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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
The Texas Press Association convened in Galveston last week for its annual meeting and decided the 1818 convention will be held in Fort Worth. Attendees enjoyed a lively gathering and a guaranteed good time ahead.
The University budget fight continues as Attorney General Looney asserts the appropriations were not vetoed while Governor Ferguson claims they were. The disagreement leaves the funding status unsettled and fuels partisan tension.
In a bold stance the speaker asserts American aid to Italy and Japan and anticipates Greece joining the aid effort. The tone emphasizes U S financial strength and readiness to assist multiple nations.
The article condemns the steel trust as a great robber charging excessive prices. It argues that high charges harm consumers and that government action would improve the situation. The message calls for regulatory intervention to curb the monopoly.
Daily arrests target alleged conspirators against the government with thirty taken into custody in the New York region last week. Authorities urge loyalty as a key to staying out of trouble.
The two billion dollar Liberty loan is over-subscribed and the government will refund money to late comers. Officials note ample funds remain in government coffers across the dominions.
Three people injured Sunday at League City and the son of a prominent Tyler businessman killed. Overspeeding cited as the cause of all incidents.
Dallas mass meeting considers the university situation and hopes for a decision. If President Vinson is the principal cause of trouble, he should resign.
Readers rallied to the funding effort with extensive support, surpassing expectations as the Liberty Loan Bond issue drew the equivalent of 800 million dollars in subscriptions. The response highlighted the public trust and contributions from citizens and organizations alike.
The text portrays Farmer Jim Ferguson seeking payment for men who draw salaries from the state university treasury. He compares them to his bridge men from long ago and argues a man on the ground can unravel the tangle better than a bull pen high in the trees.
The Gazette publishes the list of voters registered at Hast Shiner Precinct No 9 with whites and negroes named. It notes a forthcoming West Box publication and includes an advertisement praising Herbine bowel remedy with price 50c.
A Peru Indiana mother reports Chamberlains Cough Remedy loosened the cough and eased expectoration for her two daughters with whooping cough, calling the results charming.
Abiliousness half sick feeling and loss of energy relieved quickly by Herbine. First dose shows improvement. repeated doses push system toward vigor. Price 50 cents. Sold by all druggists.
Henry Doose was found dead in bed at a neighbor’s home near Witting after an apparent suicide by strychnine. An inquest by Justice E G Peterson and County Physician Paul Renger found death self inflicted, with poison traces near his mouth and a strychnine paper nearby. Doose, despondent over recent troubles, left no note and had recently been arrested on suspicion of murdering his brother in law, Albin Schneider, with funeral held at Witting cemetery attended by friends and relatives.
Local hardware outlet Shiner Hardware Company promotes a selection of Can dies praised as the best, urging customers to call and try them for potential purchase or use.
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