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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
7
Nourishing Cool Beverages From Egg Lemonade To Koumis
A historic guide presents egg lemonade with a beaten egg omitted and salted for flavor, koumis brewed from mare or cow milk with yeast and refrigeration, mint cup a lemon mint sugar drink, pineapple lemonade with pineapple and lemon juice, and a raspberry shrub served with ice water. Also included are iced tea tips and closing lines on love's uplifting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Food fashions from a curious old kitchen menu
Collectible recipes describe Holland Salad with bologna and sardines, Dainty Croquettes from calf liver and bacon, Fish Souffle using cooked fish, Marmalade Pudding with marmalade and suet, and a crisp tomato onion cucumber salad with French dressing. Hash ideas include pan fried balls from leftover meat.
Japan Plans Paper Fractional Currency and New 50 Sen Coin
The government announces paper fractional currency exchangeable for bank notes and legal tender up to 10 yen. It also offers three prizes for best designs for a new silver 50 sen piece, to be smaller than the current coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Civic bodies merge for Texas municipal meeting sessions
The Texas League of Municipalities and the Commercial Executives Association for Texas held joint sessions in San Antonio. Officers elected include Mayor Sam C. Bell as president and J. H. Painter as city manager vice president. Topics covered Home Rule in Texas proportional representation the city manager plan and wartime municipal duties with federal and state cooperation emphasized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Texas League of Municipalities
Commercial Executives’ Association For Texas
Sam C. Bell
J. H. Painter
Crockett
O. J.S. Ellingson
Sherman
W. E. Anderson
Brownsville
A. A. King
Austin
King
Bureau of Municipal Research
University of Texas
H. G. James
Texas
William A. Black
James
Ellingson
BE. A. Peden
Houston
Wiley Blair
Dallas
J. W. Hoopes
Federal Reserve Bank
League of Municipalities
United States Department of Justice
Army Intelligence Service
George J. Anderson
War Department
H. C. Gardner
United States Public Health Service
J. E. Surrat
Sherman Chamber of Commerce
Bankers to Represent State at Cotton Conference Named
Waco Texas W W Woodson president of the Texas Bankers Association announced ten states will be represented at a New Orleans cotton conference July 5 with ten bankers and ten cotton producers named for each state. The Texas roster includes Howell E Smith F M Law W P Andrews J Dabney Day Morgan Graves E O Tenison I H Kempner J A Kemp DeWitt C Dunn Nathan Adams Joe Hirsch Walter G Lacey P B Doty A W Wilkerson Ewing Norwood Lynn P Talley J A Thompson Gus F Taylor. The conference focuses on transporting financing and marketing the 1919 cotton crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
W. W. Woodson
Texas Bankers’ Association
New Orleans
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mr. Woodson
Howell E. Smith
First National Bank
McKinney
F. M. Law
Houston
W. P. Andrews
Fort Worth
J. Dabney Day
City National Bank
Dallas
Morgan Graves
Red River National Bank
Clarksville
E. O. Tenison
Tenison National Bank
I. H. Kempner
Galveston
J. A. Kemp
Wichita Falls
DeWitt C. Dunn
Union National Bank
Nathan Adams
American Exchange National Bank
Joe Hirsch
Corpus Christi National Bank
Corpus Christi
Walter G. Lacey
Citizens National Bank
P. B. Doty
Gulf National Bank
Beaumont
A. W. Wilkerson
Bryan
Ewing Norwood
Navasota
Lynn P. Talley
Federal Reserve Bank
J. A. Thompson
Corsicana National Bank
Corsicana
Gus F. Taylor
Tyler
Federal licenses ordered for stockyards nationwide
President Wilson ordered all stockyards in the United States to be put under federal licenses. A presidential proclamation requires licenses from the food administration by July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Wilson
The
Food Administration
British Casualty List for Week Reported in London
British weekly casualty totals show 36,620 losses for the week ending Friday. Killed or died of wounds include 235 officers and 4,247 men. wounded or missing total 1,414 officers and 30,724 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ten Aviators Die in Week of Air Field Accidents
The War Department reports ten aviators killed in airplane accidents at flying fields nationwide for the week ending June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
AFL Convention Concludes With Re-elected Officers
The American Federation of Labor in St Paul adjourned after re-electing its core officers led by President Samuel Gompers and Secretary Frank Morrison. James O Connell did not seek re election and eight vice presidents were re appointed or advanced, with Rickert replacing Perham. The gathering emphasized patriotism and support for war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Frank Morrison
Daniel J. Tobin
Indianapolis
James O’connell
James Duncan
Quincy
Mass
Joseph E. Valentine
Cincinnati
John R. Alpine
Chicago
Frank Duffy
William Green
William F. Mahon
Detroit
Thomas A. Rickert
Jacob Fischer
Rickert
H. B. Perham
St. Louis
Federation
Liquor Shipments May Leave Texas After June 25
Texas Attorney General rules that intoxicating liquors may be shipped out of state after June 25 if the sale occurs beyond Texas borders. The statewide dry law and anti-shipping statute do not block out-of-state shipments. Breweries may finish beer shipments up to June 26 and hold large stocks, with transfers from Fort Worth to St. Louis considered sales in St. Louis when consignments are FOB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Fort Worth
St. Louis
F.o.b
New Type Unsinkable Ship Built in America
Washington reports a new unsinkable vessel design under construction in the United States. Contracts for ten ships have been let by the French government to an American shipyard. The design is by a French engineer and uses previously untried principles with confidential details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Fixed News Print Prices Set By Federal Trade Commission
The FTC, following an agreement with the attorney general and manufacturers in the United States and Canada, fixed maximum prices for news print. Roll news in carloads costs 3.10 dollars per 100 pounds, roll news under carloads 3.22 per 100 pounds, sheet news in carloads 3.50, and sheet news under carloads 3.624 dollars per 100 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Canada
Famous Hun Flyer Wounded in Amsterdam
First Lieutenant Loerzer, a famed German air squadron leader with 33 air victories, has been wounded in Amsterdam. He is a recipient of the Pour le Merite for his aerial combat score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Loerzer
Germany
U. S. Marshal for North Texas Dies
Fort Worth reports the death of John L. Terrell United States marshal for the Northern District of Texas he died Friday in Fort Worth Texas death recalls his service in federal law enforcement in North Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
North Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
John L. Terrell
United States
Northern District of Texas
Texans Who Have Died for Their Country
A Texas list honors locals who gave their lives in Europe and notes wounded in action. Names include Homer G. Harris Thurber Arthur W. Baker and Eric A. Goldbeck among others with hometowns across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Europe
Homer G. Harris
Thurber
Season's first bale of cotton sells for 675 dollars
The first bale of the 1918 cotton crop sold at the Galveston cotton exchange for 675 dollars. Buyer was H Nussbaum for Newman Brothers and Worms of New York and New Orleans. Bale weighed 626 pounds and sold for over 1 dollar per pound with proceeds split between the producer and Galveston war relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Galveston Cotton Exchange
H. Nussbaum
Newman Brothers & Worms
New York
New Orleans
A. C. Holt
Teague Banker Gets 99 Years
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed T. R. Watson of McLennan County for the 1916 murder of John B Patterson state commissioner of insurance and banking. Patterson was shot in Teague Freestone County while on official duties connected with the State Bank of Teague, where Watson served as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
T. R. Watson
McLennan County
John 8. Patterson
Insurance
Patterson
Teague
Freestone County
State Bank of
Record Kansas Wheat Crop Forecast
The Kansas State board of agriculture forecast a winter wheat crop of 97,554,376 bushels from 6,654,686 acres. The average yield is estimated at 14.66 bushels per acre, with the crop ranking as the third largest in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Board of Agriculture
Eleven Thousand Acres Sold in Lampasas County
J F White of Lampasas buys 11 000 acres in Lampasas County for 100 000 dollars, marking a major land deal in Texas. The transaction centers on a substantial tract purchased in Lampasas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lampasas
Tex
J. F. White
Lampasas County
Austrian Defeat and Allied Push On Italian Front
The Rome report says Austro Hungarians are recrossing the Piave in disorder as Italian French and British troops pursue them. The Vienna cabinet resignation signals possible unrest while floods hinder retreat. Italian gains include Ber ti go Rennar Costaluga and 1,226 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Piave
Montello
Adriatic
Italy
Vienna
Charles
Asiago
Bertigo
Rennar
Costaluga
Montebellana
Somme
Marne
Rheims
Mount Bligny
Haig
Pershing
Tribune reports circus train crash toll near Gary Indiana
Eighty five dead and 178 hospitalized after a collision between an equipment train and the Wallace Hagenback circus train on the Michigan Central Railway five miles west of Gary. Most victims were circus personnel. 23 bodies moved to Hammond with 78 wounded in hospitals. Identify list includes James Connor Bliss Oklahoma and many others across states and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Hammond
Michigan Central Railway
Edward M. Ballard
James Connor
Bliss
Okla
Verna Connor
Arthur Diericks
Erickton
Joseph Diericks
Max Freehand
Big Red Barnum
Jennie Ward
Aerolist
Bloomington
Ill
Eddie Devoe
Famous Clown
New York
Mona McDhu
Equestrienne
Ring
Michigan
Victoria McDhu
Virgil Barnett
Nellie Jewel
Tiger Horse Back Act
Washington, D. C
Louise Cottrell
London
England
Joseph Coyle
Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph Coyle, Jr
Charles Coyle
Jeb Cattanaes
Electrician
Chicago
Bessie Cattanaes
George Brown
Denver
Col
Leroy Jessup
Toledo
Henry Miller
Charles Rooney
Pearl Michael Berry
Schnectardy
N. Y
Henry Hanson
West Baden
Aviator Killed in Tail Spin at Carruthers Field
Lieutenant H. C. Kelly, an instructor at Carruthers Aviation Field in Fort Worth, was killed Wednesday when his aircraft entered a tail spin at 200 feet and crashed. He was the son of W. E. Kelly of Omaha Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
H. C. Kelly
Carruthers Aviation Field
W. E. Kelly
Omaha
Neb
Tentative Plans for Fourth Liberty Loan Announced
Washington reports tentative plans for the fourth liberty loan. The treasury indicates a minimum goal of 6 billion dollars at 4 percent interest. Campaigns to begin early in October with bond denominations matching the third loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Casadepaga Head Rock in Alaska Reveals A Massive Face
A weathered schist on a 2000 foot Se ward peninsula hill forms a crumbled rock that resembles a man’s profile. The colossal face stands about eight feet high and is said by natives to be the Big Head or Casadepaga Head with a periwig reminiscent of Cornwallis era soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwallis
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
First Japanese Gardens Emerged From Temple Miniatures
Buddhist priests created miniature temple landscapes to dwarf trees and shrubs, replicating real scenery and conveying a true landscape impression.
Mineral Salt Deposits From Texcoco Drainage Found
Experts in the department of biological studies of Mexico report that lands reclaimed by Lake Texcoco drainage near Mexico City hold about 30,000,000 tons of mineral salts. The deposits include common salt caustic soda and bicarbonate of soda with strong national demand across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Biological Studies of
Mexico
Lake
Texcoco
Mexico City
Republic
Boiler Corrosion and Chromate Treatment
The text explains that potassium bichromate helps prevent boiler corrosion when feed water lacks salt. If small amounts of salt are present, free hydrochloric acid forms, implying a corrosive consequence under those conditions.
How to hang pictures straight with tape
Advice to use a small adhesive tape hinge on the back of a picture. Moisten one end then affix near the top center of the frame and moisten the other end to attach to the wall. This method keeps the picture hanging perfectly straight.
Boomerang Phrase Reevaluated by Allied Chaplain
The piece argues the phrase boomerang misleads about retaliation and cites Colonel Miles, wartime chief chaplain of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, who said we are your boomerang returned to you for another throw. It notes Australians would avoid the error of misinterpreting the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Allied Expeditionary Forces
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