists visits by Gonzales and Schulenburg residents, shop updates at A C Koepke and Schwab Jewelry, new soda fountain at Wagener store, optician visits, school and funeral notes, and new paper goods at City Drug Store, all reflecting small town business and social activity.
A mass meeting is called at Shiner for farmers and others interested in truck growing to organize a truck growers association. Potatoes onions beans watermelons and cantaloupes yield best returns in car load shipments. the goal is to act together with scheduled shipments and pick a day. Also notes local business ads and a death notices brief for Mrs Emma Helmcamp. The Farmers Mutual Fire and Storm Association held its annual meeting June 13 with directors and officers listed and dues to be collected June 27 at the Opera House.
A. C. WaGener announces a newly fitted ice cream parlor ready to serve ladies and gents seven days a week and invites patrons to call for details.
The Gazette notes the Cemetery Association election held on the 5th mnet elected President Mrs. Chas Welhausen Sr. and Vice President Mrs. Edmund Wolters. Treasurer is Mrs. J. C. Habermacher and Secretary Mrs. Corn Ward with Assistant Secretary Mrs. C. B. Welhausen. Members and guests enjoyed a splendid luncheon during the meeting.
To new subscribers only the newspaper offers The Gazette at 40 cents for mail delivery in Texas. The promotion runs until January 1, 1904 and invites readers to bring dimes to start a home paper subscription.
Farmers urge talking to neighbors about the Standard and John Deere cultivator in use. Wotters Bros. advertise sales. Mrs. Helmcamp returned from Corpus Christi after extended treatment and is in very feeble health, unable to sit up and bedridden at home.
Bertha Fahrenthold and Emilie Strauss attend the Halletsville Normal as promising to be one of Texas best normals.
The City Hotel adds an upper gallery at the front, promising convenience for guests. A note from the period highlights that force and vigor come from good, digested food and that wheat and barley meals sustain without burden.
Two light showers last Tuesday and Wednesday gave little rain for corn. Reported heavier rain and heat affected the Schultze and Seydler area during the period, with rainfall described as insufficient for crop needs.
A brief note promotes W. H. Davis in Gonzales Texas selling land bargains from 40 to 1800 acres with ten to twenty options if taken soon. A slow rain last Friday night and Saturday benefits corn and cotton with cool temperatures around 52 degrees.
Frank Hodanek has been hired as foreman of the Shiner Oil Mill and has moved his family from Flatonia. He is described as steady and reliable and expected to make a good foreman. Mr. Post and Miss Post of Yoakum visited Rev. O F Hatfield and family, with Hatfield hosting a social party in their honor Wednesday night.
Advertisement notes land available in Gonzales county priced from 10 to 25 dollars per acre. Public notice claims greater value than paying 45 dollars for lands around Shiner. Offered by A. J. Ure of Gonzales, Texas.
Over the past week Shiner experienced several housing changes. Mr. A. Poth moved into the Hummel place, Mr. Friteche filled the Poth vacated area in the south part of town, and Will Zappe began housekeeping in the former G. EK Ruhmann residence.
Advertises a cold cure with refund if it fails to cure. Claims E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Priced at 25 cents.
May 26 to June 8 report lists eleven births with seven in Shiner. Names include A G Lichey Henry Wehmann and wife Shiner Richard Jackson and wife Colored Sweet Home Hy Tietjen Jr and wife Shiner Arthur Williamson and wife Colored Shiner Chas Pfiel Jr and wife Shiner John Boedeker and wife Shiner Clarence Massey and wife Yoikum L Marshal and wife Shiner John Schonvogel and wife Witting E Schwartz and wife Balletsville.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy containing iron and quinine. Claims no cure no pay and a price of 50 cents. Describes it as tasteless and easy to take.
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