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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
3
The firm advertises a large assortment of new and second hand household goods including parlor suits bedroom sets dining room and kitchen furniture crockery glassware lamps plated ware tin ware cutlery stoves mattresses cots bed springs mirrors pianos clocks firearms safes bar room fixtures and other items plus horses buggies carriages wagons harness and blankets to be sold at affordable prices.
Real estate listings describe a rock house with four rooms and kitchen on Avenue EB between Seventh and Eighth streets, a patent safe, multiple blocks and lots around River Avenue Elizabeth Street Cameron Street Nolan Hackberry, and several farms and building lots within and around San Antonio with prices and terms noted. Several properties include houses with galleries, hydrant water, shade trees, near Government Hill and Brooks Street, plus ranch and farm parcels in West Texas.
Multiple rentals listed with monthly rents. Entries include two small store rooms on East Houston street at 20 dollars, store house and one room at Alamo plaza and Crockett street for 15 dollars, seven room house on North Olive street at 15 dollars, nine to 11 room houses on Avenue B and North Flores street with rents from 12 to 25 dollars, and a large 9 to 11 room house on East Houston street with very low rent for a desirable tenant.
Twenty acres of land on the San Antonio river within four miles of city limits sought. Money wanted on best real estate securities. Loans negotiated in sums to suit borrowers on approved securities. A general purchasing and commission business opened for distant residents to save travel costs and obtain lowest market prices with commissions paid by suppliers. Inquiries welcome for dress goods clothing hats millinery crockery glassware shoes hardware and freight rates.
A restaurant business liquidates its entire setup including furniture made of lumber three rooms a cook range counter show cases tables chairs and a piano. The sale promises a bargain for buyers seeking a turnkey dining operation.
Texas patent awards dated 1885 list recipients from Fort Worth Dallas Austin Corsicana Coffeeville and Burns City for farm gate bustle hydraulic cement washing machine rock drilling and well boring machine mele trap and animal power. The Paris siege anecdote recounts M Duray serving in the National Guard and a quip from M Jules Simon about ministers and example. Duray aged sixty is noted.
The Berlin incident at Sans Souci and Hiller's involved a prince near Emperor William, leading to a duel dispute with Lieutenant Prittwitz. Prittwitz shot himself after the clash and a letter of explanation. Emperor William sent a condolence. The prince remains in military arrest. A Chicago lecture by Rev. Leach warned capital and labor distrust amid rising immigration and street unrest during a local transit strike.
A garbled digest covers proper tea brewing using porcelain pots, nonboiled infusion, and avoidance of milk. It also includes ads for Pancoast & Son clothing, F Pasche painting shop, and William Lippe’s garden expansion with band performances and free entrance notices.
A collation of letters and notices highlights Dr. L V Weathers Eclectic Physician praising his treatment for pneumonia fevers and other illnesses, a client letter thanking him for rapid relief, a carriage maker offering handcrafted wagons at competitive prices, and Frank B Batty Real Estate listing lands and livestock with loan terms in Abilene Texas.
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