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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1902
Page
4
The Houston Daily Post outlines publication offices Frankin Ave addresses, carrier delivery, and city subscription rates. It lists authorized city agents for payments and emphasizes payment by check, with instructions to report missed deliveries promptly.
A colonial era style critique denounces government by injunction and Judge Jackson's ruling on sedition law. It argues federal overreach and warns that banning meetings and speech threatens constitutional rights, urging accountability for judicial power.
A critique accuses Edward Atkinson of unfairly attacking the South in a pamphlet on education agriculture and civilization. The piece notes his reports on race social mingling and his contrasting figures from census data, while contrasting with Edward Ingle’s rebuttal and taxes the North South disparities in farm property values and income against Massachusetts.
In 1860 and 1900 the South shows strong disparities with national figures. The text argues the South’s railroad mileage cotton mills timber and mineral and manufactured products outpace or rival national totals, asserting South wealth nearly equals the 1860 national total.
Three weeks after government closed about 193 religiously run schools in France, fighting and arrests occur in Paris and provinces. Premier Waldeck Rousseau leaves, Premier Combes takes stance. associations law requires new schools to seek authorization, sparking defiance and political maneuvering amid charges of tyranny and partisan gaming.
The Houston council considers a new ordinance to remove public hacks from streets and Maid Street, stating the measure should stand and be enforced. The discussion signals broader tensions in politics and morality debates echoing national issues.
The bulletin presents statistics on liquor manufacture and offers social deductions drawn from the tables. It highlights the pamphlet as an engaging analytical resource and notes its broader implications for the nation.
The report notes rising production but a falling growth rate in alcohol consumption, with each decade showing less demand for new beverages. Distilled liquors especially show a marked reduction in consumption compared with earlier periods.
A collage of editorial chatter from Nashville and surrounding papers notes Republican splits in Tennessee, interparty feuding with Carrie Nation and Elijah Dowie, tariff resistance, Democratic pressure, subscriber woes, and rail era wage debates. Headlines sketch political friction and everyday concerns in the press.
A garbled 19th century text references General Lew Wallace buying an electric vehicle, Major Sir Claude Maxwell Macdonald potentially becoming a KC, and James Gordon Bennett Sr. and Jr. linked to the New York Herald. It also notes a request to provide free passages from Baxaland, and mentions Panama steamship routes and a London arrest of M. Arton amid French government interest.
Incoherent excerpts report Canada hosting 800 lobster canneries, coal mines in Alaska, and petroleum finds near Trinidad. Postscripts mention population density of Liverpool and Vienna watchmakers, with general references to workers, art centers, and Polish schoolgirl cases amid wartime tensions.
A satirical piece argues marriage is a plain salad needing careful dressing and warns virtue falters in married life. It contends women should please their husbands with appearance and domestic prowess, while devaluing intellectual companionship.
The Houston Post reports Rev. Riley aims to stir activity in the city with evident success. It mentions Wacee’s criminal record being altered by a young woman’s arrest for horse theft and notes Houston’s alertness to possible further mischief as a last trick unfolds.
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes a strong, near unanimous call for party unity. Senator Batley argues Democrats should join active service, bow to majority will, and support the party at the next National convention while preserving core principles. The piece highlights broad agreement on fundamentals and insists differences be set aside for party cohesion.
A speaker urges avoiding recriminations among leaders and factions, rejects reorganizing the party, and champions pressing forward with Jeffersonian values. He argues no apologies or explanations are needed and claims Republican aims provide a unifying focus for Democrats ahead of the next election.
New York reports a coordinated campaign on Long Island to eradicate mosquitoes threatening summer resort areas. Scientists map breeding sites, urging drainage, water management, and diking to prevent stagnation, with private and public measures needed despite high costs.
The Laredo Times attacks the Wilish tariff bill as ruinous to agriculture and stock interests in Texas, labeling it a Democratic plan praised by Republicans. It argues high protection benefits wool and cattle sectors, condemns the notion of a free market as harmful, and asserts a newspaper critique implies partisan alignment.
The writer recalls travels through Laos Burma and Siam describing roads towns and a Siamese club near Pitsanuloke and a Ke Kan night stay. He notes foreigner absence at Ke Kan a telegraph and police station with English and Chinese signage and a bicycle on a veranda. He reflects on remote jungle camps and telegraph links to Chiengmai while distant from New York and home.
Hon Thomas H Ball congressman from the First district and future Texas governor drew a large reception in Houston on his return from Washington. He has served his constituency faithfully and well.
A mixed verse page by J. M. Laws features satirical and romantic lines on billboards versus a preferred girl in town, lauding a shirtwaist girl as the fairest among locals. Interspersed are quips about fishing, weather, and self-portrayals, with brief snatches of dialogue and light humor.
The passages reflect scattered items from exchanges: remarks on water supply projects, a note about John W. Mackay’s death in London, political defeats and rivalries, cautions from moralistic columns, and brief mentions of local clergy and city governance. The tone is that of a composite newspaper column with varied chatter and commentary.
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