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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1900
Page
4
The Houston Daily Post publication office lists delivery, subscription prices, and monetary handling instructions. It notes offices on Franklin Avenue and Tribune Building, provided payment procedures, and staff duties for city bills and subscriptions.
The Post reports a man claimed to be J. K. Grist and B. B. Throop posing as traveling agents to collect subscriptions. Agents are identifiable by their printed head lines in the editorial column. The paper asks for information and cautions payments to strangers without proof of identity.
A critical meditation contrasts Abraham Lincoln with modern political rhetoric at a commemorative gathering. The author warns that contemporary speeches fail to live up to Lincoln's ideals and questions the outcome of the GOP march from Lincoln to Hanna.
Major General William Ludlow military governor of Havana arrived in New York last week. He downplayed Cuban reforms and emphasized gradual change, noting that language and religion cannot be changed overnight and that school enrollment will grow as reforms take root.
The writer mocks the idea that benevolent assimilation tied to Marcus Hanna will require Cuban children to adopt Hannacrotic doxologies and abandon their language. They quip about revising the Ten Commandments and Declaration of Independence to crown him as heir to a New Jerusalem.
On the way home from Pretoria former consul Charles B. Macrum remains silent amid accusations of espionage links and Britain's Durban censorship. The narrative claims U.S. officials and President McKinley faced pressure to secure sensitive papers. Macrum allegedly carried proof of British humiliation via a German vessel, while political factions debate party loyalty and anti British sentiment.
A man named Wild in Kentucky considers starting a newspaper in Frankfort. He contemplates naming the publication the Kathtuck Kicker and launching it in the state capital.
An excerpt discusses advertising value in Texas during a period of growth, praising prudent ad use and noting libel concerns around some papers. It covers opinions on tariffs, trusts, and neutrality, with mentions of The Chicago Chronicle style, Texan editorials, and various regional papers.
A fragment praises the continuing welcome of the Confederate Daughter, noting the publication’s enduring charm and beloved status. The text highlights the editor’s role and the publication’s longtime appeal to readers.
A collage of obscure global facts and figures covers elections in Bavaria rail openings in Russia and China urban transit in the United States and Europe. It cites livestock meat markets London dust reclamation cases milk bottles and university libraries with scattered figures and institutions named.
The North Atlantic squadron will visit Galveston by April 20, marking the first wartime fleet visit since 1886. Ships include the New York Texas Detroit and Machias with displacements listed. Local preparations target favorable rail rates and large interior crowds for the event.
A garbled column references Lydia Maver in Brownsville Lone Island noted for a Hebrew colony, a Revolutionary weapons display at ex-Speaker Reed’s New York office, Colonel George T Parkin gifting parkland near Akron, a Havana diary by Rufus King tied to 1852 85 health oath, Rockefeller described by Dr Diewar as nearly perfect for 9 years, and Joseph Choate’s London visitors Rudyard Kipling and Henry James. It mentions a $1000 millennium gift for a Margard and University of Pennsylvania memorial spring on horse histories.
The list of grand jurors sworn in this morning includes Gustave Pfeiffer Adam Koeks Frank D Hahn and several others across Harris Galveston Montgomery and surrounding counties. Additional petit jurors were sworn in including ALE Busch Tom Hall J F Irvine Allen Cameron Henry Kaiser and more across Galveston Brazoria Colorado and other counties.
Pilot Point eyed a cotton mill with $60,000 cost and $9,000 subscribed. McKinney post office cross recovery hit a $1,050 in January. Waco Cotton Machine Manufacturing aims to start with $10,000 capital to produce cotton and gin machinery. Jefferson furnace runs full time with four to six carloads daily, exporting to Michigan Illinois Missouri and Tennessee. Morann broom factory shipped 84 dozen brooms worth 6999 and paid farmers 7100 for broom corn. August Buermann of Newark endowed Simmons College with 500 for a German heritage student scholarship.
Illinois Chicago shirt waist and silk factory seeks location for a new plant employing 100 girls. Missouri St. Louis George L White searches for a site to establish a cellulome manufacturing plant. Ohio Cincinnati T A Snider Pitkitue company seeks a site for its plant. Indiana Munster D K Miller looks for a suitable location for a plant he controls and plans to enlarge.
Two severe freezes hit the Corpus Christi area leaving a long stretch of Corpus Christi bay strewn with numb fish caught in shallow water. Fishermen and Mexicans hauled the deadfish into town all day as they flocked to the scene after the freeze.
A little Black girl, daughter of Dibk Harris, died after her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace. The child was alone in the Brookshire Texas home and rescue attempts failed.
William W Greenwood aged 45 of Troy New York died at the home of Mrs Guy Seaman in Galveston after long battle with wounds from the Cuban campaign. A Yale graduate and former sheriff of Yuma County Arizona he was a friend and college mate of Colonel Roosevelt and served as sergeant of Troop A in the Rough Riders. He was wounded at San Juan Hill and resigned to civilian life before returning west.
A party of Southern Pacific officials and their families arrived from Houston for a social outing. City Passenger Agent J. A. Miller and local committee welcomed them at the depot. The group toured Port San Jacinto and jetties, then enjoyed a roast. The roster included Mills and wife, Mrs Mills, Mrs W T Perkins, Moree, Robbins, Parks, and others.
The Levy residence at 1717 Avenue H was burglarized last evening between 9 and 16 o'clock. About $25 in cash was taken from a drawer along with diamonds left untouched. Police report this as part of a recent citywide wave of burglaries and note an organized effort to prevent them.
A long string of personal names and city or company locations is presented, listing individuals from multiple cities including Houston Cincinnati New York Boston Chicago Paris Richmond and others with multiple initials and titles, but no clear event or action is described. The fragment reads like a roster or attendee list without context or dates.
In Hiceville Texas on February 19 a young man named Sam Copeland was shot nine times by an unseen assailant from behind a bushes barrier along a road. He was carried a mile to a nearby home where a physician treated him. he remained alive at 1 PM but was not expected to survive. no suspects are yet identified though several parties are under surveillance.
Green touted for national committeeman faced opposition over service to county. Delegates approved resolutions endorsing the national administration and criticizing the Texas legislature. Convention urged a State and county ticket and directed votes for Dr. W E Davin as delegate at large.
Mr Hargrove spoke on the cotton mill subject at Temple on February 18 but cold weather kept farmers away. Attendees expressed belief the cotton mill could aid the area while a proposal for a local mill was formed. A committee including AF Boneley F M Wortham and FP Downs was named to advance a Temple mill project.
Telephones from Bay City to Coney and Hardeman are now connected, improving county communication. Rain in December and January slowed Fermi interests, while stock and beef cattle conditions improve. County office candidates spark activity with T. J. Poole the sole announced for treasurer. Matagorda Rice and Anti Kalon Co buys twelve large mules to begin levies and ditches using an elevator road grader.
Two more so called smallpox cases near Pattison Brookshire Texas on February 19 are reported as spreading from earlier cases. The source notes local ravages in the area and references a pecan tree scene and related hog tied remarks about the plague.
A Texas letter from Hon. Dick to the McKinley administration urges careful delegate selection avoiding federal appointees. It quotes officials stressing loyalty to the president and outlines a path for Texas Republicans to support or withhold as delegates to the national convention.
Marion County Republicans gathered in Jefferson Texas for a convention in February to select delegates to the state and national party conventions. Attendees included Paul Mathews Ian H W Walker Dr K Oras wuckey Charles Lewis Goree and Grant as delegates to the national convention.
A burglary occurred in Dallas on February 1 at the Orphans Home east of the suburbs. Thieves robbed the premises of 266 dollars and a number of other items. Police are investigating and seeking clues.
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