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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1885
Page
3
A real estate firm proclaims it represents every advertised property and offers the most diversified list in the Southwest. It boasts superior showing facilities and advertising advantages, and invites buyers to call or write for its circular list of bargains across the state.
Hilton & Young advertise 10 000 acres on headwaters of a river plus 40 000 acres outside range and 6 500 acre ranches near San Saba with water and winter protection. Numerous farms along Medina Guadalupe and Calaveras creeks, riverfront tracts, 320 acres near Saint Hedwig, and 800 plus acre city and country parcels. City residences on Tobin hill and other streets, several modern homes with amenities, terms available. Descriptive circulars offered.
A collection of aphorisms from Cicero Foster Taylor Channing Doddridge and Tillotson. The lines urge self knowledge prudent restraint, patience with today, and careful speech to avoid harm.
A poem from M. San Pedro in Houston County dated January 1885 laments social ruin and famine while condemning greed and neglect. It questions the failure of equal laws to curb hardship and calls for action to address bread lines and suffering among the weary. The piece reflects civic concern about economic imbalance in the boasted land.
Train arrivals bring Pullman cars filled with Northern visitors who stay a day or two. They express delight at San Antonio and surrounding country and commend the hospitality and courtesy shown by local citizens. Their favorable opinions act as priceless advertising for the city.
The Lingur notes a Gentilz painting depicting the execution of 17 Texas prisoners at El Salado in 1843. The account recounts their binding and blindfolding before a forced firing, with prisoners begging to face their deaths, and lists the named victims by state or origin.
Picklehammer invited friends for a goose dinner but his cook Biddy arriving fresh from Ireland dressed the goose in a Mother Hubbard outfit with bonnet and cloak. The guests expected a proper roast while the cook defends her styling as instructed by Picklehammer, leading to a comic dispute.
Exchanged dialogue shows a man denying drunkenness after a night out. A bemused neighbor chides him as his wife insists she is not drunk, claiming she danced at the roller skating rink and still feels the motion. The exchange captures a lively urban humor moment from Chicago News.
A San Antonio notice promotes Mexican silver mine investments with figures on ore value, costs, profits, and travel. It also outlines several city charter amendments proposed by the Nineteenth Legislature, including ward divisions, mayoral elections, budgets, taxation, and powers of the Recorder and City Council.
A used sale page advertises 1100 acre Harris county farm near Buffalo Bayou with water, timber, hay from last season, and easy terms. It lists multiple Houston properties on McKinney and Avenue C with 10 rooms and modern conveniences, plus four lots on Crockett and several building lots near Alazan creek. Also offered is sixty five thousand acres of ranch land with sheep horses and grazing, plus tobacco for sale by W Bradley or T B Johnson.
The Country Campbell Press has built a 16 year reputation as the simplest, most durable, and easiest running press. It excels in ink distribution and label work, uses superior materials and skilled labor, and offers savings on paper ink rollers and type versus any rival press.
Used Prouty 8-column for 8 months offered with other items including a Ruggles Card Press at 2500 dollars a Pearl Jobber 7x11 inches for 50 dollars a Eighth Medium Gordon new model good order 175 dollars an Anson Hardy Cutter 30 inch 100 dollars Country Campbell 31x46 used one month and a Thorp Card Cutter 5 dollars.
San Antonio Light reports high regard for the Campbell Two-Revolution Book and Job Press from Campbell Printing Press Co of New York. Geni LeMeN notes the press's superiority after nearly two years of use across all work classes.
An ad touts a broad range of printing equipment from a Washington Hand Press to high quality machine made styles. It promises thorough overhaul and testing before shipment and asserts unbeatable prices. Contact details follow for further particulars.
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