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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1885
Page
1
Reports from Virginia and Kentucky detail emigration by Virginians to the West due to drought and railroad gaps while coal miners and locomotive engineers in Missouri and Pennsylvania press for higher pay and seek better contracts. Federal figures, strikes, and political maneuvering color the nationwide labor tension.
San Antonio news note roundup with social, business, and civic items. Mentions Cleveland as a national choice, Opera Puff Cigarettes, convalescing Tom Simpson, a high-toned wedding planned, Ed Grenet's El Jarabe viewed by 300 visitors, St Patrick celebrations, Aransas Pass railway hopes and costs, and various local activities at Menger hotel, Casino hall, Turner hall, and other venues.ြ
A party of New York State editors arrives by special car from New Orleans and stays in San Antonio until tomorrow morning before heading to St. Louis. The group is led by Mr. J. Arkell of the Albany Evening Journal and includes editors, legislators, and publishers from Albany, Philadelphia, Syracuse, Utica, Ithaca, and Rochester, among others. GUIDELINES
Mr. Louis Frankel and Ed Rische travel with C. H. Nash to New Orleans for a two week visit to the exposition. This being Ed Rische’s first trip from home, he expects to derive immense enjoyment.
Sim Hart plans a vineyard raffle while Harry Baum hands each customer a homeopathic bottle. Y W Mallaly considers a rancho venture. Harris and Brother claim Alazan brick beats granite for paving. Hilton and Young prepare another Real Estate Bulletin. Simms and Samuels pledge to build an opera house if none arises this season, cheering for a new opera house, railroad, and city hall.
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