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Texas Tales of Oil Mills Fire Losses and Notable Movements
A roundup of Texas events includes Van Alstyne planning an oil mill, Waxahachie enforcing sanitary laws, and Fort Worth rail extension plans. Reports cover smallpox case in Lubbock County, fires in Corsicana and San Antonio, local deaths in Gilmer and Alto, and civic moves by Dallas organizations, with rail and streetcar developments in Beaumont and Galveston Bay bridge history.
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van Alstyne
Lubbock County
Knights of Pythias
Tobin Hill
San Antonio
Wicker
The
Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway
F. M. McKinney
Gordon
McKinney
Gabe Hall
L. M. Coats & Co
Corsicana
Arthur Bradley
C. van Sickle Vought
Galveston Bay