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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1901
Page
20
An ornate feature on the Washington Hotel describes it as the only modern hotel for Negroes in the South. It details rooms, furnishings, and services under a European plan with prices around 5 to 8 cents per day for dining, and a weekly net profit reported near 200 dollars before November.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports Birmingham’s first fully equipped hotel for African Americans. Named for Booker T. Washington, the two story brick hotel at First Avenue and Seventeenth Street offers a cafe barber shop saloon and business room with thirty rooms. Black professionals and visitors will find a social center where politics music and daily life are discussed, reflecting pride and enterprise in the local Negro community.
In a long civil session in the Fifty-fifth district court Miss Mattie Graham faced a murder charge while Juila Bartels sued the City of Houston for damages to her property fronting Houston avenue. The jury found $10 for Bartels after a lengthy trial and a related case against the railroad company was dismissed at cost.
A Bremer Co reader writes from South Anniston Alabama praising Coke Dandruff Cure after a month of use. The letter claims long standing scalp problems vanished and expresses deep thanks, noting prior persistent symptoms and a desire to thank the advertiser personally.
A garbled promotional text touts Hotel Palmilla and a tropical luxury allure in Konterangifornia with references to a grand annex, numerous rooms, diverse amenities, and modern services. It mentions Houston figure Usiel Pyopsane, and delivers vague promises of lavish decors and welcoming lines as part of a broad travel advertisement.
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