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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
5
Mayor Robert L. Bechenburg serves as mayor with Louis Wagener as treasurer and Lets Ws Ru J. Mair as secretary. Aldermen include Louis Wagener Ed Wolters Chas Moeeks Merrem and B Welhausen. council meets on the first Monday of each month.
Local branch train arrivals and departures list times for trains 45 46 4 3 42 and 4 from Lockhart Youkum Waco Shiner Yorakaum Yoa Kean with arrival times from 4:45 p.m. 6:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:15 a.m. 8:10 p.m. and 9:57 p.m. respectively.
New goods arrive at O H Deutsch and A W Deutsch. Wagener & Schuhmann advertise flour and rock salt. Shiner merchants stock up for brisk business as cotton sells at 8 to 9 cents. Visitors include Mrs Baumgarten of Schulenburg and Mr Hermann Koch of Yoakum.
A Friday night confrontation at Yoakum between Rankin and Pickens escalated into a knife duel on the depot platform. Rankin died within ten minutes from a throat wound. Pickens sustained four stab wounds but survived. Pickens was jailed, bail set at 2500, and later moved toward San Antonio for hospital care. examining trial scheduled for Tuesday.
The moving picture show portraying the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries prize fight played at the opera house last Friday and Saturday night. It ran eleven rounds with each round shown distinctly. Jeffries appeared a hard fighter, driving the action from start to finish. A varied selection of miscellaneous pictures preceded and followed the fight. The exhibition drew good patronage and was well worth the admission.
Advert reads agents on salary of 15 dollars weekly plus expenses. Claims to be from a major American company in Terre Haute Indiana. Calls for hustlers with reference and address stamped return.
In memoriam notice for infant Durand Culpepper, child of T Le Culpepper and IL A Culpepper, died after forty three days of illness on February 22, 1900. Parents express grief and faith in rest with Jesus, with a brief poem and signature from a friend.
Ten dollars reward offered for return of money lost Sunday night February 18 between Green's pasture gate and rank Ermin gin. Nearly all bills. Reward paid on return to GALiia Shiver, Texas. The Gazette notes a clipped Arizona Kicker editorial about a funeral debt and credit oversights.
Shiner residents note visits from W. A. Thatcher of the Flatonia Produce Co and Ed. Greer of Hallettsville. Rev Abe Malkey conducts a protracted meeting in Latonia. Lively chatter about city politics, travelers, a near train wreck, and a failed horse race. Prof J M Libbey begins a city music class with promise.
An advertisement touts Gatlin's Sar saparilla Celery Tonic as a superior spring health tonic combining sarsaparilla celery and digestive aids. It claims greater value than other remedies and urges purchase through druggists.
By authority of the Mayor of Shiner an election will be held on the first Tuesday in April the 3rd of the month in Shiner to elect a Mayor and five Aldermen. G KR Holehak is appointed presiding judge and will file returns with the City Council. Reper KsoHennu is named mayor.
Job offer from American Mfg. Co. Terre Haute Indiana inviting reliable men with a rig to promote Poultry Mix ture and Insect Destroyer. Salary listed at 150 dollars weekly plus expenses. applicants asked to send a stamp.
Moulton Texas February 28 Postmaster Fred Jackson and Miss Mary Burke wed yesterday at 6 pm in the Episcopal church San Antonio. Mr E Braun a leading German farmer has sold his farm and will soon return to his homeland to settle there. Miss Lillie Walker of Jackson county visits her brother’s family in old Moulton.
Eugene Blakeslee of Halletts ville announces in The Gazette his candidacy for county tax assessor. He pledges competent service and vows the office will be safe in his hands if elected. A Texas resident twenty years and Hinslettville citizen twelve years he currently serves as city treasurer. His run is subject to Democratic primaries.
An old advert promotes Gatlin's Cough Syrup as pleasant safe and effective relief. It claims immediate effect relief and prevention of cronys with cures available from all draggists.
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