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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1900
Page
3
Schedule excerpt lists arrival times and train identifiers with arrivals at Grand Central, including trains labeled RB and Gye. Times shown include 3:35 am and 7:05 pm, with additional arrivals at 3:35 pm.
The Woodmen of the World national organizer was denied authority to conduct business in the state after a report of unpaid obligations. An investigation was ordered, with officials awaiting confirmation from Dallas on the scope of the action and the status of prior payments.
Texas court items from May 18 to 20 show adjournments and routine actions. County commissioners and district courts handle tax collection, maintenance expenditures, smallpox quarantine support, and civil docket dispositions. Judges Tilden and Welch preside as sessions wrap with limited civil case activity.
Across Fayette, Coleman and surrounding Texas counties farmers report another heavy rain spell delaying work. Cotton stands vary from good to poor with estimates of replanting underway in some areas. Corn shows promise for home use while grain crops struggle under wet conditions.
Report from May 18 notes Frisco line being built from Sapulpa to Denison by St Louis Oklahoma and Southern, with H P Trudgeon and H G Heard discussing survey progress. Grade work from the Missouri Texas line advances, Ada Wichita and Oakland named towns likely to join, with Oakl and depot site unsettled pending rights and lines.
An International and Great Northern request seeks authority to operate a Houston to Galveston uopolate at Houston, with rates aligned to St. Louis and New Orleans. Yoakum in Fort Worth discusses Sapulpa to Denison line progress and plans. Management reshuffles in Palestine and Meabtirne flag June 1 effective dates.
The first sleeper of the new Galveston to Kansas City service leaves at 5:20 this afternoon. The route runs via Galveston, Houston and Nowshera to Houston, then via the Houston, Bastinal West Texas and Kabtas City Southern to Kansas City.
Hastrop notes a May schedule where Millsouri Kansas and Texas offer a fare of one and third times for trips from La Grange Lockhart Taylor and nearby points to Bastrop on both May days.
The locomotive numbered 204, built by the International and Great Northern management, completed in Falentine Texas and dispatched on the south run last night after formal commissioning yesterday.
A fragmented OCR page lists numerous horse names, jockeys, and numbers across venues including Morrie Park and Toluca. readable items show horse names such as Blue Coat and Lime Light with associated figures, but the text is garbled with many unreadable entries and stray tokens.
A cluttered OCR reads numerous horse names owners trainers and place references. The fragment lists horses such as Malrie Mew Verity and Admiral and includes owners like Jim McCleary and George D B Cex with assorted mile and furlong notes.
Cincinnati rallied after consecutive setbacks to edge Brooklyn in a tight game. Pitched superbly by Scott, Brooklyn’s hurlers struggled as Cincinnati clung to a late lead. Dowlin delivered a key defensive display and Tim Oya contributed steady work for St. Tamin.
A letter to the editor pleads for Christian charity to feed thirty million starving Indians, urging Texans and Americans to donate two to three cents a day. The writer frames relief as a duty of Christian faith and cites quotes from Jesus to motivate immediate action, naming Abbott Hutson Trame and others who endorse the appeal.
A letter from D. Fy Sutherland urges recipients to send funds to the Interdenominational Famine Relief Committee in Bombay and to meet in Mineola, Texas, for advance arrangements. It describes collecting donations and shipping freight via New York harbor to Bombay, asking readers to take immediate action.
Markets show slow but steady activity in Manchester cloth and yarns amid better news from Mafekiog. Export trade to China remains active while domestic production tightens as speculators retreat and prices hold. German and Berlin markets show quiet but orderly trading as monsoon prospects influence future demand.
The newly elected Wikhart Independent School District board organized by naming A. G. Douthit president RW Corley view president W. D. Hawthorne secretary and M. A. Durdin treasurer A finance and building committees were formed with several chairmen and members. Two year terms were assigned to AG Douthit M A Durdin and OR W Corler. Rules were adopted and the meeting adjourned to June 9.
A May meeting of the board in Selarion Fixed Rockdaly Texas set salary changes for 196-2901 term. Superintendent salary increased to 190 per waneum and principal salary to 87th for month. Teachers across grades receive varied raises while the election of superintendent principal and teachers is scheduled for Saturday June 2.
An account describes a fire end memorial event featuring Granger officials and a raft of awards. Silas McCarty is noted for a dramatic demonstration while W R Allderton and W A Stores oversee grading and appraisal of items. Frank Wilvhy and Gertrude Wolfe receive recognitions for their roles and achievements.
Wharton trustees held a meeting to appoint Prof. Murray as principal for the coming term and to outline duties for his corps of assistants. The board praised Murray for efficient leadership and outlined plans for a mid term closing event in June.
On the night of May 18 Holland Texas held a school event with students receiving two medals. Miss Aline Heal and Middleion Mirpay were awarded the medals for excellence as the graduating class attended. The ceremony took place with young attendees from the town and surrounding area.
The Granger High graduation ceremony featured speeches by Joel Keh and Ula Declaputhone Ula, with Cincline exeninun presenting models. Board members J Ie Gammoy Vie presides and Bie D. Miller serves as secretary as the event concluded Waxahachie on May 1.
May 1 reports from Miniale and Denton Texas describe school term closures and commencement events. The Mineola schools ended the term with public notices of election results and staff changes, while Denton High held commencement exercises with fourteen female graduates and two male graduates listed by name.
An archbishop met the pope amid discussions on the holy year ceremonies and reception plans. The meeting touched on American themes and political questions, with no adverse restrictions noted and emphasis on church rites.
An official statement from the Prenin municipal office notes a decisive outcome in the election. Republicans claim an enormous majority as the reactionary Koihi movement marks the political climate.
The Liverpool school of tropical medicine will dispatch an expedition to the Amazon to investigate yellow fever. The group will travel via Bale Hinore with experts joining from Johns Hopkins University for collaboration at the final destination.
May 2 report states the Goudion building occupied by Gordoke Brae was damaged by a blaze. Valued at 15,000 with an estimated loss of 6,000, the incident prompted police and fire crews to respond to the scene.
A morning blaze at 12:20 in Calvert Texas totally destroyed a dwelling occupied by J. W. Williamson and owned by H. Eastuk. No one was home. origin unknown. The fire caused about 1450 in damage, with two thirds insured. An adjacent structure owned by Bodak and occupied by Culbreath was badly damaged and narrowly saved.
May 20 reports from Greenville and Rockdale Texas note the sudden deaths of Lia won Jenkins and Dr W Scott Clark. Jenkins died walking after supper, reportedly in the night en route home after close of business. Clark, a dentist, died in a Chicago hospital after illness while traveling from Old Mexico to Chicago.
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