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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1885
Page
3
Colton and Bolton auctioneers present a large assortment of new and second hand household goods. Parlor suits bed room sets dining room and kitchen furniture lamps plated ware stoves mattresses and more will be sold. Also horses buggies carriages harness saddles and blankets priced to fit all budgets.
A serialized ad lists four room rock houses with kitchens and porches on Avenue E and River Avenue, a Safe product, multiple lots in blocks and divisions, cottages on San Marcos and Nolan Hackberry corners, priced from cheap to bargain. Also offered are ranches 13 miles east, farms 80 to 400 acres with dwellings, irrigation, and improvements, and several city lots on Brooks Street and Olive streets with installment options.
Two small store rooms on East Houston street priced at 220 per month. Store house and one room at corner Alamo plaza and Crockett street 15 per month. Three rooms No 206 Avenue B 12 per month. Seven room house No 140 North Olive street 15 per month. Three room house on Brooks street between Olive and Hackberry 9 per month. Six room house on Avenue C 20 per month. Large nine room furnished house on East Houston street. A Yroom house No 508 North Flores street with hydrant and well water 25 per month. A fine spacious eleven room house with two verandas basement kitchen and wash house rent very low to desirable tenant.
A notice announces money for land loans and a new general purchasing and commission business for distant buyers. It promises fast loans on best securities and access to low market prices through wholesale arrangements, with details on freight rates and merchandise categories.
A restaurant outfit with all furnishings including lumber rooms cook range counter show cases tables chairs and piano will be sold at bargain prices.
Washington dispatch notes widespread beliefs about presidential access at the Cleveland White House. Doorkeeper Loeffler says cards are tossed after brief review, while the president’s tact and humor win visitors over. The piece, written from Washington, critiques administration routines and public expectations.
A dramatic dialogue unfolds with Henrico and Andromeda recalling a quarrel with Virgardo, a pirate, and a claimed confrontation in a woody pass. The scene blends fantasy tone with garbled 19th century talk and references a public notice style aside about medical tonics and local city issues.
A surplus stock sale advertises $20,000 in shoes hats clothing and more at Nicnors & Co 6 11 Im 238 Commerce Street plus real estate and livestock deals from Abilene Texas by nk Bartey and loan options at 10 percent. Dr L V Weathers an eclectic physician marketing a modern eclectic practice in San Antonio with long practice and patient testimonials.
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