Local Notes From Brenham and Nearby: Incidents and Events
North Pole Soda water at Kiber's Czas. Noxprins, a carpenter on the bridge gang of the Santa Fe, scouts off two toes with a foot adze recently. Names of local shops, attendance at lodge installations, and civic notices fill the Brenham area. A water moccasin bite near Caldwell is reported not dangerous. The ice factory thrives. The Brenham Light Guards plan for a church reunion and drill at Germania. Public schools appoint W. H. Flynne as superintendent for the tenth year. A large emancipation celebration at Graber's Grove features a barbecue for about 600 attendees with speeches and a long all-night dance.
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Czas. Noxprins
Santa Fe
Graber's Grove
Austin
Washington
J. M. H. Randle
G. W. Hood
D. D. Watkins
John Lewis
Eli Randon
Vick’s
Night prowlers and petty thefts reported in Brenham
Women advised by Cardus tonic while petty thefts rise. Mrs. H. W. Graber’s premises were entered and items stolen include meat a barrel of sugar and flour kerosene oil and canned goods. An advertisement by Ed Hoffmann clothier urges shoppers to visit before July 1.
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Brenham
H. W. Graber
Ed. Hoffmann
Footwear sale offers 5 to 20 percent reductions
Advertises a shoe sale featuring the latest styles with 5 to 20 percent discounts. Highlights $2.50 kid button shoes for ladies and calls attention to a specialty section labeled Hopsiring.
The Kind of Wife You Want and Planting Seeds Advice
A humorous piece by Bob Burdette questions a suitor’s fit for marriage, contrasting Nora Mulligan’s capable life with the idea of a husband doing all housework. It then shifts to practical gardening tips from Vick’s, describing seed starting in heated boxes to boost germination and early growth.
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Nora Mulligan
Don Reagan
Bob Burdette
Burlington
Hawkeye
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North Pole
Kiber's
McElree
Cardus
Mise Blanche Beaumier
St. Mary's Academy
Franklin
Fine China
Norma Healey
St. Mary's Academy At
Franklin's
Senate
Masten Aupert Haynes
Harry Haynes
Caldwell
Tae Baxxen
Graham Lodge No
Brexham
Board of Trustees
W. H. Flynne
W. Stuckert, JR
North Side Square
W. H. Eldridge
Whitaker
Fort Worth
Fulton
Old Finney Building
S. H. Goodlett
Texas
T. B. Bott's
Herman's
D. D. Campnell
L. E. Pennington
Campbell & Pennington
Pehoffee
Samuel J. Styles
Brenham, Texas
E. L. Salley
Reichard
Reichardt & Seelhorst
L. F
Opera House
Merchants Exchange
W. 8. Murphy
Lorctoiore
Straight Library
Heinecke
Kent
Tos. C. Cray
H. Fisses
Morwan
R. E. Lun
New York
Cohen Bros
Birenham
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