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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
3
The city sees a wave of activity from the Anti-Treating Club proposal to a dissolved law firm Struwe & Matthews. Farmers expect lower swine surplus with the hot weather while Richelieu produce is displayed by Wehmeyer Bros. Community groups meet, including Knights and Ladies of Dixie, Chautauqua Circle, and Epworth League, as plans unfold for lectures, sidewalks, and a 1897 reunion.
Dr H E Baxter of this city and Miss Marguerite Fischer of Brenham were united in marriage at the residence of Dr W C Dezson with Rev Dr Dencon officiating. The couple, both well known locally, will reside briefly at the home of Mr Geo Mendels after the ceremony and receive many congratulations.
Two creditors filed writs of sequestration to recover goods from a bankrupt stock. Marx & Blum of Galveston claim $587.80 and Central Trust Co. of Houston claims $1165. Writs served by Deputy Teague. goods held by sheriff pending suit. Identified goods amount not learned. Webmeyer Bros. fresh apple butter ad follows.
Brenham initiates a chess tourney with nine entrants led by J. T. Browning Theo H Koch H C Von Struve A F Felder W P Ewing J D Campbell I D Affleck Dr J R Williamson and W N Mayfield Jr The event uses three games per player and crowns the best percentage. A Hempstead report notes a separate shoot incident near James A ee residence with a bullet striking a wall and narrowly missing Miss Arista Felker. Sheriff Lipscomb pursued the trail with dogs before halting in the city core. Dunkerron days and moonlit nights described as current.
A Santa Fe officials group led by Superintendent Ressegui and Division Superintendent Dickerson visited Brenham on a special train to inspect the Brenham interests of the company. The delegation suggested local capitalists awaken to the chance of securing the Sealy round house and machine shops, urging active enterprise in the new year. In other news, a Caldwell dispatch reports a Grange store burglary with goods stolen and several arrests, plus a disturbance case in the city calaboose involving two women from the shady district.
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