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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
4
Public notice style listing office, publication names, addresses, and subscription prices for the Houston Daily Post and related editions. Mentions circulation offices and traveling agents but provides no clear event, person, or outcome.
The Houston Post lists city delivery by carriers at 1.00 per month with discounts for longer terms. Theodore Bering oversees city circulation and collections, with authorized collectors named. payments should be by check to The Houston Printing Company. Subscriptions require timely arrival and orders from office staff are not accepted. Houston, Friday, Dec 20, 1800.
The piece argues Americans sympathetic to the Boers oppose British policy in South Africa. It links Britain's war aims to control Rand gold, warns of gold standard strain on the Bank of England, and predicts nations will insist on keeping gold at home amid global financial pressures.
The piece critiques Democratic support for a Republican aligned appointee and laments party purity while examining Panama and Nicaragua canal plans. It notes Hepburn backing government canal efforts, questions private corporate control, and warns against monopolies and imperial policies impacting republics.
The passage questions whether a Republican president can appoint Democratic defectors to nonpartisan boards, arguing that Democrats opposing the regular organization may force citizens to accept such appointments while criticizing Bryan and the dirty partisan process.
A San Antonio Post special reports a shocking deer herd slaughter by Northern sportsmen in the Texas countryside west of the city. Local sportsmen vow prosecution of all involved, urging authorities to apply vigorous penalties to deter future such crimes and preserve noble game. The Post and other papers pledge public support for swift punishment and enforcement of the game laws.
Disjointed fragments detail unrest from Hawaii to the Philippines and Texas. Notes mention bribery rumors in military and civil service, calls for the South Texas Wall and Exposition, stock subscriptions, and a warning of bubonic plague in Honolulu. Imperial expansion and monopolized commerce appear as themes.
The columns discuss free silver and bimetallism debates in Texas amid newspaper price shifts. References include Senator Chilton Bailey expressions, the San Antonio Express, the Houston Post, and The Times Herald. Angleton wins festival prizes boosting regional pride and future advertising potential.
A survey mentions Mita Onoto Watagius of Chicago as a unique Japanese women writer in the country, and notes her 21 years in America across various cities. It also reports Secretary Long’s preference for a green bag over the standard black portfolio and mentions Mrs. Louisa Lawson’s postal belt fastener now used in New South Wales. Other items cite English society women hunters and a Philippine bolo gifted to General Corbin in Washington.
The text notes Rev. Robert Cotman Jr being elected Epleropal bishop of Maine while contrasting a recent capture of Schwan and mentioning a Boston lawyer lineage. It describes Cadman as educated for the bar and practicing law, then rising as a high churchman.
A compact digest of observations notes diverse topics from Durban and South Africa to Japan rail mileage and Washington DC fish in the District of Columbia. It mentions the potential economic impact of wheat transport, high Andean elevations, New Orleans rainwater tanks, meteorological kites, ancient Egypt, and a Siberian railway projected to 49% miles with an estimated cost of about 75 million dollars.
A Galveston Tribune piece calls for a new criminal procedure system to balance protections for the state against criminals. It urges reformers to craft rules limiting endless appeals and bias, suggesting public support, broader jurists, and improved judicial review to curb miscarriages.
A polemical critique of monarchies and divine right, recounting czarist Potsdam travel and state oppression. The piece links royal privilege to heavy taxation and military dominance, noting workers’ misery and rising thoughts of assassination amid political campaigns against imperial rule.
Washington special recounts a story of a famed drinker visiting a barber shop. A colored barber teases him with talk of Daniel Webster, sparking a wry exchange about speech and dignity as the customer plays along with the barber’s humor.
A survey of British strength in South Africa lists mounted units such as First Royal Dragoons and Thirteenth Hussars, infantry brigades under Generals Hilyard and Lyttelton, and auxiliary bits like Natal artillery and field hospitals. It notes total available combat forces around 25,000 with 48 guns, discusses division strengths, reinforcements, and the high mobility and leadership of Boer commanders Cronje Joubert and Kruger while contrasting casualties with the Spanish-American conflict.
Pennsylvania readers recall Homestead 1892 as Whitelaw Reid, then candidate for vice president, urged a settlement between the Carnegie Steel Company and its workers. He sought a cable appeal to Carnegie in Scotland, aided by Milholland, but Frick remained adamant, and Carnegie eventually faced renewed conflict and public scrutiny.
Incomplete transcription mentions a meeting chair and an advisory committee tied to Carnegie, a homestead, and a secret injunction. The fragment hints at a memorable New York trip and efforts to restore an elderly man’s humanity, but details are unclear.
A fragmented discussion outlines the cotton belt spanning Virginia to New Mexico. It notes vast land, tens of millions of acres, and growing per capita cotton output amid shifting settlement patterns and regional population changes.
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