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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
4
The Houston Post informs readers of its publication offices at Franklin Avenue and lists foreign offices in New York Chicago and Washington. It details subscription rates, delivery notes, and instructions for payments and correspondence to the Houston Printing Company. It emphasizes payments to the official Post office and lists agents and contact points.
The article discusses Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy weighing renewal of the triple alliance, with fears of revanche against France, strain over Austro-Hungarian tariffs, and Italy drifting toward France amid financial pressures and discontent with the pact. Washington warns nations against expecting disinterested favors in foreign alliances.
A presidential transmittal presents a commission report favoring the Panama route for a canal. The report argues Panama offers shorter and cheaper construction and maintenance, while Nicaragua remains for Senate action amid disputes over terms and control.
Kipling’s war poem The Islander framed as prayer and fight, born from a doubled spirit of supplication and slogan. The critic notes his militantly Puritan tone, concern over the Boer War, and critique of laxity in Britain’s fighting readiness.
A jumble of quotes and notices from the Dallas area pieces the exchange voices from the Philippines to Kipling and Kipling era war talk. It notes the Montgomery County Record debut, Elgin Ledger birthday, and scattered weather and irrigation opinions. It lists five North Texas candidates for state offices and cites a railroad rate reduction affecting over seven percent of Texas rail tonnage.
The passage urges immediate construction of an Iathiiian canal along the best route. It warns against deception by opponents of any Iethinfian canal, notably Senator Hania la. The Post notes the public favors the Nicaragua route, would accept Panama, but demands an isthmian canal now.
The piece argues Colonel O. T. Holt should run for mayor of Houston, stressing his fitness and demand for reform. It urges strong aldermanic support, listing twelve men to form a council aligned with Holt, emphasizing clean, nonpartisan city government and a pledge of public service over special interests.
Disjointed excerpts jab at politicians and policy debates. Sentences mock pension costs and U S Japan British stances while noting King Edward ceremonies and Pan American congress dates. References to Manila post funds and wartime figures appear amid social gossip and anonymous accusations.
Hopkins County Democrat notes friendly scolding toward The Houston Post and its poet editor. It references bragging about circulation and mock rebaptizing a Sun columnist as Venus, while praising The Houston Post for large wanted patronage and Southern newspaper stature.
The New Orleans States piece attacks Republican newspapers for fawning over a Roosevelt policy. It argues party leaders will clash with the Roosevelts and that praise will fade as political battles over federal policy intensify.
The passage condemns Roosevelt's energetic and impulsive leadership as endangering the power and wealth of the Republican Party. It predicts a surge of political opposition and a retrenchment in liberal cultural goals as the party reacts to his administration.
A late November dispatch reports US trade with Siam, valuing imports at about 160.2 thousand dollars, led by machinery and bicycle parts. King notes American goods dominate Siam's bicycle and lamp markets, with English and Hong Kong supplies close behind. petroleum, chemicals, and sewing machines show strong US presence while Thai demand shifts toward crude oil and electrical equipment.
A chaotic jumble of verse and prose mentions Bobby Evatys Teddy, a hunt on a mountain moor, and plans to photograph and chase creatures. Interwoven are references to lectures by Holson, monkeys learning English, a musk ox in Chicago, and a skunk trap, all cobbled in a newspaper fragment.
The excerpt notes continuing emigration from Italy and Spain to the Americas, fluctuations in commodity prices, and distant global observations. It mentions California apricot cultivation dominance, Argentina gauchos, British rifle clubs, and various currency and tax figures, with several fragmented geographic and economic facts.
A jumble of names and brief notes references King George of Greece and the duke of Spartace Nicholas attending a coronation, a warship to England, and Cronstadt visits. It mentions F Augustus Heinze in Butte, James McCreary and Conan Doyle, Sarath Kumar Ghosh, and various brief biographical hints amid scattered references to Governers, editors, and musicians.
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