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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1891
Page
3
Local notice reports a fence around Peel Colorad school house at Camp town. Mentions W.A. Wood & Co. for rock and carpentry. gymnasium plans stalled due to lack of volunteers. health officer Swearingen praises Dr Hynes for small pox treatment. Richmond youth reunion slated next Saturday. legal matters involve Rov v. Taxpurx with June term and possible $380 compromise.
A special meeting of Mechanics Engine Company No 1 included Chief JG Rankin and Houston Age leader L W Halstead. A toast to the Chief and a new banquet feature were highlighted as ways to boost sociability and membership. Delegates from the Concord Hose Company and others planned a joint quarterly meeting to elect a First Assistant Chief.
Meagre details from Chappell Hill describe a Polander wife allegedly raped and murdered. later reports say she died of natural causes. Other notes mention market vegetable abundance, births, transfers, a mule killed by a train, and local social and medical updates.
Brentam Sige Store announces a large new stock of spring shoes and slippers bought to expand offerings next door to J. L. Ammons. They promise astonishing prices, claiming selling out at cost is surpassed by their current low prices.
W H Murphy, seeking Truck Growers Association membership, planted a fall garden starting in late September. He grew spring radishes to astonishing marble and twelve rulers sizes, weighing about thirty pounds for a few, proving his horticultural potential and eligibility for the association.
The speaker states the lunch stand is removed and relocated opposite the new Exchange hotel. They offer fresh chili and hot tamales daily and invite calls. Also promotes Puritan Whiskey as a genuine article at the Santa Fe Saloon with contact living details implied.
One car load Rust Proof Seed Oats free of Johnson grass seed offered by L. J. Lecrery. Smoke Rider's Hustler Cigar advertised with claim of first time smokers returning for more. New stock includes Nebraska Spare Ribs in barrels, Imported Sourkrant, ranberries, Pigs feet, Pigs tongue, California hams, Ham sausage. H. Fiisuer offers Corn, Oats, Rye, Bran, Hay, Rust Proot Texas Seed Oats, Seed Barley. all fresh goods.
A shipment of 500 barrels of North ern seed potatoes arrives in varieties Early Rose Early Good rick Hebron and Peerless. Landreth’s Onion Setts and garden seed also offered by H Fisuen for planting and home use.
Henry Honor directs all debtors to call at the offices of Searcy & Garrett to settle debts. Indebted persons are informed the collection is now in their hands and should respond at once.
Fisher, a wholesale liquor dealer, advertises a new car load of liquors including brandy gin blackberry brandy whiskey in barrels half barrels and 5 and 10 gallon kepas with rental housing available near the courthouse square and applications to P Hoper.
Stop that dreadful cough advertised with Dr Curry’s cough mixture described as harmless non opiate and dependable when detections followed. Sold by leading druggists in Brenhaw with hundreds testifying to its cure.
Capt H S McClung former citizen and West Pointer civil engineer aged about sixty died at 4 o clock Saturday evening in Rockport. News of his passing sent shock through his wide circle of acquaintances and the town mourns a respected figure. Cough drop and whiskey ads appear in the same brief item.
All day Saturday the rotunda of the post office filled with Valentine excitement as Young America and siblings queued at the delivery window. The postmaster welcomed the bustling scene while a local prize promotion offered $2500 in cigars from Tansill’s Punch Cigars with details available from F. Biber.
Imported pickles herring cheeses sausages and smoked beef offered with low prices. Also a dissolution notice for E Pitchman & Co with L Langrof retiring and E Pitschman continuing. Giesecke bakery advertises renovated shop fresh bread cakes groceries and daily calls for patronage. DELMonico and Puritan whiskey at O K Saloon.
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