California Governor Announces Election Strategy
The Brenham Banner reports on political rhetoric and campaign maneuvers across the country, noting Democratic claims in Pennsylvania, opposition to Henry Cabot Lodge, and tariff-driven campaign materials. It highlights local voter guidance urging principled choices and mentions state aid debates for a Confederate Home and a conductor incident in Galveston.
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House of Representatives
Floy Shock & Co
Dallas
Two Days Racing Planned in Brenham After Navasota Fair
Interest grows in a two day race meet in Brenham soon after the Navasota Fair. Prominent horsemen Foster Turner and Miller expect to bring fine horses, with purses raised by Brenham sportsmen. The Heidenheimer Compress sale to Brenham Compress Co. for 230000 consolidates both facilities under one company.
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Navasota
Brenham
New Orleans
Foster
Turner
Miller
Navasota Fair
Ma. A.C. H. Scawziss
Heidenheimer
Brenham Compress Co
County Clerks Office
Phantomnation illustrates a curious etymology in old dictionaries
The piece traces the word phantomnation through Webster Worcester Imperial and Cassell's dictionaries noting its obsolete sense illusion. It cites Richard Panl Jodrell 1820 and his quirky compounding method and a Pope quotation later cited by Youth's Companion as the source of phantom nations becoming phantomnation.
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Webster, Worcester
Imperial and
Cassell
Webster
Pope
Worcester
Richard Panl Jodrell
Johnson
Jodrell
Jarrah wood and its vast Western Australia forests
Jarrah, a tough eucalyptus from Western Australia, faces high freight costs and tool wear in England. The tree can reach 100 to 150 feet, grows from Moore River to King George’s Sound, and is praised for insect resistance when dried properly. Trials in the Suez Canal sites show durable performance over years. Kew and London venues note its use in paving and roadwork. Shah the cat story also appears in this issue.
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Western Australia
Widchy
Moore River
King George's Sound
Baron Mueller
Suez Canal
Paris
Kew
London
Chelsea
King's Road
Lambeth
Westminster Bridge
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