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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1891
Page
3
Saturday brought a busy city scene with good trade and a large crowd. Reports note a child injured earlier is improving and local repairs proceed at a chili stand becoming a confectionery store. Water levels rise on the Brazos and Santa Fe branch traffic halts until floods subside.
Retail ad touts economical footwear with low prices and says the 32.00 Kid Button Boot is a standout. Emphasizes quality repairs and attractive appearance to lure customers.
Read and be convinced this opportunity never before presented. Until further notice one dozen Cabinet Photographs plus one 16x20 Bromide Portrait priced at five dollars, cheaper than the regular nine dollar portrait. Samples on exhibition. call and examine them. Syed and Bracenvey. Also mentions Kibers soda drinks and Puritan Whiskey at Santa Fe Saloon.
A car load of liquors including alcohol brandy gin blackberry brandy whiskey in barrels half barrels and 5 and 10 gallon kegs arrived as announced by H. Fraser wholesale liquor dealer Desler.
The firm of H. W. Graber dissolves by mutual consent with Pauline Graber retiring. I. E. Graber continues the business at the old stand, R. E. Graber assuming all liabilities. T. B. Botts is authorized to collect all old firm accounts and notes. Pauline Graber thanks patrons and asks continued support for R. E. Graber.
I offer to enter my residence 1 1-2 miles south of Brenham containing twenty six and forty ninetieth acres half in cultivation balance in pasture garden and lot also horse buggy two cows with yearlings chickens and household furniture All parties holding claims against the Dr Clifford estate are requested to call at my residence Minna CLIFFonp.
A collage of aphorisms and reports: Maine votes literacy to bar some from ballots. Georgia towns see white servants rise. Russia may curb German migration. English textile syndicate hints at rising dress costs. Beecher on slavery. Miss Lee wins Herald prize. Grant monument plans in Riverside Park. gold thread in dress passementerie. two Concord convicts die from alcohol. Baton Rouge japonica bears sixteen blossom varieties. Train mocks Kupling. warnings on behavior. England clings to four poster beds. memory feats by Kansas City child Little Wallees Chapman.
Local merchants announce stock arrivals including imported pickles herring and cheeses at K Rentzur and O K Saloon. Farm offerings include four milking cows with calves plus Holstein and Duram bull. Tidal Wave Flour Tongue Pigs and new frames at Snell & Blackburn. Hats and novelties for sale Friday and Saturday April 17 18.
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