Brenham Community News and Market Notes
Local families move into Brenham as vacant houses fill. Rainfall from Friday to Saturday totals 3 inches and 62-100 of an inch, the heaviest since 1885. Market reports note Boas at 20 cents with no shortage. News from Fort Worth reports E A Tampus ill, Miss Rial leaving for visit. Obituary recalls Mary Ewing’s passing. Advertisement notes H Bluman selling Eldridge stock at low prices. San Angelo wedding news highlights Burt McNeese and Minnie Haynie.
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E. A. Tampus
Mary Rial
Fort Worth
Miss Rial
Arrentiox
H. Bluman
Eldridge
Mannrep
San Angelo
Burt McNeese
Minnie Haynie
Brenham
Barsen
Rich ore samples and local happenings in county news
Suraii Teacue returns from Giddings Lee county with ore samples on a hundred acre tract. Stallions at Lusk and Parks stable fetch high prices, possibly delaying sales in Washington county. Fire alarm signals a small blaze at Fred Carrick’s job printing shop but was extinguished before firefighters arrive. Miss Peart Rocker exhibits a snow cabin scene at Mae Harrison’s window, a commendable art work for observers.
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Suraii Teacue
Giddings Lee County
Messrs Lusk & Parks Stable
Washington County
Denisons
Fred Carrick
Peart Rocker
Mae H. Harrisons
Asbury Lectures On Sub Treasury Plan In Texas
A. Asbury, head of the Col ored State Alliance of Texas, spent two to three days in the county giving lectures to large crowds at Graball Thursday night and at the Bluff between Independence. He advocates the sub-treasury scheme and uses portions of his talks to persuade audiences that it is a beneficial public measure.
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A. Asbury
Colored State Alliance of Texas
Graball
Independence Friae
Call on Gov Hogg by State Colored Teachers Group
At the last meeting of the State Colored Teachers Association a committee led by H B Fry E L Blackshear S J Jenkins M M Rogers I M Terrell D Abner Jr W H Harlee Clara A Wallace H C Ferguson and G W Jackson was appointed to seek Gov Hogg's aid for an appropriation to the State Colored University at Austin. The committee set December 29 to meet in Austin and present the request in a group call on the Governor.
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State Colored Teachers Association
H. B. Fry
E. L. Blackshear
J. Jenkins
M. M. Rogers
I. M. Terrell
D. Abner
W. H. Harlee
Clara A. Wallace
H. C. Ferguson
G. W. Jackson
Gov. Hogg
State Colored University At
Austin
Knights of Honor Elect Local Lodge Officers
At a meeting of Ubland Lodge No 2953 Knights of Honor officers for the coming year were elected. Named are A A Woebler as Dictator Fritz Krentzlin Vice Dictator Christian Wielkens Assistant Dictator Ed Muller Reporter Lewis Grasmuck Financial Reporter H Cohn Treasurer Gottlieb Hermann Abhaplain Henry Wehrman Gaire Ad Kessling Guardian Henry Eckhardt Sentinel H Franke Representative W C Schill Alternate H Franke Wm Sennenburg Trustees Fritz Krentzlin.
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Ubland Lodge
Knights of Honor
A. A. Woebler
Fritz Krentzlin
Christian Wielkens
Ed. Muller
Lews Grasmuck
H. Cohn
Gottlieb Hermann
Abhaplain
Henry Wehrman
Gaire
Ad Kessling
Guardian
Henry Eckhardt
Sentinel
H. Franke
W. C. Schill
Wm. Sennenburg
Trustees
Cotton yields and tenancy woes shared by Chappell Hill farmer
Mr Jno Carlisle of Chappell Hill spoke in the Baxwen reporter’s presence on Thursday, claiming 800 bales of cotton from 800 acres this year and much cotton still to harvest. He recalled a penniless tenant three years past who received 10 percent advances and, after a costly year, produced 80 bales from 50 acres with 600 bushels of corn. He praised local farming land as the best in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flinders Petrie
Egypt
B. C
Whitman Visitors Discuss farm tenants shortages and exodus
Maj. and Mrs. J. E. Flewellen of Whitman precinct said farmers in Brenham area face harsh tenant shortages for next year. They cited a large exodus of Black tenants to Oklahoma, with farmers offering better rental houses to attract suitable tenants and improve properties.
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J. E. Flewellen
Whitman Precinct
Brenham
Oklahoma
Farming Adages for Poultry and Crops From a Historic Note
Practical farm tips cover feeding, housing, and care for poultry and livestock. Advice emphasizes staging planting, seed selection, manure timing, and seasonal practices to improve profits and animal health.
Church Bazaar by Episcopal Ladies Set for Newbauer Hall
The Ladies of the Episcopal church announce a three day bazaar in the Newbauer building starting Wednesday with Thursday and a final day Saturday. It follows old English fair style with musical programs and no admission. A Wednesday evening lunch with oysters will be served. The event seeks public support and patronage. Texas Farm and Ranch subscription offered.
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Episcopal Church
Newbouer
Immigrant influx and local incidents across Texas
North Carolina and Georgia immigrants flock to North Texas. Four prisoners escaped Cleburne jail by breaching a brick wall. Arthur Estes stabbed Ike Jones in Denton. Bonham forms a 20-member anti-sub-treasury alliance. Whitewright plans artesian wells. Pelican eight feet wingspan killed near Daingerfield. Dixon English shot near Roby. county attorney elected in Travis. Galveston prize fight ends in a draw. two men jailed. Fowler jailed at Sulphur Springs for attempted murder. J.4 Williams dies after machinery accident in Gilmer County. Grand jury contempt case. arrests and potential habeas corpus. Short community fire devastates Spann home. Smith store involved. Fields commits suicide near Sulphur Springs, blamed on voodoo. Hicks oil find excites residents. more wells planned. Denton rape trial ends with bail for White and Earnest Clayton. Jake Clayton bailed. tension remains.
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Cleburne
aArthur Estes
Denton
Ike Jones
Pneumatic Transit Seen For Hamburg To Buchen
A Hamburg company envisions a 15 mile pneumatic underground railway to move passengers like parcels in tubes from Hamburg to Buchen in 11 minutes. Carriage is a 40 inch diameter cylinder with three smaller compartments and electric glow lamps, plus fresh air supply.
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Hamburg
Buchen
Frazer’s Pride Questioned in Massachusetts Parish
A Massachusetts parish member, famed for thrift and pomp, fell ill and sent notes over several Sundays. After recovery he offered a thank you note read by the minister, who prayed for spiritual welfare and for the man to be cured of his ungodly strut in the sanctuary.
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Massachusetts
Atlantic Monthly
Pocketbooks Hidden In Pillar Boxes Report
Readers report finding pocketbooks in pillar boxes used by pickpockets to return stolen items to owners. Thieves discard valuables there to avoid evidence while reducing losses, often without packaging. London Tit-Bits notes this curious concealment tactic and its social impact.
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London
Railroad Rumblings on Broad Street Meat Bias
A reader confronts a railroad on Broad Street about apparent discrimination against dressed meat over livestock. The exchange notes dressed meat as blead and argues that anything that cannot kick is bulldozed by a railroad company.
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Broad Street
Texas Siftings
Milk Tree in South America Promises New Dairy Source
The Philadelphia Times notes a cow tree in Venezuela yielding a lacteal fluid resembling cow milk in color taste and nutrition. The plant forms large forests and is valued for its product. Also described are banana flour experiments claiming higher nutriment than rice and a diet combining beans cornmeal or sigo. Blood flow rates: arteries about twelve inches per second and capillaries about three one-hundredths of an inch per second.
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South America
Venezuela
Philadelphia Times
Sisal hemp boom eyed in Bahamas report
Reports from the Bahamas say sisal hemp cultivation is a great success and will reach 60,000 tons annually. Descriptions note high quality. The text also mentions matting with wooden neckrests and carved low beds, and references giant and tiny animals with odd names.
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Bahamas
Ancient spice and amulet use across cultures
The article notes Milille viges G2 as a costly ancient spice, seeds of Guilandina called Nickel beans and Ecudne ants used in bravelets and rosaries, and seeds worn as charms in Boim byean and Egypt. It adds an American named Edwards in New York who was sentenced to death for the sixth time after prior escapes.
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Malay Archipelago
Egypt
Childem
Edwards
New York
Poets Cross and Sorrow Shape a Lifelong Song
Charles W. Linnell recounts a tale of a poet whose music softened grief after an angel tasks him with bearing pain for the sake of others. The poet endures a burdened life, with a cherished loss shaping his verses and guiding his empathy toward future generations. Fame later records his name on a grand roll, as sorrow whispers.
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Sorrow
Charles W. Linnell
How to test silk purity and authenticity
The Detroit Free Press advises simple tests to verify silk quality. Pull ten fibers to check breakage and finger staining, roll fibers to detect gum or additives, burn a sample to see purechar or greasy ash, and rely on breakage or color change to judge honest, durable silk.
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Detroit Pree Press
Story of the Tower of Tongues and royal suicides noted
The piece recounts the Babel tale from Berosas with Babylonic ruins and tongue diversity. It then cites multiple aristocratic deaths in 19th century England and Belgium, including Lord Congleton, the Earl of Munster, Lord Cloncarry, the Earl of Dela Warr, Lord Lyttleton, and Prince Baudoin, framing them as sensational examples from various newspapers.
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Tower of Babel
Tigra-Euphrates
Berosas
Babylon
St. Louis Republic
England
Lord Congleton
Mr. Parnell
Earl of Munster
William IV
Lord Cloncarry
Earl of
Gladstone
Prince Baudonin
Belgium
Cincinnati Enquirer
Two Classes of Gypsies and Remarkable Dr Thompson
The article notes a split among Gypsies into full blooded and house dwelling groups, hinting at eventual loss of identity under external pressures. It recalls Sir William Thompson, famed physician, stubborn patient who finally took his medicine after doctors threatened to quit. It reports two costly necklaces lost overboard near Norwich, Conn, with one valued at $2,000 recovered by divers and the other still missing.
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George Ethelbert Walsh
New York
Woh
William Thompson
Norwich
Conn
Portraits for White House vestibule wall
Permanent decorations planned for the White House vestibule include portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to be painted on the wall over the mantel. The project aims to honor two pivotal figures in American history with enduring artwork.
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White House
Washington
Lincoln
Geod Breeze for SalL Sparks Family Teasing
A playful line from a column notes a breeze at Witte household when a mother learns of sailing again as Willie-Yez jokes about the scene and adds a lighthearted quip about its intensity.
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Witte
Willie
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Fannin County
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Daingerfield
Dixon English
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Fisher County
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Tom Casey
Galveston
Fowler
Sulphur Springs
J. 4. Williams
Gilmes County
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San Antonio
R. W. Spann
Short
G. M. Smith
Fields
Surplus Springs
Corinth
Hicks
Shackelford
John White
Earnest Clayton
Jake Clayton
Lida B.cooksey
Earnest ‘Clayton
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