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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1885
Page
3
Real estate firm promotes a large diverse list of lands ranches city residences farms and building lots in the Southwest. They invite inquiries to obtain a circular list of bargains and offer to accompany buyers across the state to view properties.
Hilton and Young list 10 000 acres on Guadalupe headwaters plus 40 000 acres outside range and 6 500 acre Menard county ranches with water, winter protection, and frontage on rivers. They offer farms along Medina and Calaveras creeks, timbered land near Saint Hedwig, and city residences on Tobin Hill and Erie Avenue with terms and descriptive circulars.
Telegraphed notes report the Logan and Washburn senatorial ballot result with Democrats abstaining. Montreal guards double due to feared attack by Rossa's clique. Lamar travels to New York and Evaris visits Cleveland. Ice danger on Monongahela threatens $1.5 million coal and craft. Annie Sullivan seeks divorce from John L. Sullivan and custody of their son. Michoacan officials probe El Explorador editor's assault. Ellis resigns on House Appropriations subcommittee over harbor defense bill. proposes $2 million for four great harbors. Pope condemns agitators, urges cooperation and mutual aid for workers. Frelinghuysen touts reciprocity with inferior nations to boost exports. Gordon letters recount sieges and battles in Egypt with heavy losses. Public Lands Committee advances bill restricting alien land ownership in Territories.
A poem for a friend contrasts worldly trials with faith and strength. Army notices detail transportation from San Antonio to Fort Park for Private David Rodier, earnings charged on muster and pay. trials at Fort Clark with witnesses Hussey and Ouston. and recruits Patterson and Harbor reassigned at Camp Del Rio to Eighth cavalry.
The paper lists Texas patentees dated February 17 1885 including M A Cutter Galveston street car C D Spain Sherman pulverizer W W Lamme Austin kettle attachment J A Lawrence Sherman churn power J A Viean Gainesville motor and notes a Paris London fencing display by Herr Hartt with eight female pupils at the Figaro office. It reports fencing as useful education and mentions classes in San Antonio at 462 Acequia Street offering $4 monthly lessons. Also includes advertisements for Electric Bitters and Mishler's Herb Bitters and local goods and services in San Antonio and nearby trade notices.
A long column of real estate notices covers 1100 acre Harris County farms near Houston on Buffalo Bayou with water and timber, plus 1200 dollar city lots and several houses in Houston and San Antonio. Listings include 65 thousand acre ranch near Rio Grande, a Moore Hollow 1400 acre farm near an International railroad, 640 acre Leona River land with sugar mill, and 900 acre Rio Frio irrigated land. Also advertised are a general-purpose salve and Morley’s cough syrup with agent contact details.
List of used and new card cutters and presses with prices. Items include an 8 column Prouty used. Ruggles Card Press in good order at 500 dollars. Pearl Jobber 7x11 inches at 50 dollars. Eighth Medium Gordon new model at 175 dollars. Anson-Hardy Cutter 30 inch at 100 dollars. Country Campbell 31x46 used one month. Thorp Card Cutter at 5 dollars.
An 1885 advertisement from Campbell Printing Press Co of San Antonio praises the Campbell Two Revolution Book and Job Press as superior to competing presses. The note highlights long use of their table distribution presses by Girrono Johnson & Winter and mentions delivery from New York.
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