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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1885
Page
4
A used book shop operates at 23 Soledad Street opposite the courthouse offering a range of second hand volumes for curious readers and collectors.
Carver and Penrose accept a $500 side match to be held tomorrow afternoon at Sunset Base Ball park weather permitting. Penrose posts a $250 forfeit and Dr. Carver agrees to fight. A northbound train near Austin was ditched last Saturday night injuring none. Ex Governor Fletcher of Missouri was aboard. Lone Star Brewing Co donated a keg of bock beer to Liour office praising its quality.
Morrison and Fourmy canvassed the city and report a population of 36 941 with over cases in the city. The document includes numbers 6 288 and 7 ae, indicating data fragments from the directory survey.
The renowned tragedian, supported by a superb company, will display Ingomar at Turner Opera House tonight. Mr. Warde remains a theater favorite, so the notice simply confirms his appearance date.
A sensational narrative follows Gleason a Parisianlike shooting-gallery operator who deceived a Northern wife and fled to Cincinnati with a married lover. His wife learns of betrayals thru Cincinnati papers while an irate husband and the betrayed brother seek him for confrontation, promising a new dramatic turn.
A chronicle of April 4 1931 events in San Antonio including Tom Howard's benefit and Captain Cocke shaving his beard, weddings and licenses, weather affecting trains, church attendance, social events at Temple Beth El, military drills, real estate transfers, a city hall vote, and assorted incidents from fires and fights to notable departures and new appointments. It notes legal cases, notable deaths, and civic notices amid a rainy Easter period.
The body of Major Andrew S. Carrahar of the United States Army, Fort Clark, who died of gastro enteritis at Langtry last Saturday, arrived yesterday morning. Troops at the post buried him with full military honors at 2 30 p m yesterday in the United States cemetery.
Professor Proctor spoke Saturday evening at Trinity church about The Sun. The lecture drew a small crowd but offered an interesting talk on sun spots illustrated with diagrams to clarify the topic. He will conclude his lecture series tonight and hopes for a larger audience.
Last Saturday William Rose, a consumptive stranger, visited Carter and Mullaly’s undertaking office and asked for the lowest rate to bury him decently to avoid potter’s field. The firm computed the cost, agreed to perform the last service, and yesterday his remains were interred by them after his death.
The Vienna garden on Commerce street opened last Saturday night with the Eighth Cavalry band in the garden pavilion. The riverfront garden was decorated with bunting and attracted San Antonio’s best citizens and their ladies, who enjoyed the event under Mr. Wise’s hospitality.
John T. Porter and several others faced fines of five dollars for disturbances on Houston Street including damages to a buggy and window and use of obscene language. Josephine Doyle was fined ten dollars for repeated court appearances. Several cases were continued and two dismissed. Cleveland and Opera Puff Cigarettes are noted in the closing lines.
Hon Columbus C Upson of our city is named as an applicant for the State Agent post at Washington to press Texas frontier protection. He seeks $1 060 000 due from the Government and his chances of appointment are said to be very favorable.
A parade of notable guests and travelers is listed at the Hotel Maverick. George Maverick hosts visiting friends while figures from Corpus Christi El Paso Hartford Dallas and New Orleans register alongside New York and St. Louis names.
Jane Bell and another colored woman from the country quarrelled at Savannah Fields' house. Annie, the other woman, reportedly brought a rock a razor and a smoothing iron and dared Jane to fight. Jane went over and fought but appeared to lose the struggle and was fined five dollars by the Recorder.
The page surveys decisions from state supreme courts on exemptions for homesteads, notes on intoxicating liquor, and deed of trust foreclosure rights. It also covers assignments for creditors, negotiable instruments, bankruptcy discharges, and a recital of tri weekly concerts at Scholz's saloon. Advertisements promote Morry's Tonic and Dr Bosanko's cough syrup, plus art supplies from C H Mueller and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Nichols & Co. at 238 West Commerce Street advertises a wholesale and retail sale with heavy gold plated pins, coral jewelry, ribbons, gloves, hats, linens, carpets, and rubber coats. They promise prompt attention to orders and free delivery for items advertised by New York retailers.
San Antonio shoppers encounter Kay s Kentucky Kure liniment sold by Kalteyer and Son and Harnisch Baer ice cream. News items promote hardware seeds furniture wigs and carriages, with business notices from L Wolfson and Pasche painters. Also advertised are pianos for rent and Dr Haines Golden Specific cures, plus cattle treatments and real estate bargains.
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