12 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1891
Page
1
A Dallas News writer describes a three step method to kill Johnson grass by cutting, burning, and deep plowing to expose and dry roots, with timing from July to September. The page also lists varied regional notices from Kansas City to Fort Worth, Mineola, and Galveston, including new factories, shipments, lawsuits, robberies, and local incidents across Texas and nearby states.
Beart disease claimed curability with Dr Miles New Heart Cure while testimonials named Elmira Hatch and Mary L Baker from Indiana and Michigan. An agent sold the cure with a free testimonial book. The text also offers dated home hints such as polish with turpentine oil and bathing children with flannel in winter. It closes with moral observations about stubbornness and kindness.
This historical note advertises Shilohs Consumption Cure claiming to cure coughs bronchitis and pleurisy with prices 50c and 1 and promotes Shilohs Plaster sold by E K Luhn Brenham and Thomas Watson Burton. It also contains miscellaneous moral reflections about temptation and self‑worth.
An OCR fragment presents odd moralized lines about safeguarding children against night dangers and remedies for croup and colds. It includes quips on lending an axe, a modern detective, and avoiding pranks on a mule, ending with a caution about revealing truth too soon.
Fragmentary text quotes St Francis de Sales about truth and effect, then a stray note on walking ease and a Corn Cure advertisement listing Jos Tristram as seller. The fragmentary source yields no coherent event or clear names beyond these.
An assorted page echoes patent medicines and social quips. Advertisements tout Restorative Nervine and Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup while Brown’s Iron Bitters promises digestion aid and malaria relief. Various moral quips and social observations frame the era’s wit.
An assortment of patent medicine claims sells Abbott East Indian Corn Paint for corns bunions and warts and Shiloh's Porous Plaster for back pain. Advertisers tout cures for cough catarrh croup and headaches with multiple local vendors listed in Burton.
A collage of quips about advice to women and male behavior, patent medicines, and humorous proverbs. It cites Barley Malt Whisky ads, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Fry's Liver Pills, and a Garfield quote, reflecting era advertising and social norms. Names include L. F. Grissmack and J. E. McComb among others.
An old time ad promotes a new principle medicine claiming to cure biliousness indigestion liver trouble piles and constipation for men women and children. It touts tiny doses over 25 days and offers samples from Tristram's drug store with a note about forgiveness after moral missteps.
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