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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1885
Page
4
Colton and Bolton auctioneers advertise a large assortment of new and second hand furniture and housewares to be sold at public auction. The list includes furniture for living rooms bedrooms dining rooms kitchens and offices, lamps glassware crockery clocks pianos and more along with firearms safes buggies carriages harness saddles and related items all priced to be affordable.
This listing offers multiple properties around Oak Twelfth and River Avenue including a four room rock house with two galleries, a corner residence on Avenue B, several building lots near the round house on West Commerce, and a 146 acre ranch 18 miles east of San Antonio. Additional farms of 160 and 320 acres with improvements are noted, along with a 12 lot subdivision and a seven room North Olive street house priced at 1500 cash.
List of small and large rental properties with monthly rents. Locations include East Houston Street, Alamo plaza, Crockett street, Avenue B, North Olive street, Brooks street, Avenue C, North Flores street, and nearby corners. Rents range from 9 to 25 dollars monthly.
Twenty acres near the San Antonio river within four to five miles of the city limits sought. Loans negotiated on approved securities. A new general purchasing and commission business offers prompt orders for merchandise at lowest market prices with buyer commissions paid by wholesalers. Dress goods clothing hats millinery cadetware glassware boots shoes hardware offered. write for prices and freight rates.
A Washington letter reports Secretary Manning’s praise for Treasury Department staff noting brightness, energy, and strong duty knowledge. It counters charges of corruption and cites agriculture professors meeting with Commissioner Colman highlighting need for simpler publication and better seed distribution control. The piece also mentions Navy book-keeping reforms and an Attorney General view on the Dolphin matter. Local ads for Lenox New Hale Store and Cohen’s clothing showcase 1885 San Antonio commerce.
An advertisement extols Dr L V Weathers as an eclectic physician with a long practice, serving San Antonio after leaving a lucrative prior position, claiming success treating pneumonia typho malarial fevers and other illnesses, and featuring a grateful patient letter praising rapid liver ailment relief. It notes his diploma and open practice. Also an ad for J P Condon offering handmade carriages buggies and wheels on Nacogdoches Street, promising first class work and reasonable prices.
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