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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1885
Page
3
The document proclaims a large diverse Southwest land firm offering extensive advertising for property listings. It boasts wide coverage, readiness to accompany buyers and sellers, and access to state land offerings through its extensive client services.
Advertises numerous ranches and farms near Guadalupe river Seguin Medina San Antonio area. Listings include 700 acre Guadalupe river farm 12 miles below Seguin with 100 cultivable acres. 240 acre Calaveras farm 10 miles southeast. 320 acre farming and grazing tract 15 miles southwest. 965 acre southeast of Cane atteroreek with multiple improvements. 100 acre east of city with 35 acres cultivated. 200 acre farm 10 miles east with wells and outbuildings. Also houses, city lots, and cottages for sale with low prices and favorable terms.
A rugged narrator recalls a territorial city night in the Rocky Mountain cattle country. Cowboys with bravos and revolvers confront a disruptive patron at an ice cream shop, ending with a violent melee and a dramatic retreat. He contrasts rough frontier bravado with calls for freedom of mind and thoughtful expansion beyond fear and ignorance.
A letter from Colonel J W Bradley promotes a Monterey Linares Mexico mining bonanza offering one third interest to investors. It describes rich silver ore near 150 per ton and outlines smelting, transport, and setup costs with potential daily bullion production and strong profits.
A varied real estate list offers 1100 acres in Harris County six miles from Houston on Buffalo Bayou with water grass and some cultivation, plus 65 thousand acres ranch near Rio Grande with 12 000 sheep 8 000 goats and 100 horses. Also multiple city parcels in Houston including a five room cottage on McKinney Street a new concrete house on Avenue No 1009 a ten room two story frame house and four lots on Crockett Street all advertised as special bargains with flexible terms. Contact T Johnson office or J W Bradley Real Estate Agent San Antonio and Houston listings.
Country Campbell Press has earned a reputation for simplicity and durability with few moving parts and skilled workmanship. It dominates distribution and register work, uses colored label work predominantly, and is praised for easy tanning and low cost while delivering high quality printing.
Local listing details several used goods with prices. Items include a 7x0L inch Pearl Jobber at 50 dollars a Mudgies Cart Peeks note and a Gordon model at 175 dollars. Also listed are an Anson Hardy Catter at 100 dollars and a 31x46 Country Campbell unit sold after one month, plus a Thorp Card Cattery at 5 dollars.
An 1885 San Antonio advertisement touts the Campbell Two Revolution Book and Job Press from Coaphil Printing Press. It claims the presses have operated for nearly two years, offering table distribution and superiority across all classes of work.
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