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Houston Locks Navy Secretary Out of Office

Returning to work on Sept. 5, 1837, Samuel Rhoads Fisher, secretary of the Texas Navy, was stunned to discover that President Sam Houston had changed the locks on him. When

Letters to the editor

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An open letter to Hamilton and Hamilton County: As many people here know, my husband, George, and I delivered Annagail McGuire to college on Saturday, Aug. 18, after her having

This Week in Texas History

The afternoon editions of Houston newspapers sold out in minutes on Aug. 31, 1931, as readers hungry for the facts behind the whispered rumors of a shocking double murder bought

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, The congregation of St. Mary’s Anglican Church wishes to thank everyone who helped make Sunday, Aug. 19, such a special day. Thanks to Nita and Glen’s Bar-B-Q for

This Week in Texas History

A Congressman, the political boss of the Rio Grande Valley and the mayor of Brownsville all told Capt. Bill McDonald of the Texas Rangers on Aug. 24, 1906, that he

Letters to editor

Dear Editor, My wife and I moved to Hamilton a little more than three years ago. As soon as possible we subscribed to the Herald. Very soon thereafter you introduced

This Week in Texas History

The Texas legislature created four and a half dozen counties in the Panhandle and South Plains on Aug. 21, 1876, but it took more than drawing lines on a map

Back to the Bible

Scripture declares, “So then each of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12).

God’s judgment of every human being is both a comforting and a sobering thought. On the one hand, the Day of Judgment will be a day of vindication for the downtrodden. Right will be done about every wrong that has ever been perpetrated, and justice will prevail over injustice. But on the other hand, it will be impossible to escape the consequences of our own actions. “Each of us,” Paul wrote, “shall give account of himself to God.”

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