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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1884
Page
7
An August 9 1884 San Antonio Light editorial calls fair minded men to restore liberty by demanding equal rights education labor wages and protection across society. Citizens urge an end to caste prejudice and to secure promised school funding and civic recognition for all Americans.
Leave of one month with possible extension is granted for Sec ond Lieutenant J M Cunningham of the Nineteenth Infantry at Fort Clark Texas. Assistant Surgeon W C Gorgas is confirmed absent on medical disability from July 16 to July 29 1884. A Board of Survey at Fort Concho overturned a finding holding Private Michael Condon responsible for the loss of a mule. Surplus mules will be moved among Forts Brown Ringgold McIntosh and others with rail or rail and depot shipments to San Antonio and Camps Rice Penn Colorado.
Reports from the capital describe plans for bands to perform at the New Orleans exposition and Matamoros merchants arranging sailing vessels to New Orleans. News mentions an English company acquiring the Nacremento estate, cattle and wool factories in Coahuila, and Mexican engineers requesting artisans for expo work. The Palmer-Sullivan railroad aims to close 860 miles from Saltillo to San Miguel Allende in eight months, boosting Mexican trade and travel.
A political column reports the Major’s strong enthusiasm for the upcoming Presidential campaign. He asserts Cleveland and Hendricks will be elected, claiming decades of expectation and repeated interviews reinforce this expectation. The piece notes the Major’s persistence in predicting a November victory.
Mesars George R. Dashiell C. L. Wurzbach Aransas Prescott Joe Varga and Phil Braubach reported an excellent time at the Grand Lodge meeting in Lampasas. They praised the local people and hospitality received during the trip.
Bargain section lists a 1100 acre Harris county farm near Houston on Buffalo Bayou with water, timber, hay, and improvements plus rail access. Also multiple city lots, cottages, a six room house on Avenue C, a Ruggles card press for sale, 15 shares in a building loan, and various parcels offered by J W Bradley and T B Johnson with installment terms and urgent sale notes.
Two Guadalupe County farms totaling about 1207 acres on Guadalupe River and Mill Creek. One farm includes 900 acres timbered and 300 cultivated with three fields, plus five California houses and stock rooms. Second farm offers 700 acres with 300 river bottom and 200 cultivated. Located nine miles from the county seat on a main stage road. Titles 34 years held. Address J W Brapiey, San Antonio, Tex. 6-2-1f
This 1884 ordinance by the San Antonio City Council prohibits loud disturbances in theatres and indecent conduct in places of amusement. It bans obscene performances and attire, sets penalties from twenty five to two hundred dollars, and was approved July 14, 1884, by Mayor J. H. Freneh with City Clerk E P Craupon.
An 1884 city ordinance forbids fighting or sparring in public places including theatres, with penalties from 2500 to 20000 dollars upon conviction. The document also includes a court citation by publication for Mathias Koch versus Ellen Shoulders, detailing service challenges and a debt claim of 47 dollars and 60 cents for bread sold.
An old newspaper ad lists boarding house for sale at 304 East Commerce with furniture and piano, multiple lots and tracts for sale near Prospect Hill and along Corpus Christi road, land on Medina and Madero creeks, and several city blocks. It promotes Electric Bitters by Rice Bros. & Co. as a fast cure for biliousness and debility.
An advertisement extols electro homoeopathic remedies as a universal cure for severe diseases including cancers consumption fevers and epilepsy promising easy treatment for children and noting endorsements by Santa Rosa Hospital authorities San Antonio testimonials and Texas Gulf States depot notices. It also promotes Dr Wko Pile Remedy for hemorrhoids and cites various distributors and smoking products.
A historical notice urges consulting an aurist for ear discharges and foul odors. Dr. D. B. St. John Roosa is cited on stopping purulent ear discharges as safe, linking ear infections to potential brain or heart issues. The article lists patient testimonials from San Antonio and nearby Texas towns.
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