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Brenham Weekly Banner

Location

Brenham, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1878

Page

4

Rates for Announcements and Notices in Local Papers

The notice lists insertion charges for various announcements including marriages obituaries and ads. It specifies per insertion pricing with 25 cent increments for certain notices and a minimum payment of one dollar, plus district or regional rates such as 315.00 for Stam and district offenses.

Frewight Vines Chanret Govie Rte Stam Thantr SIG Hensi Burn E. Dyer Lewis G. Waooder Hed Moarier Street Philadelphia Macon Manufactard Onichy H Zeilin & Co Aid Piliadel Ube B. T Taylor Agrot Fur Grangere Georgia Nowiwly

Weestr Bayxee Publishes Cheapest County Paper

The note states Gs sends two dollars for the Weestr Bayxee for 1878, touted as the earliest and cheapest paper ever published in the county.

Profitable Irish potato crop experiment reported

An 1877 article relays Major Sam Stone's experiment with 254 acres of Irish potatoes on prairie land southwest of town. Seed cost 357.50. yield 1165.50 from 518 bushels sold at 75 cents per bushel. Despite grasshoppers and poor seed, the crop proves more profitable than cotton and supports continued emphasis on manure and gypsum plaster as soil amendments.

Sam Stone Major Stone Wiles Maj. Stone Tirtes Tonn

Dallas Whiskey Sparks Grim View Of Times

A satirical Dallas Telegram comment ridicules whiskey quality and calls it a sad reflection on Texas commerce. It notes imports from Mexico and cabinet changes in Mexico City, plus American ire over Foster’s removal and a looming railroad engineer strike in Pennsylvania unions.

Brenham Dallas Elm Street Texas Mexico Washington Mr. Foster United States Amon

Banks Receive $200 In Odd Penny Coin Gift

Two Galveston banks were given two hundred dollars in one and three cent pieces and will put the coins into circulation. The note calls the move a step forward in the right direction.

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