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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1891
Page
4
A window into 1891 vibes with reports of a Rochester fire causing nine deaths and cremations, a Trenton brick-makers strike, Italian Baron Fava’s travel and recall, and political chatter about a new party. Deliberations on Italy US treaties, Indian skirmishes, and a Missouri rail policing bill round out the digest.
The Springfield Republican notes the New Orleans Times-Democrat census claims about negro population changes in the South. It questions the drop in the negro ratio of increase from 34.9 in 1870 to 12.5 in 1880 90 and asks for explanations. Kentucky figures show white gain 15.1 percent while negroes rise only 0.5 percent.
The piece reviews Iowa political shifts from 1889 to 1890 showing Democratic gains in gubernatorial and congressional races, municipal wins, and a note on Republican strength. It links these trends to broader national patterns and comments on progress and moral sentiment, urging optimism amid change.
A banker asserts that a mortgage compels a debtor to settle a note more reliably than friendship or honor, framing credit discipline as a practical incentive over personal bonds.
W T Fosters forecasts a stormy April with multiple waves crossing the continent from the 5th to the 7th and 11th to 20th. He warns of unusually strong storms near Saturn's equinox, potential floods in the Missouri, and dangerous seas off Alaska and the Atlantic coast.
The Texas edition of the Colorado and Texas Exchange Journal is a 100 page publication lauded as a model of typography and focus on Texas resources. Brenham gains a two column write up promoting cotton and furniture factories while other local industries are noted. Detroit challenge on sleep shows insanity symptoms in a staged stunt.
The Tennessee Station confirms feeding cottonseed hulls and meal as an exclusive diet is established and profitable near cotton seed oil centers. It is economical for beef and milk, benefiting beef, mutton, and dairy production. Suggested ration is 25–35 pounds hulls and 5–8 pounds meals daily with hulls cheaper than hay and manure enhancing profit.
The article surveys Scottish smoke saving systems recovering furnace gases through long iron tubes, yielding about 60 million cubic feet daily and 25,000 gallons of furnace oil weekly. It also reports on Ainos of Yezo population, D Alemida and Molteni optics, Swedish glass for lenses, and early electrolysis cost estimates for gases.
Texas items note Amarillo’s proposed incorporation, Kerns vote, a march toward new banks in Granbury, mills rebuilt at Jefferson, and rail road talk from Amarillo to Panhandle City. Other notes cover fires, church openings, waterworks in San Angelo, and growing industries across the state.
A strange figure in a Mission Street funeral procession follows the hearse. The tall gaunt man, known as the Funeral, haunts churches and steps, mutters over the dead, and vanishes when approached by a policeman. Children fear him, yet no one knows his name or home.
A fragmentary report notes a serious accident at Kutno affecting Durova and a pursuit by 1 parte, with descriptions of a fall observed and a decision not to delay the journey, suggesting consequences for those involved.
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