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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
6
The Weekly Banner notes growing Cuban hopes for independence and cites various national views. It mentions cattle deals in Texas, warns against harsh punishment for “tears wreckers,” and reports political shifts with E H R Green aiming to move Texas Republican. An Austin dispatch hints at state secretary changes.
Crop estimates place this year’s apple harvest between 120 and 200 million barrels with most coming from northern states. Michigan New York New England and parts of New Jersey Ohio and Pennsylvania led in record production. The Land Commissioner Baker reports state land office expenses for two years ending Jan 15 1895 at 160 279.06 and for two years ending Jan 15 1897 estimated at 119 619.52, down 41 017.52.
The Cincinnati Enquirer praises Senator Foraker as a modern statesman and predicts he will, before McKinley’s term ends, take a new direction that could derail the ambitions of self styled experts. He is described as a man of the people with a full Senate term ahead to expose frauds and pretenses of old leaders.
A receiver is appointed to liquidate the Dallas Security Mortgage and Trust Company whose assets total about 1.9 million dollars with liabilities near 1.3 million. The collapse is blamed on a prolonged real estate downturn and borrower defaults. Ivan Jones, a populist figure, laments the defeat and urges rallying to political leaders amid the turmoil.
The Philadelphia Press argues Zertucha’s departure from Cuba shows betrayal of Maceo. It contends he would have been killed if faithful, noting his escape, Weyler’s leniency, and the implication he betrayed and murdered his chief.
The editorial outlook urges rural progress via education and culture. It stresses that literacy and literature are cornerstones of enlightenment, with churches, lyceums, clubs, and journals shaping a gradual push toward refined life. Reading is key to improving farm life and understanding the wider world.
An editorial argues for streamlining pleadings writs and proceedings to halve legal expenses and reduce districts. It claims current formalisms breed injustice and taint public faith in courts and lawyers, citing Ball and contrasting with the New York World on race war reports as biased sensationalism.
Senator Quay argues the senate needs nonspecialist, businesslike leaders with broad countrywide interests. He claims current members include too many millionaires and businessmen and calls for lawmakers who serve the nation in gross rather than with narrow specialties.
The Medical Adviser extols buttermilk for digestive and respiratory use and notes it helps Bright's disease, reduces liquor cravings, relieves stomach acidity, and provides lactic acid. It is praised as a mild stimulant beneficial for the elderly and a staple in materia medica.
The piece envisions future novelties from toreador bulls to distant voice technology and Tesla’s talk of face and voice transmission. It critiques the William Street Reform club on money principles while urging the public to demand real prosperity, higher wages, and job-creating industry as the answer to silver argument.
The piece contrasts life insurance as protection for families with cautionary humor about widows and wealth. It cites Judge Keller on marrying rich widows and notes Taz Manufacturer's Record praising a Southern spirit of push and energy driven by home and foreign capital.
Asexchange counsels young men to seek a wife as a warm bundle of femininity who will be to them personally what hearth fire is to the body. The guidance emphasizes finding a partner who brings intimate warmth rather than a mere house keeper, keeping life in pleasurable activity.
The Journal rapidly rises to the front as the greatest most capable paper in New York City boasting breeziness and freshness unmatched by any other New York daily.
Arizona convicts have been leased for ten years at 70 cents per herd a day. Their labor will be used to construct an irrigation canal to reclaim 100000 acres of arid land.
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