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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1900
Page
4
Local items report Whit fax city council set for regular monthly session with clerks, committees, and county court plans. Weather warnings, parade attendance, and forthcoming events including a passion play rehearsal and church visits are noted along with wedding anniversaries and local disturbances.
A Texas dealer named Chiumaky proposes disposing of a diverse coin collection valued at hundreds of dollars to aid the Boers in South Africa. He plans to send the collection to the Houston Post for selective sale, with proceeds to support farmers there, highlighting coins from the 12th to 20th centuries and including notable pieces such as a Martha Washington dollar and Washington pennies.
In Brenham preparations are underway for conventions of the Nineteenth senatorial Twenty-first judicial and Forty-Eighth district to meet on June 4. Chairmen named include Bond Rogers for senatorial A. W Melver for judicial and German for district. The Nineteenth district comprises Burleson Bastrop Lee and Washington counties with Etaples likely to succeed Stone. The Forty-Eighth district spans Burleson Lee and Washington with German not seeking re election, others from Burleson are candidates. A cooperative summer normal for colored teachers at Bellville with conductor J H Pickard will run July 2 to August 4. Executive committee listed.
Fragments of grace and a large hole in a front door signal a break in near the post office area Saturday night. A suspicious intruder reportedly entered the building, with restraint by a dog that escaped through the door. Nearby activities include Easter and church notices, missions, services, and a train extension reaching toward local events.
Personal notices list J N Carmena returning to Sarton, Antonio Rodesney at Gayol, Mrs Bell Burlesan traveling to Goldthwaite, Mr and Mrs C R Hoffmann to Dallas, Billie Mayfield of Burleson County visiting, Lena Mauke from Chicago hosted by Mrs J E Harioon, T E Jones returning from Sealy, Miss Leonora Hermann back from Me ie See, and Mis e Béou Rouas among the guests. Deputy Sheriff L W Swearingen of Austin County attended a gathering led by Constable R H Buroh. Ann and Vary Higgason arrived from Whoo yesterday. Sadie Molniyse and guests plan trips to Saicto. There is room in Texas for profitable employment of twenty billions in factories, even if none shipped out of state, as heavy cotton goods were imported last year totaling a dollar value of one trillion.
The readable fragments mention age statistics France Ireland and a long history at University of El Aybar, then stray into crime with Porch climbers robbing O W Potter ex president of the Tniple Steel company and a deadly shooting involving Mrs Johnson. Other items reference political conventions and local trades such as wallpaper.
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