Save the Trees for Brenham Plea to Beautify City Parks
A April 1912 letter from Victor J. Otto urges Brenham officials to protect tree roots from pavement damage. He recommends wider tree spaces, irrigation at roots, tar rings and creosote treatments to deter insects, and engaging schools and citizens in tree care. The letter accompanies notices about local sales and shop promotions.
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New Orleans
Joseph Holt
Troon
Charles Avenue
Wallag
Thorn
Clisseus
Yhle
Victor J. Otto
Kachina Frontiersmen Portrayed As Hospitable Yet Warlike
Archibald Rose describes Kachina people along the Indian frontier as wild and warlike yet visibly hospitable to travelers. He notes their daggers, spinning, weaving, and beadwork while detailing a frontier incident where a guest sued a host after a dinner misadventure, ending the dispute over a ceremonial fish.
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Kachina
Archibald Rose
Yunan
China
India
Aharpening
The Night of the Great Storm in Dublin Law Quarters
In fashionable Dublin a famed Lanyar on the judicial bench and a retired major lived as neighbors. Their feud escalated to a storm when the major's chimney collapsed through the lawyer's house, destroying floor after floor. The major demanded his bricks, prompting legal proceedings.
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Dublin
Lanyar
Ireland
The Fat Mooater's Clever Rooster
A farmer observes a rooster named Fat Mooater stealing grain from the flock. He watches as the bird directs other chickens to the wood pile and shakes loose a pint of grain, confirming the bird's sly hoarding habit and unusual appetite.
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Moaia
Devout Thanksgiving for Life and Its Trials
Orville Dewar reflects on gratitude beyond personal mercy. He seeks a universal thanksgiving for life, health and illness, virtue and temptation, life and death, believing all that occurs serves a greater good.
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Orvilio Dewor
Laundry Work Under Conditions of Absolute Lena
Fragmentary notice warns that failure to provide due for laundry work may cause hardship or loss to the worker. Vague phrasing suggests a workplace dispute or contract issue. No clear dates, names, or organizations are readable in the text.
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F. W. Spreen
Irenham
Texas
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Renilare Troy Laundry 8. C. Brauchame, and Pressing
R. H. Lenert
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Seidel
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Mathis & Teague Lawyers
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