Postoffice Second Class Matter Notice
Postal notice indicating material 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 16, 1885
Page
2
Postal notice indicating material entered at the San Antonio Texas postoffice as second class matter.
Railway schedule lists two daily trains to New Orleans and through routes from St Louis to Houston Galveston and beyond. Times include departures at 8 05 a m and 7 15 p m with arrivals from the East and West at various hours, plus through connections to San Francisco El Paso and Eagle Pass.
Genera H R Jackson American Minister to Mexico receives a hearty welcome in the capital with prominent Americans in attendance. Other items note Mexicans strengthening cotton acreage, a short wheat crop, and looming polygamy laws in response to Mormon migration.
A broad roundup covers Judge Pardee on funding disputes for the Liberty Bell, cholera outbreaks in the Mediterranean and Madrid panic, Texas politics and post office quarrels, Texas Capitol prospects, Aransas Pass port potential, Mazatlan as a Pacific link, and a proposed San Antonio to Mazatlan rail corridor with projected distances and regional wealth highlights.
A historical survey lists area, population, revenue, and real estate value for several regions including Leon Coahuila Durango and Sinaloa with figures: Leon 4036 square leagues, 201,782 people, $97,460.23 revenue, real estate $9,584,790. Coahuila 9500, 125,400, $5,716,666, real estate $2,950,093. Durango 6390, 200,000, $114,280.56, real estate $7,057,879. Sinaloa 5950, 200,000, $23,976.30, real estate $4,627,790.
Stock can be obtained in the fourth series of the Merchants and Mechanics Building and Loan association. Parties aiming to own homes by paying monthly amounts no higher than rent should call the secretary for information. W. A. Bonynas, Secretary, Room 8 Soledad Block, corner Houston and Soledad streets.
An 1883 note from Mesquite Texas lauds Morley Bros and Blackbury Balsam for a baby’s recovery from summer complaint and teething. The letter praises local medicinal relief and recommends the product to other mothers.
A collection of sale notices offers farms and ranches in Harris County near Houston and beyond. Properties include 1100 acres on Buffalo Bayou with railroad access and 400 tons hay last season, 1400 acres near Moore Hollow with improvements and cattle options, 640 acres on the Leona river with a sugar mill and irrigation, 900 acres on the Rio Frio with fencing, a 40 acre fenced and cultivated Salado ranch near San Antonio, and 100 acres near Calaveras creek with a two room house and well. Listings request correspondence to T B Johnson, J W Bradley, or “LL C” care this office.
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