Brethren Banner Adopts Humble Local News Update
The Brenham Daily Banner lists brief notices and local items from the community. It notes subscriptions, manager names, and publishing details for the Brenham Banner Publishing Company.
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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
2
The Brenham Daily Banner lists brief notices and local items from the community. It notes subscriptions, manager names, and publishing details for the Brenham Banner Publishing Company.
A notice appears regarding renewed attention to a matter of reputable status. It mentions potential involvement of a group or individual and refers to Spain and Belgium in the context of a public attention requirement. The exact actions and dates are unclear in the legible text.
The Brenham event gathers seventy six visitors from several counties for the annual Summer Norma festival. Brentam welcomes guests and plans entertainment, with visiting instructors from LaGrange and Belleville aiding the program. The Brenham Banner commends the city for cordial hospitality and highlights the new institution’s success.
The speaker lauds Andrew Carnegie as perceptive and practical, contrasting him with other industrial magnates. They quote Carnegie’s sharp comment on Japan’s invasion risk and Napoleon’s invasion remark, arguing Carnegie combines common sense with intellect beyond most peers.
A religious note cites a biblical verse about chosen people and faith. The fragment references wealth and heirs of the kingdom and a call to love God. No clear event, person, or location is specified in readable text.
A long allegorical piece extols the farmer as the nation’s backbone and a force for progress. It praises steady work, conscience, and leadership while warning against vanity, public fads, and corruption. The farmer’s duty is to feed the world and sustain growth, with power resting on virtue and action.
Illinois lawmakers plan a bill allowing 700000 for fuel and roads in the first year. The piece notes the U S faces costly roads and the nation, with its vast resources, bears the burden of bad infrastructure while other countries lag.
Two reasons for fewer flies: wartime efforts reducing breeding sites and a backward season. The article urges killing individual flies and emphasizes cleaning up places where flies breed to reduce danger from filth and pests.
A satirical note questions a Senate committee’s failure to define lobbyist. It mocks divergent etymologies from Sanskrit poetry writer to English cook and proposes appointing a commission of philologists, delaying tariff revision to allow study. The piece cites Senators Panton and Smoot among supporters of the plan.
The Houston Post quotes John D. Rockefeller urging young men to avoid drifting. The columnist appraises the warning as good counsel and adds a caution about asserting forceful behavior. The opinion hints at guidance for personal conduct and leadership.
A Jewell City school girl quotes Lincoln as born February 12, 1809, in a log cabin he helped his father build. The Kansas City Star notes an early Lincoln builder image arising in a kansas region context.
Peter Radford of the Farmer's Union emphasizes enduring effort and principled practice as keys to success in farming. He warns against reliance on luck, stresses planning for the future, and notes cooperation, health, and prudent markets strengthen the farmer’s position.
The article explains the origin of the name bock beer from German roots. It notes bock is tied to a stronger spring beer with extra malt and hops and a second fermentation stage. An old German tale says drinkers grew horns, leading to the term bock meaning billy goat in German.
The stock character and situation of the novel fade faster than stock phrases. Henry Seton Merriman popularized the strong silent man who heads many novels, with imitators following. Real life figures Cecil Rhodes and Lord Kitchener helped its appeal in an era of luxury and ease.
The passage explains locating the facial arteries near the jawbone when the nose bleeds. By pressing firmly with a finger at the artery under the jaw near the ear, the bleeding should stop as the artery is compressed against the jawbone.
An excerpt shows the old mother rising at dawn and tending chores while the younger generation dreams. The scene contrasts labor and imagination as the day passes and the fire fades.
Fragmentary text describes applying pressure to a facial wound to stop bleeding as vessels rupture and contract. It notes that cessation may occur when blood flow is reduced and blood exposure could reopen the vessels. The passage implies a medical technique but lacks full context.
A collage of jokes and quips from 20th century papers. Random misreadings, puns, and satire touch on war, politics, religion, and daily life as cited by multiple sources, including Kansas City Star style humor and city notices.
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