Local News Highlights From Brenham Region
Mr. John B. Vinson recovers a horse. Thirteen converts baptized at a revival. Advertisement by A. T. Threadgill for bargains. High School Friday evening program well attended. A map dog attack and shooting of the animal. Brenham Light Guard drill medals won by Geo Bruno. Santa Fe inaugurates Temple Sealy freight service aiding shippers. Temperance sermon at Baptist Church. Burglary attempt at Mr. Rankin’s home. prowlers at Grassmuck residence. Lizz Murray assaulted near Linde mann & Koch store. Rosenbaum residence south of town burned. insured dowry. Oat crop ruined in Brazos Bottom. Allen Farm reports cotton not harmed. Brenham bids for permanent military camp. Austin favored but Brenham urged with strong local support.
Citizens meeting outlines Brenham rail line bid and parade
A large Brenham gathering at the Board for Trade rooms discusses securing a permanent encampment site with Brenham favored over Aransas Harbor. The group also backs a railroad push, sending ten citizens to Victoria on the 18th to win a route via Brenham and county rights of way.
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Brenham Hopes to Rival Sister Cities with New Industries
The town counsels that Brenham already hosts around twenty small and large industries and anticipates electric lights, artesian wells, fertilizer and soap factories, a cotton mill, and a permanent encampment site. Encampment inspectors will visit Brenham this week. locals plan a grand reception to impress them as Brenham vies for the encampment.
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State News Glimpses From Towns and Trials
Lipscomb seeks a shoemaker while Bruceville pushes a Citizens Alliance. Tryler grapples with a new brass band. Vernon demands a custom flour mill and Forney forms a Prohibition club and Confederate veterans camp. Glen Cove seeks a first class roller mill. St Jo Herald urges a local bank. Claude News wants a wind mill and tank at the public well. Fort Worth hosts a large World’s Fair convention. A bright shooting meteor startled Victoria. C M Johnson faces kidnapping charges moved from Waco to Dallas. San Marcos may host a Southwestern Texas Baptist University. State treasury holds 24 million in cash and about 5 million in bonds. Marshal reports diamonds stolen from Mrs Berger’s home. Quannah resident N W Jones suffers leg injuries at the depot. Manor opens a weekly newspaper the Manor Messenger with a photo gallery and hotel. John Johnson stabbed eight times in Temple. Meyersville mill and gin to be moved to Cuero. Uvalde merchants post 250 reward for burglars. San Antonio boy Herbert Atkins loses eye from a kitchen fork. Freight Conductor Billie Hatfield fatally injured near Gaines. Tol Dean murdered in Paris over a loan dispute. Solomon v McElroy verdict revised to new trial. Galveston fire horse No 1 collision injures several.
Mixed items sweep through brief Texas news
A collage of snippets covers labor strikes in Chicago and New York, misuses of power in Fort Worth, a fatal fire in Chattanooga, shipboard scandals, jail breaks in Bastrop, accidents in Fort Worth, and local crime notes including a German widow in Galveston and a seduction scare aboard a Texas railcar.
Missing Brenham mare sought for reward
From my premises at Brenham on 1 1891 a black mare about 18 hands high with a bald face and stocking feet no brand. Reward five dollars for her recovery. Address L Koary.
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