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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1902
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment references a World Fair, Martial Law, and an assortment of locations and dates. It mentions planning meetings, committees, and a large fund, but the text is largely unreadable. The piece includes indecipherable names and disjointed phrases.
A long excerpt argues that white planters rely on freed labor and imported workers, depicting the modern African American worker as a threat to social order. It claims labor shortages on riverboats and plantations raise costs, prompting imports and penal measures while challenging the value of free labor in the era.
The report notes demand for pennies surged to unprecedented levels, with production reaching 4,500,000 last week. The article mentions public reaction and industry implications amid this spike in supply and demand.
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