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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1885
Page
3
An advertising circular touts a large diversified Southwest property list including lands ranches city residences farms and building lots. The firm offers escorts to locations statewide and invites calls or letters for the circular list of bargains.
The advertisement promotes numerous properties on the Guadalupe and Medina rivers near Seguin and San Antonio, including 10 000 acres of riverland cattle ranch, 6 500 acre Menard county ranch, 320 acre Medina river farms, and several 100 200 acre plots. It touts abundant water, winter protection, good fencing, productive soil, and bargain terms plus city lots and houses with modern conveniences.
A first person portrait of Luigi a famed violinist whose masterful playing captivates London audiences. The narrator describes Luigi tall graceful yet shy offstage, his intense focus on violin, his superstitions, and his reluctance to perform privately. He befriends the narrator during his season in England.
A narrator recalls learning an anonymous letter that unmasked a Baroness and traced a political medical and marital plot. The letter exposes a scheme by the Doctor to manipulate the Princess, the Grand Duke, and the Duke, culminating in a proposed marriage and a warning to the reader. Jeanne is identified as Lady Medhurst.
An enterprising house offers Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a trial bottle free and a positive guarantee. They claim it cures throat lung and chest affections and invite cases of kidney or liver complaints, claiming rapid cures with Electric Bitters. Also mentions dressmaking and dry goods merchants with spring stock and teeth whitening products.
Real estate notices advertise 1100 acres in Harris County 6 miles from Houston on Buffalo Bayou with water, timber, improvements and 400 tons of hay last season. Also a broom cottage on McKinney Street, a 1200 dollar acre lot, and 900 to 1400 acre farms near Moore Hollow, Leona River, and Rio Frio with livestock, mills, and irrigation. Addresses: T B Johnson, J W Bradley, San Antonio, and local offices.
An 1885 ad describes piles with back and abdominal weight, indigestion, and itching. It promotes Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy and Bucklen's Arnica Salve, listing prices and multiple druggists. Also notes a piano for sale and a bronchitis claim for Coven Syrup with a buyer's request.
A thief seized the throat of a bald elderly man named Mr. Consumption. Officer Marsden arrested the suspect, nicknamed Cough, with help from Pectoral Balm. The old man now keeps the officer in his pocket and smiles. Available from druggists and wholesale via A. Dress.
Headquarters Department of Texas issues a call for sealed proposals for wagon and steamship transportation of military supplies for fiscal year 1885–86. Routes include Abilene to Fort Concho, Murphyville or Marfa to Fort Davis, Fort McIntosh to Fort Ringgold, Forts Brown to Ringgold, and coastal routes to Corpus Christi or Brazos Santiago. Proposals due April 17, 1885, with form and terms on request. government may reject any or all bids.
Proposals for beef and mutton are invited by the Department of Subsistence, Office Chief Commissary, San Antonio Texas. Bids in triplicate, with ads attached, will be received at this office and at Acting Commissaries of Subsistence posts in Texas until 12 o clock noon.
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