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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1891
Page
4
The issue discusses calls for separate coaches for white and black passengers, mentions the Tax House Committee backing special rates to drummers, and notes ongoing legislative push for a Copy right bill likely to pass the Senate. Also reports on Irish leaders, Koch lymph debates, Mardi Gras near Galveston, and a Pensacola Confederate monument project.
A Boston Advertiser note on equal road rights prompts calls for legal clarity on passing on highways. The piece covers sectional political divides, free coinage, and the open way bill in Congress, and reports on the New York Star under Munsey. It also discusses smallpox coverage in Caldwell and Brenham, then champions Texas for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and a Houston convention to fund a state exhibit and mobilize county products. It notes Green’s Brigade reunion in Brenham led by J G Rankin with speakers D Giddings and Seth Shepard, and mentions upcoming cocking mains and the Corrigan Index newspaper in Coni gay sex.
Reports from Germany show steel quality affects strength and elongation with temperature. At 600 degrees, weakest bars gain 34 percent, second 27 percent, strongest 25 percent. performance declines above 600 until 1100 degrees. Also notes are made on toad and salamander skin glands, glass to metal soldering method, Sweden fire alarm cartridge, medical stimulant critique, and Egyptian diamond drill claims.
A varied collection of quips and curiosities including observations on fashion vanity and social foibles. The items touch on morals humor and odd happenings from daily life with mentions of Hollywood style living and distant places. The note mentions events from steamboats to a mysterious edible substance fall in Asia and a Portland etx.
The excerpt notes widespread lichen coverage in Persia in 1823, grazing by animals and local collection, along with Indiana forests shrinking to 2 million acres and housing 106 tree species in 24 orders. It cites elevation, streams, and swamps as key tree distribution factors, and mentions an Australian photographer capturing distant images.
In Coke County the records were destroyed by fire for the second time in twelve months. Twenty new houses have been built at McDade recently and there is still no empty lot available.
A Fort Worth notice offers free mail delivery of American Farmer to subscribers who pay arrears and one year in advance, or to new subscribers paying one year in advance. It promotes the 16 page national agricultural paper and its goal to elevate farming through education.
The State of Texas orders the Sheriff to summon Frank Alworth for four weekly publications before the March 1891 return date. The writ, signed by Clerk A M Krug, directs publication in Brenham to announce a divorce suit filed November 1890, with the defendant alleged to have deserted the plaintiff for over a year.
Notice summons Louis Frecking in a divorce action filed December 1800 in the Washington County Court. Plaintiff seeks decree of divorce custody and maintenance for three children Anta Matilda and others, with publication required for four weeks prior to March 1 1801 in Brenham. Witness A M Krag clerk. Sheriff to publish in local paper.
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