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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1891
Page
4
The essay reports a planned May 1 strike by Pennsylvania miners and others in Ohio West Virginia Indiana and Illinois to demand an eight hour workday. Officials warn 75 000 workers could halt production affecting about 500 000 people and ripple through regional business.
Huntsville forms a cornet band and Fort Worth endures a $10000 fire. Grapevine reports spotted fever while Hutto opens a private school for fifty pupils. A new road to Roberts from Greenville is eyed. Texarkana foundry and machine shops burned. Hubbard City’s Methodist church praised. Wilbarger county wheat projects 20 bushels per acre. Camp Langtry abandoned and troops reassigned to Ft Clark. Gordon schools graduation night and Marshall awards a two story brick hotel contract. Greenville post office seeks higher pay. J W Vickrey celebrates golden wedding with six children and nineteen grandchildren. Fannin crops hailed. cotton tied to corn planting. Sherman calls for another school in Fifth ward. Corpus Christi claims Soldier City status with strong military groups. Southern Texas fruit will outrank California. local poultry group sets April 25 meeting with officers J Robertson J Cole J C Collins. W C Cash acquitted in Dallas. backstory of a Kentucky murderer. Sleep and work style noted as linked and a blunt commentary on Mexican schooling.
The Farmers Alliance endorses a sub-treasury proposal to loan money via government agencies on farm products. Critics label the plan as flawed economics and note it would not increase currency supply, merely replacing existing dollars for the year's crop value.
The Western Commercial Congress will convene in Kansas City on April 15 to discuss commerce, transportation, and fiscal policy affecting Western and Southern states. Topics include waterway improvement, ports, free coinage, manufacturing, irrigation, uniform laws, immigration, land development, trusts, trade, and Indian openings. A second congress is planned for Denver on May 1.
Scientific notes describe peroxide of hydrogen as a potent germicide and wound sterilizer, listing its uses from eye operations to nose deodorizers. It notes stability when cooled, cites cases by Dr. Guido Bell, and mentions German chemist J. W. Van T Hoff on solid solutions.
A San Diego coroner parades a grotesque scheme of cadaver exploitation for fees, detailing embezzling tricks from embalming and ghost-claim antics to bolster headlines and collect money. The tale lampoons sensationalism in official inquiry and newspaper coverage.
A collage of short sayings and clippings touches on science, morality, politics, and society. It notes 500000 deaths in Philadelphia since 1861, a Lyons Kansas mine disaster, William Waldorf Astor opening a London office, and a lamp of ironies about habit ruin and generosity. Also references to Canadian Parliament, Texas lumber, and horticultural meeting at Lampasas in 1891.
A governess pressures Little Dick to improve writing to become a businessman like his father. He reassures with a plan involving Birdie De Pretty, joking about using her as a typewriter and discussing their setup in a comic exchange.
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