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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
7
Local notes report a bright spring day with busy hotels and progressing building work. The oil mill project promises electric lights, a large Caldwell delegation may attend Maifest, and a new bridge across the branch to the firemen's park is completed.
A detailed financial sketch argues a Brenham cotton seed oil mill, with 50 ton daily capacity, yields net profits of 132.50 per day or 16 500 per season and up to 24 750 for a 180 day run on a 60 000 investment, plus broad local economic benefits. The piece also covers a church wedding of H F S Grandt and Mamie Tarrant, notes a funeral in Hempstead for C G Amster, and reports the Western Union case affirming a $1 000 damages award for Otto Nosentretter against delivery failure.
A collection of short lines covers topics from finance and farming to demographics and railways. It cites Missouri funding for a world fair exhibit, a UK vocabulary size estimate, hog breeding notes, and a statement about German relations and American pork, plus a rope manufacture history from St. Louis Republic.
A jumble of brief items covers smallpox havoc in San Salvador, sinkin g mountains in Georgia, moralizing proverbs, household tips, and political notes. It notes the Pan Republic congress set for Washington April 8, wages in cities, and various economic and agricultural reflections.
The Guatemalan adviser notes Domengo Estrada, the Guatemalan consul in San Francisco, is to be appointed minister to Mexico. The Iowa Farmer laments farmers quitting for business faith, while Connellsville coke mines resume at a 10 percent wage cut. The piece warns against judging new ventures before returns are in.
The notice announces a deal with the American Farmer magazine from Fort Wayne Indiana. Subscribers can receive the 16 page national agricultural journal free for one year in advance by paying arrears. New subscribers can also join by paying one year in advance. The ad promotes the magazine as educational and valuable for American farmers.
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