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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
8
Schedule details list multiple trains to and from Grand Central Depot with departures and arrivals at various times. It includes lines for Santa Fe depots, Galveston connections, and Texas routes with notes on Sunday service and special arrivals.
Gongales county reports multiple stolen horses and stock with descriptions and a liberal reward for recovery. A Calvert theft includes a dark gray pony with a blind tooth, 14 hands, no brand, drift toward Temple. Additional rewards offered for missing watches and other items seized or recovered. Sheriff A. Anderson notes these notices from December.
A faulty but readable notice advertises kidney education with lines about back ache and kidney health. It invites readers to learn more from a free distribution and to visit A. B. Healing at 02 Malo ecorner Prétiere avenue on December 2a.
Southern Railway offers a round trip Christmas excursion to the Southeast, with stops in Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida North Carolina and South Carolina at reduced rates. Tickets sold December 21 22 and 23 and return within thirty days of sale.
A. Y. Kellogg is named engineer of maintenance of way by acting manager Miller. The Houston based appointment follows the resignation of prior chief engineer N. S. Meltrum and places Kellogg in charge of maintenance, renewal of track, bridges, and structures for the Sunset Central lines with headquarters in Houston.
Terrell Texas December 2h N Tex Smitham has resigned the position of master mechanic at Midland effective January 1 to accept a similar post with the Texas rural at Walnut Springs. He will be succeeded by William Heary, former master mechanic on the Prisco Missouri line. Smitham has been with Midland for many years and is popular with the railroad’s employees.
London Herald correspondent reports plan for an electric railway from fondoo to Brighton as faster than rail service to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. The extension aims to cover forty seven miles and cut travel time between the endpoints.
The Houston and Texas Central announces a new timetable affecting arrival and departure times for trains serving Heyasten and Livan. No. 2, 4, 6, and No. 1 adjust arrivals and departures. No. 1 remains 7 a.m. daily. No. 5 at 2 p.m. Changes reflect revised service on the North Texas limited and the South Torn. Halverton, Tex.
Austin rail officials faced a cross-state contention as the International and Great Northern and New Orleans Jacksonville crossings are ordered to upgrade a grade crossing. The decision impacts Texan routes and draws scrutiny from the International Commissioner, with May’s report cited.
State director and chairman of the legislative committee of the Commercial Dealers organization urge postponement of enforcing a delayed train order. The message references Tisilas, Pesos, Desember 24-7 and Marchbach as related individuals in the correspondence to the Atase ralwaw commission.
Traveling agents and railroad officials arrive at headquarters and depart for assignments. Gulf, Santa Fe, and Great Northern agents head to Beaumont and Galveston while Memphis hosts a lumber association. One and one third fares are announced for joint meetings in Texas with Horticulure groups. many offices plan holiday closings.
Hubard City officials announce a city hall entertainment event for the holidays with Mrs. S. I Bord managing a New Year Rabie. Local attendees Henry Mshop and Jay Stansell, Austin law students, return for holidays as L.A. Billinn seeks adjudication of bankruptcy.
Reverend W P Fife led the two week revival in Hico in December. The final day drew a large men’s audience with notable conversions. Collected offerings totaled 700 dollars with 2009 dollars for incidental expenses and gifts to the evangelist to aid foreign missions and orphans.
Fairbanks Texas notes show Mr and Mrs Grady visiting Tuesday and Mr and Mrs Kobbt visiting during the week. Secretan attended First Presbyterian Church services Sunday at eleven o clock. Mira Wright visited the city this week, with additional local social movements recorded.
Special arrangement with manufacturers offers readers a free trial bottle and medical pamphlet. Send full name and address to Dr David Kennedy's Corporation Rondout N Y and mention this paper. The ad touts cures for kidney and liver issues, bladder problems, rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation, and female weaknesses. Drinking a urine sample test is described. The remedy costs 1.00 at druggists.
A Chicago America article notes Prince Albert Edward adopts spectacles after expert advice, marking a shift in royal fashion. It cites praise from courts and suggests the trend may spread to America as New York society observes the change and discusses the broader impact on dress and elegance.
A sequence of obituaries and death notices from Colmeswell Hempstead Wortham and other Texas towns reports individuals passing December 2 22 and 24. Entries mention ages spouses children and burial details and note coroner verdicts and church affiliations.
Several marriage notices from Texas list couples wed in December. Notable entries include Weden Lacy Cumtard and V Weres, and Lilly Steves with Marshall Knox officiated by Rev Jerome Duncan. Other couples include Peter Gallway and Sudle filliany with ceremony at the bride’s home and J B Wooten with Wiltie Putner in Eagle Lake.
A string of wedding notices from towns across Texas lists couples like Morford Barnes, Carpenter War, and Jones Farr, with ceremonies held in December and January. The notes describe officiants, venues, and new spouses moving to homes in each community, reflecting a bustling marriage scene across counties.
December 24 Reanto Patterson, a loyal colored servant of Cree years, died after a blaze at 2 o clock at the rear of Mrs Allen's residence. Patterson had lived with the Allen family for years and was found burned near the premises in Shrewnpirt Loa.
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