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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
5
Modern up-to-date food market offers clean attractive shopping for housewives with high quality groceries meats fruits and vegetables. Seasonal items may be had at low prices via large scale buying and efficient management by Mr. Willie Peterek. Community asset and money saving store.
John M Wade runs a neighborhood service station at 201 W St Louis offering gas oil tires tire repair lubrication washing and greasing. The ad touts Mobilgas and Mobiloil and promises thorough service with quick turnaround and reliable pressure readings. The proprietor is described as well regarded and ready to serve customers at home.
Pagel's Red and White Store at 228 West St Lawrence presents as a well known modern grocery. The shop emphasizes cleanliness, up-to-date lines, courteous service, and high quality products with top poultry and egg prices paid.
Anton Mondrick at 109 N St Joseph Gonzales runs a highly equipped recreation parlor for novices and experts alike. The venue features heavy domino equipment, sells candy tobacco cigars and beer, and invites guests to enjoy skillful domino play or host a party of friends for hours of entertainment. The reviewer congratulates Mondrick on maintaining a clean recreation parlor everyone may enjoy.
Nelsons Red and White North Ave markets itself as a 20th century grocery station offering 1001 articles for the household. It stresses low margins, high turnover and freshness, under Mr Nelson’s direction, with motto Trade with Nelson and Bank the Difference and top prices for poultry and eggs.
Dick Troell's Garage 116 E St George offers complete automobile service and welding. Under Mr Doyle the business is a popular, well equipped repair shop serving local and traveling motorists with efficient staff and machinery to rebuild or repair any vehicle. H Dittlinger Roller Mills Co 503 S St Joseph recommended for reliable feeds. James Cotton leads with expert knowledge and offers scientifically produced feeds for poultry, cattle, hogs, horses, and mules.
The Persons Flowers and Nursery, run by Mrs. Persons and her son Howard, offer floral emblems and designs for funerals, parties, weddings, and banquets along with a wide nursery stock of ornamental trees, shrubs, and evergreens. They guarantee true to name stock, prioritize fresh, healthy specimens, and provide courteous service with phone 438 for quick assistance.
A. C. DuBois now owns and operates Magnolia Service Station at 228 E St Lawrence in Gonzales. The station offers Mobilgas and Mobiloil with lubricants for long engine life and full lubrication services. DuBois is described as an energetic booster for the community and invites customers to fill tanks and crankcases with their products.
The Gonzales based E A Harborth Red White Food Store emphasizes community involvement and customer value. They offer groceries and meats with guidance on cuts, aiming for courteous service and reasonable prices.
Irvings Cafe and Fountain, efficiently run by Irvin Wruck, offers a quiet, comfortable dining room and sanitary, tempting dishes. Fresh vegetables, choice meats, oven buns, and home-made pies feature alongside a good ice cream fountain service. Family dining is encouraged with steak or chicken dinners and special dishes.
The Stahl Bros offer top market prices for poultry cream hides and pelts aided by expert staff led by Mr. Stahl. They promise courteous service and largest quotations, with daily truck pickups in Shiner and a full line of poultry and livestock feed.
The firm markets fair dealing and high prices for poultry eggs and cream. Jack Hamilton, owner and progressive citizen, promotes a home market that benefits farmers and the community by offering reliable transactions and competitive feed.
The 3-2 Cafe in Gonzales now runs under Mr C Hagen who invites locals to make it a meeting place. He emphasizes clean service good sandwiches and drinks with fair prices and hospitality. Visitors are urged to enjoy beer and meals in a well kept establishment that leads in its line of business.
Kloesel Motor Co at 126 W. St. Francis emphasizes Dodge and Plymouth sales and service with well kept used cars. The shop boasts modern repair facilities for welding electrical work and general repairs and caters to out of town customers with quick service. They claim expert, courteous, and efficient service and position their plant as one of the best in the area.
A. H. Fitzgerald of the Rexall Drug Store at 129 N. St. Joseph invites the public to inspect the store. The letter praises thousands spent on stock, a wide range of products, fair pricing, and a registered pharmacist in the prescription department, urging customers to visit for drugs cosmetics and Rexall sundries.
Parkview Grove Station in Gonzales earns praise for courteous service and high quality clean entertainment. Proprietor W K Davis emphasizes hospitality, community regulars, and strict no rowdiness policy. Guests are invited to try sandwiches and drinks for a pleasant evening at this recreation center.
From leading physicians and dieticians comes a call for Americans to eat more greens garden produce and fruit. The J M Aras Wholesale Fruit and Vegetables serves the community by supplying the local market with fresh produce from the soil.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Pepper Bottling Company. It highlights a modern sanitary plant overseen by Mr. Martin, emphasizes pure ingredients and carbonated water, and touts the drinks as satisfying thirst with a tingling tang. Ad urges readers to ask dealers for Dr Pepper products and notes health and economy benefits.
Scheske's Red and White, 112 N St. Paul, Gonzales, a leading trade center with a large stock of meats and groceries. Manager Jim Scheske curates top quality provisions drawing discriminating customers from the city and surrounding miles. Farmers receive friendly service and confidence in fair prices.
A renowned local company under Wallace Moore operates one of the modern shops in the region, offering expert body and fender work, upholstery, painting, and two tone finishes. They repair bent fenders, crushed bodies, and complete wrecks, delivering rapid service without long delays, and are trusted authorities in body rebuilding.
The firm under Aras Brothers supplies a full line of choicest fresh produce daily. They are well located and equipped to handle orders promptly and efficiently. Sell your pecans to them as their prices are the best. Phone 153 and 495.
Tops offer top prices for corn and promises higher profits for farmers and ranchers. Shuler Grain Co. sells balanced feeds, encouraging usage of home grown grain ground and mixed with vitamins. John Shuler advertises a corn sheller with 400 bushels per hour capacity and buys corn in any amount.
Friedmans Branch at 130 West St. George Gonzales highlights a complete stock of men and ladies wear, accessories, and novelties at reasonable prices. Mrs. Friedman directs the store, praised for exemplary business policy and community progress within miles around Gonzales.
Halamicek Auto Supply at 203 N St. Joseph Gonzales advertises a large stock of new and used auto parts including pistons tires belts radiators and tools. They offer general repairs glass replacement and claim to pay top prices for burned or wrecked cars helping garages and DIY mechanics reduce costs.
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