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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1885

Page

2

Murder and civic unrest thread through Texas news

Reports note an elderly Black man killed another man by an ax amid alleged intimate motive with the old man’s young wife. Other items include Volksfest dissatisfaction, McClellan funeral plans in Trenton with Texas Governor Abbott urging mourning, and debates over Oklahoma land booms and San Antonio railroad expansion.

Waco

Times Ground Covered on Water Works Issue and Tax Debate

The Times revisits the water works debate and notes public interest as a aldermanic race hinges on the issue. It cites Lacur and Bradstreet figures, discusses tax burdens on property owners, and quotes Atkinson on food costs and waste. It also covers a Washington office seeking crowding the president and a Texas deep water convention debate involving Aransas Pass and Galveston harbor interests.

Lacur Times Licur Licutz Savannah Georgia Texas Aransas Pass Galveston

Portrait Gallery and Port Debate in Regional Council

A regional discussion urges a special Texas convention to back Aransas Pass as the Gulf’s premier deep water port. The piece also notes Washington portrait collections and ends with ads for Dr. King’s New Discovery and Hepatozone testimonials from public figures.

Soloman Weymouth Atlantic At New York Dr. King Coleman A. Dreiss

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