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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1901
Page
4
The record lists the Houston Daily Post publication office and staff, including R. M. Johnston and G. J. Palmer, with publication addresses on Franklin Avenue and various telephone numbers for business and editorial departments, dated Wednesday July 10 1201.
A fragmented appraisal extols the self educated man who earns through hardship and real world work. It contrasts college youth with the seasoned, rugged adventurer who will lead progress in railroads deserts and mountains. The passage hopes both paths support America’s forward drive.
The Texas sheriffs gather for their annual convention in Houston at Turner Hall. The piece extols the sheriff's dedication, danger, and modesty while praising their role in upholding law and order amid long, perilous duties.
Professor N S Shaler argues lynching stems from a belief in American goodness masking a belief that others are unlike oneself. He claims the crime shocks humanity and shows the criminal as a lesser man, not a fellow being, yet maintains lynching cannot be justified as defense or justice.
An analysis argues lynch law reflects a national conviction that the defenseless deserve swift, extra-judicial punishment for crimes against women. It cautions against sensationalism while noting such actions arise from a deep sense of outrage and moral duty to uphold justice beyond formal courts.
The piece piles modern controversies from empire policy to public figures, naming Lin, Lown, and Dewey era debates while lampooning headlines with caricatured, satirical phrases and scattered names across a broad political panorama.
A string of comic snippets features remarks about a supposed defaulter Frank Tickleton and a fellow Honest Frank Wickleton. The scene pivots on witty exchanges about professions, employment, and social pretenses, including a distillery worker, a shirt waist question, and a lawyer’s honesty.
The Texas Volunteer Guard launches as a monthly at Hillsboro to advance Texas Volunteer interests. A discussion on liquor questions and political figures like Senator Depew is noted amid editorials from the Southern Mercury and Beeville Bee. Local responses praise American youth and reflect on social and civic issues across Texas cities.
The text outlines US and European coffee, sponge, and raw material trade figures, citing Brazil imports via New York and shipments to Hamburg and Bremen. It notes Havana sponge exports nearing $1 million, with Russia exporting raw cotton and manganese to the US, plus copper and corn imports. It mentions a granite monument planned for James Bow mah Lindgas in Dunilee, and Lindsay’s telegraph experiments, including underwater transmission in 1840s.
A garbled batch of names and claims links Duffaods Engiioh in Ireland to Mawle Gonne, an Irish agitator, while Jean Coqueliy shows Paris success in Quo Vadis inspired drama. Sophrotisha, Kentucky bar first woman, holds science and philosophy degrees and stems from Breckinridge lineage. A long line of royalty and descent blends Prince Taupoli’s great-grandson with a claim to the Prince of Wales through a controversial maternal line.
A string of aphoristic lines on virtue and society. Witty observations touch on charity, debt, punctuality, and the quirks of human behavior, with a satirical tone about money, honesty, and everyday conduct.
The fragment argues about gender roles in Scottish society, noting women as housekeepers and men as the public figures in art and letters. Cites Barrie and McLaren as examples, questioning wives’ visibility and suggesting domestic roles define national homes and culture.
New York faces a year of municipal elections with seven mayors to be chosen in major cities. Voter interest rises as non partisan rules take hold while national issues recede. Prohibitionists split over Tammany and the Citizens' Union amid weather driven disruptions. A northeast thunderstorm floods streets and reports record mortality in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The Post received the twenty fifth annual catalogues of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the University of Texas at Austin with notes on admissions and calendars. Also received were the Georgia School of Technology and Tulane University catalogs detailing departments, faculty, graduates and terms. The Allen Academy in Bryan Texas was also listed with fall term dates. The Washington note reports President McKinley backing Pension Commissioner Evans amid public criticism and Sickles controversy, praising Frans for steadfast conduct.
An experimental piece blends flirtatious failure with odd vignettes. A youth seeks a shared topic to charm a graduate, failing to reach her with lofty language. It drifts through political cartoons, agrostology, and social quips, concluding with a whimsical tease about kissing one’s wife.
A recipe fragment describes preparing tamales with corn batter and chicken filling. It covers soaking and grinding corn, making a foamy batter, cooking peppers tomatoes and raisins, and steaming tamales wrapped in husks with careful folding and timing.
A fragmentary page mixes food items like Cream of Tomato Soup Beef Steak in Casserole and Corn Pudding with a playful verse about locomotives. The text weaves breakfast and dinner hints with archaic spellings and stray lines about engines and soot.
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