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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
6
Cotton pickers arrive at Corsicana as rains boost rye and wheat sowing in Grayson Fannin and Hill counties. Cattle and hog markets show strong conditions across Clay Swisher Garza and Navarro counties. Sorghum and sweet potato yields rise while Texas Truck Growers expect cabbage shipments. multiple cattle and horse trades reported with prices and consignments.
A report on William Marsh Rice's death questions mercury exposure after chemist Witthaus says mercury may not have been used in embalming. A district attorney, coroner, and doctor plan a meeting to determine next steps amid doubts over a hidden poison route and medicines Rice took.
Captain J P Alvey reports a Galveston multiple types of recovered property at headquarters. Many items are unidentifiable with hundreds of rings and watches, some set with diamonds, plus a sum of money found and turned in. Final disposition not decided but likely sale for relief fund after locating owners proves impossible.
From Bryan Texas October 29 Mr R B Deason of Brazos county a member of company C Thirty third infantry USW writes home that his unit believes the Philippine campaign is near its end and they will embark for the United States in November He notes no one in his company regrets leaving the island stating that soldiering there is not a pleasant occupation The Thirty third has seen distinguished service A detachment from this regiment helped rescue Lieutenant Gilmore and his men
The coast section shows vitality in recovery from this year’s shocks. Division Engineer Jones of the Southern Pacific reports 300 men at work rebuilding Van Vleck, with about 10 houses under construction. The depot, switches, roads, and streets are being graded. laborers are in demand at $1.50 per day as over twenty owners await lumber.
A car of ore from the Deloras mine on the Chihuahua Sinaloa line brought a record sale in El Paso. Beveridge, who had been in the city two weeks sampling, received a $24 140 payment after the ore assayed at 603.50 per ton in gold and silver.
Roanoke Texas October 29 two masked men robbed J R Yookly at Shiloh Friday afternoon about o clock. The robbers got 280 dollars 40 of it belonged to the government. Yookly is a merchant and postmaster at Shiloh.
A Louisiana observer praises Texas rice, calling the 1920 crop the best in the market with clear, flint grain. He notes wetter conditions and less rain elsewhere, mentions Caney Valley goods in the east may be affected, and signals improving prospects for Wharton region.
Two Mexican laborers detained near the El Paso border recount brutal treatment by a contractor who recruited them from Mexico. They claim unpaid wages, repeated beatings, and deaths among about five hundred workers on mines and railroads. The men escaped and fear deportation for illegal entry.
Crowley Louisiana October 26 A paper mill project moves toward reality as Dyson Bros secure New York capitalists interest. A stock company with $175000 capitalization is proposed, requiring Crowley subscribers to buy 35000 worth of stock. The plant would daily process fifty tons of rice straw and gum wood fueling local employment for about 100 skilled workers and a home market backbone.
Captain Francis R. Pelly of the British cruiser Psyche, freshly arrived, says the gun salute was fired on entering New York harbor though fog prevented sighting forts. He could not tell if a return salute was ordered and anchored off West Thirty-fifth Street. He regrets any misunderstanding and says no disrespect to the American flag was intended.
A freight wreck in Jackson Mississippi on the Illinois Central line after a flagger signal was missed by a following freight in heavy fog. Three stockmen accompanying shipments to New Orleans were killed H G Petty Starkville B Kennedy Avon and Co Gunn Bradley Mississippi. No trainmen were hurt.
From the Episcopal church in Mansfield Ohio the late United States senator and cabinet member John Sherman was laid to rest after a service. His funeral procession moved along the aisle he once led as a vestryman and ended at the Sherman family vault in the city cemetery after a quiet service of several hours.
Mrs Lang aged 78 from two miles outside town attempted to return home by an unfamiliar route and became lost. Colonel I B Lang reported her absence and a town search was held. She was found early this morning in an exhausted state after walking all night.
The Prince of Wales as Grand Master has sanctioned the issue of a warrant authorizing the establishment in London of the Lord Roberts Lodge of Freemasons.
The Secret Service has unearthed another band of counterfeiters and secured a quantity of bogus bills. The text notes high value items are imitated, including Hostetter's Stom ach Bitters, praised for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation, while contrasting poverty with extravagance of the poor.
An advertisement praises Russ' Bleaching Blue for bright white laundry. It also notes a girl with pretty teeth tends to smile, implying a positive association with the product.
Advertisement claims a single day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Promises money back if not effective, signed by E. W. Grove on the box. Mentions 25 cents price and advice to August worn-out people to brace up by October.
An odd ad lists GroovE tasteless Chilh Tonic with iron and quinine, promises no cure no pay, and a 50 price. It touts winged houses that don’t fly, Kis-Me Gum, Carter’s Ink, and warns to guard health reputation and money.
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