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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1885
Page
2
A string of late August tidbits from nationwide locales reports Chicago mayoralty contest questions and a Chicago voters petition alleging miscounts. Notable items include a Cleveland anarchist discharged for lack of statute coverage and a Talladega pig murder tale.
A dialog on a Detroit Free Press page captures a couple's comic elopement plans on a ferry. They discuss rope ladders, a preacher, and costs totaling a few dollars while debating what keeps them from running away.
A Toluca literary club opens as part of Our Mexican Exchanges. Notices report counterfeit money circulating in Orizawa and the release of Pachuca students. Talks of Rosa Palacios singing in an Italian opera arise while a memorial for General Grant is planned in the Federal district. The twelfth Congress set for September first at 3 pm. A mummy found by brick masons in Victoria Tamaulipas prompts curiosity.
A Chicago citizen walking with his wife is challenged by a stranger who questions if he is stealing. The man explains the woman is his wife and that the tighter grip is a cultural custom. The stranger apologizes, saying he mistook the display for taking her to the station house.
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