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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
3
Gen. Lee informs the State Department that thirteen hundred citizens of Meuba are now receiving government assistance from Congress appropriations. A Monroe correspondent reports a caller offering work for all ages from 9 to 80 in farms factories and warehouses, urging transfer of able-bodied individuals.
VeNNE Vv. Dews claims five million Americans are unemployed, a remark tied to Republican campaign promises. The Wichita Ledger advocates a storage system to conserve spring water for irrigation in west Texas, stressing its value in summer.
Montgomery county tax assessor F W Pitts cites odd gender counts among Black children and adults, while the Houston Post derides arbitration and wealth politics. In Leesville La a Kazisas City Pillabure and Gulf railway quarry will supply 18000 carloads of rock for Sabine Pass jetties over two years, and Graham Leader notes mob violence laws struggle to curb white and Black violence despite anti mob statutes.
A severe thunderstorm struck a convict camp at Geer Bros lumber mine near Daleteota Georgia. Dewing the storm 158 prisoners were at work. the dining shack collapsed and four convicts died while ten were dying and twenty escaped in the panic.
A Waco Telephone column denounces pulpit sensationalists led by two New York ministers, Rev. D Parker Morgan and Rev. Dr. Benjamin F Da Costa, for anti American and anti woman remarks during Queen Victoria jest. The piece calls for abolishing pulpit libel and defending patriotism and moral duty. HMurexa Springs Arkansas receives notable free publicity from Texas press.
The July Ladies Home Journal recalls the Wo n inauguration era Dolly Madison saved the Declaration and portrait during the burning of Washington. Wichita Ledger notes a surge in beef cattle shipments from Kansas, with the Waggoners to market about 18 000 four year old steers plus three year olds and feeders totaling over 40 000 shipments. S B Burnett to ship 20 000 including feeders.
The Philadelphia Record notes that U S mints have minted 100000 in five dollar gold pieces for Costa Rica and began 300000 silver dollars for San Domingo. Designs reflect foreign orders to deter counterfeiting, with coins shipped in bags to New York for overseas delivery and metal amounts rarely questioned by foreigners.
The article notes that Texas cotton patches will soon provide employment for a large portion of the unemployed in the state who seek work, signaling a regional effort to boost labor through agricultural tasks.
A cold August day finds Mary YeLub Lease denouncing the Queen's jubilee celebrations as the crowd gathers and conversations turn to political tension and public sentiment.
Tom Pratt is charged with attempting to influence New Hampshire politics. The article notes a challenging year ahead for party bosses and hints at shifting Democratic strength in local races. The Confederate Veterans jubilee in Nashville is highlighted, while reports from Cuba describe Spanish soldiers dying of yellow fever and smallpox as conflict expectations rise after the rainy season.
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