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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1885
Page
3
Call and examine our large assortment of new and second hand household goods. Parlor suites bed room sets dining room kitchen and office furniture crockery glassware lamps plated ware tin ware cutlery and more. Also horses buggies carriages wagons harness saddles blankets and related items offered at affordable prices.
A lengthy classified ad listing numerous houses and farms for sale or rent in San Antonio area. Properties include rock houses with modern features, lots on various streets, a ranch of 146 acres east of the city, several farms with cultivation and fruit trees, and urban residences with details on size, outbuildings, and terms. Prices range from affordable to bargain levels, with rents as low as 25 dollars per month. Many parcels note hydrant water, shade trees, verandas, and convenient street access. An array of blocks, lots, and ranches highlight opportunities for buyers seeking urban to rural holdings in the West Texas/San Antonio region.
A double seated Eastern carriage with leather top offered at 350 dollars. Includes a single harness and shaft. A one horse spring wagon in good condition suitable for pulling or express use will be sold cheap.
Twenty acres of land along the San Antonio river within four to six miles of the city limits is offered. The tract is described as nearby rural property suitable for development or agricultural use. Ownership and sale terms are not specified in the fragment.
Advertisement asks for loans on approved real estate securities. It promises negotiable terms and favorable rates to borrowers seeking funding secured by property value.
An advertiser invites distant customers to use a buying service that saves travel costs and offers the lowest market prices. The firm, operating on wholesale commissions, promises to forward dress goods clothing hats millinery crockery glassware boots shoes and hardware. They invite requests for prices freight rates and other information.
A restaurant outfit consisting of all furnished lumber built rooms a cook range counter show cages tables chairs and a piano will be sold at a bargain.
A Springfield Ohio colony eyes a site near Wichita Falls for settlement. The report notes crop conditions across northern and central Texas as flat, and local items recount crimes, hearings, and public notices amid a broad Texas news roundup.
A fragment from a 19th century paper shows a marriage plan collapsing over a taffy party and a prank with hair on a partner’s face. It then shifts to a quip about bread and a Bible commandment, and ends with notes on the first U.S. cent and coin history.
A fragment from an Austin transcript shows a Black woman resisting accusations of harming her child. The speaker questions how a mother could defeat her own flesh and blood, while the mother insists she harms the child only to hide bones and bloodless means.
Reports from Sonora and Chihuahua note large ore outputs and new mines while Mazatlan exports rise. The Tucson area and Puebla theatres face auctions, with a $63,000 minimum for the Guerrero venue. Local industry promotes pineapple farming and cotton processing, and health ads promote Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatism and related ailments.
Surplus stock valued at 20000 dollars including shoes hats clothing notions piety cutlery ginnsware crockery and stationary offered at bargain prices. Also real estate and livestock services advertised by Frank B. Batiry Abilene Texas inviting land buyers and lenders with loans up to any amount at ten percent per year.
A patient testimonial endorses Dr L V Weathers of San Antonio for Eclectic Medicine. The letter cites rapid relief for a liver abscess and notes years of successful practice, treating pneumonia typho malarial fevers measles scarlet fever and typhoid.
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