19 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1884
Page
1
The piece argues for rapid Southern industrial expansion, predicting vast future investment and a shift of capital from the North to the South. It highlights new mills, mines, railways, and factories, praising Southern prospects while noting moral and social commentary on manners and beginnings.
Fragmented text reports four men arguing in a smoking box on a Hudson River railroad sleeping car about which car rides fastest. The tale features a witty conductor reply and warnings of potential dangers from telescope ends and collapsed cars, followed by scattered clippings on Senator Blair's education bill and notes on dwarf trees and medical quackery.
A garbled miscellany notes prices, industry data, and cultural snippets touching Natchez and New Orleans. It mentions coal oil prices, the New Orleans lumber exchange plan, South Carolina cotton mill capacity, quinine in free lints, the Pope’s telegraph, English individuals, Mennonites buying land in Kansas, a Gainsville worker’s wages, San Francisco paint workers’ pay, California rainfall and wheat outlook, and assorted curious anecdotes about sharpening edges, love, and domestic life.
Ella Wheeler presents a line about a love that burns amid a critique of fidelity and salvation. The verse contrasts personal affection with calls for stronger commitment and loyalty to the Kiel of the Hale government.
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