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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
4
The Houston Daily Post lists publication offices at Franklin Avenue and notes circulation details. It provides subscription rates, city delivery options, and warnings about authorized agents and bill payments.
Houston readers are informed The Post will be on sale in many cities including New Orleans at Charles Hotel stand and Geosner. H J Mollega in New Orleans. Washington D C at Pi ttasburgh and Washington News Exchange. Buffalo at Buffalo Circulation Bureau. St Louis Planters Union Station. Los Angeles Oliver Harris. Denver The Stationery Company. Omaha Mergerth Stationery. and others listed with street addresses.
The Chicago Inter Ocean rebukes Dr Sheldon for attacking party loyalty on Pride night. It argues parties rest on principles and that deserting one’s party or attacking leadership weakens citizen obligation. It contrasts Sheldon with Texas figures seen as bitter critics of politics.
President Spoonts of the Texas Kir association lauds a barratry bill as a vital statutory reform. He warns that some lawyers drift toward commercialization and aggressive tactics, while reputably minded practitioners should push back against methods that threaten justice and public trust.
The excerpt argues admission to the bar should be weighty and binding, with license holders responsible for preserving judiciary honor and defending clients. A thoroughly principled bar would prevent court disrepute and restore lay trust.
The Richmond Dispatch challenges the charge that Southern states seek to violate the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. It mocks Republican founders and cites Virginia’s resistance to ratification, arguing the amendments’ spirit clashes with true constitutional intent and accuses opponents of hypocrisy amid broader political disputes.
A collage of satirical quips from multiple papers quotes men with and without energy in harsh climates. It notes oil towns Beaumont and Kyle, along with jokes about eggs mud and populist opinions. It cites Lawton Texas and references Admiral Cervera and Schley amid a wave of humorous and critical snippets.
A woman gifts the New York public library a set of menus from Hungary, China, Japan, and Russia to be kept for future generations. In Colby a harvest hand’s jail sentence was deferred at the employer’s request until September. Boston will auction the first leather bound “Whrary bound” book on August 7. A history of British forces in South Africa lists 249,416 officers and men with 14,074 killed and 17,209 wounded by April’s end.
The Infanta Isabella stirs Madrid by driving a self commanded motor car through streets. Harriet Prescott Spafford splits winters between Merrimac island, Newburyport and occasional stays in Boston and Washington. Mrs. Lucinda Powers, Georgetown Ohio post mistress, linked to General Grant’s youth. London Humanitarian League honors Rev. Stratton for abolition of cruel royal sports. letters from Meredith Hardy and Harrison support abolition. Captains Forsyth Ide Farenholt and Robinson retire after forty years service, to hold rear admiral rank and pay.
A damaged fragment presents a meditative verse urging caution against perpetual happiness. It reflects on worry, fleeting sunshine, and the inevitability of sorrow that may darken tomorrow, with uncertain attribution to John P Sjolander.
The Philadelphia Times essay warns the German tariff bill will raise duties on grains meat sugar and machinery and threaten American trade. It argues the measure favors protectionist interests and risks provoking tariff wars harming global commercial peace through broad punitive rates. The piece contrasts agrarian and industrial supporters behind the move.
Western statistician tallies 1838 casual ties from Fourth of July celebrations with 25 killed and 1813 injured. Gream s total loss reaches 126,185 dollars. The piece laments noise and disruption of Independence Day, calling the display foolish, extravagant, barbarous, and harmful to public peace and safety. It argues patriotism does not excuse annual nuisance and questions the custom’s value.
The piece rails at England's king for being watched by the press and mocks the royal caution as a nuisance. It suggests American voters could outmaneuver royal publicity by using press agents and advance notices to shape coverage and interviews.
Fragmented text blends poetry of river imagery with scattered quotes about weather reporters and city figures. The piece weaves lakeside longing with snippets about Sharkey, Jeffries, Maine, and editorial work, creating a collage of voices and nostos amid urban notes.
A magazine style page shows a fashion note on a shawna polleted blouse with red trim and embroidered skirt. It includes a basic recipe by Miss New England for a nut raisin cake and suggests cooking tips for vegetables, with notes on preserving color and tenderness. The page lists menu ideas for lunch dinner and breakfast featuring cold tongue cottage cheese and roast fish.
Fragmentary editorial warns Americans to defend their republic against growing danger as nations drift from republican creeds. It urges vigilance to preserve rights and avoid calamity from abandoning foundational principles.
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