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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1890
Page
3
In a kitchen tale a speaker recalls a drowned child and a worn tin cup kept as a memory. A request to place the grieving sister Lucy and the porch shade near the graveyard frames a plea to find mercy for a child’s broken heart. The piece blends regional speech with a somber family moment.
An interview cites a Chicago Tribune piece noting a shift from cigars and tobacco to pipe use among Americans. The French influence spreads as English and American tourists adopt pipes in homes and offices, despite earlier meerschaum pipe fad fading.
Article notes Abraham Lincoln visited his father yearly on the Mattoon area farm nine miles from Gordon’s Grove. Lincoln’s father Tiserius died there and is buried near his second wife in an unmarked grave later commemorated by a plain monument funded after local appeal led by Mr. Dunlap and Coles County leaders. Robert Lincoln sent a $160 donation.
A dialogue sketches competing desires for a redesigned silver dollar. A church fair patron requests oyster stew while a waitress relays the order, reflecting small moments amid broader public interest in currency design.
On a hot July day a buggy arrives at a hotel with Professor Diamond and his two daughters advertising a town hall concert. The elder daughter Maria sings while the other plays a wheezy accordion as the professor hawks fifty cent tickets with reserved seats.
A humorous quip from the Utica Observer discusses the most misquoted English line. The purist claims the correct quotation is When Greeks joined Greeks then was the tug of war written by Nathaniel Lee around 1700.
Two gentlemen on a train comment on a bronzed neck of a man ahead. He reveals he has been treating an earache with iodine, noting the neck’s stiffness and the invisibility of their overheard remark.
A corny anecdote from the London Spectator recounts a long haired black Persian in a suburb as it drives away rival cats. The same cat then transports the remnants of her dinner across open ground and steps to feed the same animals she had earlier deterred, a comically violent display.
An exchange shows Travers proposing to send the clothier to London to buy clothes for him. The clothier agrees to fetch the garments, be paid on return, and asks how Travers plans to travel, while Travers questions the feasibility of the trip.
The article lists imperial military expenditures from 1857 to 1896, totaling about 110 million dollars. It cites the 1857 62 China war at 30 million, the 1867 70 Abyssinian expedition at 31.5 million, the 1870 80 South African war at 14 million, the 1881 85 Nile expedition at 26.23 million, and the Afghan war from 1878 96 at 15 million, noting variances in figures.
Readable anecdotes describe hotel clerks studying human nature through guests and staff. A clerk recounts honest service with a lost pocketbook of nearly 5000 dollars and a checkered coat incident ending with a corrected claim. The piece notes the wheelbarrow’s disputed French origins, citing Pascal or Dupin per Littre.
The article cites Lord Rayleigh's Royal Institution lecture on oil smoothing sea waves. It notes life saving rules require oil and a distributing vessel on sea going boats. Experiments show oil forms a film that dampens foam and ton es wave ripples, aiding stability in rough weather.
The Cincinnati Schools spent totals including 614897 for salaries and 219274 for other costs. Major outlays covered homes and lots, new furniture at 8625, fuel 922653, rent 2673, heating fixtures 10291, and gas 493.50. Four lots cost 2675 totaling 604,027 dollars.
The article profiles Bartheen, paramount chief of Banwakette, ruling 17 000 square miles in South Africa. It praises his moral revolution advancing agriculture, mass Christian conversion, and liquor prohibition, with neighbors Bechuanaland Boers Khana and Le Bengula noted.
Instructions from Country Gentleman describe a crude method to kill caterpillars. A ten foot pole with a wool cloth swab soaked in a lye solution made from wood ashes and hot water is used to thrust into nests. The packet warns the method delivers a strong, immediate death blow to the pests.
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes a boy digging a woodchuck broke a shovel handle and replaced it with a longer temporary one. Seeing the ease, Ames proposed manufacturing a longer handle leading to a factory venture funded by a dollar hat joke.
From the harbor scene a fleet of British dreadnoughts and auxiliaries lie in sight. The Anson with rear admiral flag and marines on deck. the Iron Duke with tall masts and provisioning clotheslines. the Northumberland Colossus and Monarch showing ensigns. A Camperdown steams out. Little craft circle our ship as a distant shot rings out from a buoy.
A woman uses a tonic that proves to be only brown sugar and water. The cunning man suggests silence will curb her husband’s anger. The piece also notes lace production woes, with English threads dying out and Venetian laces often made in Brussels, prompting Belgium to fund lace schools.
A 26 year statistical study by Herr Kastner shows a 129 percent rise in lightning cases, reaching 1 145 in 1889. Four thunderstorm paths originate in hills. woodless districts, river valleys, lakeside meadows are hotspots, while wooded hills escape. Most strokes occur in June and July, and between 3 to 4 p m.
An elderly visitor jests with a parrot as the bird shifts position in alarm. The exchange ends with a comic remark about marriage, capturing a playful, antiquated dialogue moment.
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