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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1885

Page

2

Galveston News Highlights Local Civic Topics And Elections

Mayor Fulton of Galveston is seen as a strong re election candidate amid his 80 percent victory over Captain Atkins. A philanthropic effort by Mrs. Ostrom raises 352 dollars for a home for fallen women in San Antonio. A plan to build a telephone line from San Antonio to Pearsall via Moore Devine and Lytle is under active discussion with stock interest. A U S army recruitment form now asks if applicants have felony convictions or jail terms.

Fulton Galveston Captain Atkins V. C. Ostrom San Antonio Tue Pearsall Moore, Devine and Lytle Dallas Dallas Herald Aranegas Pass Decatur Grapevine Roanoke New York ‘Tribune Union Illinois Weaver Shaw United States Senate Ilinois John A. Sogan Tuy Liaur San Jacinto Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Manga de Clayo Vera Cruz Texas Herbert Howe Bancroft Pacific States Santa Anna W. G. McGown Tex Europe United States W.G. McGown

Varied 19th century notices touch crime, politics, and public health

The page notes a female applicant for a Missouri state agent post to Auckland for a suspected killer, a Plymouth malaria outbreak traced to a polluted water source, a Kentucky district collector appointment revoked over a Civil War letter, San Antonio’s rail progress, and reactions to Illinois politics and Santa Anna’s legacy.

United States citizens seek peace and federal harmony

A letter from Henry Semlinger argues for national reconciliation across North and South, condemns the sectional memory of slavery, and envisions an industrial South with Atlanta as Manchester and Birmingham as Pittsburgh. He critiques local San Antonio sewer plans and defends existing barrel fertilizer systems amid proposed kettle alternatives.

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