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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1897
Page
6
The item notes Sareveport's quarantine expense concerns and cites a West Philadelphia man called Button as the father of six who speaks of them as the six-button kids. It also references the Omaha Bee, a joke on Bryan dollars, and praises the sweet potato crop as exceptionally fine this year.
Jackson residents flee in panic as Edwards reports seven yellow fever cases. Merchants rush to wagons and trains, loading bedding and trunks, while two newspaper publishers abandon offices for Chicago and St Louis.
An agricultural editor answers a reader by advising to place small cards reading Please keep your old hen at home near hens to lure them with grain on strings. The hen will follow the string to the card and carry the polite request back home and away from the garden.
The McKinley faction harbors more noise than progress in the copper ban dispute, not advancing beyond the Cleveland administration’s reached position. McKinley had urged Democrats in Congress before his inauguration to maintain the prior stance and carry out the Democrats' plan.
Bob Burdette defines the Monroe Doctrine in plain terms as a rule keeping foreign powers from meddling in US affairs. He likens it to a bull of the woods between two oceans and warns others not to move borders or lease land without US consent to ensure good neighbors.
An exchange recounts Mr. Dingly visiting a state insane asylum where a convalescent mistook him for a new patient. Dingly affirms belief in a protective tariff and prosperity from his bill. The inmate retorts that he is not crazy but a damned fool.
Russian physicians wear a silver oval badge about 1.5 by 1 inch with two interwoven serpents. The badge signifies legal qualification to practice and aims to increase the wearer’s safety in urban areas.
An experienced prospector returned to Seattle with a dismal outlook for Alaska this year saying fewer than five percent will reach the divide. The governor calls the situation critical and will urge government action before navigation closes. The Southwest industry note laments raw material exports and urges industrial self sufficiency for the south.
The washington Evening Star quotes Uncle Eben on how a man who feels the world won’t cooperate tends to settle into a quiet loafing routine, ensuring he’s not missed by anyone.
Mrs Exmaseth A REEp of Chicago is elected a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of London in recognition of her distinguished work in Hindoo and Persian literature.
Finnish women enjoy the right of suffrage and have invaded every field entering professions such as carpenters paper hangers and manufacturers reflecting broad social advancement across the country.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer is appointed president of a corporation of influential men and women aiming to build up Mrs. Alice Gordon Cusick's International School For Girls in San Sebastian Spain.
A reader praises Dr Hartman’s free Gynaecology book and Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin medicines saying they restored mobility and energy. She notes initial doctors offered no relief, urges others to request the book, and endorses the remedy as a godsend for suffering women. The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co. offers a free book by mail.
Col. Rip Ford, the noted Texas veteran, was stricken with apoplexy at San Antonio last Saturday night. Navarro county's fair and races will open at Corsicana on October 21. Judge D. E. Bryant will hold the fall term of the Federal court at San Angelo, beginning the first Monday in November. Collin county farmers hold their cotton for better prices. Mrs. Lillian Cobb of Gainesville, through her attorneys, sues the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway for 30000 damages for injuries in a Denison collision.
The total value of churches and their land in the United States as of July 1, 1897 is estimated at 680 million dollars. The figure reflects church properties across denominations and regions, underscoring substantial non-profit real estate assets held by religious institutions.
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