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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
7
The Revival Services under the ampleon of the Bond church attract growing crowds with daily preaching at 8 oclock. The revival features H MEO style preaching and aims to reach widespread attendance in the community.
Palestine expert Thomas M Campbell argues the International and Great Northern railway should be taxed where it has domicile, opposing state and national norms. He claims municipal taxation by the city of Palestine would capture property and rolling stock values, raising millions in revenue while impacting regional rail operations.
In Denison Texas a delegation led by Jemro N. Atler and M E Robbins toured the city for the Houston and Texas Central. The group included freight and passenger officials surveying prospects as voters respond to the upcoming season with optimism for business revival.
Local rail observers forecast a consolidation of National and International rail lines will benefit the system. The plan aims to connect Tuxpan and Tampico with improved boat and engine facilities now under Engineer Chirice Shilheerr. A passenger service expansion is planned, with faster trips and quicker connections for travelers.
A special meeting of the Austin and Northwestern division directors of the Houston and Texas Centre railroad elected A. Ko Van Derwenter of New York as secretary and treasurer. Present were James A. Peker J. Al Browne M Lee and General W. F. Hamby. The board adjourned after the vote.
Train service announced from Memphis Tennessee to Sayre Oklahoma via Choctaw line and connections to Little Rock Arkansas begins September 20 with passenger Kory Jeso to be assigned. Service includes travel through Moms Tenn to Barre Oklahoma with a distance of significant miles.
Fragmentary notes report material disruption around Herginn Texas on September 12 affecting A C and W lines and the Stianeas Choetiw and Western railway with an agent advised of immediate follow up to Frisco.
A long list of guests arrives in the city and registers at major hotels including the Lawler, Logan, and Hutchins as prominent residents and travelers from Bryan, New Orleans, Liverpool, Baltimore, and Texas towns gather for visits and business. Captains, sheriffs, and merchants mingle with entertainers and travelers at the week’s social rush.
A visiting administrator from Brinswinh Balke College assesses grammar school needs for boys. Mr. Thomas M. Meliale arrives to observe and discuss plans as part of a broader educational outreach.
The item notes a man named Mitry Conley colored was bonded on a burglary charge after two weeks of confinement. Other brief items mention church meetings, telegraph notes, a cake walk prize in Buffalo, and religious services schedule at local temples and synagogues with lectures and New Year observances.
In Hestron Texas on September 12 Alex Grigg turned himself in after an unclear sequence of events described in the local report. The article mentions a confrontation and references a weapon and a struggle. names and places are partially garbled but Grigg is the central figure.
A large gathering in Tirgan Texas welcomed General Stoddard after his promotion to grand master of the Knights Templar of North America. The reception and banquet followed under Bragoe Unley lodge auspices with speeches, toasts, menus, and wines in a formal cultural event attended by local and distant members.
A fragmentary report describes a disturbance near Guys Blore ten miles east of the plate involving a man pursued by armed residents. It notes attempts to capture him and mentions Mrs Hollomanta as an espated lady to the county, with a power of inrin after him.
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