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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1885
Page
3
Colton and Bolton commission merchants advertise a large assortment of new and second hand household goods including furniture crockery glassware lamps plated ware stoves mattresses cots pianos and more plus horses buggies carriages harness and bar fixtures all at affordable prices ready for sale to the public.
A sales list from Our House and Estate Agency details multiple properties in San Antonio including four-room homes with kitchens and galleries, stables, hydrant water, and shade trees. It lists numerous lots on Avenue E, River Avenue, Elizabeth Street, Cameron Street, San Marcos Street, Nolan and Hackberry, and Concho Street, with prices and terms. Also offered are ranch and farm properties 18 miles east and west of the city, ranging from 146 to 400 acres, plus several building lots and a seven-room house on North Olive Street with monthly payments available.
Multiple listings for rooms and houses on East Houston, Alamo plaza, Crockett, Avenue SB, North Olive, Brooks, North Flores, and other streets. Rents range from 9 to 25 dollars monthly, including a 11 room house with verandas and basement, described as central and desirable.
An ad offers twenty acres on the San Antonio river within four to five miles of the city, seeking money on real estate securities and negotiating loans. It also announces a general purchasing and commission business aiding distant customers to buy merchandise at wholesale-equivalent prices, with orders filled promptly and freight rates provided upon request.
A restaurant outfit including all furniture and eight dollar rooms built of lumber is offered. It comprises a cook range counter show cases tables chairs and also a piano. Will sell at a bargain.
The document records arrests for sedition in the capital and a three year old daughter's sale in Aguas Calientes. It notes June exports of 19 524 bales of henequin from Progreso valued at 276 077 13 and railway receipts of 1 604 000 for the first half of 1885, down from 1 865 000 in 1881. It mentions grasshopper control plans in San Luis Potosi, a charity drive in Colima raising 2700, and various local policing and concession issues including Pompeya Moneta's forfeited concession and a $10 000 deposit loss.
A guest, Young Mr Featherly, declines cake, saying he seldom eats it. Bobby asks if the dinner table host or elder takes the cake, prompting astonished reactions from the children.
In New York the elderly banker on his front stoop watches a scene of irony as a desperate man asks for a job in the banker’s office. The visitor’s request is rebuffed and the scene ends with a dramatic, fatal outburst near the doorway.
Dr Lebee Eclectic and Dr L V Weathers promote eclectic medicine promising personalized care. A patient testifies to rapid relief for a child with liver abscess and illness after seeking their treatment. The ad notes 20 years’ practice and invites repairs, while listings offer carriages, lands, and loans in Texas.
Two 14 year old boys in Virginia City on C street resolved a knife dispute with a series of oaths and promises until one承d handed over the knife. The incident ends with praise for Bill and Sallus recognizing the other as honorable.
A fragmentary page notes that Siam has about 3000 wives kept secluded under strict access rules, with remarks from General Halderman on the Queen’s establishment. It then shifts to local ads for Pancoast Son stock, summer goods, and a paint shop at Avenue E and Houston Street, plus Lippe’s enlarged garden and the Eighth Cavalry band details.
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