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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1901
Page
3
A new firm aims to revolutionize printing without ink while highlighting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia indigestion biliary disorders insomnia constipation nervousness malaria fever and age The piece references a quartet described as the four corners of the earth.
An advertisement touts Smiths Sure Kidney Cure as the guaranteed remedy for Brights Disease with a money back guarantee if it fails. It targets all social classes and offers the product at 50 cents through druggists. The ad ends with a quip that money talks but a scare makes it shut up.
A claim presents Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with price listed as Teague. The text notes that distrust is the final attribute acquired by a great mind, indicating skepticism toward cures and prominent minds.
The Texas Press Association begins its twenty second annual session in Houston with Turner hall as the venue. Members welcome visitors, committees announced, and President Harris ushers in reports on membership and legislation while noting civil libel law progress. Memorial services honor deceased journalists.
Mr W Stratford drilling the Lan drum well twelve miles southwest of Beaumont Texas came in with a metallic substance seen by several as gold though Stratford cautions he has not confirmed a gold find. The sample from Landrum well at 900 feet weighed two and a half pennyweights and lay in blue sand with shells suggesting Gulf bedrock. A small oil lake near the gushers caught fire and burned without damage.
Police near El Paso uncover a San Ygnacio counterfeiters den with a full money-making outfit after a Turner's jewelry store robbery leads to arrests. Two men seized as authorities raid the plant just south of the city near Juarez.
The president and Secretary of State Hay press Washington for a prompt settlement of the Chinese indemnity. Disagreements over total amount and payment method threaten delay. Britain shows some openness to compromise. Proposals include bonds at par with 3 percent interest drawn from salt likin and import taxes, or other loan schemes rejected by the president. Rockhill to press anew.
President O Connell of the International Association of Machinists says about 40,000 machinists are on strike today in Washington and across the country. He reports satisfaction with the situation and confidence in the outcome. The Allied Metal Trades Association, led by President Mulholland, represents semi skilled workers in machine shops.
The AP reports approved sentences to be issued soon for Captain Frederick J. Barrows of the Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry and Lieutenant Frederick Boyer of the Thirty ninth Infantry. Barrows faces dishonorable discharge and five years imprisonment for embezzlement and selling government property. Boyer faces dishonorable discharge and one year for similar charges. Both will be moved to Leavenworth, Kansas.
The State meeting of the King's Daughters in Fort Worth began with devotional exercises. National Secretary J C Davis urged affiliation with the National Council but the group decided against it for now. Officers will be elected today and the next meeting site chosen. Reports from Paris Temple and Cleburne circles noted Temple spent 4000 dollars on the hospital. Mrs Davis, a founder, is en route to California and British Columbia.
Paris May 23 Pirpout Morgan met President Loubet to express thanks for the Cross of the Legion of Honor award given earlier. French authorities fear the visit could be tied to Morgan's financial schemes. The brief audience lasted only a few minutes with cordial exchanges.
Mrs McKinley has a comfortable day in San Francisco as Secretary Cortelyou says she is doing nicely. He cannot state a definite departure date but the president and party plan to leave Saturday if her condition permits.
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