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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
2
The Weekly Banner notes regional calls to vote for the irrigation amendment to aid Southwest Texas. It also cites partisan jabs over Texas politics and the gold standard, praising home institutions and condemning foreign patronage while highlighting the Mineola Monitor and local sentiment on industry and education.
A Texas Park and Ranch excerpt argues that bonded indebtedness enslaves citizens. It critiques bond issues for public projects, claims homes can be mortgaged indirectly, and warns bonds burden future generations with perpetual interest and refunding cycles. It calls for voters to resist bonds as predatory finance.
The advertisement lists heavy discount pricing across shoes and clothing for men women and boys. Ladies Oxford Ties and Sandals heavily cut to mixed low prices, French Kid gloves and various shirts and undergarments discounted, with a note the department is the largest in Brenham and a wide range of suits and youthwear on sale.
A White Goods Department notice lists fabric types with yardage and reduced prices. Items include Nansook at 24 cents per yard for 2000 yards, Figured Lawn and Dimity ranging from 32 cents to 5 cents, Colored Organdies and White Organdies discounted from 45 cents to 1.50, and Maslin de Soi with Embroidered Chiffon from 25 cents to 3.50.
The Shreveport Times urges every person to influence others for good. It emphasizes that daily words and actions shape characters and outcomes for future generations, encouraging nurture of noble impulses and mindful conduct in every life.
An old ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy, claiming it soothes the child, relieves gums, cures wind colic and diarrhoea, and sells for twenty five cents a bottle. The text imitates a global sales claim from a past era.
The speaker argues that no rational person will sneer at schemes for aiding the idle and poor. Civilisation is not at its apex and remedies may exist for social evils, as frauds fail but the human heart remains decent and a future system may center on brotherhood over greed.
Mr L J Locker attended the Clay shooting event Tuesday and posted a score of 144 hits out of 155 targets. The effort sets a high mark for local shooters and demonstrates accuracy and consistency in the sport.
The Sherman Courier recounts promises of instant prosperity after McKinley's election and notes delays until tariff legislation passes. It argues the Republican party delays improvement to favor a select few under Mark Hanna’s leadership.
The Greenville Herald argues there was never certainty in punishment from legal delays that led mobs to kill rapists. It states that when men degrade themselves below wild animals others will act as with wild beasts, a view presented as natural rather than humane.
Hon C B Bush president of Gilmer County Court says three family flux cases this summer cleared in under a week using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He notes twenty hemorrhages daily in some instances and endorses its use in severe bowel outbreaks. Buckets of bottles sold by RK E Luho at 25 and 50 cents.
A Virginia man rode 40 miles to Fairfax Station to obtain Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and returned with a dozen bottles. The druggist notes the medicine is a general favorite and effective for long and throat troubles. Procure a bottle at R. K. Lohm's drug store.
The St. Louis Republic predicts the clash between Hanna and McKinley over John Sherman will quickly reach a final climax with Sherman possibly stepping down from the McKinley cabinet, aged and discredited, facing ridicule from his supporters.
The advertisement for G. Hermann the West Sandy street furniture dealer is highlighted. His store, among the citys largest, offers the latest furniture designs bric a brac carpets and mattings with attractive prices. Mrs Green delivers a chalk talk at the Methodist church Monday night.
A two story Collins homestead near Kenney burned Thursday evening, an old community landmark. The fire origin remains undetermined.
In Wednesday proceedings Martin Ogrodowitz was tried and acquitted while Wm. Burzinsky’s seining case was dismissed after a mistrial. A Pennsylvania couple walked forty miles to a justice of the peace to marry but decided they were not suited, suggesting preparatory testing could reduce divorces.
Two women reported seeing a large chained escapee described as a big black man near the bottling works late Wednesday night. They were frightened and could not provide a precise description. Officers have not received any report of an escape.
Scott Vinson, a Black man, completed a two year term for hog theft and returned home after a gubernatorial pardon. The theft occurred in the Gay Hill neighborhood. Vinson praised penitentiary treatment, disputing reports of cruelty as exaggerated.
In Spain the goat serves as the domestic substitute for the cow, with the country counting about 4,530,000 goats.
The text jokes that baldness could be contagious and bald heads might be quarantined and sent to an asylum to keep lies out, while noting heat suffering in northern cities versus Texas with a tempering breeze reducing prostrations.
The Woodmen held a special meeting Saturday night to confer degrees. Members gathered to advance initiates and review lodge procedures in a formal ceremony.
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