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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1900
Page
7
The Texas House discusses railroad double headers and tax bills. Bills cover bank taxation and local city funding while amendments seek to tax bonds at market value and curb railroad liability. The chamber suspends rules to advance measures and schedules action for Monday.
A fragmented notice extols Christian Science healing, claiming cures for chronic and incurable diseases, immediate results, and widespread public faith. It urges readers to contact the author for distant healing and cites testimonials and a published pamphlet as evidence.
The Texas Senate convened at 10 am with a recess, and Grignon secured an amendment to require city ordinances for water works leases to be public and 20 days prior to finalization. Page Brice Sherrill colleagues presented President Pro Tem Stafford with a gold-healed walking stick. Adjourned to Monday at 10.
G. W. Talbot argues that tariff policy masking risk ignores differing exposure on the Gulf Colorado and Southern Railway. He cites brake crew duties on branch versus main lines and notes insurance incentives may reflect unequal hazard assessments.
Beaumont Texas February 17 mild winter and pleasant weather push lumber makers to anticipate early string. Large interior dealers fear being short once demand rises and seek to buy now. Saw bills plentiful and many brokers cautious on tonnage while shipments meet expectations and prices remain firm at main factory levels.
Paint Rock Texas notes report a sharp cold norther but little stock suffering. Cattle are being fed more this winter, though many are in poor condition. Ground is unusually wet, promising good crops if spring comes. County commissioners plan to fall in and reissue eighteen $100 bridge bonds at lower interest, while old bonds carry 1 percent. They also intend to pay off two $1000 court house bonds. The report mentions a description of a famous bullion value and its legality.
In Comanche Texas the community notes a grand event with around six hundred attendees and a comical costume contest won by Luz Moore. No candidates are announced yet for the three alderman seats. the city plans an election on the first Tuesday in April.
An ideal tablet form for catarrh is presented with Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. The ad claims concentrated antiseptics in tablet form reach blood and mucous membranes, unlike inhalers and sprays, with a Pittsburg lawyer praising relief after two months. Drugstores offer the product for sale.
The University of Texas reports color changes and campus debates regarding university branding. Regents consider royal blue as the official color as departments discuss calendars and building projects. Notable items include abolition of the bachelor of literature degree, expansion of summer programs, and faculty research in chemistry and mathematics with faculty travels to Germany and Europe.
Wharton Texas hosts a lively young society hop at the opera house on February 17. The assembly favors a young crowd with few married attendees as intense cold drives revelers home to a warm place.
An advertisement asserts the Pyramid Pile Cure contains no cocaine or opiates and offers instant relief from itching, bleeding, and protruding piles. It markets a nightly suppository form promising permanent cure, claiming universal efficacy and promising home delivery through Pyramid Co. Mars.
Readers report Peruna relieves catarrh in eyes, lungs, stomach, kidneys and more. Testimonials from John W. Wright and others in Washington and Chicago praise its effects for debility, sleep, digestion, and nerve issues. A free booklet on catarrh phases is offered by The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus Ohio.
In Wert Texas February 10 H A Har grove of Shreveport spoke to an enthusiastic crowd on the cotton mill plan. A Dickess committee was formed to solicit subscriptions, with 99000 already raised in one day. In Longview February 14 a meeting of Gregg county citizens approved funding for a cotton mill at the point, about 920,000 subscribed with 100000 expected in shares. Lawyers doctors farmers and others supported the project, signaling a boom for Longview.
Subscriptions opened for a 100000 pound cotton mill in Parte Texas with shares at 50 pounds each. Secretary Gill reports strong interest and expects full funding within sixty days. Company formation will begin after 50000 pounds is subscribed. Hargrove to lecture in Ennis on Texas textile industry February 24, drawing enthusiasm.
Rusk Texas February report details Harry Parsons a telephone lineman who was badly burned in an accident. The brief item notes the injury and ongoing condition with limited further facts.
A man was fatally burned last night after his clothing caught fire while he dropped a sleep in the Long hotel office. Prompt aid was given but he died from injuries. recovery was unlikely.
Notice from Alvin Texas that rural free delivery will start March 1 with one carrier and one substitute. Inspector George Olsen spent time surveying routes and the department in Washington expects a quick service expansion. Scarlet fever visits Rose Hill. two children aged 4 and 6 die within days, others ill in cold weather. Lockhart proposes April 3 election to issue bonds for a city water works system at 5 percent interest, term twenty years. mayoral and alderman elections set for April 3.
A ledger item shows 1716 total HO and SHO 89 I with N. CG Munger named as cashier. The note asserts the statement is true to the edge and pelior, indicating a formal bank accounting entry and authentication by the cashier.
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