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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1902
Page
3
Racing results list longhanded names and events from Saratoga, Sheepshead Bay, Kinloch Park, and the Windward circuits. Horses like Won, Winder, and others appear with uncertain placements amid a busy, fragmentary meet summary.
Fragment describes a game with Ulilgan's great defense, Hopkins' pitching, and a strong batting feature highlighting Chattanooga athletics.
Memphis scored in the ninth on hits by Willems and Breitenstein as attendance reached 1800 in a Tennessee area recap. The page shows scattered game lines including Chattanooga and Nashville notes with line scores and a practice drill mention for the Miniger Everts team.
A garbled dated paragraph discusses reform aims led by GSO and a public figure. It mentions Me Southern, Verve, and Terie, with unclear events, dates, and places, reflecting shaky OCR from a historical political item.
Fragmentary text mentions a five year old Lewis Wertz and unclear events at Min feet venue. Several proper nouns appear garbled with no coherent action, date, or location. no verifiable facts or outcomes emerge from the readable lines.
A Houston Post report details East Texas peach seed content cited by railway official Willian Doherty and expert Prof. F. W. Mally. They note two bushels of peaches yield about one bushel of seed and discuss a canning factory visit at Garrickson station with seed price remarks.
Harris County Republicans convene in the Criminal District Court room at Capitoletree for a morning meeting. Delegates to the Fort Worth State convention will be elected and a county chairman and secretary chosen for two years. William Green is named as potential chairman while H Williams also seeks the post.
Beaumont Texas hosts Labor Day events with floats contests prizes and pageantry. The program includes marching bands raffles and awards led by Labor Council officials and local dignitaries. Sheriff Landry reports progress on Port Arthur troubles as workers prepare for the holiday observance.
At noon men were arraigned before County Judge Wheat for intimidation related to Port Arthur order to leave the city. Some pled guilty, others had brief trials. fines of $4 imposed. Names include Fe Wilkee C Gein W J Hopes J Walker Ernest [cher. Grand jury to review shooting case. Beaumont Texas. August 28.
Marshall Tankersley Jr. chased a Black man into an office, was disarmed, and arrested after a gun discharges during a confrontation at a Franklin Avenue location. Witness Hicks, a foreman for Tilpp & Key, described threats, a shotgun scene, and Mr. Tankersley’s actions amid a paving crew dispute.
The funeral of A I Shoquist will be held at Rows & Weight undertaking parlors at 8 PM. The wiret Baptist church will officiate with interment at Migella cemetery. Mrs V B Gee died in Houston Heights and was shipped to Tuckinson for interment by Rows & Wright.
Mesare reports Willer and partners will install a shingle and box factory on the east side of Houten Street in the Fifth Ward near Wear Texan roilwear. They plan to start operations in three to four weeks with about fifteen to twenty workers employed initially.
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