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San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

07 Aug 1885

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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1885

Page

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Remains of General Grant Draw Crowds and Plans

New York crowds line up from City Hall to view General Grant’s casket, with police and Grand Army veterans directing movement. Officials detail a grand funeral procession, including President and Cabinet carriages, foreign ministers, governors, and notable officers, while observers note the long day of viewing and heat.

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New York City Hall General Grant Inspector Steers Reily Grant Catafalque Fountain Circle Board of Aldermen Centre Street Chambers Street Broadway Veterans of Grant Post Hedges Hayes Arthur United States Congress Admiral Jouett Commodore Chandler General Sheridan Bureaus War Department Schofield Gapeese Court Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut Dakota Maine Vermont Pennsylvania New Jersey Rhode Island Iowa Virline Ha Ovafa Legis New Franklin The Sol Dier Messrs Drexel and Childs Board of Indian Commissioners Brooklyn Common Council Boston Hartford New Haven Jersey City Cincinnati Wheeler Grand Army of the Republic Fifth Avenue General Sherman Luxcmung Appomattox Court House Lee Loring Lilley Dockery Clingman Snead Dutt Sterrett Anderson Clark Quincy McNulty DeFontaine Susadorf Bridgeford Gordon Georgia Spottsylvania Court House Virginia Hancock Appomattox Marseillles M. Legrand Interior Marseilles Maprio of Mexico GiLversTon Mazatlan Tehuantepec Edward L.thomas America
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Ragged street singers recall sweet memories in New York crowds

In busy Ann Street near Broadway, a child song draws bystanders into memory while a wagon accident unfolds. A boy is injured after a route crash as press and ambulances arrive, and onlookers scatter with the evening papers as the scene clears.

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Broadway Ann Street New York Herald King William King James William King James’ Son Astor House Opsite
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Cerralvo Visit Describes Woods and Mines

In Cerralvo Mexico the writer notes ebony rosewood mahogany cord wood at two dollars per cord and thriving mining and farming. He praises cypress groves, springs, irrigation streams, and the town’s adobe and limestone buildings with abundant acacia wood. Local Americans, doctors, and miners are active. a drunkards bet ends in failure and illness.

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San Antonio Cerralvo Mexico Monterey San Pedro Giff Hans Mickle Alamo City Mier General Taylor Saltillo Monclova
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Fight among two teamsters in Newcombville over a charm

Two African American teamsters fought yesterday afternoon in Newcombville over a woman’s affections. One man used a trace chain to threaten the other, twisting it around the rival’s neck until he fainted while bystanders separated the combatants.

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Newcombville
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Ring Found After Chicken's Crop Discovery

A newly married woman on Soledad street, distressed by a lost marriage ring, killed a chicken this morning and found the ring in the bird’s crop. She believes it slipped into a dish of scraps she fed to her chickens daily. The ring survived the odd journey, teaching a caution about rings fitting too easily.

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Soledad Street
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Girl seeks shelter at city mansion after brutal family abuse

A teenage girl, described as very pretty, visited a notorious city mansion last night begging for admittance and protection. She alleged her brother and mother brutalized her for money spent on drink and tobacco, beating her with a gas pipe and leaving bruises on her shoulders and neck. She will be sheltered until authorities provide protection. The note ends with a plug for Opera Puffs cigarettes at a popular price.

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