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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
3
A compilation of excerpts contrasts Hon. David J. Brewer’s antiwar stance on naval buildup with meditations on aging and boyhood. It juxtaposes caution about overseas coaling stations and empire with nostalgic verses about youth, independence, and the appeal of grown-up freedom.
A Philadelphia or St. Louis Post-Dispatch column recalls Ruth McEnery Stuart reading negro dialect tales for charity and her son boasting his mother can speak two languages White and colored. A Buffalo item recounts a hat tale where a man asks for 65 cents after receiving a $6 hat and the vendor chooses to collect next time without protest.
Poem asks where the land of the heart's desire lies linking it to distant landscapes and unseen horizons. It ponders West and East, north and south, and ends with a image of a distant, mirage ridden land beyond marsh lights and desert.
Justice Brewer warned in 1904 that powerful corporations entice lawmakers with influence and favors. He argued that even absent written deals, the knowledge that such power exists pressures legislators to serve corporate interests over national welfare, threatening republican government.
An advertisement from The Pel Vita Co the address Lock Box 508 San Antonio Texas offers a free book by mail that promises to explain how to save women from some unspecified danger. The note stresses interest and instruction.
An advertisement invites readers to obtain a free book that is valuable and instructive. The offer, addressed to both men and women, promises a reference work useful for future knowledge. Instructions direct readers to Lock Box 508 in San Antonio, Texas.
A local businessman's dependent performed a trifling service and bought a $6 hat charging it to his patron. The patron, angered by the charge, recalls past benevolence and condemns the act as improper. The item is noted in a column by Jud Mortimer Lewis.
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