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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
2
A collage of wry observations on fashion, crime, propriety, and city life. From garden hoses and Paris gowns to elopements with press agents, a Chicago girl fends off a footpad while others joke about tango prison, copper housemaids, and cautious English manners.
The college professor labels baseball as a nerve irritant yet notes the home team cannot win every time. A new astronomical trust forms, and poetical justice may favor the effort. The British ambassador elect is a baseball fan, a preferable passion to tennis or golf.
An intrepid woman explorer argues Broadway requires missionary zeal more than perilous Africa. She notes Broadway has its angels amid the dangers and temptations, urging aid and renewal for the vibrant city district.
Orville Wright states flying is as safe as driving a car and should ease public nerves about aviation. He argues aviation risks are comparable to those of motoring and that confidence will grow as experience increases.
A New Jersey school will teach dairy milking to students. The project features a girl participant described as pretty and poised to become a notable example in life and song.
A Missouri woman has given up her husband in favor of another man, ending lingering doubts about the value of a Missouri husband and a Missouri male.
Police in Chicago express measured approval of the housemaids union and the later permission to use the front parlor. The move signals growing recognition of organized labor among service workers in the city.
A Pennsylvania man, aged ninety, was jailed recently for failing to support his wife. The case reflects concern over younger generations neglecting their duties in family obligations.
Aged authorities ban slit skirts in Los Angeles schools claiming pupils will gain better understanding through alternative methods. The move reflects conservative dress guidelines impacting female students and school culture.
A cryptic line suggests tracing the first use of the slang I should worry and warns that finding the author should not be overly harsh. The note implies many men live long enough to learn repentance, hinting at moral consequences.
The editor notes a linguistic dispute over where an aviator stores his aircraft with terms such as nest or roost proposed as alternatives to hangar. Critics argue these reflect bird imagery. others cite quaint aviation idiom.
The piece jokes about long telephone wires claiming 650 lines to the moon while proposing a real wire to Venus for direct talk, poking fun at space communication dreams.
Mothers nationwide deny the report that a perfect baby has been found on New York City’s lower East Side. They insist their child is not there and urge verification of the sighting.
A physician brands the fly as a carrier of infant paralysis, challenging the utility of insects in public health and prompting questions about their role in disease transmission and control.
A young New York man admits he is so forgetful that after marrying a new wife he forgot he already had a living spouse. The remark suggests he may be sent to an institution where se clusion and quiet provide treatment for his memory loss.
The Galveston Corpus Christi section of the intercoastal canal opened to coast traffic with a water pageant in Galveston harbor. Boats from Houston Palacios Rockport Velasco Freeport Brazoria Port O Connor Collegeport Bay City Port Lavaca Matagorda Orange and other towns joined the celebratory parade despite northeast winds and rough seas.
Washington reports the 1912 newspaper publicity law remains valid. The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision, announced by Chief Justice White, requires newspapers and other publications to file semi annual sworn statements naming editors owners managers stockholders and bondholders with postmasters or face loss of mail privileges. Paid editorial matter must be marked advertisement under penalties.
A Chickasha girl named Susie Church was found murdered with her throat cut, a mile from home, after riding to a village store on horseback. A search party located her body beside the road following a violent struggle, and a young Black man was found nearby with blood on clothing and a bloody knife in his pocket.
Madrid reports Count Alvaro de Romanones resigns as premier after a liberal party split is revealed in the senate. He hands in his resignation to King Alfonso, accompanied by his ministry, and the move is accepted provisionally.
A. Collett suffered severe scalds from steam while climbing a ladder from a sand barge to the Beaumont wharf on Tuesday. He calmly waited for an ambulance to take him to Sisters hospital where he died in great agony.
Houston officials announce Union Lumber Company purchased the Milvid plant timber and lands from Miller & Victor Lumber Company for more than $600,000. The announcement was made Thursday in Houston.
Mrs George Glover wife of the son of Mrs Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church was struck by an automobile near her ranch and seriously injured on Thursday in Deadwood.
The Texas City postoffice in Texas has been raised to second class status effective July 1. The change follows a law setting second class status for offices with business reaching $72,000 per month.
Mrs Hugo Pratt formerly Miss Abigal Parkhurst of Cleveland Ohio married Prince Alexis Georges Karageogevitch a cousin of King Peter of Servia in Paris on Wednesday.
Corpus Christi reports J. I. Hall of Robstown died an hour after a heavy safe fell on him. The accident occurred Wednesday leaving a mangled scene and authorities investigating the incident.
Mohammed Shefket Pasha the Turkish grand vizier and war minister was shot and killed in Istanbul on Wednesday. Lieutenant Ibrahim Bey also died. Prince Said Halim named grand vizier ad interim as assassination details unfold and police arrest a suspect Topal Tewfik. The article notes his Arab origin and rise from Baghdad, his role in the Balkan War, and influence on the sultan’s fall.
State officials and others linked to the Minnesota rate case hail a US Supreme Court decision that forces several railroads operating in Minnesota to pay about $3,000,000 into the state treasury as overcharges.
The Astor estate of Colonel John Jacob Astor who died in the Titanic disaster was appraised at 88,000,000 dollars. Principal beneficiaries include Vincent Astor receiving 68,964,499 dollars Madeline Force Astor 7,678,896 dollars Muriel Astor 4,856,758 dollars and John Jacob Astor Jr. 2,922,682 dollars.
Springfield New Jersey reports the Illinois house approved a woman suffrage bill granting women the right to vote for all statutory offices. The vote was 83 ayes to 68 nays.
Hail four inches deep and heavy rain struck Tin Nie area in Lincoln County New Mexico on Wednesday. A large number of cattle sheep and other animals were killed and flood conditions caused extensive damage in Roswell region.
Sale of the Jackson ranch in Chambers County to J. C. Everett and associates of Dallas for about 1 million dollars was completed Tuesday. The tract encompasses 31,000 acres, roughly ten miles in length and seven to eight miles in width.
Kingsville Texas report of a collision between passenger trains Nos. 101 and 104 on the St Louis Brownsville and Mexico line near Riviera. One locomotive badly wrecked and substantial rolling stock ruined. No further details on casualties or cause available in the text.
In Cold Springs Texas voters rejected a 25 cent tax on the 190 maintenance levy for precinct No. 1 independent school district. The unofficial count read 47 against and 20 for the tax.
Property owners in drainage district No. 7 voted 60 to 21 to issue bonds totaling $140,000 for drainage improvements in Houston Tek area. The measure authorizes funds to advance flood control and land drainage projects as specified by the district authorities.
American forces seized Bagdad trenches of the Moros near Jolo on Thursday with six KIA and twelve WIA. Casualties include two U S infantry privates, three scouts, and one scout, Lt. Rackley wounded in the leg. Pershing vows continued operations until the island is pacified.
President Wilson named Cornelius J. Ford of New Jersey as public printer and J. C. French as postmaster at Memphis Tennessee. H. J. Geary is picked for Lake Charles Louisiana civil service commissioners Charles M. Galloway and Herman W. Craven receive civil service posts and several Texas postmasters are listed by city and recipient.
Austin Texas condensed statement shows twenty one state savings departments at close of business May 31 with resources including United States bonds five hundred thousand plus, county and city bonds one hundred seventy five thousand four hundred ninety one, first mortgage railroad bonds forty seven thousand six hundred thirty five, real estate liens double loaned amount totaling one million seven hundred thirteen thousand ninety, cash five hundred seventy one thousand ninety four, other resources thirty five thousand eight hundred seventy eight. Liabilities show deposits two million five hundred twenty one thousand three hundred thirty eight, undivided profits twenty six thousand five hundred fifty six, interest due depositors four hundred ninety four. Required cash reserve fifteen percent of total deposits five hundred six thousand four hundred. Actual cash on hand five hundred seventy one thousand ninety four.
Attorney General McRavely rules suburbs cannot be treated as separate places under the national bank act. If a city exceeds 50 000 population its national banks must have a minimum capital of 200 000, regardless of location within city or suburbs.
A locally built submarine rested on the ocean bottom off Long Beach for thirty six hours breaking the submergence record. Six crew members emerged unharmed from the deep test, surpassing the prior twenty four hour mark set by the United States submarine Octopus in 1907.
Three men named George King Harry Williams and Charles Davis were arrested by Sheriff Benson and his posse after a Wheatland safe was blown Sunday night stealing 1900 dollars. They were found in a Wheatland area home six miles from town in bed but fully dressed with six shooters.
Laredo Texas Seaport reports that Saturday's shipments push the onion total past 2500 carloads for the season with likely fewer than fifty carloads left. Weather and field conditions reduced output by about 700 cars, preventing a potential 3000-carload total.
Washington reports that on Monday China became the fourteenth nation to endorse the peace proposal. Beijing accepted the idea in principle and wishes to study the details before committing fully.
Dr. C. H. Brownlee, field director in hookworm commission work, moved into Waller County this week and will give six weeks of free treatment in the field.
Belgrade reports the Servian government sent a note to Bulgaria proposing that three-fourths of both armies be demobilized to relieve tension and aid a settlement of differences between the two governments.
Secretary Lane of the interior department ruled that under the law of June 23, 1910, persons who take assignments of reclamation homesteads after final proof need not prove themselves as qualified homesteaders.
Braulio Hernandez once secretary of state of Chihuahua under Madero is reported executed Thursday by armed men allied with Vasquez Gomez in Palomas near the Mexican border. The incident centers on the Pa lomas area as tensions rise along the boundary.
Hugh Jennings manager of the Detroit club in the American League was indefinitely suspended by President Ban Johnson for alleged abusive language to Umpire Ferguson after the game with Washington on Wednesday.
President Milner announced the resignation after five years at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. He will return to Henderson to manage his farm and will leave the College Station post this week.
Eleven steamship companies on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river merged into the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company with a capital of 16000000 dollars. The move unites major fleets under a single management to expand transportation and shipping on regional waterways.
The May record for the canal’s monthly dredging was broken as over 1,000,000 cubic yards of earth were removed from the two entrances.
Brooklyn report details a porcupine scare aboard the steamship Pretoria docked in South Brooklyn with 409 passengers. One cage door left unlatched unleashed nine porcupines, inciting chaotic scenes as officers rushed to containment and a crewmember slipped, injuring himself in the melee.
Mrs. Pearl Williams of 826 North Nineteenth street saved her home from fire by lifting a blazing oil stove to a second story window and leaping to the street. She sustained oil burns to her hands and neck but escaped serious injury. Policemen Clapper and Elliott assisted after the fall. she was taken to German Hospital in non serious condition.
Sanitation crew inspected a Hindoo fly trap in Montgomery Alabama and found it weighed one pound more than at setup after a 36 hour trial. The test tracks effectiveness of street and store traps deployed by the sanitary department fleet.
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