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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1891
Page
2
The Brenham Banner lists ad rates and agents then notes a wide mix of items. It cites events from Brazil US treaty ratification to local crimes and political talk, plus religious, immigration, and agricultural notes with scattered names and places.
A Kansas congressman’s sock joke sparks applause as he rebuts a sock legend and discusses tariffs. The report also notes a centennial patent celebration in Washington and wedding plans of Miss Wilzrz Davis to Col. Jno P Richardson, a New Orleans industrial leader.
An excerpt from a Georgia melon farming article advises careful hoeing and leaf preservation, two or three large melons per vine, and fertilizer blends of bone meal, kainit, and cotton seed meal. It also touches on immigration policy debates and political notes surrounding Blaine, Foster, and Ireland.
Reports say fruit crops died in East Texas while a pedestrian was killed by a train near Rosenburg. In San Antonio natives from New Orleans arrive as Archer county plans a 30000 courthouse before May. Fires hit Abilene cotton yards with minor loss. 45 bales burned at Decatur Abbott yard. House members Rogers and Tracy fought amid legislative activity. Iowa Park eyes a new roller mill with J C Flynn named proprietor. Suddeth shot near Bouhen as Driggers and Fuller fired over crop settlements.
Reports indicate Stephens county wheat is in fine condition with expected huge yields. Gillespie county wheat and oats are prime though rain needed. Fayette county corn acreage up about 25 percent from last year with oats also good. town and county notes include misfortunes and civic events across Texas.
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