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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
9
The page notes a postponed Christmas tree sale and shares community notices including a birth, a theft surrender, a funeral, Christmas numbers from local societies, band inspections, a court motion overruled, and a winter weather reflection. Names and places such as Prairie Hill and local groups are referenced alongside regional events.
A reflective look at Christmas 1897 notes festive but noisy scenes with fireworks, church services, and Knights Templar toasts. The piece also reports on Texas Senate interest in preserving the San Jacinto battlefield, urging fair appraisals and possible condemnation to secure the site for state protection and park development.
Items include theatre show at Temple opera house, Katy railway instructions to eject ticketless passengers, a boy's death on a train near Texarkana, district court gun incident in Eastland, Chief Justice Tarlton seeking re election, accidental death from a wood chip, reports of gold findings in several Texas counties, Grange reorganization, campaign management details, marriage license fee dispute, a $35000 suit against Cotton Belt railway, a court ruling on powers of peace officers, a cautionary tale of a jilted bride, a catarrh cure advert, wage system criticisms, and a holiday mood admonition urging restraint and merriment.
A Christmas Eve blaze at Mr. Carter’s West Street home was a false alarm, extinguished easily without the fire department. Connor Hose Company members dragged a hose cart to North and Sandy streets before abandoning the effort. Nearby, mild humor from Kalamity Bonner mocks the weather as snow melts into slush, with a holiday dance at Athletic Hall bringing local revelry.
In Dimmit t Dever wedding at the bride parents home Rev I G Putman officiated with close relatives present. John J Dimmitt and Pearl Dever departed for Monterey and Mexico after the ceremony. Pearl Dever, born in Independence, is praised as beautiful and amiable with many friends in Brenham and Georgetown Sun notes. Uncle Alex Simon sent word of a newborn girl found in San Antonio on Christmas day with later updates.
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