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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1885
Page
3
Auctioneers offer a large assortment of new and second hand household goods. Parlor suits, bed room sets, dining room and kitchen furniture, china, glassware, lamps, plated ware, stoves, mattresses, beds and springs, clocks, firearms, safes, bar fixtures, various misc items, plus horses and carriages all to be sold at affordable prices.
Four room rock house with outside kitchen and garden on Avenue E. Several 3 to 5 room frame homes with galleries, hydrant water, shade trees, and modern features offered across city blocks near River Avenue Elizabeth street Cameron street and Nolan Hackberry. Ranch and farm parcels include 146 acre east of San Antonio 160 acre West Texas farm and 320 acre fenced land eight miles west trade. Prices range from affordable to $1500 with terms offered on several listings.
Listings show several rental homes on East Houston street and surrounding avenues with monthly rates from 4 to 20. Properties include a seven room house on North Olive street at 15, a three room house on Brooks street at 9, and a large nine room furnished house near East Houston street. Other options include No 206 Avenue B at 12, No 1400 North Olive at 15, corner Alamo plaza and Crockett street at 15, and a No 508 North Flores street two rooms with water access at 4.
Twenty acres of land on the San Antonio river within four to five miles of city limits. Money sought on best real estate securities. Loans negotiated in sums to suit borrowers on approved securities. A new general purchasing and commission business offers remote buyers the chance to order any merchandise and save travel costs while enjoying wholesale prices. Commissions paid by suppliers, not the buyer, with catalog requests for dress goods clothing hats millinery crockery glassware boots shoes hardware and more.
A restaurant business advertises a sale of nearly all its furniture and fixtures including eight rooms built of lumber a cook range counter show cases tables chairs and a piano at a bargain price.
MAGnNoLi reflects on the Bastille's history and its fall in 1789, urging French and American unity. He recalls notable figures, the prison’s brutal conditions, and the July 14 1879 liberation. The piece links Bastille memory to Lafayette and Franco American friendship.
Ex Senator Roscoe Conkling sails for Europe on the Gallia and plans a six week rest including Carlsbad France and Germany England and Scotland. A Texan aboard claimed half the second officer’s cabin but Conkling presented his receipt proving exclusive use and resumed his state room.
A story from Texas Siftings portrays Mrs Blank as a young wife to an aged scientist who spends his days in abstruse theory yet does most housework. A visiting lady asks after his health and math, while the scientist’s kitchen voice announces he has finished grinding coffee and asks what to do next.
A collage of old time items mentions a newly married couple. a line about a memorable “pi” sentence. warnings about typhoid in New York dairy milk and the need to wash cans. and ads praising Brown's Iron Bitters and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as cures and tonics for dyspepsia malaria chills and fevers with claims of blood purification and relief from constipation and liver issues.
A mixed public notice advertises surplus stock including shoes hats clothing and jewelry for sale at Nicnots & Co 238 Commerce Street. It also offers land tracts from town lots to 144000 acre ranches in Northern and Western Texas with livestock handling and loans at 10 percent. Frank B. Baty Abilene Texas promotes property deals and ranch opportunities. The Sanitary and Fertilizing Company announces vault and privy cleaning services in Spokane with Odorless Excavating Apparatus and an office at 41 East Commerce Street.
A letter praises Dr L V Weathers an eclectic physician with a 20 year practice in San Antonio. It notes his diploma and method mixing various systems and claims speedy relief for a seriously ill child recovering from liver issues. The writer thanks him and wishes future success.
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