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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
6
Brenham weekly notes Senate confirmations and new appointments including Wu Haywood as consul general at Honolulu and Col McLaurin taking a Senate seat. It reports on currency debates, national bank closures, constitutional amendments in Texas, proposed San Antonio to Galveston rail line talks, and May 1897 Mint coinage data. Also mentions rancher and wolf bounty efforts in Kansas, Ohio silver Republican conference, and Urbana lynching context.
A Cleburne Enterprise reflection condemns the pursuit of wealth as a master and urges wise use of money. It warns that greed harms the heart and friendships, then argues for forming good habits and putting brakes on excessive competition in industry and railroads.
The piece cites George D. Prentice on life beyond earth and a higher destiny with visions of a realm where rainbow and stars endure. The Philadelphia Record is noted for remarking on Senator Tillman and the push for an investigation gaining popular support.
A midrange Populist faction warns against free coinage in 1000, predicting stronger public defeat than in 1896 and signaling a forthcoming backlash if the measure moves forward.
The Portland Oregonian argues the laborer's path to prosperity lies in training the coming generation to control machinery, serving capital honestly, and earning a livelihood with help from technology. County Judge W. B. Rosson of LaGrange is named Supreme Master Workman of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Pay weddings in parts of Germany fund a home for newlyweds. The U S Senate passes a resolution affirming Cuban belligerent rights, reflecting patriotic sentiment in America.
A plan aims to link all 165 towns in Connecticut by telephone before year end. Officials expect full coverage and improved communication across regions, with nationwide telecommunication expansion cited as a model for rural access.
State items note LaGrange to get a new oil mill. Burleson County farmers save hay. Beau mont may gain a western bank. San Saba votes prohibition by 68 margin. Bell County cotton replanting. Scarlet fever fatalities in Celeste. Wortham groomed for lieutenant governor. Santa Fe tightens Gainesville shops staff. Alex Lewis jailed after Caldwell shooting. Cook County records 24 convictions, 18 to penitentiary. Wolf chase entertains Bryan area hunters. five wolves seized. Smithville Bohemian settlement child shot in accident. Austin Dam case damages awarded $1625. Texas Petroleum association strikes oil near Corsicana. Hillsboro seeks Katy shops location. Black leg vaccination aids cattle. Over $100,000 to Texas teachers. School tax proposal defeated in Lu sing. El Pag flood relief announced. Paris Federal Court returns 44 convictions. Corsicana hosts eleven wells. Mills County fruit bumper.
Coryell county sheep men sold 40,000 pounds of oil last week at 10 cents per pound. Scarlet fever outbreak reported at the State Orphan Home in Corsicana with three fully developed cases.
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