Holland News Notes and Local Quarantine Updates
Local items report Thanksgiving on November 23 and rising frost forecasts. The infant daughter of Fritz Weiss died near Salem. County court hears a guilty plea for assault with a $5 fine. Chappell Hill quarantine eased to let trains pass. Brenham sees more colored prostitutes than similar towns. Mayors court fines for affray. Prune shipments from San Jose reach 5,216,990 pounds. Navasota refugees form a Whitman colony. Newspaper price rises 15 cents per hundred pounds, Banner subscription unchanged. Quarantine delays business in OcrosErr, delays mail and fumigated cargo. Dengue spreads to country areas. Salem families affected. Reduced Dallas Fair rates on sale to spur travel. Weather mood notes yellow sky at break of day. Seguin Daily Anchor hires Wallace Roperson from Brenham.
Fatal Jump from Santa Fe Bridge Shocks Brenham
Hermann Gehring a Brenham shoemaker leapt from the Santa Fe bridge in a personal crisis. He is crippled with a broken thigh and fractured ankle and may not recover. Other Brenham shoemakers linked to drinking, fever or suicide attempts are noted in the report.
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Hermann Gehring
Long Bridge
Brenham
Jake
Calaboose
Miesterhans
Kliener
John Kroll
Stuckert
Trains Run On Schedule As Quarantine Eases After Fever
A man suffering dengue and intoxication leaped to his death while hospitalised care followed by Drs Hynes and Lockett. A collection was taken to aid his indigent recovery. Santa Fe reports all trains restored on schedule with plans to resume normal Houston Galveston service after Health Officer Swearingen’s pledge.
Agony Over Quarantine Raised for Galveston
Western Union bulletin from Galveston Saturday quotes Health Officer R M Swearingen of Austin announcing the state quarantine on Galveston is raised after the Galveston board of health declares no yellow fever exist on the island. Santa Fe to open trains into Houston signals Bayou City quarantine status similar action pending. Local health officers await state guidance as Brenham and Washington county are declared open.
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Western Union
Galveston
Rice
R. M. Swearingen
Austin
Dr. Swearingen
Galveston Board of Health
Santa Fe
Houston
Bayou City
Hynes
Brenham
Washington County
Burton
Chappell Hill
Officials survive capsize on new road near White's bluff
Superintendent Robertson and Commissioner Broesche of Washington county were nearly injured when their buggy plunged over a small bluff on the Burton to Carmine road. The mare stopped, the buggy capsized, and Broesche was briefly caught by barb wire while Robertson helped extricate him. Both escaped serious harm.
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White’s Bluff
Burton
Carmine
Broesche
Robertson
Washington County
Becky
Caldwell
Texas
Teaspoonful remedy eases choking digestion pain
Mrs. Ant Jaros of Claridge, Fa, suffered long from digestion issues and stomach pain. One bottle of Severn's Balsam of Life brings quick relief and renewed strength, priced 7 cents.
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Tim E
Ant Jaros
Convicts Fire Road Through Burton to Carmine Route
County convicts under Superintendent Robertson blaze a new road from Burton to Carmine via White's Bluff, with quick actions yielding progress on the project as labor continues under supervision.
Autumn wedding in Kenney Texas ties two young hearts
In Kenney Texas on October 15 1897 Adolph Schawe of Washington county and Bettie Meyer of Austin county wed at 11 am in Holy matrimony The couple plans to move soon to a home south of Rosenberg Fort Bend county and invite friends to visit The reporter joins local acquaintances in wishing the pair a long prosperous and happy life
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Kenney
Texas
Adolph Schawe
Washington County
Bettie Meyer
Austin County
Ben. Meyer
Mr. Schawe
Schawe
O. K
Rosenberg
Fort Bend County
Hall's Great Discovery advertised for kidney cures
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and related conditions for both sexes and children. It claims two months of treatment per small bottle and offers mail sales from E W Hatz. The note includes testimonials and local Texas sales details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
E. W. Hatz
R. E. Lubn
Brenham
Texas
Browns' Tron Bitters Publicized As Health Remedy
An old medical remedy Browns' Tron Bitters is extolled for universal health benefits. RE. Lahn is listed as sole agent selling the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. Lahn
Tutt's Pills Promoted as Liver Cure and Life Boost
Tutt's Pills advertised as a universal liver cure for ailments from sick headache to malaria and biliousness. The notice quotes testimonials, mentions Dr Thomas Cox’s return to work after illness, and reports local happenings including a habeas corpus case and county examiners meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutt
Dr. Tutt
Fairleigh
Platte Cannon
Col. Tutt
Brenham Resident Released From Quarantine Plans Local Hunts
H J Hamine, recently released from a Austin quarantine, returns to Brenham to resume residence after two days in detention camp. Wild geese signal a gulf migration prompting Brenham sportsmen to plan several November hunts. A Sandy Hill family reports a centipede bite treated by arm cauterization on a young son. Northwestern Harrison county notices urging black residents to leave sparked a white citizen mass meeting at Harleton where resolutions condemned the posters and warned of summary punishment for violators. No further trouble is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Hamine
Brenham
Austin
The
Gulf
Harrison County
Harleton
Midland Receives Four New Locomotives
The Texas Midland has received four new locomotives of the most improved pattern. Some oranges grown on collector Sam Schlenker's premises are on exhibition at L. Z. Harrison's.
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Texas Midland
Sam Schlenker
L. Z. Harrison's
Witty Quips Reflect Daily Life and Society
A collection of humorous observations on tariffs lawyers liquor fashion and newspaper want ads. It notes a mouse can speed dress goods construction better than tariffs a lawyer overestimates knowledge liquor effects brains and legs and the folly of fashionable trends and sensational print runs.
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Rev. J. T. Browning
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Fiddler’s Green
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Guiteras
Wallace Roperson
Seguin
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Thos. Cox
Giddings
Thomas McGonigle
John Guiteras
Chamberlain
Kellam & Curren
Druggiste
Seaview
R. E. Luba
Board of County Examiners
E. W. Tarrant
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G. F. Urbantke
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Castoria
Ich In Wisgpre
Wm. Schwartz
Sandy Hill
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BA & Myers
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T. A. Slocum
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York
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Weite
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Hashville
Tenn
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Tex
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University of Texas
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