Cotton and tariffs dominate regional talk in 1897 brief
The Brenham weekly notes Dingley tariff pressure for new bond issues while predicting stable cotton output next year as farmers plan meetings and plant more. It cites Atlantic reports of powers pressing Crete and partition talks in Turkey, with Austria Russia France nearing understanding.
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New Orleans
Atlantic
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Cretan
Crete
Austria
Russia
Turkey
France
Lord Salisbury
Lincolns Divided Over Daughter’s Marriage Spotlighted
A historical reflection contrasts Abraham Lincoln’s democratic ideals with his son Robert Lincoln’s social ambitions amid his daughter’s marriage to a wealthy but undistinguished suitor Beckwith. The piece weighs American equality against class expectations and notes broader foreign and domestic issues.
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Abe Lincoln
Bob”’ Lincoln
Chicago
Road duty in Grimes County would fund rural roads
The Navasota Tables notes over four thousand Grimes County men subjected to five days of road duty annually. At one dollar per day this labor equals about $20,000 and could build fifty miles of graveled road. If repeated for five years the sum would gravel all county public roads. It also states Uncle Sam owns about 600 million acres of public land, much of it in Alaska, unlikely for homesteading.
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Navasota
Grimes County
Sam
Alaska
Local View on Elections and Football Fury
The Rockdale Reporter mocks promises of patriotic candidates who seek self interest. The piece notes wary voters and comments on football coverage as Chrysanthemum heads prepare to clash with Taylor. Brenham is praised for championship caliber in all ventures.
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Rockdale
Taylor
Taylor Tribune
Tribune
Brenham
Local political chatter grows ahead of county elections
About a year from the county elections rumors circulate in political circles. No broad campaign has begun and most leaders have not yet oriented themselves for the forthcoming contest.
City Schools Weigh Marriage Rule On Female Teachers
The city school board once passed a resolution that any unmarried woman employed by the city schools who marries will void her contract. The rule, left optional for enforcement, has been used in colored schools. Minnie Nobles, a teacher, has been asked to resign after marrying Dr. Weiser of Lee County on Thanksgiving Day, with resignation effective January first.
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City School Board
Minnie Nobles
Weiser
Lee County
Real estate transfers for week ending Nov 30 1897 and local notices
Real estate transfers show balances from Mrs. Mary A Balridge to J R Baldridge 12 acres for love and affection and $1. Hallie H George to Willie Bowden 25 acres for $300. Leopold Maas and wife to Wm Wehring 59 acres for $1 489. J W Rodes and Tom M Owen to Smith Osborn 25 acres for $450. J B Guyton to Wm Zeiss 97 acres for $1 000. Christian Mor the deaf man who died after being run down by a Santa Fe freight train at Gay Hill was buried there. Nick Lauderdale charged with horse theft released on 200 bond to await grand jury action. He says it was a joke. indictment unlikely.
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Mary A. Balridge
J. R. Baldridge
M. Bird League
Hallie H. George
Willie Bowden
Leopold Maas
Wm. Wehring
J. McCain
J. W. Rodes
Tom M. Owen
Smith Osborn
J. P. Cole
J. B. Guyton
Wm. Zeiss
Isaac Jackson
Christian Mor
Santa Fe
Gay Hill
Messrs. Reichardt & Seelhorst
Nick Lauderdale
Public push for electric lights in county court house
A local editorial advocates installing electric lighting in the courthouse to aid night sessions of district and county courts. It argues lighting would save witnesses travel costs, reduce juror fees, and improve safety, noting clerk Seward and Deputy Hoffmann work late and current kerosene lighting is risky. The piece urges county commissioners to act.
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Seward
Hoffmann
Dunning Business Holds Inning Today
The dunning business will conduct an inning today, arranging notices of overdue accounts and collecting payments under existing agreement terms lawfully. The event focuses on debt recovery procedures and may involve notification dispatches to customers and firms.
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