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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
2
The Brenham Daily Banner announces daily and weekly publication by Ore Whentam Bantel Publishing Company with G A T Neu as business manager and editors Fisher and Veet. Subscriptions and payments are directed to the Brenham Banner Publishing Company.
Notice warns of possible errors in names and reputations and offers corrections when brought to attention. It requests readers to report any issues seen in the columns or notices. The item emphasizes prompt correction of errors affecting individuals referenced.
A terse meditation mixes biblical phrasing with a critic’s doubt about a man named Mav and his claim of love for a woman and God. The text questions whether his words express genuine feeling or merely stylistic manipulation, dismissing the concept as mere grit.
M A Healy a Brenham merchant notes conditions show faster growth than any 30 year period. He cites good roads paying campaigns and new enterprises as factors that could propel Brenham to a startling level among Texas cities. Local wealth and favorable location underpin his optimistic forecast urging residents to invest and attract others.
The Timperator on its Hamburg to New York maiden voyage set a new speed record, averaging twenty nine and a half knots over twenty four hours, surpassing the Mauretania. Report notes engineers emphasized strength and safety, aiming for a spectacular, invulnerable hull design.
The Imperator measures 900 feet by 96 feet with 5000 tons displacement, and experts debate whether reaching greater length and displacement would raise costs or hazards. Proponents argue larger ships offer safety and efficiency, potentially triggering a transportation revolution as ships grow. A liner of this class becomes a self contained world on the seas.
A warning against panicky forecasting as hot weather arrives. The piece mocks dire prophecies of Japan seizing Hawaii, Pacific war, Panama Canal destruction, and universal bankruptcy. It notes worldly friction but argues knowledge without panic and urges calm, prudent behavior.
The article discusses how country editors may be exploited by special interests through “plate” advertisers and contracted distributors. It warns editors to maintain high standards to avoid propaganda and notes the risk from English dialects and translations in conveying messages accurately.
A fragmentary note describes Htrgan carrying a liner basket to his job at market time. The odd phrasing hints at a broader context about economic conditions and a nod to a fictional or misread reference to an American manufacturer.
A New York American piece laments the decline of tights in Paris cabaret shows. It notes audiences now favor bare legs at Olympia La Cigale and Moulin Rouge reviews, praising the aesthetic shift while suggesting tights masked natural form and hurt circulation for performers.
City planning and advertising are urged as essential to growth. The text links roads, trade, and progress with organized effort, cites newspapers and public notice as tools, and comments on advertising, morality, and public health in a fragmentary, period voice.
Poem fragment recalling childhood memory and the dove as a symbol of lost innocence. The speaker yearns for the past joys and springtime clarity, imagining the child with bright hair and breezy grace. Images of a dim grove and captured dove accompany reflections on love, memory, and renewal.
A suitor asks for his beloved's hand and earns swift approval yet the girl's father, a cigar‑loving figure, jokes that he has already accepted sixteen suitors this year and expects two more tomorrow. He quips the arrangement funds amusement for the girl and cigars for him.
A famous artist speaks in a gallery about Miller's Gleanes. Two young women view a copy as one exclaims praise for beauty and naturalism. Curious, she asks about the people depicted. Read title read Millet gleaning, causing a humorous misreading.
A collage of quips and snippets from old papers prints playful lines about politics, social scenes, and relationships. It riffs on President Wilson, satire about era manners, and a quick joke on romance reflecting early 20th century tones.
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