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Various Local Notes Highlight Houston Area Commerce and People
The Italian Benevolent association of Houston marked its anniversary. Victoria hay shipments surge as large crops and quality rise. East Texas lumber mills struggle to meet rising orders. Horace D. Taylor, longtime Houston resident of 40 years, died at 70. Senor Trevino’s Mexican show tours the state. A new hotel at City has plans and rapid construction. A San Antonio bricklayer fight ends with multiple stab wounds. Breadmakers debate salt or meal versus soap for washing hands. Lone Star remedies touted for catarrh and blood conditions. The San Angelo Fair ends on the 13th. Various personal testimonials on curing leg sores and digestive ailments through Lone Star products and P.S.P.P. medicines. Virginia’s tax gain shows $24,000,000 increase over 1889.