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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
3
Advice on summer poultry care urges abundant water grit and charcoal, cool well ventilated houses, and a daily mash of wheat oats and feed. Warns against musty feed sour mash and seeds in troughs. Highlights feather loss risk from poor feed and argues for early selling of old hens and nourishing nourishing diets to promote plumage and winter egg output.
Instructions for guiding young turkeys from brooder to tame poults. Suggests placing little chicks to teach feeding behavior and using bread or grain to attract them. Recommends tossing seeds to invite tame responses and to cultivate recognition and approach from a distance.
The article warns chicks will eat anything including sand sawdust and paint scraps. Young chicks are especially at risk when they fill crops with sand or lime and brooder paint flakes. Overuse of lime can burn crops. sand and lime are OK separately but should not be the main bedding.
After ducklings reach two weeks, provide daily green food of any kind to support growth and health with consistent care.
President Wilson accepts the resignation with deep regret as William Jennings Bryan steps down after souring over the Lusitania note. Robert Lansing becomes secretary of state ad interim, and is noted as John W. Foster’s son‑in‑law. The letter from Bryan cites duty and the prevention of war. Wilson’s reply praises Bryan’s service and friendship.
Personal testimonials from Cleveland Ohio and Hanover Pennsylvania praise Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for relief from chronic pain and female ailments. Mrs Griffith reports long left-sided pain resolved after first dose. Mrs Wilt credits improved health after suspected operable issues and says she can work hard again. The notices invite letters to the Pinkham company for confidential responses.
A small boy offers to tie the shoestring of a stout woman walking the street. She accepts with a gentle nod, the boy pulling the knot tight and smiling. He adds a remark about his mother feeling the same weight. The scene reflects quiet charity amid daily bustle.
Itchy skin eruptions including eczema and ringworm can worsen with improper care but Resinol offers a trusted option. A Baltimore doctor’s prescription resinol ointment and resinol soap have been widely used for 20 years, stopping itching and aiding healing often at low cost. It’s gentle enough for babies and effective for sunburn, available at druggists.
In a dialogue between He and She, the exchange hints at family summer plans with conflicting places. White Mountains is proposed by Ma while Pa favors the poorhouse, reflecting humorous or ironic domestic debate.
The fragmentary OCR mentions a druggist offering an eye remedy for red eye and granular issues, with unclear branding and spacing. The readable words indicate a pharmaceutical product or instruction but lack full details.
A 600000 barrel underground oil tank owned by the Texas Company was struck by lightning Tuesday at Sour Lake. The half full tank burned, causing a total loss valued at 250000 dollars.
A brief dialogue reflects on impulsive actions versus thoughtful planning. The exchange questions whether Jones acts before thinking, suggesting hasty actions may occur if thinking happens first.
In a vivid scene Tommy Heptica watches a high-hatted ringmaster crack a long lash. The boy comments with wit about the whip and his father’s reaction, “I’m glad he isn’t my father,” underscoring the show’s sharp humor and family reactions.
Forty years ago Ond’s Pharmacy Co established a reputation in Arkansas for reliable drugs. That trust now extends across the Great South where Bond’s Liver Pills are a household name. One small, mild dose at bedtime eases constipation dizziness indigestion headache biliousness neuralgia and other liver bowel torpor ailments. All druggists, 25c.
Quotation from J Fuller Gloom of Snifles Missouri ponders reforming village types. He mocks the town gossip social climbers and a mix of locals from the life of the party to the reformer seeking cultural uplift.
An advertisement claims Tetterine cures tetter scaly face eruptions eczema ringworm erysipelas infant sore head and all itching skin diseases. It promises instant relief and permanent cures backed by a Georgia druggist and a physician’s testimonial. The 50 cent remedy is sold by druggists or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah Georgia.
A tattooed man recounts being marooned on a South Pacific island and captured by savages who demanded a thousand dollars. With his money in a New York bank, he offered his own body as payment, saying they drew on him to release him.
A fragment describes a grand marshal on a big bay horse stopping as the parade passes. A listener jokes about recognition, and the horse is said to have stopped due to pride because its shoes needed shining.
A Valdosta reader letter from W F Monroe claims Pellagra can be cured. Mrs Braswell seeks her children from the home and will sign a form to strengthen her case. The message promotes Baughn’s Pellagra remedy and offers a free book with address in Jasper Alabama.
Decidedly not. It's bad enough to have to explain politics to women, but worse to have them explain it to others. The remark reflects a gender debate tone in historical context.
Ladies take Capucine for aches pains and nervousness. Not a narcotic or dope. Gives quick relief. Try it. Adv.
In wartime rhetoric a writer notes King George’s symbolic act of snubbing Kaiser and German leaders. A harsher wish is voiced that he had used force against them instead. The brief reflects public sentiment and imperial tone of the era.
An English naval officer recounts a Manila incident where a Filipino spat at a Spanish officer on a Pasig River bridge. The American sentinel seized the offender, disarmed the Spaniard, and tossed the Filipino into the river, then resumed his patrol with no apparent reaction.
An exchange hints at folk wit about business and marriage. A speaker asserts independence in a quip about self employment versus domestic status, reflecting everyday social humor in the era.
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