Brenham Fairgrounds Hosts Shooting and Racing Festival
A lively Monday and Tuesday at Brenham’s fairgrounds featured pleasant weather, a crowd, and varied events. Races included multiple blue rock match series, and shooting contests drew local and visiting participants amid a bustling fair atmosphere.
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Fair Ground
Howell
Joe Harris
Sutton
Gipsey Baron
Bob Lickens
Farmer
Mattie Boston
Lane
Jack of Diamonds
Susie Glenn
Stude
Carter
le Gris
Jackson
Rogers
Wheeler
Miller
Register
Barnes
Murphy
Ear
Wiese
Snell
Koch
Blue Wheeler
Swearingen
Locklett
Ray
Burns
McGregor
Horst
Trainyard confrontation and escape after insult
A Negro brute insulted Mrs. Wallace on a work train near Gay Hill. The section boss and conductor beat the assailant with a six shooter and he fled by leaping from the moving train. Authorities hunt for him as Mr. Wallace vows punishment. note from the section boss defends the escape. Also reports marriages, jail notes, and local notices.
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Summerville
Conroe
Gay Hill
Mr. Wallace
Section
Wallace
Sheriff Teague
E. L. Jackson
Jim Tutt
Supreme Court
Jim Mike
Lee
Will Fortune
Jno. M. Drew
Washington County
Boss
Scott Wallace
Baxxen
Lowmerville
Jas
Crancer
Miscellaneous items from a newspaper page
A collage of quips and short notes ranging from proverbs and jokes to local trivia. It mentions Hamburg’s surplus, a sign about selling cigars in seven languages, and peculiar anecdotes about roping, counterfeiters, and a booming Floresville. Also notes on a 280-student West Point, a potent poison from Abrus seeds, and an electric streetcar heating claim.
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Philadelphia
London
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