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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1885
Page
3
Colton and Bolton auctioneers present a large assortment of new and second hand household goods for sale including parlor suits bed room sets dining room and kitchen furniture crockery lamps plated ware stoves mattresses and more. Also offers horses carriages wagons harness saddles and related items at affordable prices.
A long catalog of houses farms and building lots in San Antonio area with details on location such as Avenue E Seventh and Eighth streets River Avenue Elizabeth Street Concho Street Nolan Blackberry West Commerce and other streets. Properties include four and five room houses with porches verandas hydrant water shade trees and baths. ranches 146 acres 75 cultivated 13 miles east. farms 160 acres with fruit trees 20 acres irrigated. numerous lots 80 320 acres fenced and improved. rental rates and negotiable terms noted.
A Hastern double seated family carriage with leather top priced at 3350 and offered at a bargain. Includes a single set harness and shaft and a one horse spring wagon in good condition. Also offered is twenty acres of land on the San Antonio river within four to five miles of the city limits.
A brief ad seeks borrowers for real estate securities with loans negotiated to suit approved securities. The notice targets lenders and borrowers, promising flexible sums and securing the best terms on approved collateral.
A distant prospectus promotes a purchasing service for Pepete residents. It declares they can fill orders for Press Goods clothing hats millinery crockery glassware boots shoes hardware and other merchandise by buying at wholesale prices with commissions paid by the sellers. It invites letters for prices freight rates and details.
A restaurant outfit including eight lumber rooms, furniture, cook range, counter, show cases, tables, chairs and a piano will be sold at a bargain. The notice lists a complete business setup ready for transfer.
Harper's Bazar and Our Wife satire note that women imitate society men and avoid arts while a historian recalls needles by a man and a historian jokes about eye size like a tea cup. Philadelphia Call adds a quip about the eye.
Burlington Free Press notes a recent railroad accident blamed on a defective frog. It warns that frogs lacking physical perfection should avoid the tracks to prevent future incidents.
A chain of brief satirical items from Boston and surrounding areas covers social wit and fashion. The Amesbury quip about calico dresses, a French editor’s champagne rebuke, a playful verse about Corydon and Phyllis, a Tremont Street car anecdote on a bonnet, and a Boston Commonwealth remark on a wife’s bonnet expose a lively, humorous snapshot of early 20th century urban life.
A compilation of quotes and commentary from a Columbus Dispatch style page criticizing women’s behavior in public and discussing the Cheyenne Indian tensions. It cites a lecture urging women to “sit on men” in crowds and argues the Cheyenne lease issue fuels potential conflict, noting government power to annul leases and warning readers about social judgment and propriety.
A passionate speaker denounces German dance styles and arm embraces as improper for young women. He warns parents to halt such outings and defends a strict sense of virtue, urging mothers and sisters to protect their daughters. The piece also promotes local ads for clothing and coal suppliers.
Mr A M Cohen a leading city clothing dealer announces a complete stock sellout at and below cost providing a rare chance to buy new suits at reasonable prices. Dr George Baskett of Farmington Grayson County Texas endorses Morley s T X Sague Tonic citing consistent satisfaction and continued stock. For sale by F Kalteyer & Son.
Listings advertise vault and cesspool cleaning by Odorless Excavating Apparatus with office at 1 East Commerce Street and Secretary H M Lanpaver. Also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for travelers and mariners to prevent ailments on sea and land. Includes selling out of surplus goods at 238 Commerce Street and real estate and livestock services offered by Frank B Battey in Abilene Texas.
A testimonial letter praises Dr L V Weathers of San Antonio for eclectic medicine and rapid relief for a child with serious illness. The writer credits years of practice and a first class diploma, noting the physician left a lucrative job to treat patients here and expresses gratitude for the child’s improving health.
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