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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
8
The Moulton Eagle notes a weather rain boosting crops, family visits by the Jurach clan, and a 200 acre farm sale by John Horky to William Meinke Jr at 86 dollars per acre. A new baby arrives May 12 at the Meinke home and Lone Tree school will close June 6. Beloved residents plan relocations to Baylor Co and El Paso.
The excerpt cites an Iowa Republican paper asking what's the use of the Democratic party in Iowa. The Washington Post counters that some would omit 'In Iowa' to critique the party's national role. It accuses Rockefeller and other financiers of benefiting from tariffs and railroad policy, while urging honest voters to oppose both Republican and Socialist radicalism.
A report describes experiments turning cotton stalks into paper of several grades from heavy wrapping paper to lighter writing stock. It notes impeded samples and mentions demonstration of production methods and potential applications.
The article notes capitalists are considering a first class plant at an estimated cost near $100,000. It highlights rising paper costs, dwindling U S forests used for pulp, and the cotton stalk issue impacting the nation and cotton farmers.
Walter Archer of Waxahachie state lecturer of the Farmers and Bankers Warehouse Building association will attend a local meeting tomorrow as part of efforts to establish a warehouse in Hallettsville. Local families from New York were placed in this area, cucumbers from San Antonio are shipped, and cucumbers from Rock Island and Sublime are brought in for processing.
A joint Hallettsville gathering of farmers and businessmen heard Houston's Charles F. Lansing outline practical plans. He urged a centrally located warehouse and negotiable warehouse receipts to stabilize cotton trade, reduce bale damage, and ease banker and merchant operations locally.
A young Methodist minister, newly assigned to Wolf Mountain, tours a rough cabin village seeking converts. He encounters a red haired woman whose home shows neglect and longing for basic repairs, highlighting isolation and unmet needs in the Corn Juice neighborhood.
Will stand through the 1906 season at the Henry Drever place two miles north of Wied. J. B. 81871 foaled 1895 is a leading trotting horse with size substance bone speed and intelligence. He will stand for $15.00 insured. Send for pedigree. post office address for Shiner oil mill cotton seed buyers.
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