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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1885
Page
3
Real estate firm touts largest diversified Southwest property list. They offer guided tours statewide and invite calls or letters for their Circular List of Bargains detailing lands farms and building lots advertised for sale.
Prominent listings include Hilton and Young ranches with 10 000 acres on Guadalupe headwaters and 6 acre Menard county ranch with San Saba river frontage. Numerous farms along Medina Calaveras and Me dina rivers. prices from 6 50 to 2700. City lots on Tobin hill and several elegant residences with modern conveniences in the city. Terms available.
In a vivid vision the narrator observes a French exile musician in a London attic. He clings to a ruined past, torn score in hand, loved by a noblewoman bound to another, ending with a final, fatal act as the violin’s spell abandons him.
In a climactic scene a violinist, wounded in arm, pours forth music that seems to channel another life. The narrator witnesses a fatal vision as the instrument reveals a love and death tied to Stradivarius legend. After the ordeal they destroy the violin and part.
Rice Bros and Co advertise Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a positive guarantee and offer a trial bottle free. They claim Electric Bitters cure kidney or liver complaints and many illnesses, assert blood purification and bowel regulation, and sell at 50 cents a bottle. They invite inquiries and case referrals.
Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup is presented as a popular remedy for coughs colds consumption and lung ailments. The advert claims wide recognition across the United States and notes a price of 50 cents. Multiple sellers including C Lehasse Co James Reheat land Co K K K and Kalteyer & Son are listed as distributors.
A column advertises multiple Texas properties including 1100 acre tract in Harris County near Houston on Buffalo Bayou with railroad by, 400 tons hay, and easy terms. Other notices include a 6 room city property on Kinney Street, a 12 000 sheep Texas ranch near Rio Grande with 100 horses and stock, a Moore Hollow farm near an International railroad station with 1400 acres and 65 cultivated, and 640 acres on the Leona river with a sugar mill priced for cash plus additional ranch notes. Also offered are 900 acres on Rio Frio in Val Verde County with irrigation potential and railroad access.
Piles preceded by weight in the back and abdomen with indigestion and itching are described. Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy is claimed to absorb tumors and cure piles. price 50 cents. Also mentions Two-Bit Couch Syrup for bronchitis and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for various skin afflictions, with vendors listed. A piano ad notes a new 350 dollar instrument for sale.
A thief named Cough was seen yesterday grabbing the throat of a bald headed old man. Policeman Marsden promptly arrested him for the incident. The elderly Mr. Consumption is described as content, carrying the officer in his pocket. For sale by druggists. Wholesale by A. ress.
Proposals for wagon and steamship transport for Army needs solicited by the Texas Headquarters Office of the Chief Quartermaster. Bids due April 17, 1885, at noon in San Antonio. Routes include Athlene Fort Concho, Murrier or Marfa Fort Davis, Fort McIntosh Laredo Pena San Diego Fort Hinggold, and ships to Brazos Santiago from New Orleans or Galveston. Government may reject any or all bids.
Proposals for fresh beef and mutton to be delivered July 1 1845 to June 30 1846 to posts Brown Clark Cho Davis McIntosh Kringgold San Antonio Stockton Camp Rio Camp Pena Colorado Camp Rice Texas with guarantees and bid terms. Public notice dated February 16 1885 invites triplicate bids and states right to reject oral bids.
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