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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1891
Page
3
The weekly items note Bavaria's prince regent amassing a beetle collection. Other items cite New Orleans riverfront damage, assaults in Lincoln Neb, Gould's varied professions, and social observations. Additional notes cover patents, agriculture, politics, and scientific curiosities including nectar bees and bananas flour.
McKinney needs more housing while Hale City suffers a school building fire. Denison’s Red river wagon bridge is cut. San Marcos seeks a large Methodist church. Ballinger completes two stone buildings. Quanah gains a ten bale per day cotton gin. Wichita Falls builds a large stone business house. Hillsboro artesian well bonds on market. Titus county fruit crops thrive. Franklin colony of 100 families expected December 1. Marble Falls prepares an iron bridge span order. Fairwood artesian water found at 475 feet. Knights of Pythias building stock near completion. property deeded to Sherman’s Austin College. Irish potato crop strong in Wichita County. Willis area cotton yields exceed estimates. Sonora waters found at 16 feet. Big Springs test wells yield abundant water. Velasco Times to issue special edition on deep-water advantages. Davenport gin and grist mill fire at Gainesville causes $5000 loss. Cleburne sees large family migrations. Mount Pleasant church gains 30 new members. West Texas robbers to be moved for safety. Wichita Falls bridge span advances. Frio county ranchers form wolf bounty group. Rockdale cotton seed oil mill nearly ready. Willis area farmers expanding wheat. El Paso woman killed saving her dog.
A stream of aphorisms on virtue, religion, self-control, and human nature with several named incidents. Includes a murder note about United States deputy Marshal Geo Wise and C Garcia killed by Francisco Flores in Laredo while Mescal smuggling, plus moral observations on truth and conscience.
A physician warns against drinking ice cold beverages rapidly in heat urging a 15 to 30 second sip. Also reports detail Dose Cardova’s 108 year life and service in Old Hickory's army who died of old age in San Antonio and a note on electric railway car heating replacing dangerous coal stoves with cleaner, safer operation.
A Saint Louis Republic note describes a French provincial artist using colored sand to create vivid temporary works, including grapes and roses. It adds a Minnesota farm report of G H Bullock’s 1190 bushel per acre potato yield, a high price note, and scattered humorous or curious items from Fishers Island to a Georgia cow and a Cincinnati rat.
A column reflects on the recurring doubt about great men after their time and cites Yankee Blade on Lincoln and Sumner. It then notes a Canary Islands tourist interview with exiled King Ja Ja, detailing his frail health, derailed return, and strange dreams as he awaited Major McDonald and a voyage home.
The Prussian supreme court ruled that a lover may cut a sweetheart’s hair and avoid a severe sentence, finding punishment only for assault. The case involved a man who cut off blond locks to spoil the woman’s appearance to force marriage, with an order of ten months imprisonment.
An Asbury Park crowd cheered a seaside band known for playing the Star Spangled Banner during peril aboard the United States ship Trenton when it ran ashore in a Samoa cyclone. The moment drew cheers from a nearby British frigate as the band’s courage was praised.
A suburban resident proud of thrift admits she bought vegetables from a neighbor who source turned out to be her own garden. She had paid a fortnight for lima beans she grew herself. The account cites the New York Times.
Henry Lynn, a Livermore farmer, awoke from a somnambulistic trance near Algona after walking eighteen miles from early morning until nearly noon. Neighbors encountered him during the long trek, but he remained asleep to their greetings.
An aquarium exhibit shows about a hundred young lobsters tunneling into sand to form caves. They defend their dens at night, dragging prey to various spots as rival lobsters attack. Of the group, about twenty five survive as they grow, illustrating Darwinian survival of the fittest.
G. Py Serviss argues sun variability may affect Earth through changes in solar activity and sunspots while noting most stars are variable. A St Louis Glebe-Democrat report reveals Americans’ widespread ignorance about ostriches after interviewing H. G. Reid, a well educated Scottish ostrich farmer who spent years teaching Californians profitable farming methods.
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