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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1885

Page

3

Texas Insurance Rates Spark Public Discontent And Reform Talk

The Galveston underwriters raise insurance rates prompting indignation and calls to form a Texas State Fire Association to keep capital local. Bankers and farmers signal returning prosperity as mortgages are met, with emphasis on supporting domestic industry over eastern capital.

Galveston Texas State Fire Association

Future of San Antonio hinges on Aransas Pass town plan

The Statesman argues San Antonio’s fate relies on building or not building a distributing town at Aransas Pass. It warns that civil service reform could create vast life-time offices and criticizes patronage as a cause of political corruption. It discusses railroad feeder prospects for Kerrville Castroville Bandera and funding offers to Huntington Sunset. It also notes national debates over free trade and labor boycott issues with conservative calls for lawful remedies.

San Antonio The Austin Statesman Aransas Pass Kerrville Schreiner Castroville Bandera Huntington Kerr County Chicago Kansas City Journal David A. Wella Frank Hurd America Houston Age Laredo Times Knights of Labor Palestine Advocate United States Houston Washington Birmingham Age Congress House Senate Cleveland Sam Randall Blaine White House

A New Kind of Fireworks Ad

An advertisement for Steves Arms Company at 240 Commerce Street promotes the Ardus Shell Sky Rocket. The double barreled shot ore device fits number 10 or 12 bore and promises satisfaction upon examination.

Steves Arms Company Commerce Street

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