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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1885
Page
3
A historic notice invites buyers to inspect a large assortment of new and second hand goods including furniture of all rooms, crockery, lamps, clocks, pianos, firearms, safes, bar fixtures, and a variety of horse carriages and saddlery, all priced to be affordable.
A long real estate listing offers four room rock house on Avenue E with two galleries and hydrant water, several corner lots and blocks near River Avenue, San Marcos street, and Nolan Hackberry streets. Various farms and ranches 146 to 400 acres with dwelling houses, improved farms near San Antonio, and multiple building lots on West Commerce and Brooks streets. Also properties on Concho street Cameron street and North Olive street with installment options.
Listings show multiple rental properties on East Houston and nearby streets with monthly rates from 9 to 25 dollars, plus a seven to eleven room houses and small office rooms. Also requests for land near the San Antonio river, loan services, and a general purchasing and commission business offering price and freight details.
A restaurant outfit including all furniture lumber built rooms a cook range counter show cases tables chairs and a piano will be sold at a bargain.
Items from the Mexican frontier report police killings, tax changes, auctions, counterfeits, assassinations, flax industry, bullfighting injuries, railway leadership, fiscal silver, smuggling boldness, farming in Nuevo Leon, gold placers near Guadalupe, rumors of US arms, and graft at Laredo. Editorials advise presidential aspirants to study contemporary history and public figures, noting mixed public sentiment and political advice from Carlisle Blackburn.
A young man from the Highlands, recently saving money, returns home intoxicated to find a six month old baby in his bed. His father investigates the secret child, the infant is sent to Chardon street, and the man, now sober, recalls placing something in bed. He has pledged to abstain from drinking.
A letter endorses Dr. L. V. Weathers eclect ic medical practice in San Antonio after nearly two years of service. The writer P M Puckripe thanks the physician for miraculous relief of a child with liver illness after other doctors failed, noting the patient’s rapid improvement toward health.
Mr J P Condon on Nacogdoches street proclaims hand made carriages buggies and any wheel goods at low prices with old vehicle trade ins and satisfaction guaranteed. Also Frank B Batrry Real Estate Agent Abilene offers land tracts from town lots to 144000 acre tracts in Northern and Western Texas with livestock loans at 10 percent per year.
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