Brenham News Briefs and Local Notices
The Banner reports on a passholder in the Central area enjoying a trial trip, booster sentiment for the Weekly Banner, and a rise in tramps's southward movement. It details police capacity, mayoral notes, Hirschberg’s saloon on Main and Market, and Talbot’s mixology. Real estate transfers show multiple parcels, and district court notes indictments for several murders. K of P lodge officers installed. Endowment Bank elections. a fire scare and a Humpty Dumpty pantomime at the Opera House.
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Hirschberg
McIntyre
Market Streets
Talbot
Brenham
Hirsch
Jack and Gitl
Roberts
Jack and
Gill
Mechanics Engine No. 1 First Ball Dazzles Town
Eb ridge Hall hosted Mechanics Engine Company No. 1 with festive decorations and uniforms in red blue grey and navy. The crowd included firemen soldiers and townspeople as dances continued late and the hosts praised the success of their debut ball. A separate incident recounts Mrs. Baker firing at a man she suspected of prowling. the shot hit Noah Butler by mistake and led to legal referrals. A planned masquerade at Bethlehem Grange Hall was thwarted by bad roads leaving three men to arrive in disguise and return home after hours of setback.
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Ebdridge Hall
Mechanics Engine Company No. 1
Mechanics Engine Company
Hook and Ladder Company
Brenham
Engine Company
Noah
Williamson
Butler
McClung
Bethlehem Grange Hall
Mill Creek
J.e.grey
Seed Wanted and Fresh Produce at A Wilkins Warehouse
RRA. Lorron SEED WANTED highest cash price paid or same delivered at my warehouse. A. WILKINS. Apples potatoes onions and sauerkraut. A car load just received by H. Fisher and for sale to the public at low prices.
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Yj. A. Wilkins
H. Fisher
Washington correspondent notes social shifts and departures
In January 1879 Gay Hix and Autocrat readers receive brief local items from Washington. News covers Timon’s antics, accusations of an autocrat, and forthcoming departures to Georgetown and western Texas. Christmas visit reports, a race ball, injuries, sales of Reed’s establishment, and planned relocations of several residents punctuate the idle community update.
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Gay Hix
Kaoner
Timon
W. A. Thompson
Weston Miller
Georgetown
Christmas in a quiet Texas town editors note
The letter reports muddy roads after Christmas in 1876. New students arrive as schools reopen, families move for schooling, and Dr. Eldridge leaves for Round Rock. The writer praises local morality, notes a busy court week with three lawyers, and a holiday hop for Mr and Mrs Vogler.
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Eldridge
Round Rock
Vogler
Exarc
Autocrat Thanks Readers for Kind Words in Local Paper
Bresnam notes Jan 14 1879 letter to the Autocrat praising friendly exchanges and hoping for more local news items from Gay Hill. He thanks the Banner and readers, wishing its continued prosperity and usefulness.
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Bresnam
Autocrat
Gay Hill
Tino of
Nowseee
The Trai Bustop Bridge Disaster At Chappell Hill
The report describes a derailment near Chappell Hill involving three miles of track on the Jack branch. Four cars and the caboose fell from the bridge, one box car stood upright, the bridge was torn on one side, and the conductor and fireman were badly frightened. Wool goods advertised at cost at C A Porter's.
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Areight
Jack's Branch
Cheppell Hill
Jack's
Chappell Hill
Jack Branch
Mister Rogers
Fragmented OCR item on bags ties shingles and doors
Readable parts note various construction supplies with prices and sizes. Mentions bags and ties, shingles, doors, sashes, and rolling slats with unit prices and measurements, but details are fragmentary and unclear.
Notable Endorsement for Dobbins Electric Soap
A local endorsement cites Dobbins Electric Soap by E. Leary as superior to common soaps with higher cost. The recommendation urges readers to try the 5- and 6- column soaps for better results, noting popular demand among customers in Brenham and surrounding areas.
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Settee Becca Tay Ae
E. le
Excenre
Ao J. A. Witsass
Stoox
Cwern
United
W. Pico Brenham
A Favourite Rewepy and Political Moves Mentioned
An advertisement touts Simmon's Lae et Regulator as a vegetable remedy for bowel complaints with wide public endorsements. The piece then notes Republicans plan to unseat Butler in South Carolina by replacing him with Corbin, aiming to shrink the Democratic Senate majority. A Brooklyn mayoral message flags much unimproved property deemed abandoned to the city.
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Butler
South Carolina
Corbin
Chamberlain
Brooklyn
N. Y
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