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Newspaper
Houston Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
3
Readers are urged to watch the post contest deadline, with details scattered in the garbled OCR. The fragment references dates, names, and geographic hints, urging participation and noting a closing period of nineteen days.
District boundaries describe all of Houston north of Buffalo Bayou and south of several neighborhoods with wards 3 4 8 and 2 9. Text references population thresholds 1500 1800 2500 and 7500 and lists towns within each district.
A damaged OCR snippet shows scattered words and names, with no clear event or date. Readable terms include Stine, Jer, and pen, suggesting a partial local notice or story fragment without a defined lead.
Readable fragments show hints of a local election or voting activity with mentions of candidates and vote figures. names and places are unclear. The text references a guardian or official audience and a potential vote tally around forty to one hundred.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a bout on a Houston float era event with names like Lillard and King and a monetary stake around $9, with ages and locations unclear. The text is largely unintelligible.
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