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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1891
Page
3
The Weekly Banner reports Wag expected in Germany and Brame in good health. Coxcresspax Crise arrives in Washington to campaign for Speaker. Major Throckmorton is arrested for issuing worthless checks. Lee’s son Consnessuas dies at 54. Daylight damaged after collision near Fire Island. Russian revenue shows surplus, Egyptian cotton damaged, and world expositions boosted. Local riot murders near Marianna, Arkansas tied to cotton pickers’ pay.
In Milwaukee Barney Bald, a performer with a dime museum, tried to kill himself with poison after his wife ran off with a man called Circus Jack, leaving five children. The failed rescue of the children followed, while Leror, Dickesaasx of the U S Army, sought cavalry enlistments in Dallas with no success and underpayment of wages by the government.
The East Texas Press Association met in Nacogdoches and adopted resolutions condemning ready print advertising as ruinous to papers and the profession. It urged literary group work and education, and called for a monument over the grave of the famous Rusk. Officers elected were T. J. Carraway president, T. E. Boyne vice president, H. B. Finchess secretary, J. E. McFarland treasurer.
The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore reports a very active week for Southern development across many sectors. Growth spans furnaces to tobacco, iron to ice factories, coal to electric works, with widespread new manufacturing and mining ventures leveraging the region's resources.
The Southern Press Association urges counties in Southern states to form auxiliary Davis Monument Associations and open subscriptions for 21 to honor Jefferson Davis. Names of donors will be carefully recorded, books kept, and funds sent to Charleston, South Carolina, or to General Agent S.G. Cunningham, with private supporters advised to send to him. A Nashville area caller offered 10 dollars, and reports note ex Senator Fair attending his wife's funeral in San Francisco amid lingering estrangement with Mrs Joe.
The New South urges choosing a permanent home location and engaging with local interests. It advocates aligning with neighborhood aims, aiding enterprises without bias, and working to develop one’s chosen project with goodwill and social participation.
The Austin Texas dam spans 1,150 feet the structure rises 60 feet high and tapers to 18 feet. It will use about 9 000 cubic yards of granite 6 500 cubic yards of limestone and 55 000 cubic yards of rubble with an estimated dam cost of 465 000 dollars plus 300 000 more for gate house canal and auxiliary works. The project aims to power the city electric light plant railroads pumps and factories leaving about 8 000 of 13 000 horsepower for industrial use. Located two miles from the city atop rock bed with favorable bluffs foundation will be solid. It be the largest power dam yet built in the country.
An advertisement extols Jensen's Chicken Powder as best and cheapest for increasing eggs and preventing diseases in chickens including cholera. It promotes 25 cents per box at J. Tristram.
The text notes German efforts to publicize India grown corn value and reports a select committee of army officers to study uses of Indian corn for army rations. It also states Germany has asked its consular and diplomatic reps in the United States for reports on Indian corn as food.
A heated contest in Louisiana centers on renewing the State lottery charter for 25 years with the lottery offering the state 1 250 000 annually. Democrats and Republicans alike split, as both sides seek influence and cash. observers call it a fight to the death with heavy spending by lottery backers.
A fragmented notice from Austin Texas references Jensen and Co Burton Texas and UF involvement. It mentions bats and livestock, with one death among sick animals, and notes keeping a list or band. Names Tristram Col L. Ellis appear in the garbled text.
The final scene in Parnell's life ends as his remains are laid to rest and bitter animosities within the Irish party are buried with him. The personal issue that split the party is resolved and the people of Ireland rally for a great principle. World sympathy supports a united cause, but victory requires a united party.
The Ft Worth Gazette nominates Bill Morrison of Illinois as a Western candidate for the Presidency, highlighting his appeal to regional voters and potential cross party support.
Editorial notes discuss Ohio campaign prospects and Democratic optimism for 1892. It mentions Mrs Thurman’s death from influenza, World’s Fair funding, tariff debates, and McKinley era trade shifts. Various notes cover crop yields, cotton economics, railroad records, and expositions in Chicago.
A letter to the postmaster general targets a Louisiana land agent for creating an agency in Toronto and flooding U S mails with lottery circulars. Postmasters are ordered to stamp materials as supposed liable to customs duty and open them under customs supervision. lottery tickets found will be forfeited. The Canadian postmaster is asked to instruct Toronto to stamp mailings that may contain lottery matter similarly.
Advisory notes serious danger from fever prevalent in regions and urges HocHetter's Stomach Bitters as the best aid to acclimate the system against malarial poison. Claims to regulate digestion, liver and bowels, improve constitution, and serve as preventive and remedy for intermittent fevers.
The page offers cooking advice on breading chops and meat moisture methods and includes a safety tip for controlling severe nosebleeds. It also mentions cleaning oiled furniture and a report of a threat by a man named William Lee, with a Cape size mention of a shark catch near Panama and Greenwood Indiana’s local club.
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