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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1885
Page
3
A real estate firm proclaims it holds the largest and most diverse property list in the Southwest and offers superior showing facilities and advertising benefits. It invites buyers to call or write for its Circular List of Bargains available state wide.
Sale offers include 10 000 acres on Guadalupe headwaters with ample water and winter protection, 40 000 acres nearby, 6 500 acre ranch on San Saba river with sheep, plus multiple farms along Medina and Calaveras creeks. City properties list spring lots, residences on Tobin hill, and an Erie avenue stone home with modern conveniences.
The author urges employing idle workers to lift families from poverty, critiques private charity, praises Walter Scott and Mayor Callaghan, and defends race mixing while noting local humor about weather and cars. Written from San Antonio in January 1885, it reflects civic pride and social debate.
A Kanab Utah rescue of 46 hours ends with a frostbitten two and a half year old Warren Losee found near a bush. Indian-led search parties, weather, and rough terrain aided by lanterns and cold water treatment recover the child.
Notice to the Nineteenth Legislature to amend the city charter outlines radius bounds from cathedral cupola, ward division by December 1884, and regular charter elections every two years starting 1887. Provisions cover borrowing up to 50000 dollars, sinking fund, tax rules, Recorder Court powers, and city improvements including street widening and eminent domain procedures.
Proposals for construction of a bake oven at Camp Rice Texas are due by noon January 6 1885 with bids opened in San Antonio. Separately an ordinance regulates the San Antonio Waterworks Pipe layings hydrants and hydrant use prohibitions with fines up to two hundred dollars and passed January 5 1835.
The Century plans a 1885 series of officers accounts from both sides, with generals like Grant Beauregard McClellan and others contributing on Shiloh Vicksburg First Bull Run and more. It will include reminiscences by leaders now dead and stories by Howells Stockton and others, plus essays on the New Northwest and topics from astronomy to architecture. Subscriptions begin November at $1 99 per year for War Series and Howell's novel, with specimens on request.
Harper's Magazine enters its third year with a new volume in December. The issue promises fresh subjects and more developed magazine making, serving as a mirror of current life. It features serial novels by Const ance Penimore Woolson and W D Howells, a new novel At the Red Glove, illustrated papers by Abbey and others, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, and notable articles on art and science.
An advertisement from Harper & Brothers, New York, offering subscriptions to Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly Harper's Young People and Franklin Square with options for one year and six months. Includes terms for start times volume bindings cloth cases and payment by money order or draft and requests nosy newspapers copy only with authorization.
The periodicals celebrate twenty years as leading illustrated weekly newspapers. They promise increased literary and artistic resources including a capital illustrated story by W. E. Norrie and illustrated articles about the West and South with emphasis on the World's Exposition in New Orleans.
Harper & Brothers advertises annual volumes of Harper's, with subscription terms starting next issue unless otherwise noted. It offers the last five annual volumes in cloth binding for seven dollars per volume, with cloth cases available for one dollar each, and asks buyers to use money orders or drafts to prevent loss.
Harper's Bazar offers weekly illustrations of Paris and New York fashions and patterns for dressmaking. It features cooking, house management, etiquette, and handmade needlework, touting practical household advice and high literary merit.
The advertisement outlines yearly subscriptions for Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Weekly, with prices per volume and bundled offers for States or Canada. It notes volumes begin with January numbers and promises mail delivery with postage paid, contingent on freight per volume, plus a $1 receipt request.
The Harper's Young People serials and stories offer dramatic juvenile fiction free of sensational content. It highlights humor, natural history, science, travel, and life facts by reputable writers. The Courier and Brooklyn Union praise its quality and illustrations. Remittance by money order or draft to Harper & Brothers.
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