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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1886
Page
3
The guide emphasizes a rich loam or fertile land for high potato yields, warning against unsuitable soil and urging manure, potash, and phosphoric acid. It describes using wood ashes and Pins ter fertilizer, along with specific planting rows, spacing, and early cultivation to keep crops clean and productive.
A beekeeping journal cites a physician relative praising honey as a medicine. It claims honey inhibits fungal growth, helps with thrush in babies, boils, coughs, colds, quinsy, diphtheria in early stages, and throat and breathing diseases. Regular consumption and continuous use are urged for widespread family health.
A sworn assessor's list reveals doctors' incomes in the city, noting only one physician earned over 5,000 and many between 1,000 and 2,000. The piece laments the overall low earnings, with 36 doctors under 500, and calls for scrutiny of income assessments and sanitation-backed changes.
A mixed excerpt urges restraint in political debate and defends liberty of speech and the press. It critiques abusive language, discusses railroad passes influencing legislators, and notes economic observations on global production and power shifts. It mentions Zion contentions about freedom and criticizes excessive partisanship.
Furniture manufacturers explore pulp as wood substitute. By mixing pulp with clays steatite asbestos plumago and mica, a range of products with varying compactness can be produced. Only about 20 percent of timber felled is economically usable, suggesting combining sawmill with pulp and pressing could utilize all trunk material.
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