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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1885
Page
2
The Uvalde Hesperian column surveys San Antonio pride in its newspapers, mentions pension bills for Mrs. Grant, gas company profits, and a new El Paso afternoon paper. It references naval observatory reports, festive stockings, an opera house pursuit, favorable visitor weather, and Beeville’s rail bonus. It also cites Republican pensions, Austin murders, and detective Marsh becoming active under the new administration.
A long readable piece praises the children's magazine Wipe Awake and describes broad liberal ideas, art and education. It also discusses church music, theater versus pulpit influence, local views on higher education for Black people, and labor-reform thoughts from the Chicago News about employer responsibility and worker welfare.
A collage of notes mentions employers aiding workers, liver illness, and spirits, followed by ads for Art Gallery materials, rifles, medicines like Brown’s Iron Bitters and Dr. Bosanko’s remedies, a Maverick Hotel notice, an assignee’s notice, and several optician and dental health promotions. Local businesses, products, and services are interwoven with commentary on workmen’s training and welfare.
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