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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1891
Page
1
A Brenham Texas notice promotes extensive farm and residential deals in Washington County. Listings include 450 acre Kenneyville tract with improved land and outbuildings, 15 room city house, 1400 dollar homes on West Main, and many farm parcels near Chappell Hill and Austin area, with emphasis on low prices and rapid sale. The ad touts traveling salesmen and broad reach to attract buyers nationwide.
The paper reports repeal of the coal oiling inspection law, a smallpox decline in Houston, silver discovery in the Wichita mountains, arrivals and incidents across Texas including a Galveston safety raid, a San Antonio fireman burial, a fatal shooting of Bill Britton, and a rash of legal and civic notes from Galveston to Ranger.
An 19th century remedy claims to cure whooping cough and chest ailments in children and adults. It touts harmlessness and quick breathing relief with a single large bottle sold at Tristrams drug store. Mentions Clarke Flax Soup for skin, and praises P P P Breezy Ash Poke Root and Potassium as powerful, urging readers to stock for winter.
Brief item notes that few men rise and fall as quickly as McGinty, reflecting on a sharp career arc and public interest in his swift ascent and decline.
Advertisement copy notes curing corns bunions and warts with Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint. A bygone promotional line comments that a man sometimes means well even when he lives beyond his means.
An advertisement claims Shilohs Consumption Cure is the most successful cough remedy and can cure coughs croup bronchitis and consumption with a guarantee. It notes prices of 50 cents and 1 and lists R. E. Luhn Brenham and Thos Watson Barton as local sellers.
Dr Mendenhall spent fifteen years developing C C C Certain Cough Cure for coughs and colds. It is sold by Jos Tristram. The passage notes vanity and self admiration as a social theme.
A collage of aged advertising lines and brief notes mentions Patent Medicines like P P P and Browne’s Iron B. The text notes medical claims for women’s health, a New York rose nursery purchase by Miss Mabella Young Low, a Gloucester gunmaker’s widow, and a general jumble of rural life observations.
A reader letter endorses g ree Eh Liver Pills as effective for constipation stomach issues lazy liver indigestion loss of appetite and insomnia. The writer mentions travel use and recommends the product highly with favorable impression.
The ad touts Shiloh's Cure as a sure remedy for coughs, croup, and whooping cough with over a million bottles sold in the past year. It urges mothers to keep it on hand and mentions Shiloh's Porus Plaster for back, side, or chest pain. Sold by local Burton merchants.
Jackson, Planter advertises cotton seed bargains for planting season. Offers Peterkin seed at 75 cents per bushel for two days, 50 cents for two years, with 2000 bushels available and 1000 sold in ten days. Also lists Truitt cotton seed at 1.60 per bushel one year from Improver and Georgia Premium at 5.00 per bushel. Delivery on board cars at Chappell Hill.
Frank Forbes, a young merchant from Waco, was shot Monday night by Ed Matlock as Forbes tried to flee after attempting to rape an eleven year old girl.
An urchin fragment advertises Clarke's Flax Soap and Extract of Flax Skin Cure from J Tristram's Drug Store. It mentions Herbert Sperry’s leg ailment and relief after using the product, claiming skin cure and healing results. The fragment reads as a testimonial and promotional copy with period tone.
A mixed OCR showing old ads and notices including patent medicines like Dr Bull's syrup and Brown's Iron Tonic, claims of cure for chills fever rheumatism and liver pills, a theft note about Windsor Castle keys, references to Dr Jos D Rogers store vacancy and repair, and indorsements from Galveston citizens for Liver Pills.
An Indianapolis concern bought a West Virginia curled walnut tree for 3500 dollars. The item references health remedies from various patent medicines and advertisements, noting products like Shiloh’s Vitaline and Sutton’s Carnation Essence, with sales by Luhn and Watson. Also mentions Fernandina shipments and Paris art unions.
An old advertisement touts Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy. It claims to calm children, ease pain, and relieve poverty by curing various ailments, urging readers to ask for the product by name and to avoid substitutes.
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