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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1885
Page
3
A real estate firm touts the breadth of its Southwest property catalog and superior showing facilities. It offers to accompany buyers across the state and invites calls or letters for its Circular List of Bargains.
Hilton and Young advertise 10 000 acres on Guadalupe river headwaters as a premier cattle ranch with abundant water and winter protection. Additional tracts include 40 000 acres outside range 6 500 acre Menard county ranch near San Saba and Medina rivers plus assorted farms with water, fences, wells, stock pens and orchards. Also city property listings on Tobin Hill and nearby streets with several residences and building lots.
The notice states plans to seek amendments to the city charter from the Legislature. It outlines ward boundaries, election timing for mayor and aldermen, budgeting and borrowing limits, regulation of intoxicants near gaming and theatres, and the Recorder's court powers. It also covers road widening procedures, property condemnation for public works, and related city governance rules.
City Engineer Co P Matlack announces sale of property parcels on San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio due to unpaid street improvement assessments. Payments accepted before sale date at the County Courthouse door. amounts include principal and costs.
The Mayor James H. French proclaims a city election to be held on the second Monday in January 1885 for Mayor Recorder Collector and other officers. Five aldermen will be chosen across wards with terms varying three and one year. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm at designated ward locations.
The Century Magazine for the coming year will publish a Civil War series by top officers including Grant and Sherman with personal accounts and vivid illustrations. It also features fiction by W D Rossetti James Grace Denio Litchfield and others, plus essays on Tuscany and astronomy. Subscriptions start November with a price of four dollars a year.
The St Nicholas magazine lists features for 1884 85 including serials by Towbr Brook H H Boyesen and Alcott. It highlights articles on Europe youth occupations law making and Texan life with art by top illustrators and a Christmas issue offer. Century Co New York offers specimen copy on request and subscription price 3 00 annually with single numbers 25 cents.
The item outlines the 1885 volume with a new serials lineup by Constance Woolson and W D Howells, a new Millet novel, and Goldsmith’s The Stoops to Conquer illustrated by Abbey plus notable art and science papers, reflecting the magazine’s evolving methods and current life.
Harper and Brothers announce subscriptions for Harper's Magazine and Young People. Offers include one year or per volume options, cloth binding at 50 cents per issue, and an index for volumes 1 to 60. Remittances by money order or draft. use of current number if no start time specified. Newspapers forbidden to copy this advertisement without express order.
Harper's Weekly announces growth and expanded attractions for the coming year. The publication highlights illustrated stories by W. B. Norris, illustrated articles of epic quality, and coverage of the West and South including the World's Exposition at New Orleans. It emphasizes trustworthy political guidance and family-friendly content.
An advertisement details subscription options for Harper's Weekly Harper's Magazine Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People. It notes postpaid mailing within the United States or Canada and offers last five Annual Volumes in cloth binding with mail or express service for seven dollars per year. Cloth cases available for one dollar. Address details follow.
Harper's Bazar presents literature and art with the latest fashions and home adornment ideas. It embraces cooking, servant management, etiquette, and sewing guidance with pattern sheets and cut patterns for self made dressmaking.
Advertisement notes subscription and binding terms for Harper's Bazaar Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly and Harper's Young People Franklin volumes. It lists prices for volumes and shipping details mentions January start date and free freight up to a limit with order instructions to address.
A summary of Harper's Young People as an illustrated weekly for juvenile readers. It highlights stylish content and decorum aimed at boys and girls in every family, praising its rich form and engaging material for youth.
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