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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
7
Carranza calls mediation useless and states Mexican affairs cannot be settled outside. He replies to mediators insisting internal decisions must be made domestically.
Mexico news reports a proposed plan by peace mediators to hold separate talks with constitutionalists and other factions at Niagara Falls. Carranza signals willingness to participate only if talks aim at pacification. key topics like armistice and provisional presidency are rejected. Separate American mediation teams would coordinate with Mexican delegates to avoid deadlock and seek a path to peace.
King West Virginia reports that Virginia will be a dry territory after July 1 if an amendment gains more than 100000 votes in the November 1912 general election. Brewery proprietors value property at about 6 million dollars must be abandoned by that date.
Border travelers report 15 generals leading about 30 000 troops renounced Carranza as first chief, while Villa did not sign the note. The move challenges the Guadalupe plan as Carranza troops plan to proceed, with Villa marching on Zacatecas and Obregon from the west toward San Luis Potosi.
The Texas and Pacific railroad challenged the preliminary valuation of its intangible assets before the State tax board in Austin. A. L. Pitts, the road’s assistant land and tax agent, urged lowering the valuation from 20 117 955 to 19 086 265 or about 1000 per mile.
Trustees at a creditors meeting in Houston report assets of the T. W. House estate at 269703.75 with liabilities at 252. A federation of 70000 closed as Colonel IR Pryor of San Antonio bought 2000 head of steers from Ed Lasater of Falfurrias at 35 dollars per head, a high South Texas cattle price.
A Mexican export of cotton reaches El Paso where sixty train carloads of fifty bales each cross the Rio Grande. The average bale weighs 560 pounds valuing the shipment at about 156000 dollars destined largely for European factories.
The State board of water engineers on Tuesday announced that by July 1 next, individuals who have used public water sources for irrigation power development or other law referenced purposes must file with the board.
Austin Texas reports that the state suit against Mansfield Cotton Oil Company of Mansfield to fix cotton seed prices was settled with an agreed judgment. The penalties total $600, and the judgment was entered Wednesday in the court of jurisdiction.
North and Northeast Texas reports show better crop conditions this week. Farmers express renewed optimism about corn and cotton as growing prospects improve since planting began.
The East Texas Development Association closed Thursday after a business meeting. It was decided to call another meeting July 20 at Jacksonville to advance plans, elect officers, and select next year’s meeting place.
The Producers Oil Company brought in another good well in the new extension of the Humble field Friday. The driller who sunk the 15 000 barrel well earlier in the locality also finished the new well.
Nashville Tennessee alumni assignment reports A Ford of Houston elected president of the Vanderbilt University alumni association at a Tuesday meeting.
Charles R Knight, famed for dinosaur and ancient creature renditions, says he prefers painting modern animals. He recounts visiting zoos to study living models and recalls a Washington zoo encounter where a man and his companion misinterpreted his deer sketch as a landscape of animal habitats.
Mothers favor Cuticura Soap for baby skin and hair care. The ad touts purity, refreshing fragrance, economy from its use, and world-wide sales. Free samples with 32-page Skin Book are offered by sending a post card to Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
Mrs Briggs confesses she passed as a widow while in Florida to please Johnny and ensure his good time. Mr Briggs scolds but accepts the reasoning, noting many gentlemen were kind to Johnny. An unrelated drug advertisement for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills ends the piece.
Miss Jeannette Gilder admires a pink and gold mustache cup at New York's Bad Taste exhibit and predicts a spiritual bad taste show. She quips about a fortune hunter from Americas oldest family courting a vague rich Western belle with a gold front tooth and poor French.
A frightened boy Francis seeks comfort during a thunderstorm as his mother reassures him with faith and soothing words. He recalls her similar calm talk after a past dentist visit, highlighting a humorous memory of parental explanations. The scene captures child fear and maternal reassurance.
In a terse exchange Withersly asks about the game and Plimson replies of a disruptive interruption. The unnamed man asserts a business matter forced his delay and blocks further play, ending the exchange with terse ownership of the moment.
A Puck cartoon lampoons Appledry and Allred-Say as tame riders who stay seated on the cars, while Abner Appledry-Nah is mocked for lacking public display. The other note promotes Hanford's Bal-Sam as a horse product used as leg wash and skin conditioner by trainers.
The passage presents a quip about a batter’s eagerness for home runs and shifts to a Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh antiseptic advertisement, noting the remedy’s sufficiency without other pre-treatments. The text blends humor with a medical product notice typical of period newspapers.
Two men watch a restless stranger, one claims the man clutches a lamy paste and shuffles his feet while the other jokes he may be practicing a new dance. A judge comments on prideful behavior and a brief decision mentions Hanford's Bal- Sam of Myrrh as an advert.
A Duluth after-dinner speech by Jerome McWade jokes about gardening and wives in town versus country. A Civil War veteran on an Atlantic City pier recalls General Sickles and laments theatricality before noting a quip on wives and jewels in marriage.
A young man asks for the hand of a daughter. The father greets him with a chair and asks whether he has calculated the cost of maintaining her in the accustomed style. The man affirms he has.
A foreigner notes the surprising crowd at a ball game and contrasts it with a lack of tango dancing. An ad touts Marine Eye Remedy products offered by Marine Eye Remedy Co. of Chicago for red, weak, watery eyes and granulated lids, with a free mail offer.
A fragmented quotation attributed to Ruskin discusses right and left hands and secrecy, suggesting the right should not know the left's actions to avoid shame or impropriety. The source presents a paradox about awareness and moral conduct in daily actions.
An old advertisement promotes Capucine as a remedy for headaches and grippe. It markets it as a liquid prompt and pleasant toning assistant. The piece juxtaposes a jail visitor exchange about books and a prisoner with a quip about worm expulsion using Dr Peery's Vermifuge.
A reader asks how much money they had if one third spent leaves a remainder where $3 equals five sixths of it. The exchange ends with a joke about Tommy and a product advert for eye balsam.
A fragmentary exchange references a method for puzzles as guesswork note about Hanford's Balsam for gall remedies and a mention of advancing money with three twenty dollar bills totaling 607, reflecting casual cryptic lines.
A report notes a man attempted to bribe a policeman with a $109 bill through a Confederate contact. The rumor prompted a formal inquiry which confirmed the misconduct as a tumor of bad intent.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is promoted as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to purify the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and strengthen the system. Price listed as fifty cents.
A lighthearted aged note warns shoe salesmen to beware slippery customers who might cause falls or wardrobe slips. The line suggests vigilance in busy shops where customers hurry and spills occur.
An advertisement touts Laxa tive Bromo Quinine with the claim to cure a cold in one day and relieve cough and headache. It urges seeking the genuine product under signature E. W. Grove and notes a price of 2 cents. The copy closes with a motto about honesty and wealth.
Kansas City Missouri reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with eliminating monthly pains and enabling her to bear two healthy babies after doctors said she could not become a mother. Another Georgia reader reports relief from pain and fatigue after using the same remedy, regaining appetite sleep and energy.
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