Postoffice Closure Notice for San Antonio
Community notice indicates the item was entered at the San Antonio Texas postoffice as second class matter.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1885
Page
2
Community notice indicates the item was entered at the San Antonio Texas postoffice as second class matter.
New time card issued by G H & A Railroad lists daily departures to St Louis via Missouri Pacific and Mountain routes, arrivals from St Louis and Laredo, and schedules for New Orleans Houston Galveston and westbound service to San Francisco El Paso and Eagle Pass including through expresses and multiple daily trains with listed departure and arrival times.
The article notes Cudeka as a growing issue with Spain and nearby regions Madrid Lisbon Gibraltar and Valencia enforcing quarantines. It also mentions political commentary on Mr. Cleveland and the distribution of offices, alongside various local and national concerns including pests and real estate trends in San Antonio and Rockport.
The item cites Texas rail ambitions with Fort Worth and Aransas Pass, notes San Antonio pre emptions, Sabine Pass as a new link, and wheat and grain prospects despite recent storms. It also reports yellow fever rumors and political chatter from Tombstone to Springfield with echoed War Department caution and bank security debates.
The article argues that paying tellers in large banks carry extensive responsibility beyond clerical duties. Certification of checks now often transfers funds and substitutes the bank for the drawer, reflecting a rise in accountability and risk that outstrips typical compensation and status.
A visitor dining with Professor Riley tasted cicada meat as an experiment. The entomologist described the fifteen year locust as a rare delicacy once prejudices are overcome, likening it to other delicacies and noting grasshoppers as edible after proper cooking.
Mr Wm Thomas of Newton Indiana reports his wife suffered a cough for 25 years. After trying many remedies she used Dr King’s New Discovery with remarkable relief. One bottle helped greatly. a second bottle cured her. Trial bottles free at Rice Bros Co Drug Store. large size $1.
The Art Gallery of C H Mueller at 205 Commerce Street offers artist materials from home and abroad, vivid chromes and paintings, frames, fresco supplies, wallpaper, and wax flower materials. Mueller ships paints and oils directly from factories, supplying a broad selection to artists and decor enthusiasts. The note also includes a testimonial from J D Browder praising Morley Bross Blackberry Balsam for a summer complaint cure in a baby, dated October 29, 1885, Austin Texas.
Fine tract of 1100 acres near Houston on Buffalo Bayou with railroad, water, timber and some improvements. 400 tons of hay last season. Sold cheap on easy terms. Addresses I. B. Johnson or J. W. Bradley Real Estate Agent San Antonio. Also 1400 acre Moore Hollow farm near International railroad with 65 acres cultivated and two four-room frame houses, fenced, stables, barns, bathhouse, garden. Cash sale with posses ion soon. title warranted. Some cattle and horses may be included at market value. Care I. B. Johnson’s office.
Four large tracts and numerous parcels offered for sale near Uvalde Del Rio Frio Valde County and San Antonio. Listings include 640 acres on Leona river with 250 irrigable acres and a sugar mill for 5500 dollars 900 acres on Rio Frio partly irrigated 12 miles from railroad 40 acres under fence on Salado ranch 1680 dollars and a Calaveras creek property with 100 acres 50 cultivated 1 house 5-16 tf.
The notice proclaims specialty imports of French and English table delicacies with daily ground coffee and a full range of teas by grade and price.
A compact notice advertising stone for building purposes in any quantity and size. The seller offers ornamental stone cutting on request, promises low prices and prompt attention, and provides an address for contact.
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