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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1885

Page

2

Political currents and press notes from San Antonio

A wide-ranging summary of political and media topics hits Texas here. It cites President-elect Cleveland cabinet talk and Southern influence concerns, Smoot prayers for newspaper men, San Antonio and Houston press schemes, a Connecticut Mutual Life critique of life insurance, Diaz visiting Austin, and Gordon death rumors from Khartoum. The San Antonio Express faces a libel suit over Sheriff McKinney letter. Weather and coal notes close the item.

San Antonio Express Senator Hall Sheriff McKinney

Famine, politics, and Khartoum views in restless times

The piece surveys bread shortages in Chicago amid rail blockades, critiques Democrats in Congress, and notes near daily storms of opinion on Cleveland and tariffs. Commentary includes insurance bills, Galveston urban envy, and a long description of Khartoum and its diverse population and markets.

City Buzzes With Claims Of Rich African Trade And Local Ads

A noisy page blends bold observations on Central Africa with a mosaic of San Antonio advertisements. Projections praise Khartoum’s future role along the White Nile while local brokers, coal sellers, music offerings, and patent photo albums push goods and services to readers.

Khartoum Central Africa Nile Equatorial Lake District Brammagen Kordofan el Obeid Darfour Levant White Nile

Proprietors Claim Superior Cure All Remedies for Diseases

The medicine combines iron with cathartics and diuretics to form a tonic and alterative that supposedly cures dyspepsia indigestion nervous debility and more. It targets liver stomach kidneys and urinary organs and claims to cure venereal diseases and women's ailments like leucorrhea and uterine ulceration. It purports to purify blood stimulate appetite aid digestion and strengthen the system. Opinion of W G McGown attorney at law of Texas Sour Mass.

W. G. McGown Texas

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