The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04


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instead OF the United States. Texas would
probably have been Republic OF great
4 wealth and value to the other part of
America. Texas has not had her greatest
day, but will in time be the greatest state.
4 Texas day as we'll as March 9. Ii is cele-
brated great deal more. Texas is Justly
called the Empire State as well al the
Lone Star State. The locomotive did tho
most OF any invention to build up Texas
The steamboat only stays around the
coast and up the largest rivers a short
distance, There are great many more
sailing vessels around the coast Of Texas
than steamboats, Edith Leland. think
you did not consider the matter OF voting.
or YOU would have voted for tho locomo-
tive. 1t didn't take me long 10 make up
my mind for | knew too we'll what the
locomotive was. Well the steamboat
Haps have the idea that they are the
only Kind OF boat that there Is. but they
must remember Columbus did not cone
TO America in steamboat. but sail
boat Yes. OF course we could substitute
| the Steamboat, but never with tho locomo-
tive Miss Leland astonished me by de-
claring that the automobile would In time
take the place OF the locomotive. Could
you send a carload OF cattle to ST. Louis
No. OF course not; you would do we'll TO
get there yourself on an automobile
Charles Fuller YOU want to know IL
could vote again. Wouldn't | vote for the
steamboat? or course not ! am for the
locomotive. Your friend,
Philip Webster.
! Lamb, Liberty County, Texas.Well,
dear Happyhammers. will come again
locomotive
everything else that is run by steam.
think steam is the greatest invention that
has ever been invented Christene VII
liams, you did not answer my questions
right. or else am wrong The hrst post
ofhce established 10 1864 the first alma
mac was printed in 1910; the FIRST Ameri-
can newspaper was published Mt Boston In
l,aoi glass windows were hrst used in
England IN the eighteenth century; the
hFst ralroau IN the United states was
opened IN lsSVi me hrst IRON steamship
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made ~ Nuremours' Germany, IN ll't.
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YoalSum. Texas Dear Eanhammer. Nv
papa takes The Post and I would IKE "a
ioin your olnh I Rad the letters nverv
week and like then, verv much bava
one net a shanbar5 dog ,ay,ed I,rinc.
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/ start nm town ho hnoins 10 ror, and
win 90 10 the gate ana wait for mo II
there are cows in Tho street no viii run
them off and ,hen como bacls ma waI,s
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when rof HE am goIns To- ne ON on.
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The war vas aho1,t IN brea,, an, bis Nov
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