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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
11
A flood of classified notices from Texas papers advertises cash‑flowing ventures, farm counties, and storefront opportunities. Listings include garage repairs, grocers, and factory spaces in Harris, Humble, and surrounding counties with prices, contact names, and locations.
Texan stockmen reported movement to markets with cattle and hogs trading steady to higher in Chicago and Kansas City centers. The notes include prices on 900 to 1400 pound steers and various herds, with reports from Brook Yards and New Orleans exchanges indicating demand remains firm for choice cattle and strong prices for good hogs.
Orange Texas July 10. The county ward of equalization met to bear complaints from property owners about assessments increased at a recent meeting. Only a few appeared to speak. The board completed their work this afternoon. The assessment of the Southern Parcel remains under review.
Local Texas notices report the deaths of Hin Roberts and Burgess Ennis residents with funeral details. Frank Jaynes of Kinclty dies in San An heart illness. Tommie Adams Camp is buried after services in Fort Worth. George Whitnet a Corpus Christi pioneer dies after long service. Dr E G Bradley of Lewisville dies after night. The notices list survivors and burial plans in Denton and surrounding counties.
Several wedding notices appear from Texas towns including Cleburne and Birdwell. Couples mentioned include James Arthur Styrey and Jeannette Balley, Nedeb and Ella Howard, Jon J. Moonzy and Nadine Heston, Howne Wright and Ridle Thampeon, with ceremonies conducted by local ministers in homes or at parish locations.
Temple TX July 1 committees appeared before the county commissioners court to petition for a public cotton weigher for precinct Now 5 including Temple rail town Troy and Pang. They urged the appointment of Sid Vughi se as weighier but the court ruled more than one weigher may be needed and named two provisional weighers Mosera Bid Vougio and G W Hewel for now. Plans to avoid a joint Confederate veteran and citizen celebration were announced for Kellner’s grove on the 2nd and 26th. Temple Park officials voted to borrow funds to complete improvements costing about 7 dollars per share, with a loan proposed by Goodrich. The Central Texas Medical association will publish from Houston and a visiting doctors' party will hold a banquet tonight. Grace Goodn and Mr Goodrich prepared notes for an Irish potato show at the fair.
Unusual report from the Greenlee ranch near Angelo Texas describes a calf bearing a brand mark opened as if burned with a branding iron. The mark resembles the ranch brand Cheid Bar and is thought to arise from prenatal influences during gestation.
In Halletsville Texas July 6 a special court session debated actions against smallpox spread. The panel chose no immediate remedy and referred the matter to state authorities. The record also notes a detainee in county jail and mentions several individuals by name in a garbled passage.
A brief notice reports a man from Ardmore died of typhoid fever. A second item mentions individuals in Louisiana facing counterfeiting charges and a delayed notice of remains, with unclear dates and names due to damaged text.
In Denton a July note outlines an assignment involving W J Brece and a dispute over a preliminary action. The fragment references liabilities and a legal context with unspecific parties and outcomes.
Reports from Texas towns describe a gulf coast hurricane striking Beeville and Port Lavaca with east to north winds, heavy rain bands, and a shift to the west by afternoon. Crops including cotton and corn suffer drought relief and wind damage while counties like Wharton and Victoria report mixed weather effects and improving but fragile conditions.
A district court filing on July 9 by Jo Harvey seeks damages of 10,000 for injuries alleged to have occurred while employed by the Houston and Texas Central Railway. The action is noted in Hempstead Texas with the Central Railway as defendant and a further entry of related proceedings anticipated.
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