The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-29
HELPING FI,Nn


Grace klncaid .................... %
| Fritz Meyer ........... 80
Bette McCrary .............. IN
~ ~, II, hte,mneri NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. III
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Anna Stacy ............ ~
Esslc Weatherlin .........,.., n5
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6nvliua ,nliscoe Observation-Disclosures. 10
Susic irons Observation-Disclosures. ~
sam rage Observation-Disclosures. az
JUN ~ uilntz. '.'.,............. O3
Previously reported ...,,......'.,,..'. X ~
Grand total observation-disclosures. $50 10
Germantown, Texas Dear Haphamm,r
ALter long absence | will make YOU a
snort visit again and ten Won somotbin,
ABOUT our fund. | want every one Of ,ofi
20 keep your ears open aud listen lust n
minute or SO and pay COOL attention Hans,
90 you pay any attention to the helping
dunu DON'T yon see how slowly II is
growing Don't you know that fbere oie
nttle crippled ones eagerly watching the
| fund grow Iaps why did ,yc inip M
club What is the object Of this c lIUb"g in,j'i
we JOIN II Just to write letters and have
them printed and show the peopc how we
y yon T ianeG l. this reason your reason wing
or make up this band to helm tho criminal
Just look at that big word "IIapprham.
nler! are we hommering happmcssy We
a. ia ~ ino" SlVWN HOW slow are the
nitle nicKels dropping in. Have YOU got a
nickel to spareI IL so. drop il in Mrs
r9S.er h4nd ana see what she will do
candy wia IT for I P9 ygn n thqF she would NY
step up In single file aud drop a nickel
ana sec how many she can hold mi tnkc
the lead with five nickes. Your true Han.
Fritz Meyer.
Bon Ami, La.-Dear Haphammer: am
gag To say we have moved to Bon Anil
Woods lS n, nice ot place We went out in t4e
vcne Parker.
Houston. Tcxas-Dear Haphommer:
am little girl s years Of age. / would
like ia Join your club. have pei cat
and Hover garden Of my own with lilies
violets and tube roses in IT, How mnny OF
YOU little girls can ride horseback? ~ I can,
Goodbye to all, with love 10 Mrs Foster
Crystal y. Toole.
Mathis Texas-Dcar Haphammcr: VIII
you let another ll-year-old girl enter your
happy band! | have read the Hans let.
tiers and find them very interesting
. live on farm fve miles from Mathis
go TO school and study FIVE books. 1t is
very dry down here and the cotton crop
Nellie Mcgowan.
Anahuac. Texas.-Dear uaphammcr: win
You admit another little boy into your
happy band Of boys and girls? | am II
years of age. have a horse and saddle
and | go after the cows every evening /
! live on farm | like to help papa pillow
| and harrow. Happy Jack you write
don't live very far from one II am
admitted | wish TO wear the rose ana gray.
l will ring of, true and wouldhe Hap,
Neal Blunae,
La Belle Texas.--Dear uaphammer: Here
! come again to the happy, band OF boys
forgotten me, live on rice farm south
east of Beaumont We have been cutting
our rice and | had to drive three mules
ana the mosquitoes are very bad. | think
Happy Jack got his name In Beaumont
at the saloon. My papa takes The Semi
Weekly Post and read the Haps letters.
got oG G pet pony yea and 0S colt and and cat we'll
guess the Ilaps will get tired Of this letter
SO will close. AS ever a true Hap,
Grace KIncaid
| Moscow. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
! send Sl,05, which my little friend Flora
self collected as admission fee to an enter
! tainmeut we gave the little folks of our
town last saturday afternoon, charging !
| cent admission, though some brought q
nickel and some a dime, as they knew It
was for the Happyhammcr fund. and one
gentlman gave us 20 cents. All the Chll,
moneys worth and we are glad to do
| little for the Hap fund which grows so
slowly Winnie Goodwin.
Dalys, Texas.--Dcar Haphammer: six
years ago my sister and l joined the. Haps.
Though / have not written often ! have
not ceased to read the letters, suppose
YOU all have forgotten me; ! agree WIN IN
Nacogdoches. | am ready with my con
trihutiou | would love to correspond WIN
some Of the Haps. How many Of you love
history? do for one, Now, Haps lets
ali be- cheerful and look on the bright
side of life. with best wishes for each
and every one of you and onr kind e1itress'
Your friend, Annie Ff'usen'
Red Rock, TeXas-Dear Haphnmmcr |
Thought would come in to the chat a
/ while, Well, ! am off on a pleasure uH,
| to see my Srandpapa ana mamma Ioo are
having quite a nice time. ! was II years
old lie 2Sth of August The other nisht
| went to church and Arthur Dlwson, thii-
lp Webster aud myself met anu were uItthI
ing. Philip aud Arthur differed hule
and Arthur hit Philip and burst ms SKULL
awokc and found myself hitting the pfI
! most. Well as my letter is seulhg luus' /
had better stop, so by'Dy' rue e ZIP ndso
KATY. Texas-Dear Haphammer; Well
Haps. ! will tell you about my nrtRdnN
Ny 6rtad9S ie MY Goq iba same ao week Nine
and my Cousins Is the 10Th or AuSnS.'
We had basket dinner for, four OF rs :
| bonse I rot a pony for n birthday present.
He is pretty one and his name is H9bson:
! drive cattle on him. BE. Is good COW
horse We have 1870 head Of cattle ana nve
horses. | have four brothers mud one SIS.
tor Well | VIII close and leave room Tor
Floyd Stuart,
Orange. Texas.-Dear HaphammeE VIII
you admit another little girl into your nap;
nv band Of bows and girls; / am 10
veors of age and would like to be enrolled
a Hap. / am glad the contest is closea,
1 for / think one should sign any nom ae
hume thev choose. Ny papa taxes Inc
I Post and j enjoy reading the Haps page,
I our school hasn't started yet. so 70
I Sunday school nearly every SUNDAY W
4 do1'f have church services here but Twice
a month. as this is my first letter guess
/ I had better ring of. Hoping 10 be en-
Bertha Harmon,
/ In Belle. Texas.-Dear Haphammer: i