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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1878
Page
3
A town sale distributes many new cypress molasses barrels to farmers as fall cotton picking approaches. Reports from Green Valley settlement note owls capturing chickens and local leaders anticipate the first bale soon amid election talk and civic activity.
The court processed cases of William Payton drunk and disorderly with a higher fine, Tempi Petty for abusive language, and Cornelius Skelton for cussing on the streets. A saddled horse hired by Joe Russell vanished, traced to Hempstead and sold for 40 dollars with a bill of sale signed Wilson, Russell likely fled toward Dallas County, Alabama.
In Brenham the Owls held a mixed meeting with colored brethren at the Watrousville meeting house. Candidates for office spoke. Cols Kamien Harvin Hutchinson Moore Cummins and others touted fitness for positions. The event ran late and concluded with attendees returning to their homes.
A man declares he is a Democrat, not a Republican, and refutes circulating claims that he attends radical meetings. He attended a New England love feast to report on events to Baxter, but lacked time to complete the report.
A mix of market notes and advertisements lists wholesale grocer items, lumber, cotton, and perishables, plus drug and household product pitches. Names include J. He Zetuy & Co., C. A. Porter, D. W. Bloomburgh, and Phenix Restaurant, with various prices for goods and services.
Linen trimmings priced at 12 3 and 1 cent per yard Spanish Lace Scarfs 7 cents per yard White Marseilles Quilts Figo Darlington Dress Goods per yard Organdics de per yard Figured Conled Picques the Silk Parasols sell for 1 button Kid Gloves 75 cents. A Cassimere Suit for 1000 and a white Shirt for 125. Straw hats cheap with nobby men’s moots and siges all at low prices.
An old ad notes a practical job printer on Sandy Street near Wood and Co Drug Store offering prompt execution and a satin section guarantee. It mentions July 2 as due and that all orders are filled with living prizes, urging patrons to pay.
Brenham Brewery on Market Street advertises quality Lager Beer with prompt filling. Lorenz Zeiss, proprietor, promotes staple groceries and imported wines, liquors, and cigars. Leimann & Proprietors listed with dated notices from July 187%, July 1 1877, and January 1877.
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