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Newspaper
Houston Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
7
Marriot Russell urges Houston to embrace a government system for new pavement and a voluntary street improvement plan. He argues better streets boost property values and city growth, advocating universal property owner participation to speed paving.
A Bay City rice millers meeting discussed improving the rice market and and canal projects will bring irrigation for thousands of acres. George Armistead will take minutes, W Bavage praised local canal work, and Savage noted upcoming plant shipments. A detective incident at a Houston hotel is briefly noted amid other local items.
A flood of names fills Houston yesterday with visitors and residents seen at the Capitol, Brazos, and Rice hotels. Notables include T. J. Poole Bay City W. C. Ferguson Lufkin and E. BP Black Smithville. many others from Sherman Beeville Cameron Cameron to Galveston Fort Worth and Dallas were noted at various downtown inns.
A fireside style listing notes Tabernacle Methodist church evening prayer and business gathering, a Maccabees ball at Turner Hall for New Year’s Eve, and a watch night service at First Baptist Heights. Also mentioned are library closures, a marriage, a theft charge, a jail break incident, and a post office New Year’s schedule.
Funeral notices report interment following a wake and Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery. Rev Father J T officiated. arrangements noted for Ingeborg Polling with interment at the cemetery as part of the death roll.
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