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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1900
Page
7
A collage of brief Texas items lists Republican Terrel club activity in Roxton Lamar county bank plans in Roxton, deaths of Marie Keuchler and Mrs. Satterwhite, Dallas bond issue and church meeting in Waxahachie. Reports cover Pekin siege note, court actions, burglaries, and local sports and deaths, with varied regional updates across counties.
Libby McNeill Libby of Chicago receives the Grand Prix d Honneur and two gold medals from the International Jury of Awards for canned foods purity and quality. In America Libby Brand is cited as a standard of excellence, with its products earning top honors at US expositions for two decades. The firm offers a free book How to Make Good Things to Eat by mail. Professor Henry F Osborn named paleontologist for the US Geological Survey to succeed the late O C Marsh and will oversee vertebrate paleontology.
F A Miller brother of Roswell P Miller becomes general passenger agent of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad system effective October 15 1900 succeeding George H Heafford. Miller had been the principal assistant since 1883 and will head the passenger department from the Marquette building with Marsh and Merrill as remaining assistants. Miller born in Harford Pennsylvania began railroad work in 1874.
The so called Pie Prince has been amusing himself by gathering pens of famous Victorian authors. His collection includes Tennyson Browning Swinburne Hardy and many more along with an inkstand once owned by Robert Louis Stevenson.
James Barker, G. P. & T. A., St. Louis, announces a mailed souvenir pen knife tied to the Katy Flyer service. The note lists Gulf of Mexico routes and major Texas and Midwest cities and asks editors to mention the token in exchange for twenty five cents to cover cost.
Walter Houston, an elderly veteran who died in Wisconsin, bequeathed $12,000 to the Veterans Home at Waupaca. He recalled his visit to the home when treated kindly by staff and promised to remember the institution after death.
Mayor Mott, a United States military representative at French army maneuvers, states that the autotraction car, useful in the French army commissariat, could not be used on rough American roads.
GkniatdoneF tolumbu, the school’s retiring dean aged 74, introduced old teaching methods and replaced the case system with texts as his eyes fail.
An old advertisement touts Cascar ets Candy Cathartic as a cure for a wide range of ailments from headaches to cancer by regulating bowels. It promises a natural movement and urges starting for 10 cents, warning to beware of imitations.
A fragment notes unusual eye movement and facial muscle behavior in two men. The text suggests strangers may find the condition disconcerting during conversation with either man.
A remark notes that a man involved in ticklish business restrains laughter, suggesting humor fades in professional contexts and highlighting the odd tension between work and amusement.
An advertisement promotes Allen S. Omstead Roy's foot powder marketed as the only cure for swollen burning feet corns and bunions available at drug and shoe stores for 25 cents sample offered. Also includes unrelated notes on English land yields and bayonet origin Bayonne.
Ad copy claims LAXARVE 1VE BROMO QUININE tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee signed by E. W. Grove. Also mentions a bark removal method for trees and dogs, presented as a separate note.
An advertisement touts Grove's TasteLEss CHILL Tonic as the best prescription for chills and fever. The bottle is described as containing iron and quinine in a tasteless form with a simple no cure no pay price of five cents.
A witticism notes that overindulgence in drink at night grants a quiet chance for clear thought at dawn, implying self assessment after excess.
Two honest reliable men sought for sales work with salary and fee paid. Various products and oddities referenced, including Putnam face dyes and Russa Bleaching Blue. Notes mention tobacco works in Ford City and a dated testimonial from Indiana.
An advertisement promotes Mre Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething infants. It claims winded teething relief, soothing effects, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and wind colic cure at 250 a bottle.
A fragmented ad touts Hind and Corns hair care as a cure for bots. The peculiar claim highlights Parnen's Haik Bats as an example of the product's effectiveness.
There is more catarrh in this section than other diseases and for years considered incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is described as a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. They offer one hundred dollars for any failure and urge readers to send for circulars. Hall's Family Pills are promoted as the best.
Sir Chichen Lofengluh, the Chinese minister in London, is a distinguished scholar who criticizes the Bible as literature. He calls Longfellow the greatest American poet and places Herbert Spencer next to Confucius.
Mrs J R Faver of Atlanta Georgia says six doctors failed to help her six months of female weakness. After one month on Smith's Sure Kidney Cure she recovered and her last physician now deems her well. Price 50 cents. For sale by all druggists.
In Great Britain 54 percent of people live in cities followed by Australia 41 percent and Holland 38 percent. Germany 30 percent United States 28.7 percent Canada Belgium France and other nations show lower urban shares. Russia and Turkey trail with around 10 to 17 percent in various regions.
In each hive nursing bees remain inside to care for eggs and young, while a certain number are assigned to ventilate the hive by standing near the entrance and vigorously fanning with their wings.
Lorne Campbell Currie of the Royal Northern Yacht Club Glasgow and Island Sailing Club Cowes seeks the Seawanhaka Cup challenger role to be sailed next season on Lake St Louis near Montreal.
Berlin professor Dr. Rietz argues English will become the sole language of civilized peoples. He cites America Australia India and South Africa as proof of its rise globally.
Advertisement touts Wolfe's Aromatic Schie dam Schnapps as a cure all for malaria fever and ague liver debility and kidney and bladder troubles. It claims physician approval and suitability for Texas ailments and female diseases while noting regular druggist availability. The piece also reports frequent trolley wire thefts in Philadelphia with 500 feet of feed wire stolen on a suburban road.
A permanent paying position for ladies or gentlemen at or near home. It costs nothing to get details. If desirable employment is wanted address The Fort Dearborn Pub. Co. 415 Dearborn Street Chicago Illinois.
A witty note suggests deciphering motives behind actions as a tricky puzzle of golf ball and driver hints. The remark frames misperceived aims as a riddle inviting sharper interpretation.
A compact, era tone item notes social contrast with a cryptic line about wealth and mobility. The fragment mentions Kentucky and a gum product briefly, ending on a weathered financial image of a dark cloud without a silver lining.
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