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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
5
Local items note railroads carrying summer excursionists and a guilty plea for simple assault with a 35 dollar fine. Purchases include carload bicycle shipments and stock arriving for a new Prater Bros grocery stand. A shower, heat, and weather quips color daily life as clubs meet and expectant events loom.
Cartmel Lodge No. 39 I O O F installed Alex Griffin as Noble Grand and R A Hackworth as Vice Grand with R E Wright as Secretary. Brenham Lodge No. 10 Knights of Pythias installed R E Pennington as Chancellor Commander and J P Buchanan as Master Work. Community notes discuss irrigation bonds and local remarks on the amendment. Brenham tennis teams retained titles with Cohn, Cox, Low, Carlise, and Holland named in doubles and singles events.
Mrs. Johanna Nasal of Plattsmouth Nebraska writes that Severa’s Balsam of Life is the best remedy for dizziness indigestion and nervousness. It corrects digestion cures constipation and strengthens the nerves at a price of 75 cents.
Adulte and Infants cholera and diarrhoea cure offered at 25 and 10 cents. Severa's cure marketed for various ailments. Dead Stuck product claims to combat roaches, ants, moths and bedbugs at 25 cents. In Chicago last month there were forty personal crisis reports.
A non campus maniac dragged a Negro from a waiting room at the union depot and beat him. Arraigned in mayor’s court, he was released on insanity. He tormented Mrs. August Kieke in the western suburbs, wielding a club until scared off by Mr. P. A. Henderson. He was arrested Thursday night and placed in the county jail.
Austin correspondent reports Hon. Heber Stone of Brenham will seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Ninth District. Stone, former senate finance chair, is a financier and educator supporter, with strong appeal in the district’s lower end. Other potential contenders include A. S. Burleson and K. A. Ous or A. S. Faher. several names are noted but uncertain.
The X Y Z Club of Brenham hosts monthly moonlight picnics at Watson's Natatorium, with twenty members and admirers. The June gathering enjoyed a vivid, social panorama as the writer notes the evening's charm and lists the picnic party attendees and their escorts.
A rustic proverb about hunger frames the claim that excess food harms health and that natural digestion needs help. The ad touts the Shaker Digestive Cordial as a remedy that can ease chronic pains, revive appetite, and restore flesh and strength, urging cautious use with a trial bottle priced at 16 cents.
A note recommends Laxol as the best medicine for children, advising caretakers to use it instead of Castor. The guidance emphasizes pediatric suitability and parental preference for this remedy option.
The Lobby pool tournament concluded Friday night with two classes of ten players each. In Class A Hal Coleman won first prize with 211 balls and Wilbur Abbott was second with 204. In Class B Louis Roesler captured first prize with 218 balls and James Harrison second with 210.
Notices signed by County Judge E. P. Curry announce an August 3 vote on three state constitutional amendments. Voters will decide on irrigation districts in west Texas, allowing county aid for railway construction, and validating state bonds as investments for the permanent school fund.
Mrs Green the national chalk talker of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union arrives in Brenham with Miss Henderson on the Santa Fe train. She speaks Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Methodist church and a total union meeting is set for Tuesday at the Presbyterian church with a youth meeting and rally at the Baptist church. Admission is five and fifteen cents to cover expenses.
A new disease strikes swine in the area, killing a dozen or more fine hogs. Symptoms include a dull red wine color and rapid death. Iron tincture is said to be an infallible remedy. Affidavits show Roxie Johnson and Harriet and Mary McDonald arrested for a disturbance of the peace, with cases set for Monday. The Fourth of July celebrations at Earlywine and Harris Springs were not joint events. The Collins homestead fire near Kenney was started by eight year old John Thiel, owner of the premises, who could not control it.
The report notes dull business in the courts and indicates activity is not brisk in several other lines as well.
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