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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1885
Page
2
Multiple brief items discuss April and May rain in Southwestern Texas, a Denton postmaster appointment for W H Bates, Austin crime lore, and regional rail ambitions from Waxahachie to Fort Worth Dallas. Wheat crop prospects rise, Culverano’s commission revocations prompt debate, and a single trial comment references Fripinano Warp. Overall, a miscellany of politics and development.
The report surveys Apache raids and minimal damage, a lighter Kansas wheat crop forecast at 15 million bushels, railroad ambitions, and efforts to reopen the New Orleans World's Fair expositions. It covers Mexican frontier policing after Holden killings, immigration debates, Houston Galveston rivalry, Republican strategy, and a new mining district east of Monterey with a 1775 survey of San Gregorio de Cerralvo.
In the district from April 1877 to June 1879 twenty mines were denounced, with recent additions producing silver in paying quantities. The piece notes San Rafael and San Pedro as remaining in operation while others lay abandoned for years. It ends with a sales pitch for Mishler's Herb Bitters claiming life-saving benefits and cures for digestive and kidney issues.
The page lists local shop offerings including wines at cost price, window shades cheaper than rivals, and an enlarged garden with band concerts. Also promotes artistic supplies at C. H. Mueller and extols Hostetters Stomach Bitters for kidney health and a lung disease warning with a product pitch.
Multiple property notices from the San Antonio area: 1100 acre farm in Harris County near Buffalo Bayou with rail access and 400 tons hay. 12,000 sheep and 3000 goats on a Rio Grande front ranch. 1400 acre Moore Hollow farm near the International railroad with improvements and cattle. 640 acres on Leona river with a sugar mill. 400 acres on Rio Frio in Uvalde County. 40 acre Salado ranch near San Antonio with tanks and pens. 100 acres near Calaveras creek with a piano included. all offered at bargain prices with various terms and contact points.
An advertisement extols Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and lung ailments claiming it cures consumption bronchitis asthma hoarseness and throat chest and lung afflictions. A trial bottle is offered free at Rice Bros Co. drug store.
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