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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
3
Friday social at the Domino Club with Miss Mary Carlisle and plans for a Christmas day game in Brenham. Word of a folk ball at Germania hall and a daytime gathering by elder members. Christmas enthusiasm grows with cannon crackers and local news of a Swann habeas corpus case.
Ver sion of Mario Correlli's Ven detta staged to a modest crowd last night. The work has endured for seasons with praised points and mocked flaws. Elaborate scenic effects and Grace Hunter's dazzling dances drew sustained applause as the audience clamored for repeats.
Dr Euclid Brittain arrives in Brenham offering cures for chronic diseases with testimonials from Texas sufferers in Navasota Marshall Tyler Rusk Lufkin Henderson Longview Nacogdoches Garrison and other locations. He claims rapid pain relief and permanent cures for women without instruments or exposure. Consultation free and treatments priced at 1.32 dollars. Office listed over Mistrot's Store in Giddings building.
The Austin Statesman reports a grand jury indictment against Policeman Grizzard for the killing of Captain John Rankin. The full indictment cites malice and shooting with a pistol in Travis County during November 1897. Foreman J. Woops Sall signs.
William Neibuhr a Brockschmidt Hohlt salesman wed Mary Neu in a private ceremony at the bride’s mother home in south Brenham. Rev G Urbantke officiated the quiet exchange known only to close parties until the next morning. The Banner notes warm congratulations from their community.
An article touts Browns' Iron Bitters as a cure for many stomach and nerve diseases, claiming it can diagnose and treat various ailments. It notes the product is sold by R. E. Luho, a druggist, and emphasizes uncertainty in medical diagnosis.
A social evening hosted at Mrs. Martha Woods residence featured music by Sclonke and Vollmer and a dancing party with many attendees including the Finchers Woods and Huebner families. Several locals, such as L. Dulin and J. M. Harris, were noted as visiting or returning home, and Vaughan Fincher burned his foot after stepping on hot embers.
The Texas Comptroller in 1897 ruled that the occupation tax of the general laws applies to those who regularly deal in bonds warrants or state claims, not to those who merely occasionally buy or loan funds. The Panola Watchman notes this permits casual buyers to operate without the occupation tax.
Brenham Hive No 1 Ladies of the Maccabees elected officers at a regular meeting led by Lady Commander Mrs Epstein and Past Lady Commander Mrs Eversberg with Murphy Jameson Heine Davis Buase Williams Miller Rankin named for key posts. Chamberlain's Pain Balm praised in local ads as a valued household remedy available at R E Lubn drug store.
Ed. Hamilton faces an examining trial for highway robbery and attempted criminal assault two days after a December 2 incident on Brenham and Chappell Hill road. A nearly eighty accuser testifies he is the attacker, but alibi witnesses place Hamilton elsewhere. The state pursues further evidence before possible release without bond.
A Friday evening gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas marked the annual social of the Bible Young People's Union with many young and some married guests. Highlights included a program led by Mrs. Maddox Mrs. West and Prof. Shannon plus a humorous reading by Prof. Shannon titled Columbia Crumb. In a separate note the habeas corpus hearing for Joseph W. Swann charged with killing Jos. H. Foster ended with bail set at 4000 dollars after Judge Links considered extenuating circumstances and the defense's arguments while witnesses testified about the events surrounding the confrontation.
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