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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1901
Page
7
A garbled timetable lists arrivals and departures for multiple rail routes including the A. & N. O., Galveston, San Antonio, and Missouri lines. It mentions through cars to Dal, connections via Piedei carry, and references to Grand Central Depot and various regional depots. The text notes Sunday specials and lists several trains with arrival times, but the data is incomplete and partially unreadable.
Wall Street reports Missouri Pacific may not hold control of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line, with Missouri Pacific and St Louis Southwestern linked in traffic exchanges across the Mississippi. A bridge from Grays Point to Thebes is anticipated to accelerate intercity rail ties and cross-river movement.
Kansas City Southern announces a new headcar initiative based in Texarkana. The company introduces a freshly created fee of revenue impact, signaling changes in freight operations and pricing structure.
The Gulf Beautont and Kenyak City Railway Company paid the comptroller 408.37 for the passenger tax for the quarter ending December 31, 1900, on passenger earnings of 4050.15.
A large Raymond and Whitcomb excursion traveled through Houston last night bound for California on the Sunset line. About seventy five people were aboard the train during the journey.
A stream of railroad officials and commercial travelers visited this city yesterday including K Rosson Katy livestock agent Fort Worth Wallace O Leary division clerk Pacific W Hy Davidean Katy La range Charles D Golding Rock Island Dallas Joseph Morrow Kuly Dallas Sam H Dixon immigration agent Houston Dallas William McNaniel Fopore Port Arthur Houston and Northern Beard Fort Worth Be ff Adams Santa Fe Galveston Allen party Katy W E Fitch Houston East and West Texas H Wilkinson Southern Pacific James Lawrence Houston and Texas Central L j Polk Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe en route to Galveston Travelers Protective Association plans to press interchargeable mileage system.
A garbled column lists tax receipts, real estate transfers, marriage licenses, and local happenings. It mentions January collections of 7.62, imports of fives in January, and real estate transfers totaling 504 with 7.00 internal revenue. It notes Mandolin club concert plans, a visit by Judge Beauregard Brean, and various local residents, merchants, and sports mentions.
A promotional piece extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a digestive remedy for dyspepsia and stomach troubles. It claims the pleasant tablets digest food thoroughly, restore normal digestion, and differ from laxatives or tonics. The text asserts the tablets cure indigestion by acting on food digestion and are sold at druggists.
Tyler Texas February 6 The negro Claude Jones who was shot while resisting arrest by Sheriff Robinson last week died this morning from the wounds.
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