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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1900
Page
3
Reports from towns across Texas include injuries in Oozna, a fatal burn at Pilot Point, and a fatal stabbing in Jefferson. Other notes cover cotton mill work in Waxahachie, cotton shipping shifts after a Texarkana fire, a buried 1200 bodies at Patton Beach, and a curious gold watch found in Navikas? Navasota beef butcher find a gold watch.
Advertisement offers a free sample of Alleta's Foot-Ease powder from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. Claims to cure sweating damp swollen and aching feet and to ease new or tight shoes. Available through druggists and shoe stores at 25 cents.
People seek sympathy yet report it seldom satisfies once offered as comfort. The dynamic highlights a tension between support and lasting reassurance in social interactions.
An advertisement touts Swanson's 5 Drops as a universal remedy for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia backache and many ailments. It claims rapid relief and total cures with 800 doses per dollar and urges readers to buy now with testimonials from customers in Georgia Missouri and Illinois.
The British experience in South Africa is said to prove small horses outperform large draft animals. They can endure with less food, perform enough work, and present a smaller target for the enemy.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal remedy. It claims headaches and cancer ailments improve by cleansing the bowels, promises easy natural movements, and urges a 10 cent start. It warns to watch for imitations and notes the genuine metal box with C. C. C. on each tablet.
About 20,000,000 artificial teeth are produced each year in the United States. Early figures show almost half come from a single New York City manufacturer. The porcelain is mainly kaolin and applying the enamel requires delicate technique.
An assorted advertisement snippet promotes Putnam face less dyes for quick bleaching, Russ Bleaching Blue, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Panner's Hain Batsam for hair, HinDERCORNS for corns, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and Kie-Me Gum by Kentucky belles. It blends product pitches with brief moral quips and a Norwich New York reader note.
A recipe note from American Kitchen Magazine explains rye meal dough will be stickier than others. It advises mixing properly and using white flour on the board to handle and shape the dough easily.
Women explore a Japanese style morning room described as hung with light figured fabric. The floor is mat covered and a wide divan, upholstered in the same material, dominates the space with a few cushions and no chairs.
The record notes colonels suffer higher in action casualties relative to their numbers than officers of other grades. While generals may stay under cover, the colonel must lead with his regiment as it advances.
The text notes cast steel manufacture in India dates back over two thousand years and cites ancient wrought iron examples. It mentions a massive ten ton wrought iron pillar near a rose to the Ku tub, believed to be about eighteen thousand years old.
Miss Ethel Mortlock, an English artist, is at work on a portrait of the shah. She has previously painted Don Carlos, the Sultan of Johore, and Lord Wolseley. Her portrait of Miss Dodwill appears in this year's Royal Academy.
An 19th century advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder ailments including dropsy Brights disease albumen in urine and frequent urination. It claims a complete cure with a 50 cent price and availability through all druggists.
A fragment notes a land tax in the county described as a trifling sum per acre and historically unchanged. It states the rent as the only tax and mentions the State and Chinese taxation context.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure from Hall's Family Pills and lists endorsements from Toledo druggists West Truax and Kinnen Marvin. It also notes the Cowen family continuing operation of Newcastle England newspapers with Miss Cowen in charge of the Weekly Chronicle.
In some respects Alaska resembles Ireland with unknown snakes due to cold. Frogs appear as strangers in the gold bearing region while toads are common.
A terse notice notes mutual disdain between parties, urging the affected individuals to keep apart and steer clear of one another to avoid conflict. The text emphasizes choosing distance and safety when tensions arise.
The ad touts Wolfe’s Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps as universally available and indispensable in warm climates. It claims the remedy strengthens the system and rapidly dispels malaria, torpid liver, cramps, and colic, with physicians recommending it for kidney and bladder troubles, chronic rheumatism, dropsy, and general internal support.
The British government possesses over 25 000 camels. Many are deployed in India to transport stores and equipment during regimental relocations.
Russ presents a modern blue bleaching product that claims to whiten fabrics from three to several shades beyond rival blues. It targets clothing care and stain removal with a promise of superior whitening results.
An old report recalls a hidden truth discovered at a well and notes there is no record of its later rescue or recovery. The fragment hints at a historical mystery and missing documentation surrounding the event.
Letters dropped into a Paris box are delivered in Berlin within an hour and a half, sometimes in thirty minutes, whisked through underground tubes by pneumatic power.
What Will Become of China None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel between foreign powers over the division of China. It is interesting to watch the going to pieces of this race. Many people are also going to pieces because of dyspepsia, constipation and stomach diseases. Good health can be retained if we use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Count Von Waldersece plans to take a seven room campaign house with bath. The structure is asbestos based and advertised as light fireproof and water proof as he clears remnants of the Celestial Empire.
A noted quote attributes to Phillips Brooks describing a bigot as a man who flees from ignorance to protect his self content, refusing to hear more. The remark critiques closed minds and the fear of confronting truth.
Uses a period voice promoting Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for smarting burning sweating feet bunions and coins. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample offer and mailing address in LeRoy New York.
The strongest Turkish sentiment is devotion to his mother. He always stands in her presence until invited to sit, a courtesy not afforded to others.
Reliable solicitors wanted at once on Chautauqua Cards Kindergarten Games Standard and Holiday Books. Most liberal terms. Square treatment. 25c stamps brings Holiday outfit by return mail. Fort Dearborn Pub. Co. 415 Dearborn St Chicago Ill.
Tawkiao, a native king in New Zealand, edits a small eight page issue printed in both English and the native tongue. The paper features three columns per page and is titled the Pleiades of Seven Stars.
Two honest reliable men sought by Pocahontas Tobacco Works Co in Norfolk City Virginia. Experience not absolutely necessary. Salary and more paid.
In defeat the candidate says running for office is a tiring, draining process. They describe the campaign as a long calculation that leaves them exhausted and wary of politics in the future.
An advertisement touts Groor’s Tasteless Cui Tonic as a simple iron and quinine remedy for chills and fever with a no cure no pay offer. The price is shown as 0c.
A farmer visiting town for a celebration should not limit his outing to the gas station and nearby amusements. The remark index plays on humor about shared rides versus solitary comforts as locals joke about the day’s events.
Mrs. Elia Rice of Chelsea Wisconsin credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing two years of bear ing down pains headaches backache and feeling continually tired after medical treatment failed. The ad promotes contacting Lydia Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for advice claiming monumental proof of cures and urging sick women to write for guidance.
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