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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1891
Page
7
Brenham reports light travel with residents at summer resorts leaving the city dull. Central track improvements, sermons by Rev S Wilmans, and a returned street sprinkler are noted. Figures include Mr F Emer delivering candy to Houston Post scholars and D H Watson sending fruit baskets.
The Texas District held its third annual conference at the Ebenezer church in New Baden Robertson County on June 15 1891 with 15 clergymen and 13 lay delegates present. Officers were reelected including President F Werning and Secretary Hackmann.
Gipprxes Texas July 8 1891 A rifle discharged during a scuffle over a target rifle near 14 miles north of Giddings killing Jack Carnes instantly. An inquest by the coroner supported the facts. Also notes visits from Caldwell Miss Reeves Delamier Hunt to Eloise Brown, a serious stab wound in Dime Box, Tucker in custody, Tucker to stand trial, drought persists and County Attorney E H Bowers buys fine black match horses.
A wire report from Thursday states Mrs E Brown wife of agent Brown of Burton and Miss Payne were poisoned around noon and fell ill for a time. A telegram to Mr Brown from Hempstead shoot said they were all right. Cause and method of poisoning not specified.
Reappointment announced for Miss Mamie Ewing by approval of Sam Houston Normal School faculty. M M Ferpen resigning? concedes duty to reappoint her for another session to complete the prescribed course. Newly elected Brenham Council No 365 A L of H officers installed Thursday night for the term by Deputy Grand Commander Jno G Ravkin.
Bonham man breaks hip after a fall from a delivery wagon. McKinney man Frank Allen jailed for illicit horse dealing. Sherman two story dwelling burned with 22000 loss. Harrison and Zavalla counties redeem bonds. Belden gambling raid finds eleven ebony shooters. Huntsville slang incident ends in deadly family shooting. Corsicana sale funds new opera house, 340000 stock organized. Steels derailment disrupts Southern Pacific near Houston. County school counts show large enrollments across state. Corsicana fires prompt insurer probes. Red River drowning at Denton. Beaumont worker loses hand to lumber saw. First cotton bale from Duval sold in Houston. Texas marriages and militia mock raid planned near Austin. Aransas Pass railroad gap nearing completion. Texas patents listed. Wild Bill arrested for indecent language. robbed after release. Paris man with head injury from debt dispute. Tragic scalding death of a child near San Antonio.
A mosaic of short moral maxims and brief local items. Notable lines reference duty, manners, and conduct while noting events such as Irish political shifts in Philadelphia and a river change near Atchison. Also reports drownings, elopements, immigration delays, and prairie game protection legislation.
The article argues climate danger can kill more than known, especially for immigrants in western regions where malaria and typhoid rise seasonally. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as preventive for malaria, climate effects, digestion, and liver issues, claiming it aids travellers, emigrants, and workers in new districts. It also notes a chemist discovering two new sulphur varieties.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple individuals including J A Lowey J G Lownen P H Cantex M M Hexpens F Watts K K Lecorrt A H Kirsy along with R B Kexros J G Cunniz W H Eparseton Wi Srrrz J T Anderson.
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