01 May 1890
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1890
Page
1
Amid floods and heavy rains, towns like Abilene and Pilot Point push recovery with plans for a large canning plant. Marshall forms a stock company to build factories while Louis targets rail work and new apartments. Officials announce a quarantine and new public works as communities cope with rising rivers and damage.
Major E A Sturgis proposed making the Brazos navigable from Waco to Velasco a 600 mile stretch. Major Talfor a US engineer judged the plan practicable in 187d. A separate report notes a train wreck attempt on the Missouri Texas line near Manor Austin with a 12 foot log blocking the tracks barely stopped.
An old advertisement from Bonham promotes Clarke's Plax Soap for the skin and Clarke's Flax or Cough Cure as a complete remedy for deep seated coughs and whooping cough. The letter-style endorsement claims strong relief for children and adults at a large bottle price of $1 and 5 cent soap, sold by J. Tritram.
Comptroller McCall conducts an exact audit of the state treasury with Assistant Treasurer Wortham. The books show cash of 1562.65065 and bonds totaling 7.500023.89, giving a grand total in US funds.
An advertisement extols Mrs Winslow as a lifelong nurse and physician to children and promotes her Soothing Syrup for teething. It claims the syrup calms fussiness, aids sleep, regulates bowels, and has saved many young lives, urging mothers to buy it from druggists in New York City and elsewhere.
On Monday morning at the convict camp on the Cotton Belt road four break for liberty convicts were fired on by a guard. One convict was killed and another seriously wounded. The other two escaped. Fragmented dialogue follows about a Sunday dinner and unpaid bills.
An ad touts Preston’s Had-Ake as the best cure for nervous migraine neuralgic sick and chronic headaches. It claims quick relief with money-back refund and urges readers to ask their agent for it. The piece also contains a political jab about Congress and a personal lament about a failing son.
Advert shows Shilor's Vitalizer sold by J D Rocens and Thes Watson & Co with printed guarantee. Also Salvation Oil at 25 cents a bottle touted for rheumatic pain and neuralgia. Ends with Dr Bull's Cough Syrup claim to cure cough or cold and a poet Bryan W Proctor quote.
A compact, cautionary line warns readers to beware when a predator adopts virtue and shifts focus to those under its protection. The saying suggests vigilance toward moralizing authorities and the vulnerable who may be used as cover.
Preston sells Hed-Ake a headache cure priced at 60 cents, endorsed by Judge J H McLeary former Texas Attorney General and Grand Master of Masons. The ad extols friendship as a life blessing and links sincere bonds to enduring happiness.
An assortment of medical claims and testimonials for Ballard Horehound Syrup, Drevier’s Lung Buttons, Life Malt, and Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy appear with agent notices and generic praise. The paragraph cites endorsements from users and an agent in Kansas, noting influenza relief and child cough cures.
A stock company with $100,000 capital forms to work a marble deposit found three miles from El Paso. The notice questions whether neglecting treatment will risk consumption, touts Shiloh's Cure and Porous Plaster, reports sales and endorsements, and mentions various suppliers and chatter about critics and reformers.
Local ad touts Dreier's Lung Buttons as a relief and preventive remedy for influenza la gripe while noting Chancellor von Caprivio rejects detective protection. It contrasts with Prince Bismarck who always used a bodyguard of detectives.
An advertisement touts Ballardis Snow Liniment as a grand remedy for headaches neuralgic pains burns and scalds with claims of rapid relief for croup rheumatism and sciatica. It lists price as pennies and cites JD Rogers Count Munster and a famed Parisian ambassador as endorsers.
The passage touts Hood’s Sarzapatiila as highly effective with claims of superior satisfaction since introduction ten years ago in Lowell Massachusetts. It notes endorsements from buyers and a purported cure listing for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache with Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy offered with a free nasal injector.
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