St Josephs school fair profits and city notes
The St Josephs school fair made a 700 profit. Emma Abbott and company passed through the city en route to Galveston. The St Josephs fair ended with a dramatic entertainment and was a financial success. Street workers add crosswalks on Soledad street while City Council prepares for a special session to review charges against City Attorney Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's
Gus Moritz
Sim Hart
Southern Hotel
Carl Schurz
Maverick
Steves
Engineer Schueble
Fire Company No. 2
Victor E. Voltz
Francisca Laum
William Porter
Emma Williams
Emma Abbott
Galveston
San Antonio
Nelson
Soledad Street
Louisa Robin
West Houston Street
Felipe Cardenas
Fest’s Ard
A. Schoenert
Commerce Street
Cit
Newton
Gleason
Alex Williams
Moke
Stum‘Derg
P. Rimbold
Johnson Park
Llano River
Kimble County
Fred M. Hagner
Scamp Forest
Emerson
Forest
Laredo
Hagner
Notable Visitors Check In Across San Antonio Hotels
A flood of guests and visitors fills local hotels as prominent names from New Orleans Chicago Dallas and New York arrive or stay in the city. Notables include Mrs Fannie Retclive Lieutenant Bollis and Mr Burns with several figures from Laredo Pleasanton and Corpus Christi stopping at the Menger and Maverick hotels and at the St Leonard. Several travelers plan or complete visits to the exposition and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick
Eugene Digges
Castroville
Ella Horne
Eddie Crockett
G. Crockett and Child
Centre Point
St. Leonard
M. M. McGee
Hope, Ark
St. Louis
Alamo City
C. J. Cable
Charles F. Crocker
Eb, Martinez
Addie Luby
Ferdinand Fibber
San Diego
California
Menger
8. H. Thompson
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific
Pittsburg
Property Improvements and Dwellings Listed in Various Wards
A list details multiple construction and improvement projects across wards. Entries specify owners such as J N Armstrong and Charles Wurzbach, with locations from North Pecan to Eighth Street, costs ranging from 100 to 5000 dollars, including dwellings, lumber structures, and a rock dwelling, plus removals and other additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Armstrong
Pecan Street
Second Ward
Charles Wurzbach
Eighth Street
Third Ward
KE. Froboese
Washington Square
First Ward
J.M. Matthews
Acequia
Camden Streets
Acequia Street
J. M. Cumberland
Santa Clara Street
Mra
Benoit
South Flores Street
J. F. Rodriguez
Evergreen Street
Thornton
Dwyer Avenue
First
Losoya Street
Rs. P. H
Scholastic Census Under Way With Deputies Named
City assessor Frasch plans a scholastic census for the state and county once weather permits. Deputies named are William Waites for the east side and Emil Oppermann for the west. The San Antonio Relief Association extends its drive to March 1 and appeals for donations. members should pay dues at 208 Soledad Street. Secretary A. C. Jouns notes the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frasch
Wm. Waites
Emil Oppermann
Soledad Street
A. C. Jouns
Inauguration Fare Cut At Sunset Ticket Office
An order to reduce Washington round trip rates during the inauguration period. Round trip tickets available to visitors for $51.40. The reduction takes effect February 25 and lasts until March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Ticket
Washington
San Antonio News Notes From 1861 Local Columns
A San Antonio newspaper item recounts a rumor of gold dust extracted by sweating from coins and a call to build the San Antonio to Aransas Pass railroad with foreign capital. It also shares a light tale of a Vassar girl and her sled romance amid campus surveillance and a young suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Light
San Antonio and
Aransas Pass
San Antonio
H. M
Vassar
Poughkeepsie
Romeo
Women in Texas and the outdoor life described
The piece notes many handsome men in Texas and a largely indoor life for well-to-do women. Men shop for women’s dress goods and other items while women stay mostly indoors. In cotton farming, women work alongside men in the fields during good crop years, with nimble, sunbonneted girls often picking hundreds of pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Journal
Texas
Electric Bitters praised by thousands in Girard
Mr T W Atkins of Girard Kansas commends Electric Bitters to customers saying they give complete satisfaction and sell rapidly. The product is described as the second best medicine that cures kidney and liver complaints, purifies blood, and regulates bowels, saving doctors' bills. sold at 600 a bottle by Rice Bros Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Atkins
Girard
Kas
Rice Bros. & Co
W. G. McGown
Texas
Carnival skating and masquerade events attract crowds in San Antonio
Advertises mask balls and skating carnivals at Commerce street venues with invites, dates, and warnings. Notes supply ads for stock yard, sewing machines, and remedies. Mentions 100 couples in mask, February 13 events, and postponed Children's Mask Ball due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leal
Southern
San Antonio
Wheeler & Wilson
Commerce Street
Soledad
Good Templars
Pancoast & Sons
Mishler
Henry Heister
Cleveland, O
Morley
F. Kalteyer & Son
S. Chenille
Wheeler and Wilson
General Sherman
Jeff Davis
Marsden
A. Dreiss
Rice Bros
Arbeiter Verein
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Daily Light
Paul Wagner's Bazaar
Annie Alban
Austin St
City
West Side
Main Plaza
Galan Street
M. Koenigheim
Alamo Lumber Yard
Tenth Street
Market Street
Yturm
D.& A. Oppenheimer
Hosack & Newton
Aloon
Nave
Postoffice Exchange
West Side Alamo Plaza
Uchlinger
Essres
Hart & Bond
Court House
Anyoh
Hauvetrr Bok Co
Portland
Maine
Sean Alamo Lumber Yard
Bronimo Perales
Laredo Street
Sole ‘Ad Street
Leopold Kaiser
Losoyo Street
Louisa Kaise- Pauli
Rasso
Zuber
Turner
Turner Hall
Albert Beckmann
A. Sartor
Emu Kveny
August Brram
R. Becker
Will
Alamo Lodge
Priday
Weents
Bro
Young & All the Committee
San Antonio Relief Association
Cunningham
Houston Street
Mr. Sullivan
John
Aransas Road
Glover
Thomas Suarre
East Commerce St
Women In
F. Pasche
Pasche
East Commerce Street
Florence
Wright’s
Palmer’s
Lundborg
Colgate’s
Lubin’s
Tne
Leibrandt & McDowell Stove Company
H. Schultze & Son
Farmer Girt
Hi, Scuvrtze & Son
West ‘Texas
West Commerce Street
I. Marks & Co
Larks. P. Marks
P. Marks
A. Bruni
Military Plaza
S. Floyd & Co
Houston
Fort Worth
N. Flores and
Kingsbury Sts
F. B. Rosenberger
L. Garza
Ban Antonio
Tex
Europe
United States
J. McGown
Texas Sour Springs
Cardwell Springs
Luling
Slysney
Ikalteyer
WM. Herpel
Corner Avenue D
Ninth Street
A. J. Nocker & CO
Navarro Street
Ludwig & Speiser
Butchers
Alamo Plaza
Calcasieu Lumber Yard
East Commerce Street and Sunset Railroad
SAN Antonio Lumber CO
San Antonio, Texas
New York
DOE & Engelee
James Martin
Rhodius & Tempsky’s
Eagle Pass Coal Com
Sunset Freight Depot
Office of Rice & Ryan
F. H. Hartz
Commerce St
S. A Paver & Son
Dulling Block
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