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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1885

Page

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Denison and Houston Art Show Display Features Women Artists

The Times-Democrat describes a large Texas exhibition celebrating women’s work with Denison gateway decor and Houston works. It highlights oil paintings, hand painted china, tiles, and a grand Georgian mantel in Queen Anne style, with scenes from San Antonio river life and Texan motifs, plus a call for public support of rail work and aid for the hungry in San Antonio.

New Orleans Times-Democrat Denison Gateway Denison Gate City Texas Kelley el Paso Olive Peat Fort Worth Houston Cupid Meridian Bosque River Colorado River Austin Bessie Bagby Julian Howe Corpus Christi Gale Marechal Neil Caperelle Dallas Ben Re Ee Poe San Antonio Alamo Aesop Sta Eli Corcinero Lexus

Old citizen urges city to name streets and number houses

A letter to the Liaur complains of dilapidated streets lacking names and proper house numbers. It notes difficulty for passengers and physicians to locate addresses and urges the new city administration led by Kright Bryan Callahan to sweep away mud, filth, gambling dens, and loafers.

San Antonio Kright Bryan Callahan

Organization of new bank elects first directors

On Tuesday last the bank was organized with Col G W Brackenridge Col H B Andrews Col A Belknap B F Yoakum and J B Alexander elected directors for the first year. The body met yesterday and elected J B Alexander president and Acting Cashier, adopted by laws, and authorized forwarding organization papers to Washington and securing circulation with United States bonds to open the bank at the earliest practicable moment.

G. W. Brackenridge H. B. Andrews A. Belknap B. F. Yoakum J.8. Alexander J. 8

The Brakemen Strike Unsettles Republicans In Office Fight

A mash of dispatches reports on a Warminster dynamite incident, Maud Raynor’s Texas capture and escape, Huntington admission to Holy Cross, and a Fort Wayne brakemen strike. Includes Prohibition fundraising denial, club election brawl, and police force debate amid labor unrest.

London Warminster New Yor Phelan O'Donovan Rossa Short Worcester St. John Prohibition Committee New Yorks Huntington Potter Order of the Holy Cross Fred. Lee Wilmington Delaware Episcopal Church Curiaco Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Pennsylvania Road Chicago Northwest Axsitene Texas Casey Owens Maud Raynor New York Young Men’s Republican Club Thomas T. Wentworth Henry L. Sprague William A. Broome Sprague Broome Morton United States Fort Wayne Associated Press Law

Saint-Romain-les-Athens Man Stabbed and Stoned in Loire Department

In the Loire department at Saint-Romain-les-Athens a landlord named Ravel was fatally attacked by unknown assailants. He was described as wielding a superstition cursed eye as he returned home and was stabbed and stoned to death. No names of the murderers were disclosed in the investigation.

Paris Morning News Department of the Loire Saint-Romain-les-Athens Ravel Waylard

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