Houston Post publication and circulation details
City office at 1101 1109 Franklin Avenue handles publication. Theodore Bering oversees city circulation with collectors Otto Charles Stamm and A W Palmer. Subscriptions by mail show rates. payments must be by check to The Houston Post Publishing Company. Papers should arrive by 6 30 a m daily.
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Political prognostications in Houston about 1904 Congress
A Houston editor denounces Republican pressure for a united front against Democratic gains in the coming fall elections. The piece mocks GOP advice to Democrats as counterproductive and argues that a Democratic House would curb or expose Republican abuses, while warning that ultimate responsibility for policy rests with Republicans in 1904.
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House of Representatives
Fta
Fowler Money Trust
Prices Under Republican Rule Hurt American Buyers
The piece argues the protective tariff keeps prices higher for Americans than foreigners. It cites a list of export prices as evidence of price discrimination, alleging trusts and predators push up costs to benefit manufacturers and harm consumers.
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Atee Trust
Griggs
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Mason's
Dores
Radbury
Wadbury
Republicans Debate Prosperity Over Treaty Trade
The article argues that infant industries require protection from foreign competition, which undersells in foreign markets. It contrasts Republican calls for prosperity with the idea that treaty terms favor foreigners at the expense of the American people.
Acre Rumors Stir Bolivia Peru and Brazil Clash
The Acre district dispute escalates as Bolivia cedes Acre to a private company while Peru and Brazil stake claims. The United States may face pressure to defend the Monroe Doctrine as Germany eyes similar ventures. Houston water concerns loom amid local government promises of a public water supply.
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Ite
Bolivia
Acre
United States
Germany
Peru
Brazil
Martin Conway
Acrea
el Dorado
Amion
Auld
Acre Company
Monron
William
Brumby
Houston
Variam
Fragmentary telegraphs warn governors and gird streets
The readable lines complain of threats to Governor Longino over murder sentences, urge sidewalk ordinances in Houston, and note various political warnings. The text hints at a prize fight outcome and a logging camp anecdote, with miscellaneous names and places.
Senatorial notes on Bryan and party shifts amid a carnival of 1890s politics
A sprawling recap presents Pettigrew and other populists planning to publish remarks during Bryan's Maine tour and shape the next Democratic platform or a new party. It contrasts Bryan's stance with press opinions and cites tariff debates and lobbyist influence, linking Beveridge, Garner, and the Fifteenth district campaigning.
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United States
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Bryan
Iis
Oriental Hotel
Coney Island
Jost Sundhy
Walt
Aryan
Agine
Maine
New England
Wold
Mr. Bryan
Precedent Set At Galveston Convention On Demands
A discussion notes that efforts at Galveston to curb excessive demands at conventions faced partial success. The move aimed to prevent injury by reforming costly or onerous customs. While not fully adopted, the precedent offers a framework likely to be refined and extended at future gatherings.
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Galveston
Crowninshield Again and Easter Cover Schemes
A Nashville Banner cablegram recalls Rear Admiral Crowninshield and the Texas accident at Newport, ties to the Spanish American War, and notes a Christiania grounding of the Tifmois. It then describes an Easter cover publishing scheme exposing circulation claims and publisher overprints, ending with a pointed foreign station assignment.
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Tifmois
Christiania
Norway
England
Illnois
Crowninshield
Schley
Newport
R. I
Buice
Texas
Schrey
Reediees
Crowrinshield
J. A. Haneley
Washington
Defeat of Reciprocity Allegations Shocks Public Sentiment
The Baltimore American reports that Cuban reciprocity faced defeat due to alleged Senate cowardice and deceptive tactics. It cites the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Senator Burton, claiming some Republican leaders secretly urged opposition to show weaker broad support, undermining administration goals and public backing.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Senate
Burton
Washington
Deduker
Roosevelt
Leder
Public Ledger
Wwe
Fideo
Tere
Citin
Shipping freights low yet shipbuilding booms abroad
The article notes depressed freights in British ports while shipyards push output, with Scotland’s yards producing record tonnage in the first half of the year. It argues a mismatch between demand for fast ships and overall oversupply, and predicts ongoing commercial strains amid a hoped for era of peace.
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Slowit
Tony U Pon
Boot
A Test of Circulation and a Scheming Cover Plan
A shrewd Chicago area advertiser profits from country papers by using color four page covers printed with original tales and poetry. He recruits publishers with free covers in exchange for ads in their papers, shipping costs on delivery. The scheme aims to dodge second class mailing rules by using these proposed covers.
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Iyso
X. On. Tarr
Chicago
Rand
Kipling
Knoxtown
Postscripts on Railways and World Affairs
A collection of brief notes notes on modernization in 19th century empires. It cites rail mileage in Japan since 1872, a Berlin exposition experiment with alcohol locomotives, a Charbin hotel cost over two million roubles, a crematorium in Vladivostok, and a Russian policy pushing foreign subjects to naturalize. It also mentions leprosy in the Philippines, silk spiders in Java, and plans for rail improvements at forty million dollars this year. Butte Montana is noted for one tree, with more planned.
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Austin
Ora
Russia
Philippine Islands
Vladivostok
Charbin
Berlin
Farthing
Vienna
Java
Butte
Mont
Touritime
Zionist Leader Summoned for Palestine Concessions Talks
Dr Herzl has been summoned to the Yildiz palace by telegram from the sultan to negotiate concessions in Palestine, focusing on immigration and Jewish settlement. The report also notes Arctic origins theories, memoir news, and notable scientists and royals linked to talisman rings without graphic detail.
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Herzl
Yildiz Palace
Palestine
Polar
Louis Lindsay Dyche
Kaneas University
Arctic
Kite Qecur
Sweden
Louis Duncan
New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Exir
Russia
John of
Brandenhug
Remarks About The Post Editorial Praise
The Houston Post prints Bailey's speech in full along with Reveridee and Penfield's statements. The paper teases a fair settlement to the S00 ety strike and hints at an amicable adjustment soon. It lauds The Houston Post as the best morning daily in Texas and a model newspaper.
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Houston Post
Senator Bailey
Reveridee
Penfield
Bailey
Holland
Texan
New Orleans
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Oui
Tomlins News
Post
Texas
Southwest
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Denisor
Acknowledgments from The Post Note Texas Convention Names
The Post acknowledges receiving the semi annual convention program for county judges and commissioners to be held in Galveston on August 7. It also notes the eleventh annual Daughters of the Republic of Texas meeting at Lampasas from April 21 with officers led by President Mrs Anson Jones and other Texas chapter leaders.
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Galveston
W. D. McKay
F. T. Woodward
F. S. Boulware
Lampasas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Texas
Anson Jones
Houston
Mary J. Briscoe
Rebecca J. Fisher
Austin
C. B. Stone
Kate 5S
Terrell
Pallas
Walter Gresham
Adele Bi Lodacan
Charles H. Milby
Harrisburg
Mra
Nellie Stedman Cox
Belle Fenn
A Few Wrinkles in Chinese Education in 1904 Edicts
A July piece reviews Empress Dowager Ta Hai's edicts to reform China’s education, replacing the old system with modern colleges in counties and prefectures, abolishing Wen chang exams, and introducing Western studies, military academies, and universal university-level targets across provincial capitals.
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China
Robert E. Lewis
American Monthly Review of Reviews
Ta Hai
Celestial Army Corps
Sweeti
Tau Hsi
Pekin University
Emperor Kwang
Turbulent Verse Collage of Love and Laughter
A playful, fragmentary poem sequence mixes humorous love mania and domestic scenes. Lascivious asides and parlor quips sit beside misread text about gravity and a boy named Willie, yielding a quirky collage of late 19th or early 20th century schoolroom humor and romance.
Exchange Interviews Roaring Across a Turbulent Era
A collage of postwar political and public health snippets mentions Jake Smith protests, Roosevelt era policy talks, and a French physician challenging Koch. It references political appointments, a Mississippi murderer’s hanging, and distrust of trusts while noting various newspaper blurbs and opinions from multiple papers.
Conscience and Order Highlighted in Debate on Reform
A Florida Times-Union discussion argues that a democrat must balance personal conscience with preserving social order and strength, recognizing the need for a disciplined approach to reform within a free society.
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