The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-19
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New York. August 1s. 10 met
Ing business the Western Union ~
company has announced that Il IA
"a new wire between Chicago ana a.
cisco. Prosperity and the craze ~.
dixie news are placing the telexrIS{3
panies on Easy street. IN
The Park Row Construction s.e
has mortgaged downtown properly 81
Equitable Life Assurance society s9
25o, 600. Tie mortgaee is due in NJ b.
and is payable in gold. with intere,9' X
per cent. 1t Is the intention OF nv
dictate to build a thirty-stor str,1;
the foundation having been ALREADY
The owner of a long-haired ~
poodle has from time to time chppsa F.
its coat twenty pounds Of soft Whit
which will shortly be woven int
from which he will have a suit az
| made. The dog Is beauty and IL
| says there isn't another canine Of IL f.
in this great dog loving city. XII
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Tho stock OF stage animals Z -
heightened during the coming seasoS
company will carry a sheep and ~
will be provided with flock Of ~
They will probably be utilized in 1 hl9
act And when the frost comes AZ
landlord grows tired waiting for the
to walk these props" will come In 4
| An enterprising clothing firm runs
canvas covered wagon up and down
way with pictures Of how different 4
men would look in their SO suits. Net
used to point with pride to It's well AZ
men. Nowadays. however, lots Of In
about with suspicious wrinkles 4
backs of their coats and ready
look that bespeaks economy.
The telephone is to have a rival ~
by unlimited capital. 1t is callN
"telautograph" and renders possiblS
transmission Of handwriting In fac Wy
by wire with the same facility TIM
voice is carried by the telephone. Thu
fected instrument is now almost n
for the market and the wealthy and
perienced men who will introduce II
unlimited faith In it's success.
Two New York girls have establlaA5
postage stamp service for private fanz1
Tho list Of their patrons has ated
grown, until they have an income
supports small family that Is depend
upon them. Their stock in trade cor
of l, and 5-cent stamps, special dejf3
stamps. postal cards and stamped I
velopes. They charge or 10 cent?
calling on patron, and they call n,l
week. The clean towel supply was thsl
Vention OF TWO women, and the poi
stamp service promises to become juel
popular here.
Maiden lane jewelers. and diamond =
chants are considerably aroused cys]
new law, aimed. 1t is said, against u
are known as memorandum sales,r
existence of which law was generallS
known to them until the other DAY.
new law Is entirely in the Interest," m
pawnbrokers. Now, unless the jesi|
firm has recorded it's contract viii
conditional vendor in the office x
register, precisely as 1t would 3 ~
mortgage, the pawnbroker will b
sumed to have accepted the articl0j
good faith and may not part with n
until the money advanced. by him
gether with the interest thereon.
have been paid by the original owner
| All Hapc ncHd IN, ha Trrtt ,A ka<s y
are made by women at the Brooklyni \
yard. In the great sewing room from II
ty to thirty women are assembled dxiH|
work on the flags. Not only are our =
"Old Glory" made by them, but also 1
iiags of every nation in whose wateyy
vessels sail. Some of the women grcvl
In the service, for the workers in ths(
partment are preferred for their skl|
needle workers and not on account Of 4
tisan influence. The work lasts ~ |
year round, and as there Is no fluctp1[
in the wages Of the willing workers. N
Sans flag makers never talk strike.
browns chophouse, the oldest loc4
sort for actors and men about town
removed from Twenty seventh street N
new quarters In Broadway. adjoiniut
Empire theater. The deserted plsceu
one Of the largest and most yarst
lections of prints. engravings and
graphs of players in this country. A.
Sort of theatrical resort. the Hotsi
void. is to let. On Forty second @
facing Bryant park. 1t was for seyerulf
hive for actresses, especially wh@
father of Miss May Irwin controls
Old residents in the Griswold are 100
to attribute its downfall to the depsn
OF quartet Of young actresses who
known in private life as the Wrapp4
tiers, The Wrapper sisters departed y
in the spring, and from that day the
ity and box office receipts Of the Gu,
steadily declined,
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