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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1885
Page
3
A Chicago era notice advertises a large assortment of new and second hand household goods including furniture, stoves, mattresses, lamps, crockery, clocks, firearms, safes, bar fixtures, and a variety of horse drawn vehicles and harnesses all to be sold at affordable prices.
Real estate listings describe houses with 3 to 11 rooms, galleries, hydrant water, shade trees, and various lots and farms around San Antonio. Properties include two 3 to 4 room houses on Cameron Street, a corner residence at Avenue B and Sixth Street, ranches and farms up to 320 acres, and rental opportunities on East Houston and West Commerce streets with monthly rents noted.
A double seated family carriage with leather top and cost g350 offered at a bargain. Includes set harness and shaft and a one-horse spring wagon, in good condition and suitable for pulling or express use. Will sell cheap.
Advertiser seeks twenty acres of land along the San Antonio river within four to five miles of city limits. Desired location is near the river and suitable for development. The notice urges landowners with parcels matching the criteria to contact for sale details.
A new general purchasing and commission business advertises services for distant residents to buy Dress Goods Clothing Hats Millinery Glassware Boots Shoes and more at market prices. Orders filled with wholesale arrangements, commissions paid by suppliers, saving travel costs and expediting procurement.
A restaurant outfitting including eight timber rooms, kitchen gear, count er, show cases, tables, chairs, and a piano will be sold at a bargain. The sale includes furniture and fixtures from the dining area and kitchen.
The narrator recounts Zillah Le Poer’s coerced engagement to her cousin Augustus, the guardian Mr. Andrew Sutherland’s intervention, and the slow unmasking of family secrets. Zillah grows into a confident woman under Cassia Pryor’s steady guidance as Sutherland returns from India and guides their evolving bond.
Classified notice style text promotes A. M. Cohen at 200 and 211 Main Plaza with reminders to call for fine fittings. It lists reduced prices and an elegant line of gents furnishings. Additional health tonic and mail order requests reference Morley’s products and local Texas merchants dated 1883.
Dr L V Weathers advocates eclectic medicine combining all systems and claims 20 years of practice. A grateful parent praises his speedy liver illness relief to near full recovery of a sick child after prior treatment by other physicians. Also advertised are Arnica Salve, surplus goods sale by Rice Bros, and real estate offers by Frank B Barry with Availa ble lands and livestock in Texas.
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