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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
2
Brenham publication notes JOAN G. RANKIN as editor publisher and proprietor in the October 21 1897 issue. The weekly paper presents local reporting and community notices from Brenham Texas.
Govgrnok Barnes of Oklahoma awards the contract for a deaf, dumb and blind asylum. Gov McLatin of Mississippi names Senator-elect Money to the US Senate to fill J Z George's seat. Lone Star lines cut freight rates vs Mallory lines. Five hundred thousand acres in Uintah county Wyoming set to open November 1 under US land laws inviting arrivals.
Regional weeklies devote space to the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition as preparations proceed and ready prints circulate, signaling strong backing and attention for the events.
The Foreraves and Selis Brothers circus plans a Texas tour despite yellow fever fears entering Denison from Missouri and Kansas in early November. They will visit major towns across the state. A monument at Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus Georgia honors Charles Frederick Crisp ex speaker and senator elect, erected by his immediate family, noted for its simple beauty.
Senor Evangeline Cisne 3208 who recently escaped a Spanish prison in Havana was a passenger on the Ward line steamer Seneca which arrived in New York on the 18th from Havana. Authorities reportedly winked at her escape to avoid an unpleasant situation without loss to their pride.
Queen Liz, of Hawaii, is reported seriously ill at her suites in the Ebbitt House in Washington. The former monarch returned from a San Francisco trip about ten days ago in bad health and contracted a heavy cold on the journey east. A physician was called and she has grown worse with symptoms of pneumonia, though secrecy surrounds details.
Effie Jones a colored man was found guilty of first degree murder in the Riley Stuart case at Lindale last May and sentenced to death after a full confession. The verdict followed a mob killing of Bill Jones in Tyler jail on May 24 prompted by Jones’s claim he was hired to kill Stuart. Postal Telegraph injunctions dissolved and construction on the lines resumes.
Mr P Green denounces fake advertising schemes in newspapers offering such jobs as cigarmaker salesmen with $75 monthly pay. He warns Zealous readers about scams requiring upfront fees and promises of easy riches, recounting his own near-duplication with solicitations for neighbors' names and addresses.
A fragment quotes a speaker railing that those who were paid five dollars a hundred were only those whose boilers exploded or who had fallen out of balloons in the past year. The speaker warns they may quit if conditions do not improve.
In Dans Texas J C Cain of Brenham claims sanction as senatorial chairman of the Nineteenth district but is ousted by Green. He says Dr Grant backs Dwyer’s nomination and may block Senate confirmation without satisfactory explanation. The feud links to McKinley Reed and pits Grant’s backing against Green.
R M Swearingen State Health Officer declares quarantine against Galveston raised. Washington county Brenham city health officer proclaims quarantine lifted for all places in Texas.
The Wylie Buster denounces gold standard laws as destroying silver and calls for political retirements. It argues the decline in silver value stems from legislation banning it from mints and notes the fixed price of fine gold by England for over a century.
Dinner served daily from 10 to 3 at the Tremont hotel opposite the Central freight depot for 15 cents, claimed as good as any 25 cent meal in the city. Prop. Robert Felcher notes Christmas is near and the small boy faces hardship amid a short Florida orange crop and prohibitive Dingley tariff on oranges.
George McCall and John Buckley were caught attempting a Hillsboro post office robbery Saturday night and jailed in Waco awaiting trial.
The article discusses concealed weapons law, arguing it discourages lawless crime while cautioning against universal arming. It cites police practice, citizen risk from petty conflicts, and the need to balance defense with restraint. It also notes endorsements for Chamberlain’s Colic remedy and reports a major cattle sale involving the Stafford holdings worth about 300000 dollars.
The Waxahachie Light proclaims a bold claim that Texas will harvest over two thousand bales this year. It asserts that a man only needs to look sad to receive female sympathy to burn.
In Congress debate headlines the possibility of granting Hawaii a protectorate status versus full statehood. Analysts warn admission as a state remains unlikely while protection concerns linger.
President McKnixtey will return home to vote, a move aimed at aiding Mark Hanna from a difficult situation. The plan rests on the theory that one good turn deserves another.
Hanna faces strong resistance within his own party in Ohio, making his political path there notably rocky due to intra party opposition and factional tensions.
Mrs Herterra Wilkie of Elwood Indiana won admission to the Madison County bar after facing objections from Attorney J E Beeler. She is the first woman to be admitted in Madison County.
The territorial newspaper argues Arizona holds a single seaport at Yuma where the Gila joins the Colorado. Yuma is among the oldest towns in the territory with a climate allowing tropical crops.
The New York Mail and Express reports Spain claims 54,000 killed in Cuba since the war began while it is believed actual losses may exceed one hundred thousand. The piece criticizes Spain’s pursuit of honor and notes the destruction underlying any proclaimed peace.
The Paris Fire Department costs 514600 annually, while New York City's is 2345355. The article notes higher losses from fires in American cities and larger insurance premiums as part of the comparison.
The American Federation of Labor and the Laboring Men's Protective Association in New Orleans protest to Washington about alleged immigration law violations. They charge Italians are brought into Louisiana through New Orleans for the sugar season, with contracts paying passage and return to Italy and wages of seventy five cents a day during the season.
The Chicago Times-Herald summarizes Minister Woodford's note to Spain, stating the United States hopes for a rapid end to the conflict with no fixed date, stressing Spain's and the U.S. interests, humanity, and world welfare, while noting U.S. concerns over Cuban patrols and filibustering expeditions.
Over fifty years this remedy was sold to help infants with pain wind colic and diarrhea. The advertisement urges buyers to insist on the original Soothing Syrup and to pay twenty five cents for a bottle, warning against other kinds.
The Hillsboro Herald laments high taxes and distant supply chains. It points to widespread reliance on far flung sources for meat, fruit, beans, cabbage, potatoes, and farming equipment. It criticizes import costs and local neglect while urging self sufficiency and home market support.
Judge Harris of the Seventeenth District Court sustained a motion for a new trial in the L. B. Imboden forgery case. Imboden was convicted Saturday of forging a name on a thousand dollar check and received a penitentiary sentence of two years and eight months.
Fort Worth pursues Arlington Heights location for the Masonic Orphans Home with a building fund around 1200 dollars. Local lodge committee continues soliciting donations to support the project.
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