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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1891
Page
4
A collage of curiosities from The Weekly Banner supplement dated October 29 1891, listing witty aphorisms on women science and society, notes on taxes and saloons in Chicago, a Washington monument shot tower offer, Michelson’s light velocity figure, and various oddities from culture science and politics.
State news notes Aransas Harbor school board adopts the Herald of the city as a reader in public schools. Other items report jailings in a murder case near Weatherford, artesian well work at Midland, new rockdale water supply, a fire destroying stables at Comanche, and Amarillo rain.
Mrs Stanley’s lineage traces to Oliver Cromwell while a Holland village elects a woman organist and bellringer. Hayes among millionaires. a female head of Sak Growing Association of Pennsylvania. Several colored democratic clubs formed in Pennsylvania. Mexico city subscribes over 317000 for Spanish flood relief. Judge Thurman to mark 78th birthday in Columbus on November 12. Constans resembles Blaine in appearance. Boston woman runs a successful independent job printing house. Ontonagon’s 2000 residents lack common surnames Smith Brown Jones. A woman chosen to collect flora specimens of Colorado for the World’s Fair. Two New York sisters plan Bowdoin art building. London matriculation honors awarded to a woman. Mrs Jackson, mayor of a Kansas city, orders liquor sellers to stop. Entomologist Prof Linter cites over a million insect species. Eiffel tower blamed for electrical disturbances and worsened climate reports. Cascade fires threaten timber in twenty five miles. Grace Patton elected to professorship at Colorado Agricultural College. Mrs Chaska seeks divorce from Indian husband, who papers claim she still loves. John Frisbee dragged up by balloon while holding onto one.
A collage of short notes covers architecture and sculpture updates, literary figures, legal and political tidbits, railway crimes, travel and science hints, and social mores. Highlights include Bartholdi’s Gambetta statue, Hawthorne’s granddaughter, Kipling’s age, and a Texas train robbery capture.
Excerpts echo poetry on captivity and imagination, praise for township libraries in Indiana, and a Brooklyn Life tale on a merchant’s strategic stock move. The piece reflects on books fueling youth and keen market sense shaping fortunes.
A gentleman drove a 1000 miles in a dogcart with total weight over 800 pounds. The journey spanned nineteen consecutive days averaging over 52 miles daily, with a peak day of 68 miles. The route covered Edinburgh Glasgow Nottingham York and London. The horse, fifteen hands high and well bred, returned home reportedly no worse for the ordeal.
The Detroit Free Press comments on a perceived pattern where girls seeking guidance or fortunes focus first on love and emotions. The piece questions whether they ignore other topics or feel confident handling non emotional matters themselves.
A hurried exchange hints at elopement plans as a father’s view is sought. A Montreux cat opens a door for a friend, and seeds of Can na indies are noted as sacred beads. An American named Edwards near New York faces a death sentence after multiple previous escapes.
The article notes Jupiter’s opposition with the sun, rising at sunset and visible all night, with a vast volume and shadow, belts and the famed Great Red Spot. It invites observers to watch the planet’s developing features through telescopes, while comparing it to a sun-like world in tumultuous activity.
The Eagle Eyria balloon and its crew faced a sudden blizzard above Denver after launch. Sunlit sky gave way to fierce, swirling snow in minutes, with three inches accumulating on the top and occupants unseen as the craft vanished from the bright day.
Rev. William Herbert long rector of Llanon Cardiganshire, aged ninety five, regained his sight after cataract removal by an eminent Manchester oculist. He read the service in church and entertained 600 parishioners at tea marking the restoration. He had served fifty years in the parish before losing his sight six years ago.
A mastiff weighing 150 pounds joined a man in a double parachute ascent at Reed Lake. At about 2000 feet the dog’s chute opened late but functioned, and he landed in the lake where a steamboat rescued him. The dog howled but was unharmed and dog ascensions may become a feature. The Humane society threatens prosecutions.
Globe observers focus on the sun as a historic solar period peaks. A New York paper notes amateurs may not excel in this class yet small telescopes could earn names in astronomy books. It mentions Jupiter and stars as well as a Chico cat startling sparrows during a rescue. An Illinois man completes a 500 mile tramp at over seventy.
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