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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1902
Page
4
The Houston Daily Post announces office locations at Franklin Avenue and names officers R M Johnston G J Palmer and A W Palmer. It lists subscription rates and payment terms, urges receivers to report delivery issues, and identifies authorized agents for city bills and advertising.
The article reports on American officers from the Chicago Marine Guard arrested in Venice after a disturbance Friday night. Captain Robert Wynne received four months and four others three months imprisonment, plus trial costs and damages to injured parties. Extenuating language cites language barriers and potential misunderstandings. The piece calls for measured punishment and possible royal clemency from King Emmanuel I.
The president orders the attorney general to pursue the beef trust as Congress debates free trade and free cattle bills. Representatives Roberts McDermott Livingston and Richardson push measures while McLaurin echoes free trade concerns. Roosevelt faces bipartisan pressure as warlike rhetoric and policy clashes echo past battles.
The writer argues trusts like steel Standard Oil and sugar oppress the public. They call for repeal of the Dingley law and a sweeping antitrust law. Roosevelt and tariff Republicans may delay, but the people will prevail as they rise in anger.
The piece argues books broaden life by showing distant places and times through travel history and science. It praises art books for pleasure, cites spiritual hunger as a driver of literature, and links love of God and neighbor to reading. It likens literature to sustenance for soul and body.
The discussion centers on retaining Hevenat MacArthur's plan to train and send young Americans for shooting duties in the Philippines. Criticism targets Colupason methods and alleged cruelties, while Italy and England are cited in wartime contexts. A rumor of De la Rey's capture is dismissed as false amid broader political squabbles.
Exchange interviews mark a new venture for E R Holland and W S Adair in publishing the Dalian Noon Telegram Dallas daily. Advertisers will find cash terms and bold promotion with Holland in charge of ads. Various quips from Texas papers touch on politics farming and light satirical notes about publications and readers.
The Pleasanton Monitor quotes editorials urging every truck grower and prospective track grower to subscribe. The piece notes the publication showcases Texas soil and climate and serves as a vehicle to send out of state. It jokes about delinquent subscribers paying up at the counter and ends with a quip about Bastrop county.
A editorial note laments ineffective enforcement of new opium selling laws and urges stronger state action to curb opium smoking. It reports California residents petitioning Congress and cites San Francisco and other cities. The piece proposes a regional Texas newspaper organizing effort along main rail lines, soliciting editor participation before May 4. It ends with a partisan aside on President Roosevelt and public morality.
The fragment mentions Bradley, a Virginia native and oldest Confederate veteran at a Dallas reunion, Dr. Talmage advising ministers, Etimund L. Baylies of New York offering funds for Phillips Exeter’s Alumni Hall, Baylies joining a U S embassy for King Edward’s coronation, Edward Carnegie receiving a London Guildhall honor, and Lord Dundonald noted for military career and inventions like the Dundonald git carriage. it also references South African War timing.
Rotterdam undertakes a massive dock project covering 150 acres with four teen feet depth, later deepened to twenty eight feet, earth moved to shore up quays and raise streets. Towers of Silence used by Parsees for sky burial inspire the era’s curiosities. Montreal police set to train in cane handling as Chief Legault allocates funds for weekly lectures on civil and criminal law duties.
The article argues that a preference for Canadian grain could inflame anti Great Britain sentiment, as past failures to secure better trade with the United States bred resentment. It notes how reciprocity was abrogated, tariffs discussed, and high Commission attempts blocked by powerful American interests opposing Canadian competition.
The piece argues revolution is near as factions split over the Cuban bill and tariff changes. It notes leaders ignore pledges, suppress reciprocity treaties, and push for protectionist privileges while courting elite interests.
Independent Republicans express anger as Senator Hanna and the Republican National Committee oppose the Nicaragua canal. The Senate suppresses reciprocity treaties negotiated by Kasson, including a Russia treaty, while sugar refiners push surtaxes. Retaliatory moves close Russian markets to American goods.
The New York Tribune notes Washington leaders anticipated Bryan's withdrawal from the 1904 race. Col Johnston, a Houston Post editor, reports Bryan will not run and suggests Bailey eyes a Senate bid and Texas influence. Parker support emerges in New York amid Parker vs Hill speculation.
The Kaiser accepts the Rhodes trust and will discharge it in the bequest spirit. The plan funded Cecil Rhodes scholarships to foster good will among Britain the United States and Germany. Denunciations by Anglophobes are seen as mistaken and petty. English American and German students may exchange ideas at universities.
The public expresses strong anger at the beef trust for charging high prices at home while exporting large beef shipments abroad. The piece cites a 210 million pound export in the February period and argues duties on hides glue horn and related goods push costs onto U.S. consumers. It calls for fair terms to let Americans compete with foreign markets.
Leslie's Weekly notes New York City's public finance scale with the city comptroller handling about 69 million annually, second only to the U.S. secretary of the treasury. It details half goes to the treasury from taxes and revenue, the other half funds city expenses including salaries for roughly 40,000 municipal workers.
A verse fragment laments longing for childhood beneath pines and memories of days past. The text shifts to brief, jumbled clippings: Hogmire seeks a name change. London papers mock Smith the Herod of the pines. a Buffalo editor faces a $25,000 suit. Baldwin speaks on aiding African Americans. Ketchum found guilty of bank robbery. and political jostling in Mississippi.
The article notes Europe spends about 1 380 000 000 annually on military and naval establishments while the United States spent 203 000 000 in the last year on army and navy. It argues militarism reduces productive capacity by millions and raises taxes, hindering industry. It also discusses Mexico’s shift toward English in business and education, with English replacing French and Latin in major schools.
In a column titled In the Pillory, the Boston Herald denounces Americans as standing pilloried before the world for warlike barbarity. It contrasts England’s repudiation of brutality in South Africa with America’s supposed brutal methods, urging a moral turn to avoid being labeled as barbarous.
Victor Smith in New York Press notes a Boston monthly magazine of sixty five issues at 12 cents a year and a St Louis edition at 2 cents, with a circulation claimed at 8000 monthly. Silk hats drop from eight dollars but now show a price near zero cents, signaling brisk prospects for the era.
A letter from Kotse Texas dated April 28 shares astonishment at appearing on the winning list in The Post. The writer says they are among "The ten Post girls" and recalls winning a scholarship, signing as Johnnie Win Ff, and sending greetings from Houston Post readers.
The New York Tribune argues that genuine allies of American industry maintain reciprocal safeguards in good working order. It warns against tightening controls until a disastrous breakdown occurs, urging steady stewardship to prevent explosions.
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