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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
5
State Treasurer reports land holdings and leased school lands totaling millions in value. Delegates are named for the Farmers Congress to be held in Colorado Springs, with numerous counties and individuals listed. Suppliers contracts awarded for state institutions cover clothing shoes blankets and other goods, with prices and vendors named.
Readable text shows a garbled mix of Texas counties and personal names including Bell, Bandera, Braxoria, Nueces, Bexar, Hardeman, Quanah, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Hill, Hardeman. Mentions ranks and numbers like Ninth and Thirteenth. No coherent event or summary present.
The Mills County Democratic campaign opens in Woodbury with a planned rally by Judge Hill. Over a hundred people have already gathered. Richmond and Caldwell report brisk political activity after recent conventions with Wheless withdrawal a daily topic. Caldwell primaries set for July 24 with county officers to be nominated as candidates canvass. Deanville pow-wow drew a large turnout.
A shooting at the Urigge farm railroad camp five miles north of Calvert Texas left Henry Guynn fatally wounded and Jim World as the shooter. Both men are white and employed by the construction company working on the Waco and Brazos Valley extension. Police officers are pursuing leads.
Bee county reports its first cotton bale of the season ginned at Wirrst Bale weighing 42 pounds and priced at 10 1-2 cents. Another bale weighed 45 pounds fetched 91-4 cents and was used by EB Ohler.
Alvin delegates from Texas praise George F. Burgess as standard bearer for the Tenth district. An Alvin Democratic club forms with officers M. S. Williams president and L. A. Carlton assistant secretary. Colorado county delegates return defeated but vow to back their nominee. Angleton reports disappointment at Burgess nomination and calls for district delegate reforms.
Lamar County Democrats chose delegates at a courthouse meeting in Paris Texas on July 17 to attend state district and judicial conventions. Delegates were instructed to vote with the party platforms and a resolution was adopted calling for a statewide primary election date uniform across counties.
Over 100 postmasters from across Texas gathered in Dallas for the Texas Postmasters Association convention. Rev W M Anderson prayed, Mayor Cabell welcomed the group, and Temple postmaster Darlington responded as W H Brush of Austin delivered the president’s address. The session listed numerous attendees from cities including Dallas, Temple, Corpus Christi, Waco, Tyler, Houston, Fort Worth and more. The meeting continues tomorrow with discussions on technical topics of interest to postmasters.
Kilgore Texas on July 19 saw a barbecue gathering with a basket picnic. Attendees from Ha View and Henderson joined about a thousand others as Hon. R. C. De Graffenreid spoke at the event.
An afternoon segment featured a speech attacking the Philippines policy, tariffs on Puerto Rico, Cuban frauds, and Dewey's supposed faithlessness to Aguinaldo. Children danced and played, youths danced, and attendees enjoyed baseball, trap shooting, and other amusements. The day was pleasantly spent.
In Dallas on July 20 nearly 200 Texas postmasters and Republicans gathered to align with the McKinley ratification. The Turner Hall crowd cheered ratification and opposed Green faction leadership as speakers including Dr. John Grant and W. E. King spoke, while Green himself did not attend.
Stump Ashby, a known political figure from Fort Worth, left for Raleigh to meet Marlon Butler and pledge support for Bryan. He expects Bryan to win and notes a shift among politicians toward England’s imperialistic policy, while recalling options like Parker or Donnelly on a populist ticket if feasible.
Storey carried Houston County by about 1000 votes in the July 1 primary. Lipscomb floated as a district candidate while A A Aldgish ran for representative. Winfree sought county judge, Barthedame Jr. for county attorney, J B Hluenton for district clerk, and W W HB Alebright for county clerk. primary results summarized from the messy OCR text.
An advert touts a remedy named The Baby 18 Cutting Theta as safe for teething and claimed to cure wind colic and diarrhea. It asserts the product soothes infants and serves as the best remedy for teething discomfort amid parental trust.
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