House and stock sale and California wines offered
A house and lot with modern improvements, 25 shares of Bexar Building and Loan stock, and a delivery of seasoned cord wood are announced for sale by Otto Andres. Meyer's ball proprietor F J Meyer touts California wines and pure grape brandies with California claret at one dollar per gallon. Brown's Lion Tonic advertised for indigestion backache and malaria relief via A Dreiss and Kagland & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar Building and Loan Association
Otto Andres
Care Bell & Bros
California
F. J. Meyer
Meyer’s Ball
Married Folks and Charms Cited Across Papers
A fragment cites domestic harmony tips urging shared duties and humble living. Also notes a quirky superstition from Houston papers about rabbit feet and owl claw charms. The Vera Cruz coast is reported as blocking a railroad crossing with sand, halting travel between Alvarado and Vera Cruz for two days.
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Vera Cruz
Alvarado
Silver dollar fate sparks mass contention in San Antonio
In The Express debate over the silver coinage act, readers confront predictions of a 195 to 180 Congressional defeat, shallow fears of gold premium, and the call to keep the silver dollar at par. The piece contrasts silver’s public utility with perceived banking power and ends noting a separate fire loss in Greenville, Miss.
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San Antonio Light
San Antonio
San Antonio Express
Express
Congress
Washington Republican
The
Alexander Hamilton
United States
Alamo City
Washington
Proverb on Cotlin and Longevity Hint
An old saying suggests a man should order his cotlin in his 30s to reach a ripe age. Observers claim those who prepare it keep it for at least 50 years. It is pitched as a durable receptacle for old shoes and convertible into wood with a rocker. Opera Pally cigarettes are claimed to be non irritating to the lips.
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Norristown Crald
Arrest of a Suspicious Character Near Austin
Austin dated December 30 1885 reports Marshal Lucy receiving a tip about a man five miles out who sought work, then washed with a bloodstained shirt and drawers found in his saddle bags. He is identified as J Q Nichols a wood chopper. Authorities doubt his link to late murders and warn something wrong about him. Other items note a $35 theft at Lane's Wagon Yard and a drunkenness arrest leading to theft charges, plus local notes on hounds and Texas poets.
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San Antonio
Austin
Lucy
Taylor
Hornsby
J. Q. Nichols
Oats
Lane
Texas
Carancanua
Vanderbilt Wealth and the Imagined Power of Two Hundred Million
The Boston Globe contrasts two hundred million dollars with everyday goods and global needs. It imagines vast purchases from bread to shoes, beefsteak, calico dresses, and coffee to illustrate the scale of wealth and its potential impact on society.
Kentucky Belle Engages Five Suitors for Marriage
A Kentucky girl Mattie Grady allegedly accepted marriage proposals from five suitors, including Dr. I. M. Kerley and Dr. G. A. Johnston. On the same day, with license-less Tennessee access, Dick Adams wed her as the others waited, creating a scene rejoined by two suitors who later married elsewhere.
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Pinchemsly
Kentucky
Tennessee Line
I. M. Kerley
G. A. Johnston
Brizendine
Missouri
Dick Adane
Mattie Grady
Fair Kentucky
Mr. Brizendine
Grady Mansion
Kerley
Mattie
Dick Adams
Tennessee
Dre. Kerley
Johnston
Grady House
St Louis Man Placed in Custody After $6800 Express Robbery
William K E Page an Adams Express messenger, dressed in women's clothes, was arrested after $6800 was found on him. He confessed to theft from the Bank of Commerce funds delivered to Aldrich Niles & Co. in Golden City Missouri, claiming drunken impulse. Police track suspect across Missouri towns and recoveries uncertain. Page is married with two children.
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St. Louis
William KE. Page
Adams Express
Frank Jakine
Fracht
Golden City
Barton County
Missouri
Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Aldrich, Niles & Co
Springfield
San Francisco
Erskine
Pacific City
Page
Warde Stars Hamlet At Turner Hall In Local Showing
A fair crowd at Turner Hall applauded Fred Warde's Hamlet with a superb, moody Dane performance. DuBois as Polonius and Willett as Ophelia drew praise, while Aveling’s Ghost earned notice. Tonight he presents Claude Melnotte and Galba, the Gladiator in succession.
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Fred Warde
Mr. Warde
Moody Dane
Hamlet
Mr. DuBois
Mittens Willett
Ophelia
Henry Aveling
Claude Melnotte
Galbia
Congressmen Seek Frontier Troops to Battle Apaches in New Mexico
Senator Manderson and Representatives Springer and Laird urged Secretary of War to authorize a battalion of frontiermen under army officers to patrol Southern New Mexico and hunt or exterminate hostile Apaches. They proposed temporary enlistment, rugged equipment, and cooperation with friendly Papago Indians to protect watering places and disrupt raids. General Crook and General Sheridan were noted as current leaders in the field.
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Washington
Senator Manderson
Springer and Laird
New Mexico
Congress
Crook
Springer
Barnes
First Judicial District
Arizona
Frontieramen
Mr. Springer
General Crook
Hloheagne
Laird
Nebraska
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JS Epers
Geo. H. Kalteyer
Otto Koehler
Sec
Lone Star
Com’y
San Antonio, Texas
F. Simmang
A. Hampel
Gysters
Riverside Cafe
Ant
Scholz’s
Commerce
Losoya Streets
Sap
Emporium OF Fashion
Aah
Prince A'bert
Fae Comalee
Wolfson
Acequia Stree
Starr and
Chestnut Streets
Casino Association
Groos, Jr
H. L. Fowen
Py Vally
J. Ronse Exnest
Steves
L. Wolfs Steam Dye Works
Fashion ‘Theatre
San Pedro Creek
Atlanta Constitution
Houston
the Express
New Orleans
Picayune
Greenville
Miss
W.and H. Stead & Co
England
Vanderbilt Wealth
Boston Globe
New England
Earth
Boston
Turner Hall
Gladiator
Tornight
Proprietors
TETAS
W. H. Simms Lew Baker
Theo. Hand Chas. Groebl
Ov Brass Band
Larry Dooley
Dooley
Baker
Annie Howard
Ada. Quinnett
Frank
Miss Minnie Hassan
People
OM Virginie
Miss Dad Blossom
Harry Macarthy
Augustus Smithers
Foolish Joe
America
Miss Lottie Burton
Susie Stokes
Johnsons
Williams
Sarong
Minnie Hassan
Lew Baker
Mixes Smith
John Burton
Emma Quinnett
Quinnet
Ada
Dias
Mercury
Duchestie
Pat Hogarty
Mr. Warren
Alfred St. Claire
Mrs. Warren
Emma Warren
Mentee Degeree
Macgathy
Larry Annie
Wolf & Marx
Flolida
Wole & Marks
Corner Commerce and Alamonts
Tinter Carden
Maranterd
Alamo Street
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