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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1885
Page
1
A compact newspaper item reports on international telegraphic dispatches and the spread of cholera in Spain. Updates cover government actions, shipboard health measures, and responses from coastal cities.
June dispatches cite drought and food shortages in southwest Virginia counties near the border, with corn scarce at high prices. Other items cover locust swarms in Michigan, earthquakes in the Caucasus, railways aid from China to France, and political shifts in Britain and Canada.
At about 1 am two men attempted burglary at Mrs Willburn’s residence near Bitters' saloon by chloroforming her. They ransacked a bureau, found $2.50, and escaped as her boy alerted police. Mrs Willburn suffered a dislocated hip and a severe shock but is improving.
A prominent Commerce street merchant received a grand bouquet of vegetables and sweet flowers yesterday to mark his fiftieth birthday anniversary. The gesture was well received by the prominent dealer community despite garbled text surrounding opera terms and imitations.
RecORDER'S Court reports a long list of minor alcohol and disorderly conduct cases. Dozens of individuals including Mesers, F. Vith, John Rennick, Pedro Castillano and James Boyd were fined $5 for drunkenness. Other defendants faced varied outcomes with some cases continued or dismissed. A separate note details a Cumberland Presbyterian church welcome for Rev. W. B. Preston and bride at George R. Hines' residence, with sermons and a reception acknowledging their return from the wedding tour.
In San Antonio Rabbi Lewin Thal presided over the marriage of Goodman Dodie a Russian employee of Anton Oppenheimer and Mary Cohn. Dodie sought a wife through his Europe based mother arranging a match leading to a love at first sight union and immediate housekeeping. Neighbors voiced best wishes for the couple’s future.
Sim Hart promotes a new advertisement in the Lacur today claiming to be a rustier and deserves a million while touting Opera Puffs cigarettes that do not attach to the lips.
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