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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1885
Page
3
Local notices promote second hand clothing at Emerson's, clock sales from $1, printing at Licur Job office, and diamonds for sale. A. M. Cohen advertises at 209 and 211 Main Plaza with mens furnishings and low prices.
Readable items show A M Cohn plans to sell entire stock at cost. William Lippe enlarges garden with first class accommodations, weekly concerts, free entrance. Water Works warns sprinkling via hose under contract, risk of service cut off. Also a Mexico land sale of 79,704 acres priced at 36,000 cash with railroad access notes Lorenzo Castro for details.
City ordinance outlines sidewalks along streets with three classes A B C and requires notice to property owners. It sets foundations curbing grading drainage and completion timelines and creates a lien and sale process for unpaid costs. It repeals the 1881 ordinance and takes effect after passage.
City ordinance outlines penalties for gaming activity in San Antonio. It defines gaming tables and banks, lists games such as Faro and Roulette, and sets fines from ten to one hundred dollars with jail terms up to ninety days. Provisions cover bets, displayed games, and premises used for gaming. Passed July 27, 1885 by Mayor E P Craypon.
City ordinance from August 10 1885 sets sidewalk widths by street width. On streets under 30 feet, sidewalks four feet wide. Streets 60 to 70 feet wide allocate 42 feet roadway between curb lines. Larger streets require sidewalks to occupy 30 to 40 percent of street width with grass strip between curb and sidewalk. Bryan Calu...
Colton and Bolton auctioneers invite buyers to inspect their large assortment of new and secondhand household goods. Parlor suits, bedroom and dining room sets, furniture, glassware, lamps, fine clocks, pianos, and more are offered, with stoves, mattresses, bedding, and carriages also available. Horses, buggies, harness, and related items will be sold at affordable prices.
Our House and Estate Agency presents complete furniture of a Sroom house and boarding house, multiple building lots on Hackberry, Avenue E and Park, two houses on Cameron street, a 40 acre Bexar county farm, three small houses on Brooks street, several rental properties on Belvin, Duval and Crosby streets with monthly rates from 7 to 17 dollars, including a 4 room house on Nolan Hackberry corner offered at liberal terms.
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