Local News Highlights from Brenham City
The article reports varied Brenham items including social events at Judge Beauregard Bryan's and Miss Estelre Cownxenn's gatherings, a Santa Fe washout repair and resumed ticket sales, and the Santa Fe running several hours late. It notes Emancipation Day plans at Barton, a new storefront front at A. & H. Harrison, and a sausage mill accident involving Mr. Casper Webster with medical updates. It mentions the Light Guard concerts, a Sunday commencement sermon, and a 1893 Texas World's Fair building plan with Texas commissioner Harry Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Harry Haynes
Fort Bend
Burleson
Waller
Austin
Washington
Deceased Odd Fellows List for Cartmel Lodge No. 89
The notice lists members of Cartmel Lodge No. 89 dating from 1839 to present who have died. Names include Jno P. Davidson R Shipley J Bloomburgh F W Adams W F Garrett Jefferson Bassett and many others across North Carolina and allied lodges.
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Odd Fellows
Cartmel Lodge No. 89
Jno
P. Davidson
R. Shipley
J. Bloomburgh
F. W. Adams
W. F. Garrett
Jefferson Bassett
Dr. Bradford
F. Busse
W. B. Pressley
J. Clifford
J. T. Norris
A. J. Gilder
C. DeLong
Samuel M. Portis
E. F P. Ewing
J. M. Ross
Henry Schench
A. Seelhorst
Joe Hoffman
J. E. Shropshire
A. Testard
Jno. Sloan
North Carolina
Sam Stevens
C. G. Stern
T. J. Newman
J. H. Ward
R. L. Bassett
J. S. Young
Henry Peiker
J. M. Glenn
F. B. Knapp
J. M. Bartay
C. W. Klaeden
Wm. Carey Crane
Jas. Maynard
N. Ross
Jno. Hackworth
C.S. Moulton
Andrew Parker
J. W. Bartwell
A. B. Cleaves
R. Hartley
J. F. Cannon
C. G. Conch
M. H. Williams
A. C. Koch
Robi. Wright
J. E. McGuire
Edmonson
Mr. Allen
City School Statistics Report Shows White and Colored Enrollment
City Assessor E L Salley reports to State Superintendent and Board of Trustees on 8 to 15 year olds. White 625 total with 580 in public schools, 33 private, 12 no school. Colored 595 total with 498 in public schools, 1 private, 96 no school. Grand total 1220, up 25 from last year. Whites up 26, colored down 1.
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E. L. Salley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Trustees
Eye Lost in Work Accident and Shirt Swindle Report
A Santa Fe traveler, August Stuckert, lost an eye during a fence repair accident near Scaly Sunday and was taken to his brother Rudolph Stuckert. Separately, a Brenham scam involved a Memphis Shirt Co. agent selling counterfeit shirts. letters and telegrams failed to elicit responses, and Memphis police found no such company. The Brenham Light Guard honored Captain J. M. Byrnes with a banquet after band serenade and the captain’s election to command.
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August Stuckert
Santa Fe
Will Low
Rudolph Stuckert
Brenham
Deee
Ong
Memphis Shirt Co
Nak Odes
Memphis
Texas
Memorial Day Decorated by Knights in Brenham
The Knights of Pythias joined by the Social Civic and Military and Fire Departments to observe Decoration Day on June 9 1891 in Brenham Texas. Procession from Castle Hall to the cemetery featured the Second Regiment band Brenham Light Guard Germania lodge I O F and K of P followed by citizens. At the cemetery a service by Rev E Ward and memorial address by J D Campbell Esq honored seventeen knights laid to rest and included graves decorated by the Odd Fellows and a mounded memorial for those buried elsewhere. The Ladies arranged flowers and wreaths as gravestones of Captain J M Byrnes Jr and Sergeant E A Harris received special honors.
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Castle Hall
Jno
G. Rankin
W. A. Wood
Ben S. Rogers
Brenham
Rate and Germania
L O. F
Knights of Honor
Legion of Honor
K. of P
Main Street
St. Charles
Sandy
Santa Fe Railway
Cemetery
K. of P's
L. Z. Harrison
Knights of Pythias Lodge
E. Ward
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Harrison
J. D. Campbell, Esq
South America
Odd Fellows
Light Guard
J. M Byrnes Jr
E. A. Harris
Byrnes
L. G
Serger. Harris
Silent sunset at the 9th of May crowd’s departure
As the sun set on May 9 the last lingering crowd made graves and wove tears into the dew on the flowers before quietly heading home, feeling changed by their solemn gathering.
Chappell Hill Female College Commencement Exercises
Commencement exercises at Chappell Hill Female College close with nine diplomas four certificates and notable speeches. Rev E H Harmon Geo Stovall and Hon A T McKinny headline programs while an alumnae banquet marks the 39th session and plans for a September 1 start.
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Chappell Hill Female College
Washington County
Stenhham
E. H. Harmon
Geo. Stovall
Flatonia
Philomathean Society
A. T. McKinny
Huntsville
Veteran Institute of the Texas
Miscellaneous items reflect global figures and quirky maxims
A panoply of data and quips spans crops in Canada to British census figures, including a 30,000,000 population, 200,000 telephones in America, and 41,000 newspapers worldwide. Notes range from a forty five day watch invention to Honduras mahogany logs selling for 11,000 dollars, plus social maxims and oddities about education, pensions, and iron rust in South America.
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Great Britain
America
Scientific Miscellany and Decorative Heat Art
A collage of notes on locust plagues in Egypt and Algeria, the French pyrogravure decorative method, and musical sands with studies by Bolton and Julien. Details include the Egg origin of locust swarms, Herculais’s exhaustion attack by locusts, and the apparatus for pyrogravure. Also covered are large Deptford Station dynamos and a Brussels eye-disease outbreak linked to quack treatments.
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Egypt
Algeria
French Academy
M. Kunckel Herculais
H. G. Bolton
A. A. Julien
United States
Deptford Central Station
London
England
Brussels
Denton Needs a Town Clock and Other Texas Notes
State news items report Denton seeking a town clock. Artesian wells yield two successful flows near San Antonio. Reports cover Hannah Hughes of San Antonio leaving Halifax, Brownwood’s needed besa mill, and rain supporting a average corn crop in Limestone county. Garland may get a new bank by fall. Wheat and oat crops in Johnson county show improvement despite small acreage. Grayson reports encouraging harvests. Over $1800 is raised to fund waterworks at Baird.
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Hughes
San Antonio
Texas
Halifax
Paigat
Brownwood
Besa
Limestone County
Garland
Dallas County
Johnson County
Five More Vessels Now Active This Year Than Last
A maritime report notes that five additional vessels entered active service this year compared with the previous year. The change reflects new deployments and ongoing maintenance skews across fleets.
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Alaska
Marriage Licenses Granted June 10 1591 County Clerk
List of licenses shows pairs including Joe Green with Alice McDonald William Johnson with Mellie Matthews Geo Mason with Delia Henderson Henry Blase with Matilda Stern and Fritz Richers with Anna Prahl issued by the County Clerk for the week ending Wednesday evening June 10 1591.
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Joe. Green
Alice McDonald
William Johnson
Mellie
Thews. Geo
Mason
Delia Henderson
Henry Blase
Matilda Stern
Fritz Richers
Anna Prahl
Inaugural Address Delivery and Bail Denial Report
The article notes that Cleveland delivered his inauguration address extempore while Fillmore and Garfield had varied approaches. it reports a murder case where Joms Taftanes is charged with Homuth's death and bail denial by Judge Teichmuller. Rankin awaits appeal transfer to Colorado county jail.
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Cleveland
Fillmore
Garfield
U. S
City requests $30,000 for state encampment needs
The Austin Statesman notes a demand for a $30,000 appropriations to fund the state encampment project. The call urges a decisive allocation, framing the request as essential for upcoming operations and facilities. The report emphasizes urgency and financial commitment.
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Austin Statesman
Immense cave in Waterloo mines injures three men in Calico
A Calico California dispatch reports a massive cave in at the Waterloo mines that severely injures three workers. Two Austin visitors, Messrs Collins and Fontaine, are in town. The note mentions city sanitation concerns and trash barrels in front of the Bayxer office remaining unemptied since Saturday. A stray line notes that a woman is the complement of a perfect kiss.
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Calico
Calif
Waterloo Mines
Messrs. Collins and
Fontaine
Austin
Bayxer
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Max Hawke
Elgin
Hawke
Harding
Aledo
Jo. L. Johnson
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