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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1885

Page

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Pres ID ential Appointments and West Virginia Tax Plan

A compilation of dispatches notes Governor Stoneman vetoing a bill to tax railroads on gross earnings, reports Costa Rican troops moving toward the frontier, and heavy actions at Suakim. It mentions Dr Burchard's lecture in New York and various U S government moves on appointments and budgets. Also details West Virginia famine relief struggling counties Braxton Gilmer Calhoun with starvation and crop failures and wheat seed scarcity.

San Francisco Stoneman San Juan Ve. Sur Frederico Fernandez Suakim Zareba McNeill McNeil Washington D. Clark Vicksburg Miss Holly Spring Waltham Clark Joslyn England Osman Digna L'Amal Graham Amal New York Burchard United Presbyterian Church Balaam Venice Cparnont Washineton White House Montgomery Patents Michigan Manning M. J. Durham The Treasury Danville United States Stockholm Sweden Atkins Indian Affairs Hay E. C. Flower Cement Division B. B. Smalley Burlington Vermont Phelps Charleston W. Va Braxton Gilmer Calhoun Roanoke Jackson

Fashion Theatre Offers Varied Evening of Song and Sketch

A lively night at the Fashion Theatre features Miss Millie Davenport with applauded songs, Clever aerials by Cleo, and performances by Miss Davene, Mr. John H. Merritt, Miss Bertha Waring, Miss Nola Forrest, and debutante Miss Stella Urtig in a lineup of sketches and an Irish German comedy The Rivals. R. C. Walker of San Antonio dies. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows members publish condolences and life sketch.

Fashion Theatre Millie Davenport Cleo Davene John H. Merritt Bertha Waring Nola Forrest Stella Urtig Forrest Billy Forrest R. C. Walker Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Mississippi Alcorn University Central Tennessee College Nashville M. E. Church Victoria Texas Indianola San Antonio Committee On Hall San Antonio Lopes Odd Fellows Lodge Liaut G. J. Starnes J. W. Patterson Westey Han D. Howarp

City Council Debates Plans for New Hall and Jail

A regular session reviews minutes and petitions on hydrants and fountains. Actions include road and street improvements, committee referrals, and a deferred decision on a city hall and jail project after inspecting proposed plans.

Grayson, Pine Austin Quartermaster’s Depot East Street Eerannah Nordhaus Peneeree Louis Zork Lucia de Los Santos de Caravajal A. Designori A.W. Stein Oar Gleason Pound Avenue B Fifth Street Avenue C Germy San Pedro Park Belknap San Antonio Concho San Saba Pecos Commerce San Fernando Smye Alamo Lockwood Water Works Company Hambleton Walnut Street North Flores Street Newton’s Alley Beitel Romana Kingsbury Belvin Elmira Macon Marshall Warren Utica San Pedro Creek Fest’s Nueva Alamo Street Goliad Street Elknap Gallagher West Commerce Street

Mr W H Simms Leads Parade With Parisian Hat

Friends of manager W H Simms of the Fashion theatre await a main street appearance with a Parisian hat on a day likely to bring a timely train and a speech by his friend Legit alias Shirt Sam if no strike disrupts travel.

W. H. Simms Fashion Theatre Legit Shirt Sam

Mexican circus on Concho street features tamboura drummer

The street troupe on Concho street includes a drummer and an accordionist. The drummer carries a large drum made from an empty barrel with sheep skins for heads and uses two sticks to beat it, calling the instrument a tamboura.

Concho Street

Blooming Spanish dagger captures San Antonio gardens

The Spanish dagger plant, valued for ornamental use in San Antonio front yards, is in full bloom. A single cluster fills a barrel when blossomed, attracting Northern visitors who admire its rarity as a hardy houseplant. Cleveland and Opera Puff Cigarettes are noted in the text.

San Antonio Cleveland

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