Weekly Banner highlights Texas town notes and incidents
The supplement lists items from Brenham to Hale County, noting Terrell’s morning paper, Alvord known as Strawberry City, immigrants arriving in Hale County, Memphis and Hall County waterworks, Quanah’s need for dry goods, and Wise County crops. It reports a Sherman electric street railway planned, Alvord canning plant operating day and night, a Sherman home burned with $1000 loss, and a fort Worth man drugged. Also mentions county fairs opening, a Denison man indicted for poisoning his wife, and cotton in Greenville near opening. The Kelly plow factory resumes, and Hillsboro church protracted meeting ends with eight new members. Hale County Herald coverage ends with Bree ne visit.
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Hillsboro
Hale County Herald
Bree
Electrically Operated Microscope at World’s Fair
A Munich institution built an expensive microscope for the World’s Fair costing $8,750. It uses an electric light focused by a parabolic aluminum reflector delivering 11,000 candle power, with automatic cooling and a carbonic acid spray to manage heat. Maximum magnification reaches about 11,000x, up to 16,000x with oil immersion.
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Munich
Miscellaneous Items in a Historic Ledger
A brief note lists miscellaneous entries noting a spider as the original business centre and a remark that filthy lucre is not made of base metal, reflecting archaic phrasing in a trade ledger.
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Spider
Garden cure and wary heirs in New York echoes
A fragment from Vick's Magazine extols garden therapy as a cure for ailments and criticizes lawyers who prey on old land titles. It notes claims of millions tied to Edwards estate and Harlem flats, provoking disappointment and concern. A Barle Doe anecdote ends with a bacon theft by a dog near mass.
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Ally Robast
Becime
Vick's
England
New York City
Edwards
Lower Broadway
Harlem
New York Epoch
Barle Doe
Two Boulevardiers Share Grief and Irony
A brief Parisian exchange notes the death of Gontrun's aunt. The speaker offers sympathy but the mood shifts to a wry twist as Gontrun reveals his aunt left him only a shilling. Le Calendrier tone evident in satire and wit.
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Gontrun
le Calendrier
The Piano Genius Who Kept a Vow to a Sweetheart
A historic tale recounts a famed pianist who vowed not to play for a year to honor a beloved Catherine B. His masterful touch and invention on the piano were celebrated, then tempered by a later confession of his constraint and a life lived for art beside a tender vow.
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M. de Pontmartin
M. Pontmartin
M. Pierron
Liszt
Zimmermann
Avignon
Sigismund Thailberg
Catherine B
Fragment from a memoir with a Napoleon aside
A fragment notes a moment when the era’s great conqueror dominated Europe yet left one artist largely unmoved. Quinet recalls visiting Dannecker in Germany as he and the sculptor discuss art and forget the name Napoleon in a brief, casual exchange.
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Napoleon
Europe
Edgar Quinet
Germany
Dannecker
An Uppardonable Fault
A moral about repeating a child’s funny sayings, highlighting a nervous only child who often spoke bright lines. The mother laughs at the child’s remarks, repeats them to others, and is shocked when the child loudly asks to reveal a prior remark about God, prompting a hoped for lesson.
The Largest Meteor Said to Reach Earth Surface
The largest meteor, likely the biggest ever to hit Earth, landed on the plains of Incuman in South America. It measures 7 12 feet long and weighs about 14 to 15 tons. Another large meteor lies at the foot of a lesser Alpine mountain, well known to tourists.
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Incuman
South America
New York Recorder
Impudent Porter Sparks Quarrel Aboard Train
A Pullman traveler confronts a porter after a quarrel. The traveler defends himself saying he can only be a director in the company, while the porter is the one in service. The scene captures tension aboard the railway car.
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Pullman
New York
Epuch
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Brenham, Texas
State News
Alvord
Strawberry City
Hale County
Memhis
Hall County
Quanah
Wise County
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Kelly
Gregg County Clarion
J. W. Bussum
Taylor Conn
Queensland
New Guinea
Horace Baers
Corpus Christi Y
Helen
Wena
Ralph
J. A. Nichols
Hem
Memphis
Rio Grande City
Guadalupe Garza
Tongue Ranch
Garza
Ferdinado Crouz
Bonifacio Gonzales
Runge
Karnes County
Sam Daily
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Great Britain
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Naples
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U.S. Fish Commission
Wood's Hall
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Sea Isle City
N. J
A. E. Kennelly
Faraday
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Wm. Huggins
Keeler
Sullivan
Hell
Heaven
Briceville
Coal Creek
Tenn
Clarksville
Minnesota
Dakotas
Union Pacific
Rocatello
Idaho
Cartaring Garza
Bishop Turner
Boston
Africa
Tennessee
Salyersville, Ky
Logan Murphy
Thomas A. Edison
Buffalo Bill
Billy
Sonny
Roderick Chu
Harlem Flats
New York Herald
Gardepigg
Catherine
Schulze & Amsler
Giesecke
Pear
Brenham
Christian Wielkens
James Butler
Texas
F. W. Wood
Ste
Caie
H. Fisher
Knoop & Schawe
W. H. Eldridge
Hive
Fulton
Saratoga
West Side Court Square
New
California
Baltimore
J. H. Quebe
Brenham Grocer
Aug. Lindemann
Churn Dasher
W.A. Wood &Co
Studebaker
J. H. Meyer
Shackey Building
Nat'l Bank
Uxndar Sew Exchange Hotel
John W. Teague
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