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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
2
The article outlines the Mormon missionary system where every member may be called to serve for three years abroad without support, highlighting the global reach from New Zealand to Iceland. It notes hardships including a violent incident in Temesvar Hungary and government restrictions on proselytizing.
Citizens note a surplus of elections affecting peace and order as the approach to the April local vote draws interest in multiple cities. Newspapers reflect widespread public sentiment on local administration and governance.
The piece argues reform is blocked by organized corruption in cities and praises newspapers and public speakers for demanding honesty. It notes a lack of public advocates for reform and urges better organization of the virtuous to counter the ring. It also calls out San Francisco women taxpayers rising to demand the vote, citing tax contributions without political voice.
The state association of commercial clubs urges a compulsory registration law in all cities with populations over ten thousand. It argues honest elections are not partisan but decency and that the current law is fatally weak. Every business man should support an honest ballot.
The piece discusses William II's balance between supporting Kruger and maintaining his own credibility after recent peace ties with Victoria. It notes critics claim he wavers, while portraying him as active and provocative in foreign affairs as the United States plans a gunboat mission to Fez over a Moroccan damages claim by widow Ezaqui.
The piece notes Oklahoma's wealth and population give it a commanding position for statehood, suggesting Arizona and New Mexico will likely become states within two years, while all three may seek admission soon.
The Brandon News notes social views where daughters are undervalued after marriage and not educated, while Chinese practice mirrors this exclusion. It also warns that the US quarter is unusually unlucky with 13 stars, 13 scroll letters, 13 feathers, 13 shield lines, 13 stripes, and 13 letters in “quarter dollar.”
In Covington Kentucky the license fine system regulates gambling with four pool sellers arrested daily and fined ten dollars plus two dollars costs. The approach is presented as logical and consistent and reflects strict enforcement.
The state pursues a 2 million dollar penalty against Armour for illegal oleomargarine sales as judges lawyers and railroads die and are born amid the case. Carnegie jokes about Rockefeller’s wealth. a giant Red Cross fire sculpture will grace New York before year end. El Paso ranks in population with larger cities but not size. Missouri city bans gambling joints from 6 pm to 6 am. Mayors cannot moralize all citizens. El Paso resents official vice protection.
Texas now has four Carnegie libraries located in San Antonio Houston Fort Worth and Dallas. Each institution received a $50 000 grant from Mr Carnegie totaling $200 000 across the state.
The city will pay a quarter of a cent for each pauper burial. If this covers funeral costs, the profit on a five hundred dollar policy or fund appears straightforward.
The article notes Japan will stage a world’s fair in 1902 challenging St Louis to maintain prestige as the American city risks losing its status and share of attention in the global spectacle.
A Chicago paper claims one in five marriages in the city ends in divorce court. It also notes Houston bank clearings exceed Minneapolis and nearly match Kansas City, while Boston shows warming signs and a new magazine titled Good Cheer appears.
Miss Zella Mullahan of East Pearl street is arrested on a pocket picking charge after losing a political bet to William Bigelow. The watch backed by Bigelow’s Democrat wager was returned by the mayor’s officer and the case set for trial next Monday.
El Paso Ice and Refrigerator Go advertises purified water made from distilled ice. Readers are urged to consult their physician or druggist on the purity and healthfulness, with telephone contact provided as No. 14.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has eased teething pains and colic in children. It soothes gums and calms diarrhea with a bottle priced at twenty five cents. CAUTION orders for Mexican carved leather work are also advertised by W. G. Wale Company.
Washington observers report a crowded Capitol as Congress plans fourteen appropriations bills and a canal vote while diplomats push for treaties. McKinley faces decisions on a trust plank and clerks lose a pre Thanksgiving half day as party lines blur amid foreign policy and tariff talk.
Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin feared for her life as gall stones worsened stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. She found relief after using Electric Bitters which cured her stomach liver and kidney ailments. A 50 cent bottle is sold by W. A. Irvin & Co with guarantee.
The canvass for Jno. F. Worley’s El Paso directory nears completion. Residents who moved or arrived since names were taken must notify the undersigned at Hotel Francis. Public and publishers urge prompt action. John F. Worley, Publisher El Paso Directory.
Visiting Cards from El Paso Engraving Co located at 207 Mesa Avenue El Paso. Telephone number 58 listed for business inquiries and engraving services.
If you travel to California this winter or visit Arizona or Northern New Mexico, plan the trip via Trinidad Gateway with the unequalled service of The Denver Road in connection with the Santa Fe through service to the coast.
An urgent health notice urges rapid aid when a person’s life may be at risk from coughs and colds. It promotes One Minute Cough as a quick cure for coughs bronchitis grippe and throat and lung troubles, attributed to Fred Sehnefer druggist.
Advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as the only harmless remedy giving immediate results for croup, lung troubles, coughs, and colds. Claims rapid cure and prevention of consumption with Fred Sebefer, druggist, in Buttermilk.
Houston event offers Account Fruit Flower and Vegetable Festival round trip tickets from December 9 to 16 at 27.50. Limited seating.
Dr J H Parsons offers dental services in room 11 at the Plaza Block and invites readers to try The Herald's Popular Wants.
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