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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
3
Local items report weather, markets, crime notes, court actions, and civic updates in Brenham. Mentions births, a May Fest meeting, waterworks plans, frost damage, and upcoming trials including a murder case and manslaughter verdicts.
The election passed off quietly with no disturbance. The report lists vote tallies and numerous names, then notes unclaimed letters at Brenham post office for the week ending April 7. It mentions local farmers replanting due to wet weather, crop conditions, a new cotton planter inventor, school funding issues, and various local advertisements and notices.
A clash near Fort Worth in early May leaves several dead and many wounded after deputies led by James Courtright confronted suspected strikers on the Missouri Pacific line. Gunfire erupts with about 150 rounds. stores close and tensions rise as armed crowds gather. Local notices trumpet fare and goods amid a city on edge.
Special notice proclaims the Brenham store will reopen in a few days with one of the largest stocks of spring and summer goods. Customers are invited to inspect White Piques at 2? per yard and Checked Nainsooks at 7 1/2c per yard.
A collage of ads and snippets including prescriptions at R B Luhn's, Snell's gallery offering cabinet photos for 40 a dozen, homestead sale near Albcorn on Main, and a Brenham Medical Association meeting set for April 6. Also notes on Stries presidency, Voss Brothers moving to a new dry goods and groceries store, and hardware sale at cost. Miscellaneous jokes and consumer tidbits about St Jacobs Oil and Star Cough Cure follow, plus a market quip on coinage at New York elevated line.
Immature OCR list of spring and summer fashions and fabrics offered by Lasties Dress Goods. The ad touts plain pictures, silk satin, embroideries, laces, robes, straw garments, and a large assortment of new fabrics and trimmings with prices and availability.
In a compact blend of testimonials and anecdotes a reader is reminded of Swift's Specific curative claims for rheumatism and malaria while Major Gassaway defends horse theft cases in San Antonio. The page also offers reflections on fate and longing from Rev. Talmage, and a courtroom quip about a saloon keeper.
The cold snap in Galveston and surrounding areas ruined orange trees and oleanders. Police report limited recovery of stolen property. thieves remain at large as the search continues. Local notes cover naturalization papers in Houston, a Friday night burglary in Richmond, and a series of court, crime, and civic items across Texas towns. The roundup includes oblique mentions of veterans, arrests, and public notices.
A critique of the wages system and strikes arguing for Powderly’s profit sharing as a peaceful alternative. The piece explains how strikes hurt workers, employers, and the public, and outlines how distributing profits with a fixed employer rate could align interests. It then shifts to social etiquette tips and stray notes on ice exports from Fresh Pond and an expansion of the Mormon temple at Salt Lake City.
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