Houston Post publication details and offices in 1902
Public notice of the Houston Post publication offices at 1101 to 1109 Franklin Avenue Houston Texas. Lists editorial and business correspondence routes and foreign offices in New York Chicago and Ames building Boston. Dated Friday June 20 1902.
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Office OF Publication
Franklin Avenue
Eastern Business Office
New York
Beckwith
Western
Houston Post
Houston Pembva Company
Houston
Texas
Little Miss Laura Galt Refuses Marching Through Georgia Song
A Louisville public school teacher orders girls to sing Marching Through Georgia. Laura Galt, age from the Eighth Ward, covers ears and refuses, sparking debate in Southern press about sectionalism and patriotism. The Atlanta Journal condemns the song as a symbol of plunder and siege, while praise comes from some quarters for defiance.
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Laura Talbott Galt
Eighth Ward
Louisville
Kentucky
Georgia
South
Georia
Atlanta
Thia
Chorgia
Itera
Georgii
Aing
Maryland
Timrod
Carolina
North
Kentunty
Maize Debate Echoes Irish Policy Abroad
A letter-writer parodies Irish M P Thomas W Rigseell arguing against maize taxation while praising American maize consumption. The piece contrasts Ireland’s reliance on maize as food for the poor with England and Ireland’s limited maize output and contemplates how Chicago bulls and weather impacts could raise corn prices, affecting the poor.
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Thomas W. Rigseell
Ireland
England
Irland
Isle
America
Shamrock
Russell
Mr. Russell
M. P
Chicago Bulls
Paterson Riot Moves Northern Press to React
The northern press, typically quick to criticize the South, is called to note the Paterson New Jersey riot amid ongoing northern labor unrest. It references the Pennsylvania coal strike and the recent packinghouse workers riot as part of a wider pattern of labor turmoil.
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Paterson
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mployes
Paterson Riot Surpasses Earlier Street Conflicts
The Paterson riot injures numerous people including a gravely wounded reporter Harry Harris and a woman Martha Huyser struck by a rock. Striking silk workers forced mills to shut, while police faced heavy resistance in North Straight street and Augusta mill confrontations. The piece links unrest to labor issues and trusts, urging tariff revision and a labor arbitration law as solutions.
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Paterson
McQueen
Gallani
Martha Huyser
Augusta
Gade
North Straight Street
Harry Harris
Morning Call
Wat
North
Vague Local Notes Mix of Weather and Politics
A scattered public note mentions a woman burned at the State heating a ball curler, remarks on baldness advantages, Mrs Maybrick lecture, a Chicago preacher on bricks, Damen Pampson as presidential possibility, Cuban reciprocity, and rain prayers for crops, with scattered references to race and politics and weather.
Various Global Briefs From Late 19th Century Dispatches
Reports cover trades and tariffs in Quebec and Nicaragua, quarantine for poultry in Jersey, a 200000 population in Baia Brazil, and horse and mule numbers worldwide. Notes include French election poster removals, Canadian fence funding, hail in Bengal, desertions by French soldiers to China, and Harvard cancer committee findings debunking parasite theory.
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Jersey
France
Baia
George N. Wale
Coaticook
Canada
Quebec
Ds Halles
Paris
St. Petersburg
Elving
James
Russia
Donaldson
Managua
Nicaragua
St. Petersbire
London
Tanfield
Wath
Peru
Chile
Hoelvin
Germany
Montana
Dominion
St. Mary's Lake
Sweet Thags
Lessore
Bengal
Far East
Cancer Committee
Harvard Medical School
Journal of Medical Research
Notable Names and Wit Span Odd Historical Snippets
A collage of remarks notes Sergio Frye as an eager trout fisherman while doubting his public virtue. References to Senator Henrid plan a trip, the German emperor credits abstinence from tea for health, and Mrs. Caroline Long Bartlet’s New Jersey death are recorded.
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Sergio Frye
Sildi
Henrid
Congress
Caroline Long Bartlet
Orange
N. J
Lewis Swift
William Herschel
Mark Twain
Russia
Adam
Lews A. Godebrod
New York
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Tillman
Senate
How a Burglar Strikes a Match
Chief of Detectives Miller explains a crackmans technique for lighting a match during a burglary. The criminal crouches draws the match over his trousers rises his arm and tosses the flame to mislead a pursuer while the sound and light come from different spots to confuse any shooter.
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Crackaman
Miller
Passing of Judge S. P. West in Texas legal circles
An open letter honors Judge S. P. West noting his nearly faultless judicial life. He stood for equality before the law, resisted corruption, and showed patience with practitioners. The piece praises his modesty, dedication, and integrity amid political strains and his enduring influence on Texas jurisprudence.
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S. P. West
Rem
Texas
Percey
Northumberland
Withal
Hia
Elaldo
Fife
Safest Place on Earth London Telegraph on railway safety
The London Telegraph notes that in the year, railway travel remained extremely safe for passengers with eight railway employees and three non-passengers killed, and 867 injuries to the public. It cites overall railway and premises casualties totaling 1171 deaths and 6740 injuries, including animals straying onto the lines.
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London Telegraph
United Kingdom
Weare Stephenson
The Great Work of the Regular Army in Wartime
In the Spanish American War era the regular army and West Point proved their value. Secretary Root noted that the academy paid back its cost manyfold during the war. West Point graduates have served in many fields and shown no shortcomings, despite opposition in Congress.
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Spain
Military Academy
Congress
Cola
New World
Tess
Mexico
Root
West Point
Army of the
United States
West Point reunites Confederate general with secession sentiment
General Edward Potter Alexander, class of 1857, returning to West Point, declares the South would reject secession again if offered. He recalls fighting with the Army of Northern Virginia until Appomattox and praises the lost cause in a century milestone.
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Edward Potter Alexander
Appomattox
Surrender Talks in South Africa Advance Smoothly
Dispatches from South Africa report that Boer surrender proceeds without friction between victor and vanquished. Both sides share a calm, cooperative mood amid the capitulation process and increasing order.
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Louis Republic
South Africa
Editorial call for stronger Shelby county delegation reforms
The Memphis papers argue for a reform of Tennessee legislature representation. They blame outdated constitution rules and low pay for deterring capable men, urging reduced membership, higher per diem, and shorter regular sessions. They blame deadbeats, warn about campaigning costs, and note the governor can call special sessions.
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Memphis
Shelby County
Shelby
Davidson
Tennessee
Quay Chooses Judge Pennyhacker In Pennsylvania Fight
The New York Evening Post notes Quay’s shrewd selection of Judge Pennyhacker of Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Republican convention’s gubernatorial nomination. It recalls past returns with Pattison, Delamater, Beaver, and Elkins, and argues Elkins' bid failed to unseat the senatorial boss.
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Quay
Judge Pennyhacker
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Delamater
Pattison
Tso
Beaver
Elkin
Rush of Profession Pressures Marital Decline in Paris and Cities
The Boston Journal argues that overcrowded professions drive marriage decline, noting many young men pursue law and medicine for vanity rather than aptitude. It laments degraded professions and cites that about a fifth of law and medical graduates fail to earn a living in their chosen fields.
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France
Paris
West Point lauded as best military school in world
The New York Tribune asserts that West Point stands as the finest military academy, expertly shaping raw cadets for command under all circumstances. It praises the institution for producing technically skilled graduates with strong patriotism and personal honor, reflecting well on national judgment.
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Weat Point
Academy
United States
West Point
Tampering With Trifle And Other Blurred Fragments
A fragmented compilation mixes verse and prose snippets. It includes J M Lewis lines about a heart as a book and a hook in a father’s hank book, plus stage cues, misprinted dialogue, and stray lines about Shylock and audience engagement. The jumble reads like an irregular literary collage from a 19th century page.
Quotations on talent effort and society from the Exchange Interviews
A scattered collection of remarks and snippets from newspapers and writers. Andrew Carnegie on talent equating to effort and perseverance contrasts genius with hard work. Other notes touch on a New York millionaire's marriage, typewriting as an art for the young, city examples for Texas papers, a San Antonio death penalty, a chess game in mid sewers, and various quips about bears, beers, and public figures.
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Robert A. Williams
Chicago
Hiis
Phoenix
Vnto
Washington
Are
Andrew Carnegie
Ile Air
Coed
Orange Dairy Tribune
New York
Ayers
Whitelaw Reid Occultation Coverage Questioned
A brief note questions how the Chisago Record-Herald will cover Whitelaw Reid’s occultation pre historic writer Richard Harding Davis. It asks how Reid’s appearance may attract attention there.
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Chisago Record-Herald
Richard Harding Davis
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