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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1901
Page
4
The Beaumont oil producers intend to move their petroleum into Cincinnati and distribute it across Texas. The Interstate Commerce Commission's stance on interstate rates is questioned as it appears unlikely to assist their effort. The piece notes a paradox in commission policy and predicts shrinking local shipments in Texas.
Ten pages today of The Post will be on sale at multiple outlets across the country. Listed venues include New Orleans near Charles Morela, St. Clair streets, and Commercial Street stalls. New York City Brentana’s in Union Square. Washington avenues and Watt Street. St Louis circulation bureau. Los Angeles Harris at Sim Spring. and several bookshops in Chicago and Nebraskas stationers.
A letter from Colorado Springs proposes expanding a vegetable and hay market to benefit farmers. The author argues for opportunities to grow a national market, noting potential profits from vegetables and hay and urging reconsideration by Texas readers and southern eastern regions where produce grows strongly.
The Beaumont report draws sharp critique from Hon James W Swane and local critics. Debate centers on crude oil pricing and potential transport and tariff implications amid calls for government action and investigation into rate differences.
The Philadelphia North American critiques a Virginian push to disfranchise illiterates, arguing the policy targets Black voters while Northern Republicans may feign sympathy. It notes Southern states’ education efforts and critiques Chicago Black Cross and White Boxers tensions amid broader national political maneuvering.
A collage of dispatches and editorials from Texas papers discusses political shifts, district redistricting talk, and notable exchanges. Mentions Major Hare, Lord Kitchener commentary, milk inspections, and praise for local newspapers and editors.
Marshall Field funds a public gift to Conway Massachusetts as a new town landmark is dedicated. Honorary doctorates mark the 450th anniversary with Harvard Yale and Johns Hopkins represented. Ex Governor Reb Taylor and Archibald Mackellar the sculptor are noted for civic and artistic contributions. Havana council salutes Captain Lucien Young for prompt lifesaving during Almendares flooding.
A jumble of figures on ships, European shares, grasshopper bounties in New Hampshire, and coal production in Southern states. A railroad worker in Atlantic City dodges mosquitoes with a coal oil soaked newspaper shield hung in his tower window.
Bryan argues the Ohio Democratic convention failed to reaffirm the Kansas City platform. He stresses municipal and state reform, anti trust measures, tariff reform, and money issues. The piece notes Kilbourne as governor nominee and urges primaries to claim a reaffirmed platform.
Startled the World profiles John H. Kirby a piney woods farmer's boy now leading major financial schemes. The article praises his Texas-centered patriotism and notes his plan to organize an oil syndicate with capital to operate in Texas oil and timber ventures.
A mosaic of verses and clipped notes reveals a dramatic poem about love and death, interwoven with stray jokes and oblique anecdotes. The piece shifts rapidly from intimate longing to shocking vignettes, ending with a diffuse catalog of whimsical lines and fractured memories.
A fragment shows notes on a cotton dress illustration and bias folds, plus a hair care tip praising a healthy scalp. It also lists a Sunday menu with consomme, smothered chicken, new potatoes, asparagus, and desserts, followed by a beverage and fish dishes.
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