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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1891
Page
6
Tar State Alliance gathers in Waco on April 7 as Texas North region reports wheat prospects, Vernon growth, and one flouring mill. The piece notes no professional baseball this season and critiques Irish politics and the Parnell funds appeal.
Ha Long of Houston receives a threatening letter from the Mafias. The Walking Bros drug store at Mexia burned Thursday. Seven carloads of Boston capitalists passed Marshal en route west. Nat Lewis elected District Clerk of San Antonio. Ft. Worth jury convicts in Frizzell wife murder case. Sheriff Julius Victor of Towson County dies from injuries. Dr J H Luther resigns Baylor Female College presidency. A. E. Bothe residence in Galveston damaged by incendiary fire. Theft of overcoats from a Waco hotel traced to pawnshops. James Higgins wounds Fred Houston at Marshal. About 300 Italian refugees settle in San Antonio upsetting Tamaleville residents. Six youths arrested at Alvarado for Santa Fe car theft. jailed in Ft Worth. An unknown man found drowned in the Trinity at Fort Worth. Texas politics mocked by Memphis Avalanche with animal nicknames and Farmers Alliance stir.
A confrontation over funding Atlanta University argues that Northern contributions are unnecessary as Southern Black communities can finance higher education themselves. The piece claims Southern Negroes have money and work, and criticizes Northern philanthropy and politicians for involving themselves.
At the Tom Green brigade reunion in Brenham on February 21 Major H. H. Boone offered a resolution praising all true soldiers whether Confederate or Federal and deprecating any remarks reflecting on Federal soldiers who joined postwar service with the Confederacy. The measure passed unanimously. In Austin on March 11 Joseph A. Mower Post of the Grand Army of the Republic adopted a resolution reciprocating the sentiment and criticizing politicians who avoided battlefield realities.
Ex governor Hunt of Colorado filed suit for possession of the San Tomas coal mines near Laredo. Courts decided in his favor, and he takes possession by force of arms. Wichita Falls Herald reports church dedication and other local items.
The notice names inventors and assigns in Texas for devices including an animal trap ear coupling bill coupling grain scale combination plane harrow bank protector and wood working machine. It notes wood finished in oil can be kept in condition by rubbing with a cloth dampened with kerosene.
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