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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1885
Page
9
Merchants Colton and Bolton Auctioneers call attention to a large assortment of new and second hand household goods. Parlor suites, bedroom sets, dining room pieces, furniture, crockery, glassware, lamps, plated ware, stoves, mattresses, can vary by order. Also pictures, clocks, firearms, safes, shop fixtures, horses and vehicles at reachable prices.
A long list of four to nine room houses with features like rock construction metal roofs galleries hydrant water shade trees and shrubbery also cottages and frame residences on multiple streets including Avenue E River Avenue Elizabeth Street Cameron Street Nolan Hackberry and Concho Street plus large ranch and farm properties 146 to 400 acres with cultivation water wells and fencing all offered at bargain prices with flexible terms and installment options.
Two small store rooms on East Houston street both for 20 per month. Store house and one room corner Alamo plaza and Crockett street 15 per month. Three rooms No 206 series for 12 per month. Seven-room house N 1409 North Olive street at 15 per month. Three-room house on Byks street between Olive and Hackberry for 9 per month. Six-room house on Awyue at 20 per month. Large house nine rooms nicely furnished throughout on East Housty street. A three-room house No 58 North Flores street cars pass the door hydrating well water at 25 per month. A fine spacious eleven-room house with two verandas basement kitchen and wash house central location very low to a desirable tenant.
In Fairview village Miss Priscilla Compton sacrifices her fortune to save Letty's son from ruin. She faces a hard future teaching or working, as she leaves behind comfort and status to pursue a modest life and uncertain prospects in a community that knows her story. The rector Mr Hornby confronts her, acknowledging her sacrifice while condemning the son's crime and the weight of her choice.
Notice to architects from the Mayor's Office in San Antonio Texas invites competitive plans and specifications for four two story school buildings. Costs estimated with rooms sized 28 by 30 feet and 14 foot ceilings. Plans due by 12 M Friday July 31 1885. Commission of 2 percent payable for plans and supervision.
Bryar Callaghan, mayor, uses city charter power to order an election in the Third Ward to fill a vacancy caused by Alderman John H. Bolton’s resignation. The charter requires an election when a vacancy occurs more than nine months before an election. The notice states the election date will be set for the Third Ward.
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