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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
2
A humorous tale recaps a man’s cheeky method of grafting apple trees, exposing the moral punchline about honesty. The neighbor replays the steps, highlighting deceit in stealing wood and buds, while a wife notes the misplaced and mixed grafting ideas.
Near Oaxaca Mexico Dr M Damourette proposes a vast colony to cure consumption covering eight thousand acres with buildings and improvements at a cost of about 1 million dollars He also notes a Texas effort to create a state sanitarium in the mountains northwest of San Antonio and Austin seeking legislative passage aided by a 1 million dollar treasury surplus.
An observer notes Samuel Gompers’ Texas trip amid Bryan support. He questions why a Republican leader would push Bryan among farmers and labor, suggesting Texas labor figures may aim to influence the next legislature while preserving nonpartisan union solidarity.
Commercial secretaries seek appropriation to secure crop reports noting Texas lacks statistical crop data. The article states Texas has a state department of agriculture but little crop statistics and references legislative actions ahead.
The Texas Commercial Secretaries Association seeks legislative funding to strengthen the state Department of Agriculture. They argue the lack of clerical staff hampers crop statistics and misleads commercial boards of trade. They warn current shortages leave the department unable to support new manufacturing ventures.
Galveston receives the North German Lloyd steamship with 500 immigrants as officials predict ten thousand more will arrive in Southwest Texas within six months. About 150000 Germans already reside in the region, many tracing roots to the 1840 migration led by Prince Solms. Texans are described as thriving, lawful citizens.
A quirky column of superstition and farm lore on hens and roosters. It warns burn egg shells stops laying, hatching on St Valentine mischief, disturbed hens predict romance trouble, and wearing a night cap to give chickens top knots. It closes with the omen that roosters stopping chewing signals the end times.
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