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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1884
Page
3
A famed snake charmer in Boston tells a Globe reporter she will quit the profession after marrying. She recalls a decade in the trade since 1874, noting frequent bites, canker in snakes, and the need to stay calm around venomous creatures.
A collage of verse lines and humorous bits from the Wilmington Star including seasonal songs and couplets, plus local ads. Emanuel Abrahams lists wine prices for cash, Mrs Galpin offers piano and instrument lessons, A Zillian advertises steam baths, a stylish mare with buggy for sale, and a small Somerset valley farm for sale with terms.
Auction-like column lists 1100 acre farm near Houston on Buffalo Bayou with water, timber, hay and improvements. Also multiple city properties in San Antonio with cottages, presses, and 10-room houses offered on easy terms. J. W. Bradley and T. B. Johnson handle inquiries.
Fine southwest Texas bargains offer two tracts totaling 1207 acres in Guadalupe County. The riverfront land includes 900 acres timbered and 300 cultivated with stock facilities and five California houses, three log tene ments, and a main home with four rooms. Second tract adjoins river bottom acreage, 700 acres total, 300 river bottom and 200 cultivated, partly fenced and cultivated by owner’s men. Located nine miles from railroad and county seat on a main stage road. titles held for thirty four years. Address J W Brapiey San Antonio Real Estate Agent. 6-2-1f
City ordinance from 1884 sets rules for theatres and places of amusement. Prohibits loud language and vulgar performances. Violations carry fines from twenty five to two hundred dollars. Passed July 14 1884. J Hi French mayor. E P Ciaupon city clerk.
An 1884 city ordinance makes sparring fights in public venues illegal with penalties from 25 to 20000 dollars after conviction. The document also shows a civil citation for Mathias Koch vs Ellen Shoulders, with publication in San Antonio papers and a four week notice period.
A flood of property ads offers eight room boarding houses on East Commerce Street, corner lots at Goliad and Matagorda, South Alamo improvements, 10 acre tracts near Prospect Hill, a Corpus Christi road tract, Poplar Street lot, Medina Creek land, ward lots, and Crockett Alamo Nolan residences. Also mentions Electric Bitters cure-all at fifty cents a bottle from Rice Bros. & Co.
An advertisement touts electro homoeopathic remedies as a universal cure for women cancers consumption fevers cramps epilepsy insanity piles skin diseases and more. It claimsSanta Rosa Hospital approval and urges trials for children ease of treatment and rapid cures with a listed price and supplier details. Also promotes Dr Bo sanko pile medicine and Little Joker tobacco.
A discussion stresses consulting an Aurist for ear discharges and foul odors, arguing against outdated fears of stopping purulent discharge. It cites Dr. John Roosa and notes the ear’s anatomical connections to brain and heart, urging early treatment to prevent long term damage and loss of hearing. The piece lists several Texas towns and local names as referral points.
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