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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1885
Page
3
Real estate firm advertises a broad list of lands ranches city residences farms and building lots in the Southwest. They offer guided property tours state wide and invite buyers to request their circular list of bargains.
Real estate listing advertises 10 000 acres on Guadalupe headwaters and 6 500 acre ranch in Menard County with water and winter protection, plus numerous farms near Seguin Medina river and Calaveras creek. City lots on Tobin hill and luxury residences on Erie avenue and Dallas streets for quick sale.
Harvard medical students push for elective lectures on homo pathy to be added to the curriculum as at the college level. Professors oppose the idea, but students believe logic favors their case and may prevail.
The Tribune notes a new generation of landlords in New York alongside the Astors and Kingsland. It asserts Germans are rapidly accumulating property with rich German brewers owning much land and says even a humble German grocer may start with little capital and own a house within six or seven years.
A Brooklin Eagle excerpt dismisses hair as a symbol of strength or intellect. It argues Samson and Esau show no link, notes Chinese as nearly bald, and claims long hair aligns with weakness while secular thinkers and rulers are often hairless or secant-haired.
In Miss Sartoris's book on Soudan and Egypt, villagers build mud cone pigeon houses. Pigeons are misled by someone stirring them to near collapse before a resident seals them in. The behavior spreads as others imitate, leading to repeated catches. Egyptian fellahs are accused of cheating neighbors.
Cassell's Magazine advises making koumiss by filling a quart bottle with pure milk, dissolving two tablespoons of sugar in water, adding a small amount of compressed yeast, sealing tightly, and keeping at 50 to 60 Fahr for six hours before chilling overnight. If the liquid curdles, do not drink as fermentation may be overdone.
An English cattle dealer on a Canada tour says exporters overpaid for stock in recent years. He urges buying prime cattle at no more than 5 cents a pound and expects freight to drop. He doubts 100 cattle have been bought for shipment this season and says sheep prices may remain high. He notes New Zealand mutton glut with 20,000 to 30,000 prime carcasses per ship keeps prices low.
Multiple real estate notices offer farms and ranches in Texas for sale near Houston and along rail lines. Properties include 1100 acres in Harris County with water and timber, 400 tons hay, 640 acres Moore Hollow near a station, 1400 acres with house and improvements, 640 acres on Leona River with sugar mill, and 900 acres on Rio Frio with fencing. Also brief medical and patent remedy advertisements for piles, drunkenness cure, and Morley's cordial.
An assortment of patent medicines touts cures for consumption coughs colds bronchitis asthma hoarseness and lung ailments. It promotes Dr Kings New Discovery Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Wonderrut Eigar with testimonials and dealer names Rice Bros Co C Schasse & Co James Clavin Ragland Co F Kalteyer Son.
By resolution adopted March 9 1885 the City Council weighs approval of issuing seventy five thousand dollar bonds at thirty years six percent to build a City Hall Court Room and Jail. Voting locations listed Ward Nos 1 2 3 4 with presiding officers. Taxpayers to vote For or Against the Proposition.
An American in Victoria notes locals pace life slowly with shops opening around 9 a.m. and closing by 4 or 6 p.m. He contrasts British courtesy with American workaholism, suggesting Victorians enjoy longer life, better digestion, and more leisure than American laborers tied to ledgers.
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