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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
5
January county court session starts next Monday. Dr. B C Frowen to give free lecture at Grand Opera House on Feb 7. Numerous town items include traffic, delinquents, notary appointments, school moves, and local incidents.
The Athletic Club Monday night program mixed music and literature with the usual athletic and terpsichorean activities. Under the new committee led by Mrs L Z Harrison and Mr Charles L Wilkins the biweekly entertainments aim to include non dancing members, featuring Hattie Willns Ruby Gardener Sadie Harrison Bertha Becker and others in piano solo recitation and violin piano duet.
Fairfield residents relive a Confederate artillery episode noting that two brass guns from the Val Verde battery were buried after Mansfield and later dug up moved and heated before being sold to a Houston foundry. W. B. Moses of Fairfield cites local witnesses to support the tale and Onan W. G. Elsine holds the brass breech knobs.
A Washington county farmer attempted suicide by lying on railroad tracks but was rescued by a passing engineer and police. He revived after being helped to safety, drank spirits, and promised to live longer. The report also notes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a remedy and a late-night street fight between two youths near the Levy Hotel.
An OCR torn collage notes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hessine liver remedies with advertisements for Ballard's Horehound Syrup and local sales tactics. It mentions Odd Fellows meeting in Dallas prompting Santa Fe ticket offers and urges supporting local merchants to keep money in local circulation.
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