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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1877
Page
4
The piece urges cautious action amid European war fears and cotton price declines, stressing domestic consumption over export and highlighting millet as a fodder crop. It cites Marshal Herald on policy and outlines German millet cultivation and sowing guidance for warm soil conditions.
An advertisement from a physician of thirty years’ experience promises a scientifically prepared “Solid Flesh” treatment for those exposed to improper diameter. The claim asserts reliability and emphasizes professional credentials, with a contact note for principal office at 18 Murray Street, New York.
The piece argues white labor is preferred in Texas farms with climate suited to white workers. It notes emigration shifts, white men entering field work, and rising small-farm prosperity. It mentions tens of thousands raised for a cotton factory and Longfellow selling poems titled to him for old paper.
An advertisement describes a floral book with about 150 pages and hundreds of colored illustrations of flowers. It notes prices 50 cents in paper covers and 1.00 in cloth, printed in German and English, with Vick's Floral Guide quarterly at 25 cents a year. Address James Vion, Rochester, New York.
The Baxxee expands to a thirty two column issue the largest in the county and the only English newspaper. It proclaims itself the democratic voice in Austin Washington and Burleson counties praising progress immigration manufactories railroads and Brenham leadership while affirming Democratic loyalty to Gov Coke and opposition to current federal excesses and taxation.
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