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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
5
Train No 46 arrives from Lockhart at 12 25 am. Train No 45 arrives from Yoakum at 2 40 pm. Train No 42 arrives from Waco at 2 55 pm. Train No 41 arrives from Yoakum at 2 45 am. Night trains arrive from Yoakum at 1 07 am and from Waco at 2 28 am.
Local notes show visits from L. M. Kokernot and C. M. Hughes, trips to Bellville and La Grange, and relatives in Giddings and Houston. Watermelon season starts in Shiner on June 20, with July 4 business closures and July 1 bill-heads orders. A Texas train schedule and a Shiner Hallettsville baseball game are noted along with the Summer Normal opening at Halletsville.
June 24 1907 report praises a high quality teachers normal with conductors Jones Guenther Peterson and Bagby. Daily schedule runs 7 15 to 1 00 including Saturday. Expected attendance rises to about one hundred with twenty five more joining this week. Read lists of attendees from Hallettsville Yoakum Shiner Moulton Vienna Koerth Moravia Gonzales Cuero and nearby towns. If you want to attend a good normal come here.
Dr. Frank Kent of San Antonio, eye ear nose and throat specialist, will visit Shiner on July 10. He will be at the office with Drs. Schultz and Gray for consultations.
The Glorious Fourth will be celebrated in Shiner with drums and trumpets. A big feast is held July 4 with gala attire and a warm welcome to attendees.
An advertisement points readers to A. C. Koevkes for a hot or cold bath. It promotes quick relief and comfort, highlighting the bathhouse as a local option for relaxation and refreshment.
Residence for sale listing describes a six room home on two lots with a good well cistern windmill and barn. For particulars apply to Shines Texas. Also advertised are veterinary remedies stock and poultry feeds powders and cures at Robert Seydler's rugstore.
To Ice Buyers. From and after this date ice will be sold at one center pound straight, and no ice be delivered after 9 o clock A.M. No deliveries on Sunday. Wm. Wadland F.P. Luck.
Local shop Eschenburg and Garbade advertise aged looking paint redone to look new at 75 cents per quart. Bargain offer targets homeowners seeking quick refresh for walls and trim.
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