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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
2
A sketch describes the Distinguished Flying Cross as a bronze cross suspended from a silk ribbon in national colors. Captain Lindbergh is awarded the first cross made, featuring a four bladed airplane propeller extending beyond the cross ends and sun rays in the cross angles to symbolize splendor and glory of the deed.
Anadarko Oklahoma reports Harry Shirley, last of the Nah-Dah-Ko, born to a Nah-Dah-Ko mother and a white trader. He lives on a farm with his white wife and two children, recalling a band nearly annihilated in intertribal war. The Nah-Dah-Ko are traced from Louisiana origins with an 1542 Spanish record of their farms and cattle.
In the Lichtenburg area of Pretoria Transvaal Dr H A Lorentz reports over 60 000 Europeans and 120 000 natives are at the new diamond fields. The lure of strikes draws farm laborers away as Kaffirs prefer the 80 shillings a week on the fields. 43 percent of diggers come from agricultural backgrounds and only nine percent are diamond miners by trade. Tales of fortune hunting and quirky accidents accompany early prosperity.
Brig. Gen. David L. Brainerd was awarded a medal by the American Geographical Society, honoring his long delayed recognition for accompanying Maj. Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely on the renowned Arctic expedition forty five years ago.
In a rural exchange from Bogger Holler, Lafe Lagg laments his ten children have mumps as a traveler debates hearing the illness. Lagg bristles at the traveler’s insult and calls for a gun, claiming the stranger is overly clever and dangerous.
Barbara and her mother go to a movie after the father fails to attend a Legion business meeting. The film depicts a wife admired by another woman's husband. Barbara asks about her father’s whereabouts, then a child is heard to say money isn’t everything as she assists grandpa in the basement.
A vintage ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for children, claiming its pleasant taste works to ease constipation. It urges mothers to ask for the genuine product with clear dosing directions and to say California to avoid imitations.
Sultan Sa Mas siu, a Moro dignitary from Lanao, answers questions in Manila about bringing wives. He states he has no harem, asserting that many wives complicate life and wealth, and that one wife is sufficient and burdensome to travel with.
Berkeley reports sea worms called nemerteans seen near San Diego by Prof. W Rk Coe of Yale as guest at UC Scripps. Lengths reach a yard or more, with some species said to extend 100 feet, making them longer than any known animal. Doctor Coe notes few biologists study them. whales do not reach these lengths.
The first wireless journal for the blind starts in Paris. It notes that wealth without sense gains more friends than foes. A health tip urges digestion care with Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills. An ad promotes curiosity about the universe and life’s worth.
Soot from smudge pots used to ward off frost in central Washington encrusted grave monuments in Toppenish. Sextons scrubbed with sponge and chamois as polished granite took on a charred look resembling burnt timber. Despite the heavy smoke, apple growers reported fruit and prosperity preserved.
In Gomshall England a Fifteenth century farmhouse named Cole Kitchen farm bears a massive beehive under its roof. The ceiling beneath the hive sags after a century of honey weight. Owner T H English says removing the roof is needed to extract the honey. The swarming season coats the place with bees.
Brooklyn housewife Mrs. G Hegemann describes insomnia and fatigue eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Herb Medicine and Pills for Constipation. She urges others to write for testimonials and indicates the Pinkham Company will supply more names on request.
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