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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
7
The Poultry Journal advises selecting a breed adapted to local conditions and stocking a small starter flock of twelve hens. Success hinges on patience and personal dedication, with gradual build up and year round egg production. Early spring chick hatching and marketing two pound birds before molting are noted strategies.
The Illinois station lists key failure causes in poultry farming. Overcrowding to save housing costs, buying infected fowls from other farms, overfeeding under the belief more feed means more eggs, cold night drafts, and delaying destruction of irrecoverable birds.
From practical poultry farming notes: Pekins should lay 120 to 170 eggs yearly. avoid off season forcing. Keep nests clean, provide one per four hens, and house fowls in dry, clean roosts to prevent illness. Maturity speed boosts profits. replace old roosters with better stock. isolate and treat sick birds to prevent spread. Ensure ample clean water, shelter air and sunlight, and clean droppings shelf under roosts.
Speaker Clark urges immigration reform focus while noting emigration costs the U S millions yearly. He cites 1 845 American farmers with 368 500 in cash and 145 000 in property crossing to Western Canada weekly, arguing losses exceed 123 million if repeated. He advocates easier homesteading and expanded irrigation and drainage to keep citizens at home.
A Corpus Christi report shows 2 297 cars shipped from the lower Rio Grande Valley along the St Louis Browns ville and Mexico line through June 7 1913 up from 1 772 cars last year an increase of 525. For the week ending June 7 shipments were 33 cars compared with 43 last year.
Sugarland railroad from Anchor to Harlem state farm would be absorbed by the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad of Texas if a pending deal between representatives of both roads is finalized. W T Eldridge, president and general manager of the Sugarland railroad, said the deal is pending but not yet consummated. About 1 million dollars is involved.
The railroad commission advised that the loading charge regulation amendment does not take effect until July 22. Shippers must pay loading charges at Galveston and other Texas ports on carload freight up to that date.
Senator Thompson of Kansas introduced a bill on Saturday to regulate lobbying by creating a joint committee of Congress to supervise activities of agents for special interests involved in legislation.
A severe windstorm at Van Alstyne Texas caused major destruction to the Umphress residence and wrecked the local Negro Christian church. The storm behaved like a small cyclone for several minutes, with numerous minor damages reported across the area.
Forty carloads of tomatoes were sold Saturday at public auction in Jacksonville, Texas, averaging 80.3 cents per crate. Forty-five carloads were sold at auction and nearly as many cars have been sold daily the past week, each sale to the highest bidder for cash.
Reports from Sofia indicate a heavy toll as the Bulgaria quakes kill hundreds in Tirnova and Gornia-Orohovitza. Many buildings collapsed in Gornia-Orohovitza while aftershocks continue to threaten the region.
The Angleton public school board chose a Houston firm for the new Angleton high school building project at a gross cost of $13,919.
William Bauer, Seguin local capitalist, donated a valuable parcel of land adjoining the Southern Pacific railway right of way to the Seguin Canning Company in Seguin Texas.
Mrs Edward B Ene Bert of Fleetwood Pa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with transforming her health during the change of life. She reports headaches dizziness and heat flashes easing and says she has not needed a doctor for years. The advertisement touts the remedy as strengthening the nervous system and aiding women approaching midlife.
An ad fragment promoting medical treatment by Dr Anna E Cisar offers free booklets from Norman Oklahoma and a separate employment notice from Specialty Supply Co inviting live agents to sell a specialty product from Maryville Missouri
A brief ad copy riff and stray quotes discuss reform and safety, noting Hanford's Bal sam product for fresh cuts and a quip about dodging a trolley car. The fragment hints at period voice and humorous street-level commentary without clear narrative.
Dialogue from a parish event features a joke about a husband speaking through his nose and a wife’s sharp response. The banter highlights local humor in a church setting.
A playful scene features a caption about an evening concert where a cat with a contralto voice is mistaken for a tabby. The banter includes lines like Darn those cats and Don't shoot Abner as voices and pets blur in humor.
A playful exchange on why bills are discussed at the table, noting the phrase dish them as a pun on presenting legislative proposals.
Mrs. D W McClellan of Muskogee Oklahoma reports relief after four weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a year long scalp disease with heavy flaking itching and hair loss. She says her scalp grew thick again and hair strengthened. Cuticura promoted nationwide with free sample and Skin Book.
H C Long of the Carnegie Institute argues profanity Expressive power is artistic and not condemned. He cites George Washington, claiming he was an artist in profanity, using limited instances as proof of its virtue when provoked.
A Children’s Bureau bulletin urges cities to expand campaigns to reduce infant deaths, noting ten-year gains lowering urban mortality rates. The report highlights prevents and municipal welfare work while contrasting with a stark jail description from Graham county Arizona as a separate Harper’s Weekly note.
A vintage health ad promotes Hot Springs Liver Buttons promising quick liver tone and bowel relief in 24 hours. It claims safety for all ages, cures dizziness and biliousness, and urges a quarter from druggists with a free sample postcard from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Arkansas.
At the Petit Palais the clock has shown the same hour for 13 years after a Paris exhibition closing. An official halted it for the exhibition, and it has remained stationary because it does not appear on the list of clocks the municipal clock winder must attend to.
An odd item notes a Growcher encounter described as disguised and smiling, amid an ad for RUB-MY-TISM a cure-all medicine claiming to relieve rheumatism and various pains. The brief section blends ad copy with a humorous aside about the disguised figure.
Promotion asserts Balaam of Myrrh acts as a sole antiseptic and recommends applying it first before any other remedy.
A humorous note describes an attempted new theater bit where a dog is involved and an angel figure is bitten. No further details are given about the event or participants.
A fragment shows a tense kitchen exchange with a mother and child. The lines imply a warning or reaction to an event heard that morning. The dialogue hints at fear and a request for caution.
The article warns about mercury fumes in quicksilver mining causing excessive salivation tooth loss and early death. It notes chlorine lime in bleaching enamel erosion and phosphorus in matches harming many workers including women and children. Bakers may suffer tooth decay from flour in the mouth. The closing line contrasts love with a dark parlor.
A Chronicle excerpt cites a battered woman who refuses to prosecute her husband asking why start trouble. It notes London’s slums where police struggle to indict abusive husbands as women face starvation or denial. One judge recalls a bruised wife admitting an ear bite, reflecting anger and fear.
Joe Cannon deputy auditor of Hardin county Ohio had lost his ring in the courthouse yard. A diligent search failed until janitor Yost collecting birds nests in the building’s eaves uncovered the ring woven in a nest.
The advertisement claims Tyree's Antiseptic Powder quickly relieves prickly heat and skin affections and cures them. Priced at 25 cents, with free sample available by writing Tyree, Chemist, Washington DC. Ad.
A student studied the term tango from a Latin dictionary and noted meanings including take in hand carry off be contiguous to strike beat and smear. The excerpt shows how one verb covers varied actions in historical lexicography.
The passage argues the earth was created for man while noting financiers may see themselves as the central figure. It comments on virtue earning reward and an angel potentially praising himself.
Railroad surgeon touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a versatile remedy for wounds burns sores and skin conditions. Farmers and stockmen endorse it with trials promising cures for rashes ringworm corns felons sore feet and more. Guaranteed by druggists. large bottle offers seven times the contents of the small bottle priced at $1.00.
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