13 Sep 1878
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Newspaper
Brenham Weekly Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1878
Page
1
The Brenham Banner announces subscription and advertising terms. Rates include one year subscriptions and various advertising fees for transient, legal notices, and notices of meetings. Pricing lists include different per line charges and district office announcements.
A string of local notes mentions Waco wishing rain while the county complains of excess. Postmaster C J Fitter of St Louis is removed at Carl Schurz’s whim. Yellow fever claims N Orleans deaths, and clerks at Washington land office are discharged. Adler in Camden County Missouri allegedly whipped his 14 year old daughter to death. Caldwell Eagle questions Homan majority in Burleson county. Dallas grand jury indicts 100 for unpaid occupation taxes. Americans flee Mexico to Texas amid persecutions. Donations flow to yellow fever victims in Memphis and New Orleans. Austin to host a Democratic barbecue September 13. Waco Telegraph expanding September 15. Cov Scuteiner to base San Antonio campaign headquarters. Dallas Commercial changes as W L Hart retires due to wife’s health. Galveston News blames the drinker, not the saloon keeper, for a billiard cue incident.
The county convention at the Opera House chose a full Democratic ticket led by Maj. B. H. Bassett president and Dr. Jno. Neal secretary. Nominees include J. M. Williams for Legislature, J. A. Lipscomb for County Judge, C. C. Lockett for County Attorney, Rudolph Krug for District Clerk, H. M. Lewis for County Clerk, J. H. Grabow for Sheriff, H. O. Robertson for Assessor, R. Hoffman for Tax Collector, J. W. Dallas for Surveyor, R. L. Bassett for Treasurer, with Capt. H. L. McClung and T. A. Baker for precinct officers.
W K Lewis presents weekly freight rates to New York at 105 dollars per 100 pounds by rail and water. Weather report by Dr Wood notes total rainfall, highest and lowest temperatures and average temperature around seven degrees.
The Galveston News argues that many men are weighed in office balance and found wanting. It questions if weighing serves any purpose when a person is already lacking, suggesting few Americans would refuse an office on terms they set.
Texas papers debate profitability of South to North shipments with Norfolk figures. Kale 300000 to 400000 barrels cabbage 150000 barrels snap beans 20000 barrels Irish potatoes 400000 barrels strawberries 100000 crates forty quarts each 200000 sweet potatoes and 500000 watermelons. Prices fair given large yield and acreage.
The Denton WWoextter started as a grand daily paper with high hopes, but its days quickly became troubled and brief. It is now gone, its fate likened to a woodbine twisting near a festive blackjack.
The Galveston News notes a Brenham special claim that local outrage rose at health officer actions and aldermen and mayor support. It objects to misrepresentation by the rival reporter and asks for fair treatment given limited rural circulation.
The passage notes that socialistic labor men, claiming capitalist oppression and unemployment, still gather thousands of dollars at public meetings to advance their agenda. The drive is portrayed as a personal benefit to the agitators rather than a collective relief effort.
The Halifax Aventng Repor ter is being widely sent to Texas papers to advertise a certain patent medicine. Several state exchanges feel complimented by requests for exchange space, but they will not be taken in by the offer.
A letter offering practical advice for sisters and housekeepers. It covers avoiding soap on mined wood and using cold tea for cleaning, stretching lace curtains to dry, and ironing avoidance. It also describes cleaning tinware with a damp cloth dipped in soda and brisk rubbing, followed by drying.
A fragment urges the ideal of a true gentleman who quits the SEC era and listens to the aged. It calls for pity toward the deformed, politeness to the poor sewing girl and the wealthy, virtue over clothes, avoidance of public leering at women, and scorn for libertine conduct.
A letter from J. H. of Praite Farmer proposes a simple asthma remedy involving two ounces of iodine of potassium dissolved in one quart of hot water. The writer says a tablespoonful taken three times daily provides relief after a long battle with the illness and invites others to try the treatment at a minimal cost.
Corres patches in the vicinity of Schoenau Austin County are white as winter snow but residents complain of the difficulty experienced in protecting hands to do the work.
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