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Newspaper

Brenham Weekly Banner

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1886

Page

3

Tax enforcement makes sidewalks safer for pedestrians

The record notes enforcement of the sidewalk ordinance aiding pedestrians. It also reports local events from lectures by Rev. Grabinger to sermons by Rev. Boony and Scorrt, plus weather and incidents including a lightning strike that killed a cow and a buggy accident on Sandy street.

Arresrox J. Grabinger Catholic Church Punina

State court notes 1885 mixed criminal cases

A sequence of 1885 district and county cases across multiple days shows not guilty verdicts for Rachel Goodloe theft and Sam Wilkins robbery, numerous trials and continuances for theft and cattle crimes, rape and murder motions, and local public notices including a donkey case and a jail escape attempt. The report also records deaths and local incidents in Brenham.

Rachel Goodloe Rachel State Sam Wilkins Austin County Brenham Water Co City of Brenham Silas Ayers Austin Johnson Wm. Bouldin Peter Felder Dennis Hudgon Ammon Chappell Statova Jack Wilson Albert Johnson Anvua Kneuppel Santa Fe Peter Jalger J R Brophy RH Clark RP Buckingham G M Birrell W H Eldridge T E McDermott J Jacob Hal Lochridge A J Hazelwood H Trardner W OH Marshall Miss Knouppel Muse Rogers B. A. Bassett Eugene Muse John A. Traylor Bill Allen

Firemen Mai-Fest progress in Brenham plans

Committee of Arrangements reports steady progress for the Firemen's Mai-Fest at Firemen's Park Brenham May 15 16. The piece lists committees including Procession Invitation Printing and more and notes May Queen election ballots opening April 25 and closing May 1.

Firemen’s Park Brenham Safo Welyre Board of Chics T. A. Low WP. Ewing W. X. Noreis J.G. Rankin Ola Lindeman B. Gehrman W. A. Wood M. Fisher E. Eversburg Amnecementa A. Pflughaupt J.N. Brown C. Brockschmidt Yall J. Simon Aik Thompson A. Krag F.W. Schaorenberg A. Seolhorst KE. Mallor Heine C. Carlile Wilson Privilezes IL. Burns J. McFarland J. W. Davis A. Stuckert J. B. Ahrenbeck Committee On Privileges

Local shop ads and notices from Norton to Willen

A dense mix of late 19th century classified style notes. It lists furniture and cabinet photos at Snell's gallery, sales on bedstands chairs and wall papers, paint and wall finishes, hardware and books, clothing and tailor services, and various real estate and legal notices. Also includes a snippet about tax or formal notices, an insurance office move, and a humorous old-time anecdote.

C. Wirtewona Main Street Furniture Store

Mammoth Brenham Store Reopens With Large Spring Stock

Special notice announces the reopening of a Brenham establishment in a few days with one of the largest Spring and Summer stock in one house. Preview items include Winter Bicques at gc per yard and Checked Mainsukes at 7 1 2 per yard.

Brenham

Spring and Summer Goods Display At Local Direct Goods Sale

A retail listing item details spring and summer wares from multiple vendors. Descriptions include lace, embroidery, hats, jewelry, and accessories. Several named makers appear among the offerings, with emphasis on fabric, straw summer items, and a clearance of dress fabrics.

Tiger and Peasant Fire A Moral Tale From Detroit Free Press

A tiger visits a peasant’s cabin and is mistaken for a friendly intruder. The peasant fires a shot, the tiger dies, and the moral is there are no honest burglars. The piece also quotes C D Robbins praising natural gas development in Pittsburgh and New York. Robbins recalls striking a gas well in Washington County and how gas cut smoke and costs, transforming industry and urban cleanliness.

Tial Detroit Free Press C. D. Robbins Pittsburg New York Washington County

No Conflict Between Capital and Labor Claims

Long excerpt discusses harmony between capital and labor, arguing interdependence and mutual protection. It cites Democratic Texas stance and references to arbitration, strikes, and labor rules. The piece also touches on colonial tone about industry, then shifts to observations on dog breeding in Nashville and mastiffs, and a note on Sam Jones sermons and gum chewing in Chicago and Georgia.

Iabor Tabor Democratic Party of Texas Fort Worth Gasette Sam Jones Georgia Jones Chicazo Supreme Court St. Louis

Mass production notes and regional trivia in one page

A mosaic of brief items reports sugar consumption in the Americas, mining plans in Montana, population changes in Ompha, and political notes from Massachusetts to West Virginia. It notes fashion, postal offices, and ivory-tinted reports on plants, weddings, and pensions, plus industry shifts in hat making and celluloid from potatoes.

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