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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1899
Page
3
In a heated letter, citizens attack the market masters and the cattle inspector role as wasteful, urging abolition of two offices and reallocating funds. They press for finishing the Paschal Square markethouse and auditorium, criticize delays, and argue for municipal electric lighting and a town phone system to cut costs. The piece links construction issues on Grand Avenue to stalled contracts and calls for a decisive council action.
A sprawling OCR readout shows a San Antonio Texas weekly letter list for July 22 1899. It catalogs numerous names across A through W with many variants and misspellings, including numerous individuals likely living in or connected to the area and others labeled under CADDIES and FOREIGN Last sections.
A jumble of domestic letters and packages, jewelry ads, and quotes fills the page. A Cornwall shipwreck report notes all crew saved with one unconscious sailor and a bystander’s inquiry about protection in danger. An actor Will Broncho Billy tale recalls a Westerner in a troupe and a dinning room joke. An advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with testimonial from O W Wakefield, druggist, Columbus Ga.
James Morse expert offers tool and mower sharpening service at P1 East Commerce Alreet. Phone number listed as 22 3 rings. Local sale faction guaranteed with prompt repairs and sales.
A sprawling, disjointed account surveys political clubs in Fort Worth and Houston figures, noting racial tensions, German immigrant concerns, and municipal finance. It cites Miss Linn Clayton-dowett, German citizen groups, and Wiggins as a city book examiner. A Houston swindle case ends with a murdered companion found near a farm.
A garbled OCR page mixes crime trial notes, editorials, rail transit opinions, and ads. References include a Texas murder case of Rothschild, a San Antonio convention debate, and rail reception room critiques. Names like Rothschild, Jenkins, Crayford, and Culberson appear amid commentary on hotels, hotels, and transportation costs.
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