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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1885

Page

3

Bible Exposition Tallies 1700 More Bibles in Texas

Long column notes Rev. Ranktry of the American Bible Society stating Texans bought 1700 more Bibles at the New Orleans Exposition than any other state. It also covers political chatter on Congress, the Brackenridge waterworks dispute, and public monopoly concerns in San Antonio.

William B. Ranktry The American Bible Society Lexas New Orleans Exposition Union Indian Department Express Times Brackenridge D. B San Antonio Texas C. H. Mueller Commerce Street Ence Mueller J. F. Robinson T. B. Johnson F. Kuhn Denver Col Mary Fraser Nova Scotia Frank Newton E. Loundsbury A. A. Drescher W. Dietert Boerne James Davia George Frie County Pearsall Tex W. W. Berry Asq J. H. Murphy E. 8. Allen Anton Halamuda J. W. Casey Rachel Breslin W. A. Carnahan R. J. Vincent W. H. Brown W. J. Hogge Ragleass George Loesberg Castroville Mace Sorell Belmont Robert Grier Pena Maria H. C. Burris Rancho A.C. Decker Stockdale W. J. Terriberry Saltillo Mexico Pullman Denison St. Louis Kansas City Europe Philadelphia Liverpool RED Star New York Antwerp M. S. Macnamara Rice & Dallas Rice, Born & Co New Orleans Ees New York Enamel Paint Company West Commerce Brreak John Tripp Main Plaza

Critics in politics and culture span the nation

A group of political observers comment on the new Democratic Congress and federal railroad accounting rules, contrasting it with Texas politics and monopolies. The December Century issue is reviewed with pieces on Helen Jackson, Gardiners of Gardiner’s Island, Mark Twain, and more. Also noted is the will of Vice President Hendricks probated in Indianapolis, detailing bequests to his wife Eliza Hendricks.

Senate Helen Jackson H. H New England George Parsons Lathrop Gardiner’s Island Harry Fenn Mark Twain Kemble Paris Ericason Francis B. Butts Teheran G. W. Benjamin United States Persia Indianavolis Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Marion County Indiana Eliza C. Hendricks Wuinstow Ponce J. H. McKernan

Tramp seeks meal as couple show mercy at home

A hungry tramp asks for food at a residence, is offered grass to eat, then is invited to the back yard by the sympathetic wife after the servant fetches the mistress. The article includes advertisements for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Brown's Iron Tonic, Hawkes spectacles, and local shops.

Cotta Jane Atlanta Constitution Carlyle Gibbon Brown Ragland & Co A. Dreiss

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