25 Jul 1879
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1879
Page
1
Reports warn of Memphis fever resurgence with five new cases and two deaths as many flee the city. Galveston boards quarantine New Orleans from July 21, while arsenic measures and health officers push for strict action to curb further outbreaks.
The Toth column reports at least fifty yellow fever cases in Memphis with thousands fleeing the city. Plans to relocate the poor to safer points are under way while Dr. Mitchell warns the national board of health of dangerous infection. Community commerce collapses as many retailers close. Nearby towns impose quarantines and Galveston faces New Orleans criticism over its actions.
The letter-writer from Austin argues Smalley misread Texas from railroad lines, noting divides between Brazos and Colorado rivers and praising Brenham and Giddings as capable towns. He also comments on the federal supervisor law, its funding cuts, and predicts election oversight by unscrupulous executives, citing Hempstead’s roots in Austin county.
In a July dispatch from Barraco Gar Texas the writer tours Coleman county from Brownwood, detailing a mining sense in the silver region, the Santa Anna mountains visible five miles from Coleman, and the stock country around Buffalo Gap. He notes land prices, wildlife, streams feeding the Brazos, and local anecdotes from Elmy creek to Jones and Taylor counties, with a long list of regional happenings and curios.
Proponents of an eight hour day argue machinery replaces twelve workers per machine and forces many out of work. They claim four million unemployed roam the roads, conflicting with 1870 manufacturing totals and the idea that two thirds of adult males might be jobless.
A quadruple onslaught of bee tles hailstorms grasshoppers and drought devastates southern Russia crops. The damage, while serious, is unlikely to alter bread market prices here due to rising foreign demand and Russia's role as a key rival in global breadstuff markets.
At a royal banquet in Copenhagen guests drank hock from 1493 kept in the Castle of Rosenborz cellars. The wine is so acid that it requires several lumps of sugar per glass before it is palatable.
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