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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1901
Page
7
The Texas Senate advanced the penal appropriation and per diem budgets in a session marked by lengthy debates. Amendments to education, printing, and department costs were discussed at length before most were rejected, with a final panel approving the main appropriations after intense scrutiny.
The committee debated amendments reducing contingent expenses and saving funds in the education department while considering an act denouncing an alleged assault on President McKinley. Members showed support, and a sympathy resolution was adopted by rising vote as the journal announces tomorrow.
State capital reports work on Land Office files nearly finished and tax rolls filed. Charters granted or amended include: Texas Telegraph Co of El Paso capital stock 50000. Henderson Trading Co of Rusk capital stock 23000. Fort Worth Compressing Co of Fort Worth capital stock 100000. Amendments increase capital stock for several firms. details list stock adjustments and incorporator names as recorded.
Anutin Texas records several local movements including Calonel Neary T McDonald arriving on business with the audmmey department led by Judge RB Perkins. Mentions of St Louis Southwestern Railway attorney, Mot Graves, and the Routheest Inéino asylum superintendent appear, along with Mrs. John G Tod and children returning from Houston after a stay.
A large organization with a capital stake of 1.00 will be formed next Monday in Llano Texas to establish a gold bonding and capacitor core plant. Construction will begin immediately with186 planned development and the project to convert local ore.
City Marshal T P Griffin and Constable Green Brown arrested a man claiming to be a traveling salesman for Mesara Gogai and Heo. The suspect touted goods from Mestrs Doggan and Bropes Been and collected deposits on offered tracers, while officials say he acted without authority. The arrest ends ongoing efforts to locate the impostor.
About thirty to forty members of the Tesan Prean nascenlation depart Fort Worth for a ten day trip through Colorado and Utah. Fred Hobtune of the Hunteville Trem leads the excursion as president and accompanies the group.
Victoria Texas September 10. Dr L O Howard government entomologist and assistant Mr W D TMwater left San Antonio for Yoakum to study boll weevil activity and will proceed to Olego for the same purpose. However will stay near Victoria through January.
A minister and a young woman describe relief after quitting coffee. They credit Postum Cereal Food Coffee for restoring appetite, stomach comfort, and weight gain, noting the abstinence improved health and strength compared with coffee habit.
Islanders vote as city club backed two favored candidates W T Austty and A B Noenak win a quiet contest amid four challengers. Results show Wy OT Austty and other officials, with Normath and Laycock also listed as contenders.
Marriage notices from Mount Calm and Kaufman mark the unions of Jennier Thomas and Henry Thonineon of Mount Calm and Mise Graves, and Sennentae Brasher and Nellie Gippett of Cottonwell neighborhood. The items note local locations and the newlyweds.
In Greporjie Texas Judge presided over J W Bal ing Co Jeate charged with violating local option law by selling a beverage labeled Dallas Tonic. The trial featured expert chemist Prof Westbrook and testimony on alcohol content from the beverage. The jury found the defendant guilty and imposed a fine with prescribed penalties and a brief jail term.
Brownie Texas September 10 special from Austin dated September 1 says James BP Walle Nag chose not to run for governor and Tila eH would go to Campbell of Paleatine. Judge Welle reports he has not authorized any statement or action on the gubernatorial matter.
A Black man sustained fatal injuries near Bastrop Texas on September 10 as reports describe a violent incident. Details are unclear in the fragmentary OCR text.
The week brought varied crop results across the state with rain in some areas easing drought but widespread dryness persisting in central regions. Farmers report generally poor conditions, with wheat and corn forecasts mixed and ongoing harvest activity noted in some locales.
Irregular rural and city items from Texas towns recount illnesses in a captain’s home Zapata relief efforts, a six year old’s death from accidental injury, a jewelry robbery, a shooting death of a constable, an angry boar injuring two youths, a pastor’s church teething drives, an elderly estate dispute, a Crawford killing case with a bond, a political meeting and a sprinkler purchase, and a local election in Kaufman County.
A compilation of death notices and obituaries from various Texas towns including Morrison in Moslea Newton Denison Hempenile Windam Williams Richards Thornton Chet ry and Johnson. Entries note deaths at homes or local hospitals and mention family ties and funeral details, reflecting a spread of regional loss across September.
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