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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1899
Page
4
The paper notes rice iron demand and rising prices while predicting cotton acreage decline. Bee county melon shipments may reach $100000, tobacco laws restrict sales to under 16s, and local obituaries report Gorray died near Cypress Mill and D W Dobbs was recovered after drowning and shark bites. Labor wages rise in Birmingham with 25 percent gains for rolling mill workers.
A reminiscence recalls a newspaper man’s long career in Flatonia, noting that O P Basford headed the Argus, not W C Basford, and praising local journalism's steadfast craft and community ties.
A Houston Post report describes a massive tornado strike in Wisconsin destroying New Richmond and widespread damage across the region. At New Richmond the death toll ranges from 250 to as high as 500 with many injured trapped amid fires and wreckage. railways and communications collapsed. A second tornado hit Herman, Nebraska, wiping out the village and causing numerous fatalities.
In Las Pinas General Lawton deployed 3000 troops and by 5 PM pushed insurgents 500 yards to the Seapote river. The enemy resisted fiercely and sought to turn the American left flank. American casualties are estimated at sixty killed and two hundred wounded as fighting continues.
The Edna Texas county attorney D W Dobbs drowned near Pass Caballo after wading into the Gulf while casting a mullet net. A Port Lavaca telegram from Roswell to W W McCrory details Dobbs being drawn out by a current and sinking about 50 to 75 yards offshore. recovery efforts were planned and the sender noted they would stay a day or two.
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