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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1885
Page
11
Special notices invite buyers to view a broad list of property including lands ranches city residences farms and building lots. The firm claims the largest diversified southwest catalog with superior showing facilities and advertising reach and offers to accompany buyers across the state for information and a circular list of bargains.
Hilton and Young advertise 10000 acres on Coemenie river headwaters, 40000 acres outside range, 6500 acre Menard county ranch along San Saba with water and winter protection, plus several river farms near Medina and Calaveras creeks. Also listed are city building lots on Tobin hill, homes on Laredo and Kingsbury streets, a stone Erie avenue residence, and multiple small parcels with favorable terms.
Washington Critic profile reviews lawmakers. Kelley backs high protection and reduced internal revenue. Describes Flor ence Kelley as bright. Notes varied speaking styles, quirks, and appearances of many representatives from Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and beyond. Mentions political figures, factions, and a local drug store ad closing the piece.
The notice announces an 1880s charter change to define city bounds by a three mile radius from the Cathedral cupola and to restructure wards, elected officials, and governance. It details aldermen, mayoral terms, election timing, tax and bond rules, Recorder’s court powers, street widening procedures, condemnation processes, and fiscal safeguards under the forthcoming legislature.
Proposals in triplicate for one bake oven to be opened February 6 1885 at Camp Rice Texas. Bid instructions and plans available at Camp Rice and Acting Commissary of Subsistence. Government may reject any or all proposals. Envelope to Samuel T. Cushing Captain U S Army Chief C Department of Texas.
City council move to regulate laying and maintaining service pipes to protect fire hydrants and waterworks property. Ordinance aims to clarify city interest and enforce standards for construction and upkeep within San Antonio.
The 1885 Harper's Magazine volume begins in December and promises a renewed, faithful mirror of current life. Featured are new serials by Constance Fenimore Woolson and W D Howells, a novel At the Red Glove, illustrated papers by Miller Gifford Abbey Gibson and others, plus Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer and important art and science papers.
Harper and Brothers advertise Harper s Magazine and related Harper periodicals with annual and semi annual volumes. Offers include post paid subscriptions in the U S and Canada, cloth bound volumes, binding cloth cases by mail, and an alphabetical analytical index for volumes 1 to 60. Remittances by money order or draft. newspapers to refrain without permission.
Harper's Weekly announces two years at peak with rising literary and artistic resources. The issue highlights a leading serial by W. B. Norris, illustrated pieces on the West and South, coverage of the World Exposition in New Orleans, a mix of short stories, and papers by authorities on current topics. Subscriptions offered as a trustworthy political guide and family journal free from objectionable content.
A terse bibliographic note lists Harper's Weekly Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People with reference to a one year 52 number period. It reads like an index entry for a periodical catalog. The fragment mentions serial titles and a price or duration but lacks cohesive narrative context.
An order form from Harper & Brothers advertises subscription details for Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. It explains volumes begin with January issues, starts next after order, and offers last five annual volumes with binding options, mail or express delivery, pricing per volume, and cloth cases, with postage and freight terms.
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