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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1885

Page

2

Fort Worth and Denver Rail Reach Fort Donor By Years

Fort Donor Kansas is the objective of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad with prospects of reaching it in a few years. A small outlay cleaning Commerce street now will spare citizens mud and slush later. Alderman Schreiner resists a legal opinion on the Water-Works contract while supporting its adoption. A household game book offers a compact home and field games selection mailed from Boston. The Texas Live Stock Journal’s 16 page edition highlights a Main Plaza pencil sketch by Louis Kells. The Washington Republican defends protectionist policy, and Alderman Mackay proposes a three member committee with the Mayor and City Attorney to study purchasing the Waterworks, a measure postponed pending legal opinion.

D. Lothrop & Co Boston Texas Live Stock Journal Main Plaza Louis Kells Licur Mackay Lockwood Tne Gallagher Schreiner French Belknap The Lion Callaghan the Times

Waco claims Cotton Capital and city prospects in Texas

The piece notes Waco as a claimed capital of Cotton in Texas with 45,000 bales reported this year. It lists various notices on literature offers mailed free for stamps and comments on newspaper circulation and political developments including a council vote on water works and urban improvements.

Waco King Cotton Texas

Fire losses and insurance costs drain the nation

The piece critiques fire losses and insurance practices, estimating 60 to 80 million dollars annually in losses and costs. It urges safer building, proper screening by underwriters, and less over-insurance to cut losses by half. It also notes John J. Ingalls’s possible presidential bid and praises him as a strong progressive Republican leader.

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