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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
4
Public notice from The Brenham Banner Publishing Company outlines daily and weekly subscription prices in advance and details mailing options. It provides the business address in Brenham Texas and instructions for payments and communications to be addressed to The Brenham Banner Publishing Company.
Erroneous or defamatory notices in this column will be corrected promptly upon notification to the publishers. The paper reserves the right to publish clarifications while preserving the core facts and names involved.
The Banner commends local railroad officials for their calm handling of a Tuesday morning wreck and for providing timely information. They extended courtesy to a Los Angeles passenger who missed the train in the ensuing disorder, highlighting cordial relations with the Young Men's commercial organization and Brigham business element.
The text discusses Mr. Calhoun of Austin entering a congressional bid to succeed Mr. Burleson, praising him as a patriotic Democrat, while acknowledging that the county already supports P. Buchanan. The passage expresses regret and hints at Buchanan’s stronger appeal and position.
More than six hundred thousand people die from preventable disease in the United States each year, per the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. If each life is valued at 2500 dollars, total losses reach 1.6 billion dollars. Preventable means through intelligent care and necessary expenditure to eradicate the disease. As civilization grows, the nation may be expected to spend and take steps to prevent these deaths.
A collection of biblical verses reflects divine care for creation and humans. It cites Luke 12 28 and 12 27, Matthew 10 29, Psalm 104 21, Psalm 147 9, and other lines about God clothing the grass, birds fed, lilies growing, and Solomon's wealth compared to nature, framed as rhetorical exhortation.
The use-and-hammer regiment shows no signs of leaving Brenham as new contracts for homes and store extensions indicate ongoing development. The gun company drives the forward movement with regents supervising mains laying and related work amid brisk activity.
An Abilene report covers an educational expert from the Russell Sage Foundation analyzing Texas schools. It notes Texas ranks twenty eighth among forty eight states, with Southern states mostly lower. Discussion criticizes underfunding, compares high school and college facilities, and urges reform under the banner Texas to the Front.
Eskimo children are described as idolized and indulged in homes with extended families. Despite lax discipline, the youths remain surprisingly obedient. The author notes the challenge of schooling, with teachers frustrated by restless behavior and parents, suggesting engaging, action oriented teaching methods to capture interest. The piece contrasts native children's vivid, varied interests with a perceived lag in sustained reasoning compared to white children.
A historical note observes that three of seven recent U S presidents were sons of ministers and seven presidential daughters also descend from clergy or theological families. It highlights Arthur, Cleveland, and Wilson as ministerial lineages and mentions branches through daughters and spouses.
Houston Chronical notes Americans value polite conduct in transitions. Taft and Wilson exchanged cordial greetings at the White House, with Taft and his daughter extending gracious welcomes to President-elect Wilson and his wife. The piece praises civic courtesy and the public image of leaders and their spouses.
A fragmented list urges courage in speech and action. It cites speaking truth despite advantages of secrecy, being true to oneself, living within honest means, rejecting wrong trades, refusing harmful deeds, standing upright amid flattery for power, staying honest in poverty, and saying no when others say yes.
Fragmented OCR text references Taft, a colonel, and Republican disruption. Mentions Teddy and office holders, with unclear actions and outcomes. The fragmentary, garbled lines suggest a political moment with names and roles but no clear events or dates.
Poem-like verse echoes Tennyson with faith over fear. It declares belief that despite storm and doubt, final purpose remains benevolent and all life matters, urging patience as winter yields to spring. The lines stress that no creature is wasted and divine plan to prevail persists beyond darkness.
A troupe of New Yorkers returns from a long Southern tour with cranky mouths from toasts at the Commercial Club banquet. In the smoking car they joke about the cities they visited and reveal Selma Alabama in a brief Southern joke dialogue.
Right at First. Guker-I was out in Blakeley's motor last week. He has everything in it, even a pedometer. Barker-You mean speedometer, old yam. A pedometer is an instrument for measuring how far you walk. 'tuker-All right. Ait stick to pedometer- Secret Heart Review, And a Severe One. The income tax is nothing new. For months and months, doggone itt The cost, upsoaring to the blue, Of things to roast and things to ate. And bake and brew and warm us, too. Has been a tax upon it.
In a light theater exchange, a man jokes about breaking a yearlong vow to abstain after a dramatic moment. His companion counters with a quip about time passing between acts, prompting amused public commentary in Public Opinion.
A fragmentary excerpt references a man seeing a snake up a hill and a sarcastic remark about a thicker tale. The text then shifts to a New York Globe note on Mexico peace rhetoric and troops in Galveston, with garbled phrasing about orders and a distant “Muerte” line, indicating a stray clipping from a broader column.
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