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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1885

Page

2

Railroad drive and fall cotton yield dominate Texas notes

The fall cotton crop promises large clips and railroads may boost local processing to relieve transport strain. Goliad rails boost seeks a required bonus for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass line. In Ohio, John Sherman campaigns as Democrats show little zeal. A Charleston cyclone causes estimated $1.125 million in damage. Fort Worth gains a new morning paper, the Democrat, while the Austin baseball club declines Sunday play, earning praise for moral stance.

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Political clashes and railroad talks dominate Texas notes

The column discusses growing strains in the Texas Democratic party linked to Prourhon, Knights of Labor efforts, and a Wabash reinstatement demand. It reports a Corpus Christi meeting backing a Texas Mexican railroad link via Lott’s donation and right of way, plus widespread critique of county office spending and civil service reforms.

Knights of Labor Wabash Gould Knights Corpus Christi San Antonio and Aransas Pass The Pass San Antonio Corpus Laredo Interior of Mexico

Perilous Chat and Quack Remedies From a Bygone Era

An old man on a hotel veranda spar with his wife over beliefs and knowledge while a nearby visitor learns the Chief Justice sits nearby. The column then pivots to advertisements for diuretics, blood purifiers, and patent medicines selling cures for Bright’s disease Piles and malaria with notices about water rates from a 19th century Water Works Company.

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Advice to Mothers on Winslow's Soothing Syrup

A vintage notice touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming it soothes the child softens gums relieves pain cures wind colic and diarrhoea at 25 cents a bottle.

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