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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1885
Page
1
Reports from multiple cities describe arms shipments to the Mahdi from French ports and calls for mobilization. Editors note gun shop robberies in Paris and unrest in Cairo as political maneuvering grows amid Egyptian colonial tensions.
Colonel Pierce remains in town. Gonzales man T. T. Bendley, St. Louis resident C. M. Shepherd, and Oakville Captain Phil Tom are at the Vance and St Leonard. Pena station merchant Lazarus de la Pena and Mexico’s F DeRamos and daughter stay at the Menger. A list of visitors includes Patten party, Walter Moore, Clements Sieber, Henry Berg, and Ignacio Morelos. The Light awaits developments anxiously.
Postmaster Newcomb reports daily inquiries from mothers and wives about relatives last heard from in San Antonio. A Plymouth Massachusetts mother seeks William O Frothingham, a Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania woman asks after Henry Miller who was injured near San Antonio, and a Lexington Missouri wife asks about J W Haley.
Arrangements are made for a Sunday bicycle race at the track between either Mr Morgan or Miss Armaindo and one of San Antonio's fastest horses for a panel and division of receipts. Royalists pledge to race any horse in San Antonio from one to five miles starting even. Ladies approve of Little Joker tobacco.
A Rochester physician Dr J B Henson credits Warner’s Safe Cure for curing his Bright’s disease after fellow doctors gave up. Officials and prominent citizens back his assertion, while local letters corroborate the cure and warn of unscrupulous reports. A separate note mentions tramps near Salado bridge and a camp with provisions.
The St Joseph's School fair enjoyed strong success with extensive attendance and high praise for musical entertainment. Tonight a dramatic performance is planned and expected to surpass previous evenings in turnout. Early figures show the fair's finances as very satisfactory with $262 raised so far.
The Southern Pacific train due at 7 45 this morning arrived at 11. It carried five Kodrbos sleeping coaches filled with excursionists bound for the New Orleans exposition. Hon Carl Schurz arrived this morning from Houston and was met at the Genet. escorted to the Menger hotel with Mr Walter Pond.
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