The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-24

that would Work properly was not invented by an old maid.
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The merchants up at Mineola organized a truck growers
association and subscribed $I8oo Mineola is a small place
pendent almost entirely upon the farming resources Of the
country around it This fact convinces the merchants there
growth and prosperity Of the town. Palestine. derives an i'm.
that this fact causes our merchants to lose sight Of the great
possibilities in the soil so many hundreds Of acres of which
Mineoia is an object lesson well worthy the serious consider,
alton of our merchants-PdiestiHG Press.
1t would be we'll for the truck growers about Palestine 10
emulate the example of those OF Mineola. While the railroad
is undoubtedly a source of a great deal of revenue to Pales-
tine, the potency Of the agricultural products to assist in a
city's ~upbuilding should not be overlooked or neglected
There lies the real and lasting wealth OF a community.
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Oh. the oil, the mineral oil, what a sight to see it bubble
ana e 70 It comes IRON the eaIth WIN a roar ana a rush,
wheels, it drives our car, it helps the world in peace or war.
waving y ntye sr 1ls'"s we Il have ~; !" sra and ri rice s's and d' raGs Of # l oS!e the h
biggest Of cattle and latest Of hogs we've the sweetest Of
nothing as great as Texas oil-Goidd Gndrd.
What a JOY to gaze at the derricks high, limned sharp
and bold 'gainst the azure sky, while the oil, with a gush. a
bubble and seethe, fills with its odor the air you breathe.
With each rush and gush and boil and squirt, with every
whizz and each whirr and squirt, the wealth of the State is
mounting high and we're Tapped in dreams of a by and by Of
a sweet content, set free from toll, all soothed to rest by the
gush of oil,
Houston has succeeded to Wacos s%obriquet OF s~ixshooter-
But Waco seems to be making a desperate effort to get
another one Just as good.
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President Roosevelt is inviting the newspaper men Of the
country to Washington to get their views upon what the coun-
source Of -sdompp@GSseaoif Bsaaep. '' u u
He is getting a ~scrapbook full OF newspaper mems views
now that ought to do him a lot Of good.
King Leopold of Belgium will visit the United States
1t will probably be more in the nature OF a visitation than
a visit.
While the editor Of this paper has never been accused OF
The Houston Post the Dallas News, the Fort Worth Regis
ter and two weeklies each find something in the same issue
the support OF the live, wide-awake business men justifes-
There are none so blind as those who won't see" and if
the business men haven't the enterprise to live up to the cx-
cellence OF their local paper, then are they blind indeed. 1t is
too bad, however, that the publisher must suffer for their
misfortune.
The killing at AnteloPe Pass Sunday was the most salts
were killed and no byst3nders we're hurt, except a bartender
to |" xiii and were successful, They accomplis6ed" their ambi-
ton and also received their punishment, and it IS supposed
payers az saved the expense Of a murder trial. In the Ian
That's the proper way to do it boys.
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The Herald believes in building up home enterprises by
OF all kinds in Texas in order to develop Texas for Texans
many Of our supposed political troubles outside Of politics.
Let us try industrial development for a remedy-Weatiey
Industrial development beats the political kind to a fraz-
ze. When Texas wakes up and develops along industrial
lines she can not only supply her own markets, but a good
part of the markets of the world with manufactured products,
thus not only keeping her own money, but getting a little of
somebody ese's.
Manageable women in Servia have a queer way Of an
nouncing that they are in the matrimonial market. A dressed
that there is living there a woman who is anxious to become
a bride-Tayior Journal
If this were customary in Boston, what a demand for
dolls there would bel
The requisite amount of ransom for Miss Stone has not
yet been raised. If she looks like the pictures in the news
papers, our sympathy is with the brigands-TeFos Coaster.
Despite her features, however, experts in precious stones
say that a Stone worth SlIo,ooo is a peach.
How much is required to ransom Lewis Of The Post from
that most terrifying brigand, Dan Cupid'-Wdco Times
Herald,
Thanks he doesn't wish to be ransomed. He has been
married many years and grows daily more delighted with his
captivity.
Life is but a misty vapor,
Yet we find in passing through it
Any man can run a paper
Save the man who's hired to do t.
-LHiiHg Signal.
But before you grasp the Faber,
And the honored tripod seek,
Can you, won't you tell us, ~neighbor,
Live on thirty cents a week?
Mr.. Wilkinson Correets a Mistake.
To the Editor of The Post.
Fort Worth, Texas-In your issue of the Iath instant In
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