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Fredericksburg Standard in Fredericksburg, Texas

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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1917

Page

10

Cain City Texas Promoted as Ideal Hill Country Boom Town

Cain City Texas is pitched as a fast growing hill country town on the San Antonio Fredericksburg & Northern Railway. With 100 residents, pure water, a municipal water system, and large surrounding farm land, it is presented as a trading center for Pedernales valley producers. The piece highlights highways, prospective investors, and local firms such as Cain City State Bank and Produce Co, urging capital and business talent to settle for future growth and opportunities.

Cain City San Antonio J.A. Stinson Kansas Gillespie County Texas San Antonio, Fredericksburg Eden Stonewall Albert, Hye Luekenbach Grape Creek Valley Blanco County Puget Sound Brady, Magon Fredericksburg Austin Pedernales Valley Tdéwn Pedernales Iown

Cain City Texas Built by Ambitious Local Businessmen

The article extols Cain City Texas as a town with a bright future built by local boosters. It highlights Gill County and Cain City merchants, the Willow City Telegraph Company, a 700-line phone exchange, a cotton season scene, and plans for upbuilding ventures. It profiles Alfred Jung as the first business founder, the Engel firm in groceries and farm goods, R A Striegler’s garage agency for Dart cars, and McFarland Construction. It notes a modern hotel, a new bank building, a new drug store, and Jordan’s planned drugstore and soda fountain. It praises Stinson’s tireless city-building efforts and invites visitors and investors to Cain City’s welcoming, growing economy.

Wm. Engel, Jr Gillespie County Cain City Engel Cain City Lumber Co Alfred Jung C. D. Jordan Jordan Wynilding

Rice population surge noted in five Js and QL era

A scrambled OCR fragment references Rice population growth at a time described as the five Js and QL era. It preserves unnamed local terms and generic note but lacks clear dates or institutions. The readable core points to demographic increases and a period labeled with initials, signaling a historical census or civic record.

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Cain City State Bank Wm. Hoelzer Henry A. Meier State Guarantee Fund Wm. Engel, Jr. & Co Lideal Farmers Produce Co General Merchandise R. A. Striegler Lewall Gill County Pa Ulor Willow City Telephone Co Willow City — Telephy Co Exchan Surroun Cain Riy Tide Striegler’s Dart Warner Vists Striegler Mote Mountain Home Hotel H. H. McFarland H. McFarland McFarland Construction Co New Cain City State Bank McFarland Adid Averypie Jordan's Drug Store Mw Mr and Cain City Realty Co Ager J. C. Stinson Ain City Cain City Realty Stinson iCain Ve Cain Mr. J. di Yne
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