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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1891
Page
7
Local scene includes bridge washout near Chappell Hill, a child injured by a horse, a sewer collapse and repair, a prominent reunion organizer praising transport management, and various legal fines and civic concerns. Fire department invites and a train wreck delay also appear among town events and incidents.
Readers report Brenham visitors praising the town and its improvements while recounting a series of events. A drowning near Chap pell Hill involves a Fred Williams daughter in New Year s Creek. The article also notes cattle ordinances and a schoolyard accident, plus a local court case and a prostate of charitable flowers to the editor.
A wide array of Texas items reports: Creeks offer bounties after a Dixon Scott killing. Turkey Creek area dodges drought with artesian wells in planning. wrecks, fires, and fatalities touch Dallas Paris Sherman Fort Worth and Waco. company fortunes rise with lumber and water works plans. weather and floods disrupt rail and agriculture across multiple counties.
Subscribers can receive the American Farmer magazine at Fort Wayne Ind free by paying arrears and a year in advance, or by starting a new yearly subscription. The 16 page national agricultural journal promotes education and economy for American farmers and costs $1 per year otherwise. Sample copies available at the office.
Anna Dickenson, once confined in a mad house, is freed and claimed to be fully sane, with her restraint blamed on a deliberate act by a family member. Friends attending a London funeral recount a novel experience when a phonograph replayed the hymn Nearer My God To Thee after the ceremony.
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