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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1900
Page
12
The season's corsets from top New York dressmakers feature Freheh Cortota and Fano styles praised for comfort and heat control. Also advertised are ladies hats, sheets, pillow casings, aprons, lace curtains, potato cars, linoleum, Smyrna rugs, and taffeta silk items, with prices and color options across blue, white, pink, and black.
Houston September 2 The resigning members of the Medical Examining Board say the body had no real power to shield the public from fraudulent diplomas. They argue that fake colleges issue diplomas and the board cannot enforce standards. Judge Tod has not acted yet. a new board may be futile to form. The letter urges a law ensuring patients get a qualified physician when calling for help.
A Post reporter quotes Mr A M Moore president of the Texas Tobacco Growers Association confirming their cigar tobacco exhibit at the Paris exposition won a prize among 1 convection of 1 exhibitors and Texas accounted for six prizes. Moore stresses Texas has merit yet calls for stronger local effort and notes farmers in the county have tested crops like tobacco and fruit for the Northern market, predicting rapid transformation of vacant prairies near the city within five years. He foresees prosperity and bustling streets as crops adapt. Also mentioned are county tax rolls under County Assessor McKinney.
Fragmented lines indicate a lump sum projection around 21 million dollars with a rough 600 thousand delta over a year. No clear individuals, organizations, or events are identified in readable form.
A sample of rice grown on Mr. Conrad Hering’s farm eight miles from Houston shows large well formed grain and strong potential for rice culture in the area. The nearby region contains thousands of acres well suited to rice farming as the demonstration suggests. Also included is Houston’s weekly mortuary report for September 8, 1900 listing multiple deaths and causes.
Miss Mary Gilmer daughter of Mrs Amelia Gilmer of 1906 Milam street died yesterday afternoon in Alabama where she was visiting. She was sister of B B Gilmer an employee at Houston Drug company. Family moved to Houston from Alabama about two years ago. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
An overbound freight train crashed into a wagon one mile west of Clarkeville at dusk. Monroe Wilbur and his wife, both colored, were badly hurt while their infant child was killed. The wagon was crushed into fragments.
A guard at a convict plantation near Hemmetoid Texas was accidentally shot and killed yesterday afternoon when a gun discharged in the hands of an unidentified guard. The incident occurred at the Steelne facility and is under investigation.
In Denison Texas on a September Friday evening eight miles northwest of Calvin LT and J N Halley sheltered from a storm when lightning struck the tree, killing LT. Watson instantly after injuring his neck arm and body. Halley was knocked unconscious but expected to recover.
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