Local items note births bids and social happenings
Travel languishes aside from summer trips while a new well drains deeper and watermelons remain scarce. A baby arrives for Mr and Mrs WM Wehmeyer. Brenham mutual aid directors plan Sunday meeting. Wheat prices rise though local buyers cannot profit. Watrousville school project seeks bids. Houston and Texas Central Railway faces damages suits in Hempstead court. Knights of the Maccabees host guests and program with refreshments. Election returns from several towns arrive but are not pivotal. John Zink dies after accident at Industry cotton gin.
Salvation Army lassie fined for scorching legs
A Salvation Army lassie told the court the devil possessed her legs causing loss of control. The judge fined her five dollars plus costs, remarking the other party did wrong and suggesting a writ of ouster against the devil.
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Salvation Army
Wedding in Mill Creek Circles Ends in City Court
A wedding in the social set of Mill Creek was completed Thursday evening. Harry Adkinson and Emma A. Fitch were married, the ceremony taking place at the courthouse.
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Mill Creek Colored Society
Harry Adkinson
Emma A. Fitch
Court House
Child Injured by Sharp Stick on East Main Street
Abrim Middleton, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Middleton, fell on a sharp stick in the yard on East Main Street. The object penetrated his throat near the tonsils. Dr J B York attended him and he rested easy at last accounts after a near fatal bleeding incident.
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Feriday
East Main Street
Abrim
Frank Middleton
J. B. York
Complimentary dance at Germania honors visiting ladies
A complimentary dance occurred at Germania on Thursday evening in honor of visiting Miss Maggie Burns of Hockley and Misses Hamilton and Bollfrass of Houston. The guests were hosted by Mrs. O. L. Schroeder and Miss Alma Amsler, with many in the dancing fraternity in attendance enjoying the pantomimic figures of the mazy whirl despite the warm weather.
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Germania
Maggie Burns
Hockley
Hamilton and
Bollfrass
Houston
O. L. Schroeder
Alma Amsler
Mazy
First sunstroke fatality at Navasota prison on rail line
The first known sunstroke death occurred Thursday to a prison convict working on a railroad in Navasota. The thermometer climbed to 100 degrees in the shade.
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Navasota
Journeys to Toronto Epworth League Conference
Rev E P Newsom recounts a July Texas to Toronto rail journey to the International Epworth League Conference in Toronto. He notes crowded meetings, four large venues, and key talks on Christian civilization missions and the press, plus a patriotic Saturday rally with flags from English speaking nations.
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Toronto
Canada
Uncle Sol
Sam
Uncle Sci
Sol
Houston
Father of
Watersand
Crescent City
Mississippi
Jackson
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Massey Hall
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Cooke’s Church
Horticultural Pavillion
Metropolitan Church
Newman
Sutherland
Hamilton
China
Rome
Ithaca
Meson Terey
Spee
League
James
McDonald Oxley
Montreal
Exhibition Park
Johnston
England
Potts
Gov. Hastings
Pennsylvania
Royal Grenadiers
Maple Leaf
British Grenadiers
United States
Bonnie Dundee
Scotland
Ireland
Harlech
Wales
God Save the Queen
Columbia
G. W. Briggs
Owensboro
Perfect Health Through Regular Digestion
The text stresses that good health comes from regular division of the digestive organs and notes constipation as a primary cause of many ailments. It implies maintaining regular bowel function as key to well being.
Severa’s Balsam of Life Praised by East Jordan Reader
A letter from Mr. Andrew Fritz of East Jordan Michigan extols Severa’s Balsam of Life for regularity and nerves. He credits the remedy with saving his wife’s life after illness and notes the product’s 75 cent price appeal.
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Andrew Fritz
East Jordan, Mich
Severo's Cholera and Diarrhoea Cure Claim
Advertisement claims Severo's Cholera and Diarrhoea Cure saves children from cholera infantum and summer illnesses. Pricing listed as 25 and 50 cents.
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Severo
Relieved of a Fine Pistol From Court House Desk
Sheriff D E Teague lost custody of a fine 45 calibre Colt pistol with pearl handle valued at $40 from a securely locked desk drawer. A thief apparently used a matching key to access the locked drawer under the courthouse shadow, a bold act that greatly distressed the sheriff.
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D. E. Teague
Bernard Hunters Return From St. Bernard Quest
The Brenham hunters returned from the St Bernard region after two weeks of hunting prairie chickens trout and coons. They slaughtered one hundred sixty three chickens along with abundant fish and coons. The party included L F Ammons O A Seward W L Sallis A M Smith Wm Mercer T E Treadway Masters Henry Thornhill Oscar Seward Louis Giddings and three cooks.
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Brenham
St. Bernard
Messrs
L. F. Ammons
O. A. Seward
W. L. Sallis
A. M. Smith
Wm. Mercer
T. E
Tremont Hotel Offers Fifteen Cent Daily Dinner
Meals for Fifteen Cents advertised at the Tremont hotel opposite Central freight depot from 10 to 3 daily. Claims to be as good as any 26 cent meal in the city. Proprietor ROBERT FELCHER.
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Tremont
Central Freight Depot
Robert Felcher
Barn Fire Destroys Structure At Navasota
A barn owned by Dr. Neal of Navasota burned in the early Thursday hours causing about 250 dollars in losses.
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Neal
Navasota
Hon Harry Haynes Elected to State Historical Society
Friday notification from the secretary announced that Hon Harry Haynes has been elected as a member of the State Historical Society.
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Harry Haynes
The
State Historical Society
August Crop Report Says Texas Cotton Weather Mixed
The Galveston News cites 439 correspondents across 140 counties in a July 31 survey. Dreath dominates early growth, creating two crops: early and late plantings, with late stages likely providing the bulk. Overall the crop is two to three weeks behind last year, rain needed, some fields burned, but recovery possible before frost.
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Galveston News
Texas
North
East
Texas man warned against Alaska gold rush dream
The article cautions Texans chasing wealth in Alaska that cold, hunger, and hardship await. It contrasts with California’s milder climate and honest labor, noting only a few will prosper while many fail. The message urges staying in Texas where gold must be earned through steady work.
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Texas
Alaska
California
Citation summons for adultery suit in Washington County
Sheriff or constable to publish weekly for four weeks a notice in a local or district newspaper then appear at the next district court term in Brenham to answer a petition filed February 28 1897 in case No 7360 Henry Duebbe versus Daley Dueboe alleging marriage in 1896, abandonment in 1897 and adultery with a party in Washington County. Clerk A M Krug notes service and date July 13 1897.
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Washington County
Pees
21St Judicial District
Brenham
Henry Duebbe
Daley Dueboe
Alm. Krug
District Court
A. M. Krira
Washington Co
Notice to Abolish Name in County Sheriff Record
A sheriff’s notice orders the name abolished in the Washington County records for four weeks before return day. D. E. Teaco, Sheriff. First publication July 22, final publication August 12.
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Brenham
D. EK
Teaco
Washington County
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Guyton
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F. Schramm
Industry
E. P. Newsom
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Severn
Bernard Hunters
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