29 Nov 1878
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1878
Page
1
The Baxter report reviews county election returns, noting broad abstention, a mixed vote across ticket lines, and the rise of white majority strength. It cites Greenwood era comparisons, Greenback and colored vote patterns, and calls for merit-based county offices and end of partisan conventions.
A dense spread of brief items reports arrests by US marshals in Florida over election interference, a looming war mood from government dispatches regarding Afghanistan, and an Indiana mine explosion killing thirteen. Other notes cover a Sherman murder arrest, rail and road progress, emigration health, a Maryland crime tale, Ohio political bets, and Texas agricultural shipments along with tariff pressure on oats and corn.
The St. Louis Republican calls the Moffit bell punch a fraud and swindle, citing honesty of whiskey sellers. It cites A T Stewart on constant advertising as a path to success. Galveston has an ineffective quarantine while Morgan steamers land in Clinton from New Orleans, and a Navasota editor remarks about newspapers praising men who raise a fuss.
M Gampetra and M de Fourton dueled at thirty five paces near Paris with one exchange of shots and no injuries. In the chamber, deputies words sparked the quarrel. The line's issue centers on delaying the Santa Fe road until Houston connects to New Orleans. Battles occur between British troops and Afghans. several English officers killed, Afghan defenses weakened.
A Huntsville tent parodies victory claims over John Hancock in a backpay case. It contrasts the supposed triumph with a minority view that the state will regret Hancock’s defeat by Jones the refrigade, suggesting mixed public reaction.
Houston revels in the prospect of a railroad to New Orleans. Galveston will fade to memory as Houston becomes Texas’s great distributing hub. Within a year after completion the city’s population is expected to double.
Iris states that united Democratic and greenback opposition in recent elections would have produced a total majority against Republicans of 333,800 across Maine, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. She argues cooperation would cause the Republican Party to die a natural death.
Cy Harles Vance of Aurora Indiana pursues his 14 year old son after the boy, fed by dime novels with hairbreadth escapes from Indians and Comanches, steals his grandmother’s purse and heads toward Texas. Vance catches him near Fort Griffin and brings him home warning parents to guard what their children read.
The Galveston Journal of Commerce denounces two recent communications in the News as misleading. It notes president Kopperl and the directory face many difficulties but expect to triumph. The road to Richmond should be completed in a few days and graded to Bovine Bend by the 28th. A 90 day loan of $250 000 is sought to pay floating debt and bridge time for bonding to build to Belton.
A man named Geo Williams was taken from the LaGrange Kentucky jail and hanged after confessing to raping an eight year old white girl in Var dist Local authorities reported the vigilante execution occurred at dusk with Williams found dead near a roadside tree as an outcry over the crime spread through the community.
The Dallas Herald reports specimens of tobacco grown in Dallas county from Connecticut seed with excellent second class leaf. Waller county samples use Havana like leaf from Patent Office seed, showing good growth and potential for cigars, though not tested by a cigar maker. The study confirms easy abundant production.
An advertisement extolls Parker's Ginger Tonic as a cure for coughs colds and sore throats claiming it strengthens the blood and mucous surfaces and speeds recovery from lung disease. It also claims relief from dyspepsia headaches nervousness sleeplessness and stomach distress and urges purchases of bottles priced 15 cents to 120 dollars.
A patent medicine advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as the sole cure for severe lung diseases including consumption hemorrhages asthma and pneumonia. It claims thousands are predisposed to throat and lung affections and cites over 1000 bottles sold last year without a complaint. Consumers urged to buy a bottle for 75 cents from druggists nationwide.
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