Local notices and events from Chappell Hill and area
A citywide ad campaign for Messrs. A. and H. Harrison offers bargains. A Risuaixa party travels to Capt. Clay's ranch for a Friday picnic and fish fry. The Opera House alley is being filled for drainage. Germania hall hosted a concert by Mr. A. S. Hoblie with Chas. Bredow. County commissioners meet as a board of equalization. Light Guard issues white helmets and caps for encampment. Discussion on securing artesian water for the city. The old German Methodist parsonage at Chappell Hill burned Sunday evening, with the nearby negro family losing most belongings. Mr. J. N. Ceapwick and wife plan summer in Waukesha, Wis. Local leaders Seward, Simon, Krug, Farmer, and Boyd attended the Chappell Hill barbecue.
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Chappell Hill
Brenham and County News Roundup from June 1891
Reports from Washington County detail local sales of remedies, lodge activities in Navasota and Brenham, and a crop weather outlook with rain shortages near Chappell Hill. Masonic installation at Gnawau Lodge No. 20 includes officers H A Cordray and J H Lodlie. Marriage licenses list multiple couples. a brakeman Louie Feino dies in a Quarry rock train accident near Temple.
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Gnawau Lodge No
H. A. Cordray
W. M. H. J. Morgan
S. W. Henry Harrison
J. W. Alex
J. H. Lodlie
Tyler
Alter 3d
H. Ie
Milking Young Heifers
The article notes young heifers produce less milk and poorer quality than mature cows. It urges thorough milking to extract every drop, warns against stopping milking when milk is slow, and explains late milk fattening harms future milking efficiency and value.
Dentists Praise Shreveport Work In 1891 Letter
W. F. Adams writes from Douxe Texas praising Da D. C. Williams in Brenham for saving a troublesome tooth after years of failed treatments. The letter extols Williams as the best operator, mentions wish for brother to seek his services, and notes Adams’ broad commendation across regions. Also note Ma. W. H. Gannerson of Dallas and New Orleans is in town with vault capacity talks for the Washington County courthouse.
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Sheelf
Douxe
Texas
D. C
Hot Springs
Sherman
Galveston
Uth
W. F. Adams
Ma. W. H. Gannerson
Desbold, Safe & Lock Co
Dallas
New Orleans
Washington County Court House
Deafness Cure Promises and Miscellaneous Notices
An advertisement proclaims constitutional remedies for deafness and offers a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The page also reports auctions, sugar outputs, Vesuvius activity, a July banquet, Salvation Army titles, fashion notes, a Madrid arrest, Costa Rica dissensions, ancient colleges, and a Germany clock claimed to run until 9999.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Madrid
Duches
Castro Enriquez
Costa Rica
North America
He College of
St. Ildefonso
Mexico
Laval College
Quebec
Germany
Home Libraries Demonstrate Practical Charitable Work
The piece explains home libraries as a low cost 25 setup in Boston and other cities, with a child librarian and weekly club meetings run with Children's Aid books. It argues these libraries improve reading, family life, and character, while linking to public library use later. Names: Philadelphia Record, New York Evening Sun.
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Baltimore Society
Industrial Education Association
Cooking Schools
Boston
Children’s Aid Society
Whese House
Philadelphia Record
Martha
Norma
Aida
Lucia
Regiment
New York Evening Sun
Power of Expression and Language Twists
A London Tit-Bits item highlights witty language transforms from a doctor of divinity who mocks hearing phrases and a translator rendering common sayings into humorous formal phrasing. The quip about a tailor and engagement ends with a light exchange between a judge and Mr. Downey.
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London
In a Fair Way to Do It. Friend’s Sympathetic Counsel
Dialog excerpt shows a humane exchange between a friend and a criminal as the Ram's Horn notes the impending execution. The sympathetic tone contrasts with the grim topic, highlighting acceptance and expectation that the ordeal will end. The piece frames the offender’s calm resolve and the friend’s measured consolation.
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Kiber's
Messrs. A. & H. Harrison
Capt. Clay
Opera Saloon
Germania Hall
A. S. Hobile
Chas. Bredow
Commedian
J. N. Ceapwick
Waukesha, Wis
O. A. Seward
Jas. H. Simon
A. M. Krug
R.S. Farmer
CC. Boyd
McElree
Cardus
Theopordis
Washington County
Cuntstore Beaxsanpt
Court Square
W. M. Aves
W. H. Snell
L. Harrison
Knights of Pythiasodge
Navasote
Brenham Field Artillery
Brenham
Anton Sklar
Franciska Bednar
M. J. Hagerty
Lula Danford
Geo. Jewberry
Alice Osbey
Frank Nedbalek
Anna Sedlacek
M. Bruce
A. Pleasant Frank McDade
Ena Tulford
A. Williams
Mary Crockett
F. Overman
Anna Hilbert
Kalla
Louie Veine
Justice Curry
B.S. Rogers
Jas. Marable
Johnnie Hoffmann
Louie Feino
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe
Quarry
Here
Temple
Kalakana
Louisiana
Telephone Company
City of
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Port Buron
Salvation Army
England
Home Libraries
Vicinity
A. & H. Harrison
Aldlari
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