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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
4
The Houston Post announces billing, delivery, and circulation procedures. It lists payment terms, subscription rates, and authorized city agents, directing that all correspondence and payments go through the newspaper office and urging timely notices for missed deliveries.
The New York Financier ranks southern banks by surplus and undivided profits, based on the 1901 comptroller report. The First National Bank of Houston leads the South, followed by New Orleans National and Paris Texas First National. Texas has the most banks on the list with twenty six. The report notes Southern banks outperforming capital with higher profit margins while the region shows broad economic progress.
The article analyzes J F Morgan's proposed alliance with an alien government to operate English ships. It warns that wartime seizure rights could force transfer of vessels to Britain, discusses patriotism versus profit, and questions the morality of backing foreign fleets with American money.
The rice boom attracts farmers from the North and West to Texas and Southwest Louisiana as land values soar from 50 cents to 40 60 an acre. Rice yields boost production, with 1901 marking a large rise in U S output and Texas acreage leaping from 40 0 to 100 000 acres amid growing profitability in rice farming.
The census report shows the rice industry shifting to the coast region where farmers earn about 70 per acre from a 20-a cre yield. Cultivation costs top 12 per acre, but many farmers buy land seed and gear on credit and end with bankable sur pluses. Rice mills and related trades boost profits across the region as buyers from Missouri Illinois and other states move in, calling the area a new El Dorado.
At the Louisiana division reunion of the United Confederate Veterans the drive to raise funds for a Beauregard statue advances. Beauregard, born near New Orleans in 1818, rose from West Point engineer to Confederate general, noted for Shiloh, Bull Run, and Charleston defenses. The article urges honoring his service with a monument.
The article reports a tense standoff between railway shopmen and management over wages, with both sides open to arbitration and equal pay with other roads. It discusses potential misunderstandings, the impact of a strike, and urges cautious concessions while noting unrelated political and global remarks.
The Philadelphia North American accuses General Grosvenor of defending the War Department policy in the Philippines and claims his stance echoes criticisms leveled at General Jake Sosith. The piece suggests Grosvenor faces a difficult exit from his controversial position.
The commentary contrasts Smiths kill-all campaign with Sheridan’s Shenandoah ride, labeling it imperialist. Rourke Cockran praises a speech on democracy and tariff policy, arguing imperialism and protective measures enrich a few via plunder. References to Platt and Roosevelt frame party politics, with Georgia and Galveston conventions noted and trusts as the central issue.
A mixed snapshot notes Yi Pierponé Morgan seeks Prof Finsen’s electric cure for a facial ailment, Delarey earns empathy as a Boer leader, and a youth slain at the Modder River echoes wartime losses. It also cites Mendelssohn family dynamics, Captain Anna Lindberg’s War Cry acclaim, a Swedish nurse bride, and English peerage lineage linked to Devon clergy and Kelleston parish.
A Baltimore American column lists assorted figures: G. W. Bradley of Lynchburg, the oldest Confederate veteran, with two canes including one linked to Daniel Boone. Madame Janavechick in poverty disputing public fickleness. Captain M. Smith in Topeka noted for Wisconsin wiring and 50 years of weather observations. Emma Marx in Chicago facing a $500 fraud suit amid horse race ties. Joseph Jefferson losing a $40,000 Riverside Drive mortgage. Ananias M. Rank, Brooklyn obit at 86 highlighting active church work.
The Georgia Democrats at Raleigh declined to accept dictation from reform advocates while backing the Kansas City platform’s stance against colonial policy and ship subsidies. Delegation praised for opposing trusts and insular policies though no firm money question position was set. The platform endorses free listing of goods from trusts, signaling cautious alignment with national options.
A Baltimore Sun dispatch reports President Roosevelt advocates publicity and federal oversight of interstate corporations as a remedy to trust evils. Republicans stalled anti trust bills, Democrats push tariff linked measures and criticize GOP inaction while anticipating Roosevelt travel stumping on the issue.
The Washington Star recalls how McKinley ordered reciprocity treaties to the Senate for ratification but they lingered in committee, were reported with no real intent to act, and were eventually dropped. Roosevelt and McKinley recommendations were ignored as the nation faced tariff revision and new markets for rising manufactured output. Talks alone won’t move policies. action is demanded.
A collage of dialect poetry about Texas sun and pasture life mixes with quick snippets of classroom quips and stage humor. Bits include dreamlike countryside imagery, a mumps joke, a missing tooth gag, crown imagery, and a commentary on actors and watching.
A garbled local column notes small town gossip and editorial moves. Heatwole of Afinnesce and Frank Andrews are mentioned with ownership shifts and editorial changes. References to misquoted articles, presses and meetings hint at a lively press community in Texas towns.
A letter from advertising expert A B Southward lauds The Houston Post for its superior ad circulation and results. He notes seventeen years in the business and a quarter million spent, stating the paper is the best ad medium. The letter endorses the paper's ability to boost responses and sales for clients.
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