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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1878
Page
4
The notice rates list 15.00 for city announcements, 10.00 for precincts, and 5.00 for districts. Payments must accompany each notice. Advertising terms include quarterly prepayment and extra charges for additional insertions. Obituary and marriage notices have a 10 line limit with standard charges.
Master Lang addresses the Texas State Grange on the financial crisis facing agriculture. He questions whether further contraction of the circulating medium will ruin rural homesteads and opposes the resumption act. He urges remonetization of silver as a remedy.
The State Grange debate included resolutions censuring the Examiner and Patron while proposing an agricultural Grange organ. A January to August term was noted. Captain J M Williams of Washington County presented financial resolutions adopted by the county council and published in the Barner. Also a wage amendment to set member minimums was proposed.
An old agricultural piece argues humus as the soil’s key. prefer crop rotation with soil-building crops, deeper plowing up to a foot, and mixing vegetable matter to loosen and aerate soil. It warns hot summers deplete organic matter and cites the cotton region as especially prone to bare fields.
A St Louis Republican correspondent shares a four year tested hog cholera cure. Mix one pound epsom Glauber salts one pound sulphur half pound saltpeter one pound black antimony dissolving two spoonfuls and dose twice daily. If hog will not eat, tie a rope to its upper jaw and suspend over a pot while administering.
A reader from Cairo, Georgia proposes a simple preservation method for sweet potatoes. In good weather harvestes, expose to sun briefly, elevate ground, flush and rake, place potatoes on the ground then cover with dirt as needed. Keep dry and avoid rot through the cold season.
The undersigned expresses gratitude for continued patronage and solicits ongoing support to operate the business at the old stand. Signed A M Wilte.
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In sl cases The Evening Star reports on addresses tied to local legal actions. Details include case identifiers and involved parties with pending deadlines and official notices.
An oddly phrased notice describes a centrally located house near Morgan's Line of Steamers and a block from Enion Lepet, with ambiguous details about suitability for business use and surrounding amenities.
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